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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 29, 1919. 



installed a new boiler, besides adding 

 largely to his area under glass. He esti- 

 mates that his expenditure for these 

 improvements will not be less than 

 $5,000. 



The Herman Bros. Co. has been ex- 

 tending its greenhouses near the Union 

 Pacific transfer for several years, and 

 this year is doing but little in this line, 

 having brought its facilities up to a 

 point where they are ample lor the 

 present demands of the trade. The firm 

 «xpe'cts, however, to make further ex- 

 tensions next year. 



J. F. Wilcox has this year spent about 

 $10,000 in further extending the area 

 of his already large range. The busi- 

 ness was established by Mr. Wilcox 

 twenty-five years ago, and has grown 

 from a small beginning until it now has 

 €50,000 square feet of space under glass 

 cover, a total of 150,000 square feet 

 having been added during the present 

 season. 



Until recently J. F. Wilcox has had 

 sole supervision of the business. Now 

 he is just completing an organization 

 whereby his five sons will be associated 

 with him and given a direct interest in 

 the business, and the firm will be 

 known hereafter as J. F. Wilcox & 

 Sons. Eoy Wilcox, the eldest son, is 

 the only son having active interest 

 heretofore, and for the last two years 

 he has relieved his father of the entire 

 management of the wholesale, retail, 

 sales and office departments. 



In speaking of the recent enlarge- 

 ments, Mr. Wilcox said: "The im- 

 provements and additions made this 

 year, while extensive, are only the be- 

 ginning of what the firm expects to do 

 in the next few years. Last year a 

 large tract of land was bought near 

 Lake Manawa, and plans are under con- 

 templation for another large plant in 

 that part of the city. Under the new 

 organization we expect to double our 

 capacity within the next few years." 



MADISON, N. J. 



The Whippany River Club having 

 been burned, our flower show progress 

 was halted for awhile. As soon as the 

 ■club house was burned, Dr. D. H. Mc- 

 Alpin, who has been the moving spirit 

 of our big show, was on hand and large- 

 ly through his efforts and those of our 

 ■dear old friend, Robt. D. Foote, we se- 

 cured the club house of the Morris 

 Country Golf Club. This is on the main 

 fltreet from Morristown to Madison, 

 with plenty of room for all exhibits, 

 within 100 yards of Convent Station, 

 with a switch almost up to the build- 

 ing for unloading exhibits from a dis- 

 tance. The chairman of the flower 

 flhow committee, Wm. Duckham, de- 

 serves great credit for his strenuous 

 work in securing new quarters, and so 

 •does Manager Herrington. From now 

 on he will have his bit to do. 



We expect one of the greatest shows 

 ever held in the eastern states. The 

 C. S. A. holding the show here with us 

 is a drawing card. We will be hosts 

 this time, ^nd all the societies which 

 honor us by coming will be our guests. 

 Our schedule was unavoidably delayed, 

 but everybody will have it in a day or 

 two. E. B. 



Warren, O. — Adgate & Ssn have 

 about closed a deal whereby they will 

 purchase the old Christy home, on East 

 Market stree^lj , The new owners pro-^ 

 pose to remodel the dwelling for use as ' 

 a retail and wholesale flower store. 



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