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OCTODEB 5, lOtl. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Sea Cliflf, N. Y.— Thomas Watkins is 

 adding a greenhouse, 25x150, for car- 

 nations. 



Dubois, Pa. — L. E. Gray, formerly a 

 florist here, reports that he has em- 

 barked in other business. 



Hobart, Ind. — A. Londenberg has 

 built another greenhouse, 27x100, and 

 made other improvements. 



Baraboo, Wis. — The first house in the 

 new range for E. T. Boss, on Eighth 

 street, has been erected. The office and 

 boiler room have also been completed. 

 The office is at 409 Oak street. 



Fairfield, la. — E. 11. Montgomery has 

 reglazed his greenhouses and made 

 other repairs and improvements. Busi- 

 ness, he says, has been quite active 

 since the arrival of cool weather. 



Jersey City, N. J. — Herman J. Ban- 

 riedt, who has a flower store at 489 

 Central avenue, was recently the victim 

 of a sneak thief, who stole a diamond 

 ring and a small amount of money from 

 the cash drawer. 



Lynn, Mass. — E. F. Dwyer & Sou won 

 first prize for cut flowers at the annual 

 show of the Houghtou Horticultural 

 Society, and second prize for cut flowers 

 from hardy perennials. Wilbur D. 

 Moon received first prize for d<ahlias. 



Sea Cliflf, N. Y.— E. J. Buchtenkirch 

 is the latest addition to the florists' 

 ranks here, having erected a Weathered 

 structure, comprising an office and 

 workroom connecting with a carnation 

 house 32x200 feet, with space and plans 

 for more. 



Marietta, O. — The Marietta Floral 

 Co. has moved into its new store, at 121 

 Putnam street. The firm has also un- 

 dertaken extensive improvements in 

 its greenhouses and general equipment, 

 with a view to entering the wholesale 

 field. The sales department will be in 

 charge of Mrs. E. C. Holz. 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y. — The recent 

 gathering of the Knights Templar 

 made a busy week for T. J. Totten, who 

 had the decorations for the ball. Henry 

 Schrade also had a good share of the 

 business, while John Kalph had a big 

 plant decoration. Christian Dehn fur- 

 nished the bouquets for the ladies. 



Beverly, N. J. — John A. Cook, the 

 Church street florist, was recently found 

 unconscious on the floor of a room in 

 his home and physicians who were sum- 

 moned declared he had died of heart 

 disease. Mrs. Cook, however, refused 

 to believe that her husband was dead 

 and she called other physicians, who 

 discovered faint traces of life and at 

 length succeeded in reviving him. At 

 last report he was on the way to 

 recovery. 



Troy, N. Y. — J. G. Barrett says there 

 is no let-up to orders for funeral de- 

 signs, a special feature with him. 



Sliugerlands, N. Y. — Fred Goldring 

 has finished rebuilding part of his range 

 and has everything in fine shape for the 

 coming season. 



Islip, N. Y. — B. Fagan & Son expect 

 to erect a building to cover the entire 

 frontage. It will consist of a show 

 house and office combined. 



Watervliet, N. Y. — Henry Hannell is 

 I'.ompleting two houses, each 30x150. 

 feet, for carnations. The plants have 

 made a fine growth, and with a grand 

 lot of mums he expects to cut some 

 heavy crops. 



Anderson, Ind. — For fifteen years 

 Henry Klus, of B. H. Klus & Son, 

 dropped odd pennies, nickels and dimes 

 into a crevice in the wall of the kitchen 

 of his home. September 22 he cut away 

 the plaster and lathing that covered the 

 depository and $1,099.54 rolled out on 

 the floor at his feet. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. — The annual dahlia 

 show of the Nassau County Horticul- 

 tural Society, which was to be held 

 September 27, was postponed till Oc- 

 tober 11, owing to the lateness of the 

 dahlias. The society's chrysanthemum 

 show will be held November 1 and 2, 

 in Pembroke hall. 



West Albany, N. Y.— The Danker 

 Greenhouses will receive an addition in 

 the near future of a special house for 

 orchids, to keep pace with the increas- 

 ing demand for this aristocrat among 

 flowers. There are still some good as- 

 ters to be had that survived the recent 

 frost. These help out the shortage in 

 carnations, which, however, will soon 

 be in crop. 



Murpbysboro, 111. — Claude Wisely^ 

 proprietor of Wisely 's Greenhouses, is 

 constructing two new houses, each 28x 

 150, using Foley materials, including 

 iron gutters and angle iron eave plates. 

 When completed, Mr. Wisely will have 

 a total of 25,000 square feet of glass. 

 This is the result of ten years' work, 

 as he started with only one house, 8x10, 

 when 14 years old, and now has what is 

 said to be the largest range in south- 

 ern Blinois. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — September 21 was 

 Taft day here. The city was beauti- 

 fully decorated all along the line of 

 march and there were at least 50,000 

 visitors. In the evening the President 

 was tendered a banquet at the New 

 Burdick hotel. The decorations at the 

 banquet hall were in charge of G. Van 

 Bochove & Bro., being carried out in 

 red, white and blue, and were quite 

 elaborate, great quantities of red roses, 

 carnations, asparagus, adiantum and 

 palms being used. 



Wakefield, Mass. — John Barry has 

 erected another greenhouse on his 

 property on Main street. 



Bacine, Wis. — Clark E. Adams, on 

 Washington avenue, has just completed 

 a new iron-frame greenhouse, which 

 takes the place of the one destroyed by 

 fire a few months ago. 



Beed City, Mich.— T. H. Long, of 

 Evart, Mich., has purchased the green- 

 houses which were conducted for a 

 number of years by Jacob Noll and W. 

 Peppier, in this town. 



Wooster, O. — Wni. E. Penick, on 

 South Market street, has removed to 

 the room one door north of his former 

 store. In his new quarters he will have 

 more space and a better opportunity to 

 display his stock. 



Dayton, O. — Adam Fischer, who was 

 formerly florist at the National Sol- 

 diers' Home, in this city, but had been 

 residing for some time with a relative 

 in Cincinnati, recently became despond- 

 ent on account of ill health and in- 

 ability to continue his work, and com- 

 mitted suicide by hanging. 



Columbus, O. — The State Board of 

 Agriculture has decided to erect a 

 greenhouse at the state fair grounds, 

 so as to grow the needed stock for the 

 flower beds. President C. H. Janson, 

 T. E. Cromley and Secretary A. P. 

 Sandles have called for preliminary 

 plans. 



Temple, Tex. — J. E, Boyd, of Cle- 

 burne, Tex., in company with his 

 nephew, has opened a store at the cor- 

 ner of Calhoun avenue and Eighth 

 street, under the name of the Temple 

 Seed & Floral Co. The firm has been 

 preparing for business here since the 

 beginning of July and has spent sev- 

 eral thousand dollars in purchasing 

 ground and erecting a greenhouse. Un- 

 til the plants in the new house have 

 begun to bloom, so as to supply part 

 of the stock for the store, all of the 

 needed flowers will be shipped from 

 Cleburne, where Mr. Boyd has a range 

 of houses. 



New Haven, Conn. — The Doolittle 

 Floral Co., the new organization whose 

 incorporation was recently announced 

 in The Eeview, has purchased the 

 greenhouses and retail department of 

 the Frank S. Piatt Co. and has begun 

 business at the corner of Orange and 

 Court streets. A. L. Doolittle, who 

 had been with the Frank S. Piatt Co. 

 for eighteen years, is president and 

 manager of the new concern; Frank C. 

 Dowd, of Madison, is treasurer and 

 assistant manager; Henry H. Kelsey, 

 of New Haven, is the secretary and 

 superintendent of the greenhouses, and 

 Frank S, Piatt is a director. The capi- 

 tal stock is $25,000. 



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