October 20, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Norristown, Pa. — Wm. H. Catanese, 

 the West Main street florist, knd Miss 

 Anna Giannone were married October 4. 



New Westminster, B. C. — The B. C. 



Florists' and Nurserymen's Association 

 held a meeting in the K. of P. hall Oc- 

 tober 5. 



Whitesboro, N. Y. — J. C. Spencer, for- 

 merly of Spencer & Martin, at Utica, 

 N. Y., has been engaged as grower for 

 W. A. Rowlands, in this city. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Frank Gompf, for- 

 merly with W. J. & M. S. Vesey, has 

 gone to West Mentor, O., to become 

 foreman for Carl Hagenburger. 



West Lebanon, N. H. — Samuel P. 

 French is erecting another greenhouse. 

 This is the third house that he has 

 added since starting business here. 



Hartford, Conn. — Miss Mary Ferral, 

 for a number of years in the employ of 

 the late 'J. H. Myers, Altoona, Pa., is 

 now here in the employ of Miss Whit- 

 ing. 



Newburgh, N. Y. — The Yuess Gar- 

 dens Co. is rushing to completion the 

 new range of glass, and expects to 

 have it planted before the cold season. 

 Bulb business is brisk. 



Clifton Springs, N. Y.— J. W. Kel- 

 logg, proprietor of the Clifton Springs 

 Greenhouses, has built another house 

 and stocked it with carnations. His 

 first year's trade has been highly satis- 

 factory. 



Gibson, 111.— The Swan Peterson Flo- 

 ral Co. leased a vacant downtown build- 

 ing for use during the week of the corn 

 carnival, and placed on sale there a com- 

 plete and attractive line of stoclc, ia^ 

 eluding goldfish, , 



Greensboro, N. C. — A. J. Sykes, man- 

 ager of the cut flower department of 

 the J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., re- 

 cently visited Asheville, N. C, to make 

 arrangements for the opening of a 

 flower stand in that city. 



Middletown, N. Y. — E. A. Lorentz 

 has finished his cozy office. He speaks 

 highly of a new finish for floors, called 

 Aquabar. The foundation wall for his 

 show house, just finished, is eleven 

 inches thick at the bottom, tapering 

 to eight inches at the top. 



Southbridge, Mass. — A. H. Faxon re- 

 ports, under date of October 10, that the 

 weather continues remarkably mild, 

 without frosts, and violets are slill in 

 the field. Owing to the warm fall, 

 chrysanthemums are opening a trifle 

 early. There are good crops of vege- 

 tables and fruits in this vicinity. The 

 summer trade in flowers was rather 

 quiet, but the approach of the winter 

 season is now quickening the demand. 



Biddeford, Me. — A horse belonging to 

 Charles S. Strout ran away recently, 

 somewhat damaging the carriage to 

 which it was attached and also slightly 

 marring some other vehicles, but no seri- 

 ous harm was done. 



Sycamore, 111. — Carl Ulander, who for 

 several years was with William Swin- 

 bank, in this city, has returned from 

 an extended tour of Sweden, the land 

 of his birth, and will resume his posi- 

 tion with Mr. Swinbank. 



Oneonta, N. Y. — ^J. Strong has a snug 

 place. He was for many years land- 

 scape gardener for the Delaware & 

 Hudson railroad, and retired with an 

 "enviable reputation. He has succeeded 

 in building up a good local business. 



Cobleskill, N. Y.— Alfred Goldring 

 has just finished a rose house, with con- 

 crete setting. He grows his Paper 

 Whites on the bench, and thus avoids 

 the work of handling flats. Many of 

 the large growers have adopted this 

 plan, which is a saving of time and 

 space. Killarney is a great favorite 

 here, although some store folks say it 

 does not keep well. 



Winchester, Ky. — Shearer the Flo- 

 rist makes this announcement: "I 

 have sold my greenhouse plant, which 

 consists of about 8,000 feet of glass 

 with about one acre of land, to Poole & 

 Purllant, of Bellefontaine, O., at a fair 

 price. They took possession October 8. 

 The stock is all in first-class condition, 

 and I predict for them a prosperous 

 and profitable business, as they are both 

 practical florists." 



Manchester, Mass. — The partnership 

 existing between Magnuson & Hylen, 

 the florists on Bridge street, has been 

 dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Hy- 

 len, the retiring partner, has sold to Mr. 

 Magnuson, who will continue the busi- 

 ness individually. Mr. Hylen has pur- 

 chased a wholesale florists' business in 

 Randolph, Mass., including half a dozen 

 greenhouses, dwelling, stable, etc. He 

 has moved his family to Randolph. 



Slingerlands, N. Y. — Fred Goldring 

 is preparing a choice batch of stock for 

 the fall show which is to be held in the 

 Armory at Albany, and which promises 

 to be the best yet given. The governor 

 of the state has promised to open the 

 exhibition. This will insure a fashion- 

 able attendance at the opening, and the 

 boys are working hard to gather in the 

 rank and file. Mr, Goldring is also a 

 successful trucker, as is evidenced by 

 a return of thirteen barrels of potatoes 

 from a planting of three-fourths of a 

 barreV The variety is Irish Cobbler. 

 He wants ,to know if any of ^ the fra- 

 ternity can beat this ip^ this locality 

 this season. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — E. Haentze and 

 Miss Louisa Kleinkoescht, of Philadel- 

 phia, were married October 11. Mr. 

 Haentze is 71 years of age and his 

 bride is 23. 



Middletown, N. Y.— F. X. Dienst has 

 almost completely rebuilt his plant this 

 summer, replacing wood with concrete. 

 His stock is in excellent shape. He is 

 an annual prize winner at the county 

 fairs. 



El Paso, 111, — C. L. W. Snyder, who re- 

 cently disposed of his interest in the El 

 Paso Carnation Co. to W. G. Plumb, his ' 

 former partner, has purchased the Wolk 

 greenhouses on the west side, where he 

 is now conducting the business, 



Salem, Mass. — Since E. A. Stearns 

 took possession of the greenhouses at 

 90 to 92 North street, in North Salem, 

 he has made many improvements there 

 and the place is now attractive in ap- 

 pearance, well stocked and well 

 equipped for business. 



Pittsfield, Me. — While in Bangor, Me., 

 recently, A. J, Loder purchased three 

 50-foot greenhouses of Carl Beers, who 

 is closing out his business interests 

 there, Mr, Loder will move the houses 

 here in sections and rebuild them in 

 connection with his present range. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. — C. P. Dudley is 

 making preparations fpr the opening of 

 a branch store at Huntington, W, Va, 

 The new store will be one of the hand- 

 somest in the state and will be under 

 the management of Miss Loraine Bore- 

 man, who is an expert in the business; 



Fekln, 111, — George A. Kuhl is prin- 

 cipally known in the trade as a grower 

 of ferns and other plants for wholesal- 

 ing, but in Peoria he has a busy retail 

 flower store. At the recent state fair 

 at Springfield there were sixteen classes 

 for made-up work and Mr. Kuhl's re- 

 tail store entered in each class, winning 

 a premium in every class, a majority of 

 them bine ribbons. 



Fishkill, N. Y. — A successful home 

 garden contest was conciiidfd October 

 8. This work of teaching and interest- 

 ing the young people in keeping their 

 dooryards attractive, and utilizing the 

 little plots of ground surrounding their 

 homes for the cultivation of vegetables, 

 plaiits or flowers, was first started last 

 year through the instrumentality of 

 Benjamin Hammond, who offered two 

 prizes, a winter coat, for the boy and 

 girl producing the best garden. There 

 were about sixty children in the contest 

 last year and $28 was spent for the 

 prizes.' As there were only two prizes, 

 many of the children were disappointed, 

 and this year Mr. Hammond divided the 

 prize money into fourteen different 

 prizes. ' ^ 



