OCTOBEU 20, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Norristown, Pa. — Wm. II. Catanese, 

 rlio West Main street florist, and Miss 

 Anna Giannone were married October 4. 



New Westminster, B. C— Tlie B. C. 

 Florists' and Nnrserymen'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, 

 .V. Y., has been engaged as grower for 

 W. A. Eowlands, in this city. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — Frank Gompf, for 

 iiicrly with W. J. & M, S. Vesey, lias 

 >;on<' to West Mentor, O., to become 

 foreman for Carl Hagenburger. 



West Lebanon, N. H. — Samuel P. 

 I'rench is erecting another greenhouse. 

 This is the third house that he has 

 ;id(led since starting business here. 



Hartford, Conn.^ — Miss Mary Ferral, 

 lor a number of years in the employ of 

 tlie late .). 11. Myers, Altoona, Pa., is 

 now here in the employ of Miss Whit- 

 ing. 



Newburgh, N. Y. — The Vuess (;ar 

 dens Co. is rushing to comj)letion the 

 new range of glass, and e.xpects to 

 ha\(' it ]ilante<l before the cold season, 

 liiilb business is brisk. 



Clifton Springs, N. Y.— .T. W. Kel 



logg, proprietor of the Clifton Springs 

 • ircenhouses, has built another house 

 and stocked it with carnations. Ilis 

 tirst year's trade has been highly satis 

 factory. 



Gibson, 111. — The Swan Peterson Flo- 

 ral Co. leased a vaciint downtown Imild- 

 iiig for use during the week of the corn 

 carnival, and placed on sale there a co7n- 

 jdete and attractive line of stock, iu- 

 ' luding goldfish. 



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

 ager of the cut flower department of 

 the .1. Van Lindley Nursery Co., re- 

 cently visited Asheville, N. C, to make 

 Mirangements for the opening of a 

 tl(iw(!r stand in that city. 



Middletown, N. Y. — V.. A. Lorent/. 

 lias linished his co/.y oflice. He sjieaks 

 higlily of a new finish for floors, (•;il!ed 

 Aijiiabar. The foiindaf ion wall fur his 

 sjiuw liouse. just finished, is eleven 

 iiiclies thiek at the bottom, tai>ering 

 to eight in(dies at tlie top. 



Southbridge, Mass. — A. II. Faxon re 

 ports, under d;ite of October lo, that the 

 weather continues reni;irkably mild, 

 without frosts, and \iolets are still in 

 the field. Owing to the warm t:ill, 

 chrysanthemums are opening a trifle 

 "•arly. There are good crops of \ege- 

 tables and fruits in tliis \icinity. The 

 summer trade in llowers was rather 

 <]uiet, hilt the ;ippriiach of tlie winter 

 season is ii<iw i|iiici<eiiiiig tlie demand. 



Blddeford, Me. — A horse belonging to 

 Charles S. Strout ran away recently, 

 somewhat damaging tlie 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.— ,T. Strong has a snug 

 place. He was for many years land- 

 scape gardener ^or the Delaware & 

 Hudson railroad, and retired with an 

 "enviable reputation. He has succeeded 

 in building up a good local business. 



Cobleskill, N. Y.— Alfred Goklring 

 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: ''1 

 liave sold my greenhouse plant, wliich 

 consists of about 8,000 feet of glass 

 with about one acre of land, to Poole & 

 Purllant, of Hellefontaine. O.. at a fair 

 price. They took possession October 8. 

 The stock is all in first-(dass condition, 

 and i predict for them a prosperous 

 and profitable business, as they are l)otii 

 practical florists." 



Manchester, Mass. — The partnership 

 existing between Magnuson & H.vleii, 

 the florists on Bridge strei't, 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. llylen has pur- 

 chastvj a wholesale florists' business in 

 K'andolph, .Mass., including lialf a dozen 

 greenhouses, dwelling, stable, etc. He 

 li:is moved iiis family to Kandolpli. 



Slingerlands, N. Y.— I'red Goldring 

 is preparing w choice batch of stock for 

 the fail sliow which is to lie hejcl in th(> 

 AruKJiy at .Albany, and which promises 

 to be the best yet given. The governor 

 of the state lias promised to open the 

 exhibition. This will insure a fashion- 

 able attendance at the ojieiiing, aiul the 

 boys are working hard to gather in tiie 

 rank and fllei Sir. Goldring is also a 

 successful trucker, as is evidenced b.v 

 ;i return of thirteen b.airels of jiotatoes 

 from a ]>lanting of tlire(>-fourt lis of a 

 barr(d. The \ariety is Irisii ('(dibler. 

 lie wants to kiiipw it' au\- ot' tlie fra 

 ttM'iiity can beat this in flii-- locality 

 this senson. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — i;. llaentze and 

 Miss Louisa Kleinkoescht, of I'liiladel- 

 l)hia, were married October 11. ]\lr. 

 llaentze is 71 years of age and his 

 bride is IW. 



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 Fl 

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

 former partner, has purchased the W'olk 

 greenhouses on the west side, where he 

 is now conducting the business. 



Salem, Mass. — Since E. A. Stearns 

 took possession of the greenhouses at 

 itO to 92 North street, in North Salem, 

 he has made many imjirovements there 

 and the place is now attractive in ap- 

 pearance, well stocked and well 

 equipped for business. 



Plttsfield, Me. — While in Bangor, Me., 

 recently, A. J. Loder purchased three 

 •lO-foot greenhouses of Carl Beers, who 

 is closing out his business interests 

 there. Mr. T.oder will move the houses 

 here in sections and rebuild them in 

 connection with his pres(Mit range. 



Parkersburg, W. Va. — c. P. Dudlev is 

 m.'iking piep;iiations for 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 Lor.aine Bore- 

 man, who is an expert in the business. 



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

 ci|iall.v known in the trade as a grower 

 of ferns and other plants for wholes.'il- 

 iiig, but in I'eoria he has a busy retail 

 flower store. At tlie recent state fair 

 at S|)ringfiel<l tlieie were sixteen classes 

 for ni;id<> lip work and .Mr. Kuhl's re 

 tail store entered in eadi class, winning 

 a j>remium in e\ery class, w m.-ijority of 

 them blue ribbons. 



Fishkill, N. Y. -A successful luuiie 

 garden contest was concluded October 

 8. This work of teaching ami interest- 

 ing the young jieople in keeping their 

 dooryards attractive, ami utili/ing the 

 little plots of groiitul surrounding their 

 homes for the cult iyat i<iii of vegetables, 

 jilants or flowers, w.is first started last 

 year through the instrumentality of 

 I'lCn j.-imiii Hammond, who offered two 

 lui/es, a \\ inter co.at, t'lir the boy and 

 gill producing the best garden. There 

 were about sixt.v cJiildrcMi in the contest 

 last year and $28 was spent for the 

 piiz(>s. .\s there were only two ])ri/.(>s, 

 m.anv of the diihlren were clisappointed, 

 and this year Mr. H.ammond divided the 

 pii/e iiKMH'v into foiirleeii liilTcrent; 

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