Septembeb 29, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



17 



READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



De Pere, Wis. — A. Van Gemert is mov- 

 ing his plants and cut flowers into his 

 new greenhouse on Grant stree^. 



Aubumdale, Mass. — ^The F. W. 

 Fletcher Co. is building a new house 

 at its Charles street establishment. 



West Boylston, Mass.— Charles Pot- 

 ter recently furnished 2,000 pink and 

 white asters for a prominent wedding 

 at Worcester. 



Allston, Maes. — E. F. Coolidge has 

 retired from business, his property hav- 

 ing como into demand for other pur- 

 poses. 



Omaha, Neb. — The Annex Flower 

 Shop is the name of a store just opened 

 adjoining the lobby of the Brandeis 

 theater. 



El Paso, 111.— C. L. W. Snyder has 

 sold his interest in the El Paso Carna- 

 tion Co. The senior partner in the con- 

 cern is W. G. Plumb. * 



JoUet, 111.— A. C. Eott, tlie Chicago 

 street florist, narrowly escaped serious 

 injury recently, when an automobile in 

 which he was riding turned turtle. 



Troy, 111. — J. K. Ward has started 

 in the business with a greenhouse 14x 

 ■id, but has provided boiler capacity for 

 several more houses, which he expects 

 to build before long. 



Guthrie, Okla. — Stewart Goodpasture, 

 formerly with Thomas Salveson, at Pet- 

 ersburg, 111., is now with Furrow & Co., 

 who have an up-to-date establishment 

 and a rapidly increasing business. 



South Orange, N. J. — W. A. Manda 

 is not yet making deliveries of plants 

 of Polypodium Mandaianum, and prob- 

 ably will not for another year or so, but 

 is shipping cut fronds to retail florists 

 for decorative purposes. 



Potsdam, N. Y. — E. M. F. Perrin and 

 E. F. P. Perrin have nearly completed 

 a greenhouse, 21x100, of King construc- 

 tion, besides a boiler room, work room 

 and ofiice, and are starting business un- 

 <ler the name of Perrin Bros. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — A meeting of 

 the officers and directors of the M.ib- 

 iiesota Florists' Association has juso 

 been held here, to make plans for the 

 society's first state flower show. The 

 show If ill be held at the armory in this 

 city, November 9 to 13. 



Dallas, Texas. — The Texas Seed and 

 Floral Co., of which R. Nicholson is 

 president, has been out of the cut flower 

 l)U8iness for some three years, but has 

 (lecided to reopen that department Oc- 

 tober 1. August Haubert, formerly of 

 Washington, D. C, has been employed 

 to look after this end of the business. 

 A full line of cut flowers will be car- 

 ried and special attention will be given 

 to decorating. 



Clinton, Mass. — Willis A. Fuller has 

 begun work on a greelihouse, 40x130 

 feet. 



Oreat Barrington, Mass. — Charles 

 Breen has resigned his position as flo- 

 rist at Edgewood Farm, Seekonk. 



Huntsvllle, Ala — John T. Fischer, 

 who recently sold out to John Scott, is 

 now located at Clouds Farm, near 

 Bridgeport, Pa. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — G. F. Herthal has 

 lately been displaying in his show win- 

 dow some particularly fine blooms of 

 Mrs. Taft and Killarney roses. 



Hornell, N. Y. — Albert King reports 

 increasing business on the west side, 

 where he has an up-to-date plant adjoin- 

 ing three cemeteries. 



Alton, m.— The Alton Floral Co., of 

 this place, has been incorporated with 

 $2,400 capital stock, by Allen I. Keiser, 

 Irving W. Keiser and George Madsen. 



Waltham, Mass. — Mathew F. Euanc, 

 for several years in the employ of 

 Peirce Bros., opened a flower store of 

 his own at 121 Moody street, Septem- 

 ber 17. 



Little Rock, Ark.— D. C. Garrett, of 

 the Cottage Floral Co., has returned 

 from a trip to Chicago, made for the 

 purpose of inspecting some of the large 

 growing establishments. 



Montlcello, Iowa. — C. L. Van Meter 

 is steadil}^ enlarging and improving his 

 establishment. He has just built a big 

 brick stack, capable of handling con- 

 siderably more glass than he now has. 



New Haven, Conn. — At the regular 

 meeting of the New Haven County Hor- 

 ticultural Society, held here September 

 14, a beautiful display of dahlias and 

 asters was shown. Among others who 

 received awards, Ooo. L. Stillman, of 

 Westerly, R. I., was first on cactus 

 dahlias." .Tohn IT. Slocombe, of this 

 city, was first on seedling dahlias and 

 gladioli. This society will give another 

 big exhibit November 1 to 3. 



Ashland, O.— A. C. Lamprecht, well 

 known in the trade in Ohio, has begun 

 suit for $10,000 against Mayor Morgan 

 Minnamyer and Chief of Police Will- 

 iam (Jonrad. Mr. I.amprecht was ar- 

 rested Jnly 5, charged with disorderly 

 conduct. Re says he was visiting a 

 photographer's studio, and leaving the 

 same encountered a woman, who asked 

 him to step into her rooms and look at 

 plants. Within ten minutes Conrad 

 and an oflBcer entered the rooms and 

 took him forcibly without a warrant. 

 He says he was imprisoned in the 

 mayor ^8 office and not told of the 

 charge against him. Mr. LamprecUt is 

 a deacon in the Christian chuj,fth and 

 never was in court before. 



Brainerd, Minn. — J. A. McLcUau and 

 Miss Emma M. Weid were married Sep- 

 tember 15 at Cincinnati. 



Springfield, 111. — Richard Schwartz, 

 an employee of Miss Bell Miller, was 

 married September 14, to Miss Selma . 

 Ahnert. 



Lenox, Mass. — The tenth annual fall 

 exhibition of the Lenox Horticultural 

 Society will be held in the town hall. 

 Wednesday and Thursday, October 26 

 and 27. 



Louisville, Ky. — The Sunlight Double 

 Glass Sash Co. has issued an instructive 

 booklet entitled "How to Use Cold- 

 frames and Hotbeds," written by Prof. 

 W. F. Massey, formerly horticulturist 

 of the North Carolina Experiment 

 Station. 



South Orrington, Me. — Ralph W. Ry- 

 der and Edith Elizabeth Clark were 

 married September 14. Mr. Ryder 's 

 greenhouses are at Orrington' Center, 

 where the happy couple will reside 

 upon their return from the honeymoon, 

 which will be spent in northern Maine. 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Henry Smith, of 

 Peter Smith & Sons, states that the re- 

 port that he has gone out of the flo- 

 rists' business is incorrect. Several 

 years ago he put up a fine range of 

 glass near Walkerville, Ont., separate 

 houses now being devoted to violets, 

 carnations, ferns and mums, with let- 

 tuce in the rest of the houses. 



Taylorville, 111. — M. B. Leach, pro- 

 prietor of the Taylorville Floral Co., has 

 sold his establishment to Theodore 

 Steffas, of Springfield, who will take 

 possession about October 1. Mr. Stef- 

 fas has also acquired a piece of ground 

 near Jayne park and expects to have a 

 branch there later. He will be assisted 

 by his sister. Miss Tena Steffas, of Chi- 

 cago. Mr. Leach has not yet definitely 

 decided hbou't the future, bnt it is 

 likely that he and his wife will locate 

 somewhere in the south. 



Atlanta, Qa.-^A unique refrigerator 

 is being built for the West View Floral 

 Co. It is of peculiar shape, owing to 

 the limitations of the space which it 

 will fill. There is not a square corner 

 in it. The. front is twenty-four feet 

 wide and the rear twenty-six feet. The 

 ends are three feet and six and one-half 

 feet, respectively, and it is ten feet high. 

 The outside is white enameled, w^ith 

 drawers in front for mosses, ferns, etc. 

 The floor is tile; the back is mirrored 

 and it is fitted with wire shelves. The 

 cost was $1,800, and although of strange 

 design, it will undoubtedly make a 

 beautiful display. The McCray Re- 

 frigerator Co., of Kendallville, Ind., 

 which is building this refrigerator, says 

 that it is one of the largest and hand- 

 somest florists' refrigerators ever made. 



