OCTOBEB 6, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Upton, Mass. — A. A. Bowker is build- 

 ing a 25-foot smokestack for his green- 

 houses, on Main street. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — A thief recently en- 

 tered the store of Charles H. Netsch and 

 stole a small sum from the cash drawer. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — John Mattern, the 

 Newport street florist, was recently con- 

 fined to his home for a time by typhoid 

 fever. 



Boise, Idaho. — The Bayhouse Floral 

 Co. has moved its downtown office from 

 the Sonna block to the Owyhee hotel 

 building. 



Stoneham, Mass. — Thomas Murray is 

 now proprietor of the business formerly 

 conducted by D. J. MacKay & Co.f on 

 Wright street court. 



Tuscola, 111.— Geo. C. Schmidt recent- 

 ly visited Decatur, 111., and while there 

 he purchased a new smokestack for his 

 greenhouse heating plant, 



Des Moines, la. — The state board of 

 control has awarded to Charles Weitz 

 Sons the contract for the erection of a 

 greenhouse at Mitchellville. 



Cambridge, Mass. — F, C. Becker was 

 confined to his home, at 1716 Cambridge 

 street, for two weeks with an ailing 

 knee, but at last report the limb was im- 

 proving. 



Wheeling, W. Va.— Albert Lash, 

 whose greenhouses are at South War- 

 wood, has returned to his home after a 

 successful operation for appendicitis, 

 performed at City hospital. 



Chiltonville, Mass. — A recent fire de- 

 stroyed the laoiler house and potting 

 flhed at the greenhouses on The Forges, 

 the country home of Sherman L. Whip- 

 ple, of Brookline. The loss was esti- 

 rtiated at $1,000. 



Cadillac, Mich. — J. P. Herzog had one 

 of the prettiest booths in the Mer- 

 ■chants' Display building at the District 

 Fair, and his two displays of flowers 

 aided much in the success of that sec- 

 tion of the exhibits. 



Austin, Tex. — The newspapers are con- 

 gratulating the citizens that there was 

 not a single death in town in the week 

 preceding September 11. One of the 

 local florists said the record was cer- 

 tain to be broken soon, by someone's 

 starving, if not otherwise. 



Qrantsburg, Wis. — Alfred Carlsen is 

 preparing to start in the business here. 

 He has been engaged in the trade at St. 

 Paul for twenty years. For ten years 

 he was a member of the firm conducting 

 the Warrendale Floral Co., but for the 

 last three years has been employed by 

 Holm & Olson. 



Oarrettsville, O. — E. J. Peck has pur- 

 chased the greenhouses of C. E. Tinker, 

 who removed a few months ago to New- 

 ton Falls, O. 



Manchester, Pa. — H. E. Zerby has 

 been succeeded in business here by Het- 

 tie D. Zerby. H. E. Zerby is now at 

 Anderson, Ind. 



Washington, D, C. — James Lewis, on 

 Fourteenth street, suffered $250 fire loss 

 as the result of a gasoline explosion 

 next door, September 23. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — ^J. P. Sherer, who 

 was for some time one of the commis- 

 sioners of the board of public work, has 

 bought out James Chacona and will sell 

 bonbons and blossoms. 



Manitou, Colo. — J. Sidney Baker has 

 sold his greenhouse on Grand avenue to 

 J. L. Powell, of Colorado Springs. Mr. 

 Baker and his family will leave soon 

 for Brownsville, Tex., where they will 

 live. 



Medford, Mass. — A surprise was given 

 Wm. Keitli, head gardener for Gen. 

 S. C. Lawrence, and his wife, Sep- 

 tember 30, on the twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary of their wedding. Silver was pre- 

 sented. Clan MacDougall was to the 

 fore. 



Mount Vernon, N. Y:— Arthur Dum- 

 mett, who has about half an acre under 

 glass, besides some ground in nursery 

 stock, is installing force pumps in two 

 wells, so as to provide water in case of 

 emergency. He reports having lost over 

 $200 worth of young evergreens during 

 the summer, on account of drought. 



Waltham, Mass. — The Waltham Home 

 Garden Association has just held its 

 annual exhibition of the products of 

 children's gardens. No less than 1,000 

 children had gardens last season and, in 

 spite of the dry season, the exhibits 

 were of a high quality. Miss Winona 

 Weber was the teacher of gardening. 



McCook, Neb. — March & Johnson, pro- 

 prietors of the McCook Nurseries & 

 Greenhouses, have recently made impor- 

 tant developments in their business. 

 They have not only enlarged their plant 

 here to twice its former capacity, but 

 have also acquired the property of the 

 Sterling Greenhouses & Nurseries, at 

 Sterling, Colo. 



Camden, N. J. — George Davis, of 

 2027 Arlington street, narrowly escaped 

 from serious injury recently while 

 driving up the White Horse pike on his 

 way into town. His carriage was 

 wrecked by an automobile, but he, 

 though he suffered considerably from 

 the shock, received only slight external 

 injuries. His horse also came out of the 

 wreck without serious harm. 



Fairmont, W. Va. — H. W. Leaman's 

 greenhouse was partially destroyed by 

 fire recently. 



Lyme, Conn. — John Trotter's new 

 greenhouse is rapidly nearing com- 

 pletion and the glazing is about finished. . 



Detroit, Mich. — W. B. Brown won 

 third prize with his light delivery out- 

 fit in the horse show at the state fair 

 recently. 



Battle Creek, Mich. — The interior of 

 the Fisher flower store on North Jeffer- 

 son avenue is undergoing extensive im- 

 provements. 



Bucyrus, O. — At the greenhouses of 

 Schillinger Bros., on West Perry street, 

 about 1,300 lights of glass were broken 

 September 23 by a hail storm. 



Charlestown, Mass. — Announcement 

 has been made of the engagement of 

 Samuel Ealby, a florist residing at 274 

 Main street, and Miss Sadie Axe. 



Rockport, Mass. — For the school flow- 

 er and fruit show it was decided to 

 have the judging done by a well-known 

 florist, and C. Forrest Stevens was se- 

 lected. 



Youngstown, O. — The boiler house 

 and part of a greenhouse belonging to 

 Kudolph Haenny, of Park Hill, were 

 recently destroyed by fire. The flames 

 originated in the boiler room. 



Melrose, Mass. — Many Boston seed 

 liouses and New England dahlia and 

 gladiolus growers contributed special 

 prizes for the fall exhibition held here 

 in mid-September. There was a large 

 display by amateurs. 



Marion, Ind. — It is reported that 

 because of family troubles the Fred 

 Herleman greenhouses are closed, Mrs. 

 Herleman and the children having gone 

 to Chicago and Mr. Herleman to parts 

 unknown. An apparently successful 

 business had been done for several 

 years. 



Fargo, N. D. — T. D. Smedley, who has 

 charge of the business of Smedley & 

 Co., says the firm is about to open a 

 branch store at Miles City, Mont., 

 placing F. S. Madden in charge. He 

 says the use of flowers and plants is in- 

 creasing at a wonderful rate all through 

 the northwest. 



Superior, Wis. — T. Tjensvold has 

 bought a piece of property, including 

 half a city square at Twenty-first and 

 Susquehanna avenue, and will build a 

 range of greenhouses. He now owns 

 greenhouses at Billings park, but is on 

 leased city property and the park com- 

 mission has refused to extend the lease. 

 The plan is to at once erect two houses 

 25x200 and later add two more of the 

 same size. 



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