Sbptombeb 28, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Bockland, Me. — W. A. Bipley is suc- 

 cessor to Walter 0. Frost, at 253 Cam- 

 den street. 



MadlBon, Wis.— The Capital City 

 Greenhouse Co. has increased its capital 

 stock from $15,000 to $50,000. 



Albia, la.— The Richey Floral Co. is 

 building an addition which will about 

 double the space under glass. 



New Bedford, Mass. — Edward G. 

 Davis has built an addition to his 

 greenhouses, at 191 Shawmut avenue. 



Salt Lake City, UtalL — C. S. Martin, 

 of 747 East Fifth South street, is build- 

 ing a greenhouse, at a cost of about 

 $1,500. 



Sedalia, Mo. — C. A. Claison, foreman 

 at the greenhouses of the Archias Flo- 

 ral Co., has been appointed superin- 

 tendent of floriculture at the Missouri 

 state fair, to be held September 30 to 

 October 6. 



Oroton, Mass. — A double wedding re- 

 cently occurred in the family of H. 

 Huebner. His eldest son, Herman A. 

 Huebner, and his eldest daughter, Miss 

 Minnie Huebner, both ventured into 

 matrimony on the same day. 



Allentown, Pa. — ^John P. Medernach, 

 of 548 Bidge avenue, the florist in the 

 employ of the Lehigh Valley railroad, 

 was recently disabled for a time by a 

 deep cut in his right foot, caused by 

 its coming in contact with a piece of 

 glass. 



Johnstown, Pa. — Traugott Malbranc, 

 the Market street florist, is now pro- 

 prietor, also, of the flower store in the 

 Capital hotel. Including the show 

 house, the hotel flower store has a total 

 frontage of ninety feet on Main street, 

 and the opportunities for display of 

 the stock are excellent. 



Champaign, 111. — It is reported that 

 officials of the Hlinois Central railroad 

 are contemplating the removal of the 

 railroad greenhouses from this city to 

 Flossmoor, 111., in order to get them 

 away from the roundhouse gas and 

 smoke that molest them here. The 

 greenhouses and grounds are at present 

 under the care of H. A. Bode and three 

 helpers. 



Utica, N. T.— J. C. Bigelow & Son 

 have just added to their greenhouse 

 plant at 1010 Sunset avenue another 

 house, 28x100, for growing carna- 

 tions to supply their store trade, in the 

 center of the business section of the 

 city. They have also erected a propa- 

 gating house, 15x45. The entire range 

 is heated by a 150 horse-power tubular 

 steam boiler. In cold weather they 

 carry thirty pounds of steam, reduced 

 to two and one-half pounds, thus doing 

 away with the need of a night fireman. 



Amboy, ni. — C. M. Weaver has opened 

 a flower store in the Hegert building. 

 Besides a full line of florists' stock, he 

 will also handle trees and shrubbery. 



Hampton, la. — The Curtis Floral Co. 

 nas engaged Miss Nina G. Wheeler as 

 manager of the firm's branch store, the 

 Flower Shop, at Fifth and Washington 

 streets, Mason City, la. 



Franklin, Mass. — M. J. Van Leeuwen, 

 proprietor of the Continental Nurseries, 

 has presented to the officials of the 

 town of Wrentham an excellent plan 

 for the improvement of the common. 



Pekin, HI. — George A. Kuhl and wife 

 have returned from Harbor Springs, 

 Mich., and Waukesha, Wis., where they 

 summered, and Mr. Kuhl is taking hold 

 of business with health fully restored. 



Bacine, Wis. — Clark E. Adams, on 

 Washington avenue, is erecting iron- 

 frame greenhouses, with foundations of 

 cement blocks, on the site of the houses 

 that were recently destroyed by fire. 



Moscow, Idaho. — J. L. Bourne, for- 

 merly in the greenhouse business here, 

 has gone to Oregon and Washington, 

 in company with his son, Vernon, with 

 a view to selecting a new location to 

 start in the business again. 



Clinton, Mass. — H. Leroy Sawyer, 

 who for the last six years has been in 

 Jacksonville, Fla., will return to this 

 city this fall and be associated with his 

 father, Frank P. Sawyer, in the florists ' 

 business. 



Aldan, Pa. — Clarence Alwine, who 

 formerly was employed by Mrs. Sarah 

 I. Smith at Secane, is starting in busi- 

 ness here. He is putting up three 

 houses, each 25 x 100, and will grow car- 

 nations, snapdragons and sweet peas. 



Oasport, N. Y. — Carnations planted in 

 the greenhouses of White Bros, are 

 growing nicely and the chrysanthemums 

 also are in good shape. Asters have 

 been giving good crop, notwithstand- 

 ing the dry weather. The new plant 

 at Medina, N. T., four houses 26 x 250, 

 is nearly completed and the 32,000 car- 

 nation plants are being benched. White 

 Enchantress and Pink Delight are the 

 two varieties grown in largest quantity. 



Belleville, O. — Walter Clever, a young 

 florist who resides near this town, has 

 distinguished himself by his manly and 

 adroit defense of himself and a lady 

 companion from the attacks of a ruf- 

 fian who has been identified as an ex- 

 convict. Mr. Clever was unarmed, 

 while his assailant carried a revolver. 

 At first Mr. Clever pretended to be sub- 

 missive, but when an opportune moment 

 arrived he caught the fellow by the 

 throat and choked him. When a po- 

 liceman appeared on the scene, the 

 desperado was found to be dead. . 



Orange, N. J. — Frank Thomas, gar- 

 dener to E. C. Graves, is justly proud 

 of the choice collection of cypripedi- 

 ums under his charge. He has some 

 hybrids of rare value. 



Waylaud, O. — The gladioli grown by 

 Mrs. A. H. Austin have attracted so 

 much attention that a local newspaper 

 recently devoted half a column to Mrs. 

 Austin's methods and success. 



Franklin, Mass. — The contract for 

 the new greenhouses to be erected here 

 by Harry T. Hayward has been 

 awarded to the Lord & Burnham Co. 

 and work on the foundation has been 

 started. 



Findlay, O. — Miss L. E. Miller's 

 flower store, at 610 South Main street, 

 was broken into by marauders Septem- 

 ber 4, but little of value was taken. 

 This store has suffered a similar expe- 

 rience several times within the last 

 few months. 



Newcastle, Ind. — Myer Heller has 

 succeeded in inducing the Indiana Flo- 

 rists' Association to hold its next meet- 

 ing in this city, instead of Indianapolis, 

 which has been the society's usual 

 meeting place in the past. The date 

 will be October 3. Mr. Heller and 

 others are busy making the necessary 

 preparations for a flrst-class meeting. 



Oreencastle, Ind. — Mr. and Mrs. 

 George D. Eeid, of Elmhurst, 111., have 

 taken charge of the Troxell & Shake 

 greenhouses, and later will probably pur- 

 chase the establishment. They will live 

 in the residence now occupied by Mr. 

 and Mrs. Shake, near the greenhouses. 

 Troxel & Shake have eonducted the 

 greenhouses for several years. Dr. G. 

 W. Bence is the owner. 



Norfolk, Va. — Frank Brunton, man- 

 ager of the Fox-Hall Farm, is making 

 extensive preparations to meet the de- 

 mand for vegetable plants. He is 

 now building another iron-frame. Lord 

 & Burnham greenhouse, 25x300, and 

 putting up a number of sash and slat 

 houses for plant growing. Cabbage and 

 lettuce plants are grown here by the 

 acre for the trade, as well as for the 

 firm's own extensive truck farm. 



Denver, Colo.— T. H. U. Smith, at 

 2961 Lawrence street, shows his pro- 

 gressiveness by the use of letter-heads 

 which bear an attractive picture of his 

 range, and by the use of two handsome 

 delivery wagons, artistically painted 

 and lettered. One of his greenhouses, 

 a tall house of Foley construction, was 

 erected in September of last year and 

 was stocked with roses, carnations and 

 other plants. A large part of one 

 house is occupied by begonias in eleven 

 varieties. He also grows palms, ferns 

 and novelty plants. 



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