Septkmbek 7, 1911. 



The Weiily Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THiS DEPARTMENT. 



Fishkill, N. Y. — Miss Young, manager 

 of Spy Hill (Conservatories, is taking a 

 well-earned vacation. 



Troy, Ala. — Mrs. Fannie Starke is 

 building a large addition to her green- 

 houses. The new space will be used 

 for carnations. 



Baraboo, Wis. — William Peck, pro- 

 prietor of the City Greenhouses, was 

 run over by cars at Neenah, August 26, 

 and killed. He was recently married. 



Wallingford, Conn.— Kowden & Mit- 

 chell have completed^ a new range of 

 handsome appearance, with a front 

 wall of cobblestones set in concrete. 

 Their stock is in first-class shape. 



Eockville, Conn. — Theo. Staudt has 

 been rebuilding with material supplied 

 by the Lord & Burnham Co. and will 

 have a complete range by the end of 

 summer. The next move will be the 

 erection of a store upon land recently 

 purchased. 



Tampa, Fla. — Mrs. Knull, wife of F. 

 A. Knull, of the Knull Floral Co., has 

 been visiting her parents at the green- 

 house establishment of William Terrell 

 & Son, Warsaw, Ind. Though the 

 weather here, Mr. Knull states, was 

 warm for a time, th^ heat was not so 

 severe as in the nrfrth, as the highest 

 t^peratures here were from 86 to 92 

 degrees. 



Champaign, 111. — The greenhouses of 

 Thos. Franks & Son recently had the 

 unique distinction of being the scene 

 of a wedding. The Miller-Newton wed- 

 ding ceremony was performed in the 

 palm house, with an embankment of 

 ferns and palms as a background, two 

 large plants placed on pedestals to form 

 an altar, and baskets filled with choice 

 ferns hanging overhead. 



Fall River, Mass. — Chatterton War- 

 burton has a sport from Maryland 

 which he believes will make good. He 

 has seen others, but says this is entirely 

 distinct. He has Mrs. Aaron Ward in 

 fine condition and finds a ready sale 

 at $1 per dozen for first crop buds. A 

 new house, 12x90, is being built for 

 ferns. A wreath of orchids is not an 

 unusual order at his up-to-date store. 



Homell, N. Y.— The Wettlin Floral 

 Co. has a large stock of asparagus, 

 cyclamens and primroses, the demand 

 for which increases each season. The 

 new double marguerite, Mrs. F. Sander, 

 is an acquisition; it will prove valu- 

 able for design work. Mr. Wettlin re- 

 cently paid a visit to an old employee, 

 Paul M. 01m, of Bath, Me., and was 

 surprised at the vigorous growth there 

 of stock generally, which he attributed 

 to the damp air and suitable soil. Mr. 

 01m is doing well. 



Maiden, Mass. — Burgess & Cooney are 

 building another greenhouse, about 

 30x100. 



Whitman, Mass. — A. A. Keed has 

 heeu making extensive improvements at 

 his greenhouses on West street. 



Ishpeming, Mich. — Trebilcock Bros, 

 liave started work on new houses that 

 will largely increase their facilities. 



Alvin, Tex. — H. M. Farrell, a grower 

 of cut flowers, tuberoses and citrus 

 stock, reports that he is selling his 

 business and will retire from the trade. 



Danvers, Mass. — A. A. Kackliff, at 12 

 Lawrence street, who began the culture 

 of dahlias a few years ago for the sake 

 of the outdoor recreation and for the 

 benefit of his health, has developed a 

 business of some commercial impor- 

 tance, though he still conducts the en- 

 terprise chiefly for pleasure rather than 

 profit. 



Utica, N. Y.— C. F. Baker & Son, 

 59 to 61 Cornelia street, are erectin^j; 

 two iron-frame greenhouses, furnished 

 by the King Construction Co. The busi- 

 ness has outgrown the capacity of the 

 present houses, which were built thirty 

 years ago. The new houses are each 

 28x100, with an extension fronting on 

 Cornelia street, which will be used as 

 a show office. 



Portland, Conn. — Otto Keser says he 

 never felt so dry in his life, or rather 

 never experienced so dry a time as this 

 summer, when so much stock had to be 

 left to the mercy of the weather. His 

 carnations looked good, but his asters, 

 as elsewhere outside, were almost a 

 failure. His cannas are good; King 

 Humbert is the most popular variety in 

 the Connecticut valley. 



Whitemarsh, Md. — The fifth annual 

 dahlia and flower show at the green- 

 houses of R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. 

 will be held September 26 to 29, in con- 

 nection with the harvest home festival 

 of Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal 

 church. The meeting of the Maryland 

 State Horticultural Society will occur 

 on the first day. Among the features 

 of the show will be forty acres of 

 dahlias and ten acres of cannas. 



Ashtabula, O. — Gallup Bros., the 

 vegetable growers, have purchased 

 thirteen acres of ground just east of 

 the Sanborn road, in Saybrook town- 

 ship, and are planning to begin the 

 erection of a range of greenhouses 

 there next summer. Edward P. Gallup, 

 who will bo the manager at the new 

 houses, will also erect a residence on 

 the Sanborn road and will occupy it, 

 with his family. It is understood that 

 the price paid for the new property 

 was about $300 per acre. 



Waltham, Mass. — The Kidder green- 

 houses, on Worcester lane, have been 

 purchased by Harvey Whittemore, son 

 of Henry Whittemore, former superin- 

 tendent of schools in this city. It is 

 understood that Mr. Whittemore will 

 improve the property and engage ex- 

 tensively in the florists' business. 



Great Barrington, Mass. — William 

 Hail Walker, the owner of the famous 

 Brookside estate, is planning to add 

 a great many improvements, including 

 the building of an Italian garden that 

 will cost, it is said, about $50,000. The 

 plans for the garden were drawn by 

 Fernicio Vitale, of New York city, who 

 makes a specialty of such work. 



Herington, Kan. — J. A. Gordon, pro- 

 prietor of the Herington Greenhouses, 

 has been notified to vacate when his 

 lease expires February 1, 1912. Mr. 

 Gordon has interested other business 

 men here, however, and the money has 

 been raised to build two new houses 

 near the business district, these houses 

 to be ready before the present lease 

 expires. 



Watseka, 111.— M. E. Wyatt^ who has 

 been employed for several years at the 

 Wyatt greenhouses, has purchased the 

 entire establishment from his aunt, 

 Mrs. S. M. Wyatt, who has managed 

 the business since the death of her 

 hugband a year ago. The young man 

 proposes to make such improvements in 

 the place as will put it in first-class 

 condition. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The Terre Haute 

 Florists' Club held its first annual out- 

 ing August 29, at Forest park. The 

 participants numbered more than fifty 

 and included both employers and em- 

 ployees. The firms represented were: 

 John G. Heinl & Son, N. B. & C. E. 

 Stover, Cowan Bros. & Co., Fred Wun- 

 ker & Sons, Terre Haute Eose & Car- 

 nation Co., Henry Graham, Harry Rich- 

 mond, Saenger Bros., and Thomas 

 Stevenson, the new owner of the Otto 

 Heinl place. 



Sheridan, Wyo. — The Sheridan Green- 

 house Co., recently organized, has pur- 

 chased a half-acre tract on Beaver 

 street, near Pioneer park, and will\erect 

 greenhouses there, beginning with] 

 house, 25x150, besides a propas 

 room, an office and other buiu 

 Carnations and potted plants only will 

 be handled the first year. It is the in- 

 tention that additional ground shall bo 

 secured later, to be used for the grow- 

 ing of nursery stock. The members of 

 this firm are H. A. Loucks and S. L. 

 Caple. For the last two years Mr. 

 Caple has been associated with Mr. 

 Loucks in the Sheridan Music & 

 Floral Co. Mr. Loucks will manage 

 the affairs of the new company. 



