OCTOUtt 13, 191«. 



The Weekly Fbrists' Review. 



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Blanchester, O. — James Burnett suf- 

 fered for some weeks with lung fever, 

 but at last report his condition was 

 much improved. 



Tacoma, Wash. — Mrs. M. Thayer is 

 now proprietor of the business formerly 

 I'onducted by Mrs. P. Bergfield, at 913 

 North Sixth street. 



Newton Center, Mass. — ^Miss McGrady 

 celebrated the opening of the winter 

 season by an especially fine display of 

 stock at her store on Union street. 



Farmer City, HI. — H. L. Bracken and 

 Anderson Ray have bought the green- 

 houses of Geo. D. Barnes and will use 

 them for the growing of vegetables. 



Thompsonville, Conn. — The Brainard 

 Floral & Nursery Co. had an excellent 

 exhibit at the fair held by the Union 

 Agricultural Society at Enfield, Conn., 

 September 28. 



Honlton, Me. — H. L. Chadwick, who 

 .started business here in a small way a 

 few years ago, has spent considerable 

 money for buildings and equipment 

 and his trade has grown in a gratifying 

 way. 



Walden, N. Y.— Henry F. Boat & Sons 

 Imve completed a new greenhouse, 20x 

 HO, with concrete walls and concrete 

 benches. It is reported that William 

 McBrier and C. Bunting, of this place, 

 have gone out of the business. 



Battle Creek, Mich. — S. W. Coggan, 

 of the firm of Burt & Coggan, has pur- 

 chased Mr. Burt's interest in the busi- 

 uess and is now conducting it in his 

 '>wn name. Mr. Coggan has greenhouses 

 it the corner of South avenue and Hus- 

 tey street and a store at 11 Main street, 

 west. 



Washington, D. C. — C.L.Jenkins & Son, 

 whose greenhouses are at Suitland, Md., 

 ■ire only two years in the business, but 

 find trade excellent. A new Kroeschell 

 hot water boiler is being installed and 

 an addition to the glass is in prospect 

 tor next year; the present exposure is 

 about 5,000 feet. 



Kansas City, Mo. — D. Freudenthal re- 

 ' ently fell from a ladder, in his store 

 in the Bryant building, and received in- 

 juries which rendered him unconscious 

 t"or a time. His left arm was sprained 

 and a large gash was cut over his left 

 eye. He is 65 years old, and did not 

 '■eadily recover from the shock. 



Ansonia, Conn. — Peters & Palmer, 

 proprietors of the dahlia gardens on 

 Holbrook street, had a fine exhibit of 

 their stock at the recent dahlia show 

 and secured a number of awards. Their 

 trial grounds, where some valuable va- 

 rieties are ueing tested, have lately 

 been attracting much attention. 



Eome, N. Y.— Edward H. Kipp, of 

 the firm of Kipp & Edwards, at 408 

 to 416 Elm street, has purchased his 

 partner's interest in the establishment 

 and will continue the business in his 

 own name. 



Dighton, Mass. — EUery Briggs has 

 this season made considerable seditions 

 to his greenhouses. He has added a 

 fine show front on one house. Ferns, 

 callas, geraniums, carnations and vio- 

 lets are among his specialties. 



Anaconda, Mont. — E. M. Greig has 

 purchased a lot on Locust street, at 

 the rear of his present greenhoiises, and 

 will build an addition which will cover 

 the whole of the new ground, 50x140 

 feet. He will also erect another boiler 

 house. 



Baltimore, Md. — A. Spath, Jr., & Son, 

 who have purchased the establishment 

 of E. Hahn, in Embla Park, are pro- 

 posing"^ put in a steam heating system 

 in their^reenhouses, in place of the 

 hot water system that is now installed. 

 The change is expected to be made next 

 summer. 



New Castle, Ind. — ' ' An order of huge 

 size was handled by us October 10," 

 says Myer Heller, of the South Park 

 Floral Co., "5,000 Beauties, all 18-inch 

 to 45-inch, furnished to an Indianapolis 

 dealer for the opening of a^large store 

 there. We believe this is pretty near 

 a record for one order for all good stem 

 Beauties." 



Boswell, N. M. — F. O. Santheson, man- 

 ager of the Eoswell Floral Co., recently 

 opened to the public the firm 's new 

 greenhouses and grounds, east of this 

 city. The new place includes eight acres 

 of land, well adapted for outdoor stock, 

 with two greenhouses, each 50x100 feet 

 and heated by steam. In the front part 

 of the grounds is a half acre of Amer- 

 ican Beauties. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The Pikes 

 Peak Floral Co. has bought the lease, 

 business and fixtures of the Colorado 

 Springs Floral Co., 104 North Tejon 

 street, and will conduct a retail floral 

 store at that location. The store will 

 be in charge of F. B. Sauerwald. The 

 retail store of the Pikes Peak company 

 at its greenhouses, corner of Platte and 

 Wahsatch avenues, will be continued. 



Montgomery, Ala. — Owing to the need 

 of more room, the sales department of 

 the Fernhill Greenhouses has been re- 

 moved from the store of the Exchange 

 Drug Co. to that of the Montgomery 

 Drug Co. The proprietor, H. L. Von 

 Trott, successor to S. B. Stern & Co., 

 will remain in charge of the green- 

 houses on the Upper Wetumpka road. 

 He has everything in fine shape tor 

 the coming season. 



Mechanicsville, N. Y. — The green- 

 houses which were recently purchased 

 by W. H. Allen have now been sold by 

 him to Charles Shearer, of Newman 

 avenue. 



Nahant, Mass. — Thomas Eoland has 

 purchased a florists' establishment at 

 Revere and expects to run it as an 

 auxiliary to his large plant on Sum- 

 mer street. 



Burlington, Vt. — W. E. Peters, who 

 has been in business for the last ten 

 years at 184 Main street, will remove, 

 November 1, to the Walker block, 137 

 St. Paul street. 



Toledo, O,— Since the death of Chas. 

 A. Schramm the business at 13tl7 to 

 1315 Cherry street has been conducted 

 by his two nephews, Frank M. and 

 Anton J. Schramm, under the name of 

 Schramm Bros. 



Colorado Springs, CoIo.-r-The Colo- 

 rado Springs Floral Co., conducted by 

 Frank Hayden, made an assignment 

 October 4 for the benefit of creditors, 

 to F. B. Sauerwald, formerly chief clerk 

 for the concern. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y.— Dr. George Bur- 

 bank Shattuck, of Vassar, has a lecture 

 on orchids which he is giving in many, 

 cities of the east, illustrating it with 

 colored slides in a specially constructed 

 stereoptJcon. W. A. Saltford, of the 

 local firm, the Saltford Flower Shop, 

 speaks highly of the lecture and also 

 of the pictures. 



West Newbury, Mass. — Charles Stew- 

 art, an employee of Thomas King, met 

 with a painful death October 3. Being 

 unwell, he drank a quantity of what 

 was supposed to be medicine, but which 

 proved to be carbolic acid. He died 

 before a physician could be procured. 

 He was about 35 years of age and re- 

 sided with his parents at Gloucester 

 when not at work for Mr. King. The 

 body was taken to Gloucester for 

 burial. 



San Francisco, Cal. — The MacEorie- 

 McLaren Co., San Francisco, has been 

 incorporated, with a total capitalization 

 of $75,000. The officers of the company 

 are: President, Daniel MacRorie; vice- 

 president, Henry Maier; secretary and 

 treasurer, Donald McLaren. Mr. Maier 

 has been for many years superintendent 

 of the Stockdale Nurseries at Bur- 

 lingame. The company has taken over 

 all the nursery and greenhouse stock of 

 the Stockdale Nurseries, and has opened 

 an office in Burlingame immediately 

 opposite the station. The main offices 

 have been removed from the Crocker 

 building, in San Francisco, to rooms 711 

 to 714 in the Westbank building, corner 

 of Ellis and Market streets. 



