OrroBEK 10, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



lola, Kan. — Mr. Ecklen has erected 

 n greenhouse on the Drake i)lace and 

 will glow flowers for the market. 



Waltham, Mass. — M. F. Buane, of 121 

 Moody street, w^as recently disabled 

 for a time by a broken leg, caused by 

 a fall. 



Ishpemlng, Mich. — Trebilcoek Bros., 

 of the Ishpemlng Greenhouses, have al- 

 most completed the large addition to 

 their range. 



Springfield, O. — Mrs. Nettie Jacobs 

 and Mrs. ' liessie Ackerman-Rightmire 

 have opened a flower store at 1.5 South 

 lountain avenue. 



West Eomervllle, Masa. — George T. 

 Kand is slowly regaining his health 

 after his recent severe illness and has 

 reopened his store on Highland avenue. 



Denver, Colo. — Mrs. L. A. Dunsmore 

 says that she looks for a fair business 

 this season, as demand is increasing 

 steadily. Stock has been below the 

 average in quality during the summer. 



Washington, Kan. — Mrs. M. L, Pen- 

 well says that trade has been excellent 

 right along, but that of late it has 

 been especially good because of a heavy 

 run of funeral work. Stock looks well 

 and her best season is in prospect. 



Hudson, N. Y.— B, W. Allen has not 

 yet received any satisfaction from the 

 cement company which is burying his 

 plant by slow degrees. It has'becomo 

 almost an impossibility to grow flower- 

 ing stock, for which Mr. Allen has had 

 an excellent reputation. 



New Castle, Ind.— P. J. Lynch has 

 moved the offices of the Heller Bros. 

 Co. from South Main street to a build- 

 ing at the old New Castle canning plant, 

 in the west part of the city, where a 

 big greenhouse range will be doing 

 business in the near future. 



Nevada, Mo.— F. R. Roe, of the Vol- 

 cano Greenhouses, has just completed 

 the erection of an addition containing 

 about 26,000 square feet of glass. He 

 now has a total of 45,000 square feet 

 of glass in his range. His principal 

 crops are roses, carnations, mums and 

 violets, besides greens for the whole- 

 sale trade. At present he is at Palisades, 

 Colo, where he has a commercial or- 

 chard of peach, apple and pear trees. 



Davenport, la.— Ewoldt Bros., of the 

 Floral Hill Gardens, are erecting an- 

 other greenhouse. It is of Moninger 

 construction and will cover 3,000 

 square feet of ground. The firm has 

 also niade many other improvements 

 during the summer, including the in- 

 stallation of a new water plant and 

 heating system, besides the construc- 

 tion of a brick smokestack, concrete 

 walls and floors and a room for the 

 storage of a large quantity of coal. 



Rockford, 111.— W. H. Burrows is 

 using Foley material for a new green- 

 house rapidly nearing completion. 



Marion, Ind. — Material is being de- 

 livered for the construction of two ad- 

 ditional greenhouses for Joseph Shane 

 and work will be commenced at once. 



Wilmington, Del.— H. P. Potter re- 

 cently received a shipment of 27,2.50 

 tulip, hyacinth and narcissus bulbs 

 from Holland. 



Mitchell, S. D.— Wm. Dethlefs, 731 

 South Montana street, has been in busi- 

 ness only a little more than a year, but 

 already has a good trade. He has just 

 issued a catalogue. 



Bice Lake, Wis. — C. A. Hannemann 

 has contracted with the park board to 

 remove the plants in the city park, 

 take care of them during the winter, 

 and set them out next spring. 



Wyomisslng, Pa. — Heck Bros, have 

 added a new carnation house and in- 

 stalled a boiler capable of heating the 

 entire ])lace. "Chrysanthemums are their 

 leading specialty and are in fine con- 

 dition. 



Oyster Bay, N. Y. — John Ingram is 

 the first florist on the island to go into 

 orchid growing extensively. He has a 

 big house of cattieyas in fine condition 

 and is planning to devote another 

 house to this line next season. The 

 demand is highly encouraging. 



Freeport, 111. — Business in cut flowers 

 is opening favorably considering that 

 all outdoor stock is yet unharmed by 

 frost and in full bloom. The Freeport 

 Floral Co. force is busily engaged in 

 the construction of a violet house. 

 Everything points to a promising sea- 

 son with the company. 



Bacine, Wis. — J. Bourgaise has 

 opened a downtown store in charge of 

 Mrs. Fulsinger, from Chicago. Hol- 

 ton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, sent a 

 horseshoe of flowers for the opening. 

 About ten years ago Mr? Bourgaise 

 started in business, growing lettuce, 

 radishes, plants, etc., distributing them 

 in a hand basket, but now his business 

 has increased so that a store is neces- 

 sary. 



Hartford, Conn. — Quite a party of 

 dahlia enthusiasts from this city re- 

 cently paid a visit to the fields of 

 John H. Slocoinbe at New Haven. Mr. 

 Slocombe has over 300 named varieties 

 and countless unnamed sorts which he 

 has raised from seed. He also devotes 

 about half an acre to gladioli, a large 

 field to cosmos and has five large 

 houses of English violets. Mr. Slo- 

 combe 's success with dahlias was par- 

 ticularly notable this season because 

 most growers in this vicinity experi- 

 enced a lack of blooms. 



Batavia, 111. — The greenhouses of the 

 late George H. Serviss are to be of- 

 fered at public auction October 28, to 

 close the estate. 



Troy, O. — L. A. Thomas had a con- 

 spicuous and handsome exhibit of flow- 

 ers at the Miami county fair. His dis- 

 play occupied the center of the art 

 hall. 



Marshfield, Wis.— R. I. Macklin has 

 so far recovered from his recent illness 

 as to be able to leave the hospital, and 

 while recuperating he spent two weeks 

 with his brother at Stevens Point. 



Mt. Kisco, N. Y.— The Northern 

 Westchester County Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society will hold its ninth 

 annual exhibition at Whitlock's garage 

 November 3 to 5. H. A. Spavins is to 

 be manager. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— Wm. E. John is 

 erecting a new greenhouse^ 24 x ^0, and 

 expects to complete it about October 15. 

 It is an addition to a woodeij house, 

 10 X 40. Lord & Burnham Co. furnished 

 the material. 



Ghreenwich, Conn.— Alexander Mead & 

 Son removed October 6 to a new store 

 that is one of the finest in town. It is 

 large, light and airy and specially fitted 

 up for the flower business. A new dis- 

 play refrigerator is one of the features. 



White Marsh, Md.— Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., will deliver his illustrated lecture 

 on "The Bulb Fields of Holland" at 

 the fall exhibition of the St. Louis Hor- 

 ticultural Society, which will be held 

 November 6 to 11. 



Dracut, Mass.— C. S. Finacom re- 

 ports a successful season, with the 

 single exception of dahlias, which 

 were late in blooming and then frozen 

 out September 14. Mr. Finacom is 

 erecting a new greenhouse this fall, 

 to be used for geraniums. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Chas. F. Edgar, for 

 the last two years foreman at R. M. 

 Rebstock's, 614 Main street, has re' 

 signed that position and will go to 

 Philadelphia, Pa., for a short stay. Mr. 

 Edgar made many friends in this city 

 and was well liked by all with whom he 

 had dealings. 



Foughkeepsie, N. Y.— The Saltford 

 Flower Shop anticipates a banner season, 

 Vassar College having opened with a 

 full list of fair maidens who insist Oh 

 having the best in flowers. Geo. Salt- 

 ford takes personal care of the orchids 

 and has a fine lot of Dendrobium for- 

 mosum, imported in July,, many Of 

 which are now flowering, showing how 

 responsive they are to careful treat- 

 ment. The orchid houses and sheds 

 have been reconstructed with cement 

 walls and floors, with a storage cellar, 

 75x150 feet, for bulbs. 



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