NOVBUBBB 3, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Oeneva, 111. — John Lietzau is planning 

 to make a large addition to his green- 

 houses on North First street. 



Cedar Falls, la. — F. W. Fagan has 

 gone out of the florists' business and his 

 name should be marked off mailing lists. 



Newport, R. I. — Edwin S. Manuel is 

 well pleased with his success at the re- 

 cent dahlia show at Providence, where 

 he captured three first and three sec- 

 ond prizes. 



Norwich, Conn. — The large estate of 

 Mrs. William Camp Lamnan will be 

 run as a strictly commercial place, under 

 the name of the Ghlanbones Green- 

 houses. Charles T. Beasley is in charge. 



Goshen, Ind.— A. E. Kunderd has 

 planted about 6,000 peonies and 10,000 

 tulips on his gladiolus farm at Cline's 

 crossing. His stock of peonies is said 

 to contain 235 varieties. It is his in- 

 tention to have ten acres in flowers by 

 next year. 



Durham, N. C. — Frederick Eoll has 

 removed to his own property, at the 

 corner of Lakewood avenue and Chapel 

 Hill road, where he owns a tract of six 

 acres, on which he has erected three 

 greenhouses, each 20x80. He will build 

 another greenhouse next year. 



Alameda, Cal. — G. Vandenbeele, pro- 

 prietor of the Alameda Floral Co., won 

 several prizes for orchids and ferns at 

 the fall flower show held in the Fair- 

 mont hotel, San Francisco, under the 

 auspices of the Pacific Coast Horticul- 

 tural Society and the California State 

 Floral Society. 



Houghton, Mich.— The Lakeside Flo- 

 ral Co., of this city, Calumet and Chas- 

 sell, has discontinued the bakery busi- 

 ness which was a part of the establish- 

 ntent here. The firm's flower business 

 had grown to such proportions as to be 

 much in need of the space which was 

 occupied by the baking department. 



Holyoke, Mass. — G. H. Sinclair, on 

 Appleton street, has one house devoted 

 to a carnation originated by himself 

 and named by him Alena. for his little 

 daughter. It is white, with a red cen- 

 ter. It is large and full and is said to 

 be deliciously fragrant. Some growers 

 have the opinion that, if it holds true, 

 it will be one of the most beautiful oar- 

 nations ever put on the market. 



New Orleans, La, — J. A. Newsham, of 

 the Magnolia Nursery, recently had a 

 special display of his orchid stock and 

 presented an orchid flower to each lady 

 who called at the nursery during the 

 day. Mr. Newsham now has a fine col- 

 lection of orchids, including twenty of 

 the choicest varieties, some of which 

 were collected by himself and by his 15- 

 year-old son, Dan, in Central America. 



Gorham, Me. — A new heating system 

 has been installed in the Boland Bar- 

 rows greenhouses, on Main street. 



Lake City, la. — Mrs. M. M. Titus has 

 purchased the greenhouse stock of Mrs. 

 Fuller, who is no longer in business 

 here. 



Norfolk, Va. — A greenhouse, 21x100, 

 is being constructed at Diamond 

 Springs for Prof. T. C. Johnson, in 

 charge of the Virginia Truck Experi- 

 mental Station. 



Dayton, O. — C. M. Schaefer, manager 

 of the Advance Floral Co., has had a 

 souvenir post card prepared showing 

 his firm's float in the fall festival pa- 

 rade, and has already distributed over 

 5,000, finding it an excellent advertise- 

 ment. 



Atlanta, Ga. — Since Borg & Erickson 

 purchased the business of the Atlanta 

 Floral Co., a few months ago, many im- 

 provements have been made and new 

 facilities have been added. W. G. 

 Adams, an experienced decorator, was 

 recently engaged by the firm. 



Canton, O. — The business of the 

 Lamborn Floral Store has been pur- 

 chased by J. E. and V. A. Cowgill, en- 

 terprising young men who are already 

 connected with the trade in Salem, 0. 

 The store here will be conducted by 

 J. R. Cowgill, while V. A. Cowgill will 

 continue the business at Salem. 



New Orleans, La. — J. C. Quinette, 

 who conducts nurseries and greenhouses 

 here and has been well known in the 

 trade for twenty-five years, has now 

 added a flower department to his tree 

 and plant store at 727 Common street. 

 The store will be known as the Floral 

 Shop. Mr. Quinette is a native of this 

 city. 



Newton, Kan.— During the last six 

 months the Rosebud Co. has been 

 reconstructing and restocking the range 

 of seven greenhouses at 435 West 

 Seventh street, and now the whole es- 

 tablishment is in first-class condition 

 for business. The proprietors are Miss 

 Hurst and Mrs. Frank Jones, who pur- 

 chased the place from C. L. Shanks. 

 They are assisted by an experienced 

 florist. 



Dallas, Ore. — D. L. Thomas, proprietor 

 of the Central Willamette Floral Co., 

 sees a bright outlook for the trade in 

 this section and is preparing to put up a 

 range of glass large enough to do more 

 than supply the needs of his own retail 

 store, so that he can cater to the whole- 

 sale demand in both cut flowers, bloom- 

 ing and ornamental plants. In addition, 

 he has outdoor space for field-grown rose 

 plants and similar stock. At present a 

 store and a small amount of glass are 

 operated along the lines on which ex- 

 pansion is proposed. 



Watertown, Wis. — George Benke has 

 been succeeded by the firm of Benke 

 Bros. 



Missoula, Mont. — Chas. F. Dallman 

 has removed from the Higgins building 

 to a store in the Montana block. 



Naugatuck, Conn. — H. G. Dennison, of 

 Union City, has sold his greenhouses 

 to H.'L. Hamilton, of Rockville. 



Amesbury, Mass. — Herbert G. Leslie 

 has built an addition to his greenhouses, 

 on Main street. The addition includes 

 a boiler room. 



Wobum, Mass. — The greenhouses of 

 .T. Howard, at the Lexington and Wo- 

 bum line, were damaged by fire on the 

 night of October 20. The shed where 

 the gasoline engine was housed was 

 destroyed, and a part of a greenhouse. 



Albany, N. Y. — Greenhouses are to be 

 erected in the rear of the residence of 

 George C. Hawley, 994 Madison avenue. 

 The palm house is to be twenty feet 

 high and the other houses sixteen feet 

 high, with walls of vitrified brick. 



Attica, N. Y. — Anton J. Pauly, for- 

 merly head florist at Frederick C. Stev- 

 ens' Maplewood Stock Farm, has re- 

 signed that position. He has some 

 greenhouses of his own, which hereafter 

 will demand most of his attention. 



Helena, Mont. — The Florists' and 

 Nurserymen's Association of Montana 

 continues to make steady progress and 

 the latest additions to its membership 

 are as follows: James King, of the 

 Butte Floral Co.; Victor Larson, with 

 the State Nursery Co., and M. L. Tip- 

 pin and E. W. Horton, with the Mon- 

 tana Nursery Co. 



St. Joseph, Mo. — Fred Krumm, of the 

 Krumm Bros. Floral Co., was recently 

 the victim of an assault which proved 

 almost fatal. While seated in a bed- 

 room connected with the greenhouses, 

 on Hansen avenue, at a late hour in the 

 evening, he was struck in the back of 

 the head by someone who had entered 

 unnoticed. Mr. Krumm fell to the floor 

 and was unconscious for half an hour. 

 His brother, Henry Krumm, was sleep- 

 ing in the same room, but was not 

 awakened. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The Central Flo- 

 ral Co., at the corner of Twenty-sixth 

 and Central avenues, has invested $5,- 

 000 in the construction of greenhouses, 

 so that the firm is now able to supply its 

 customers with blooms and plants of its 

 own growing. The greenhouses con- 

 tain three 175-foot benches of carna- 

 tions and three 150-foot benches of 

 roses, besides some good sized beds of 

 violets, chrysanthemums and other 

 stock. Connected with the greenhouses 

 is a boiler house, 18x32, with a cement 

 basement, in which a fifty horse-power 

 boiler has been installed. 



