OCTOBBB 29, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Johnson City, Tenn. — S. A. Swan is 

 successor to Swan & Cheggin, shippers 

 of evergreens with headquarters formerly 

 at Huntdale, N. 0. 



New Havin, Ck>Dn. — Smith T. Bradley 

 says he can not afford space to grow 

 mums for exhibition, the call for flowers 

 of medium size taking all the space. 



Bridgeport, Conn.— Carl C. I^k, of 

 the firm of John Beck & Son, has re- 

 turned from Europe, where he spent the 

 summer in calling on the trade and pur- 

 chasing bulbs. 



Pine Hill, N. T. — George Hawley is 

 erecting another greenhouse on his 

 property at 994 Madison avenue. The 

 house is 19x75, the same size as the 

 one he built about a year ago. 



New Cumberland, Pa. — ^Mr. Hanson 

 and Mr. Martin, of Seading, have pur- 

 chased the greenhouses formerly owned 

 by John A. Kepner. They have also 

 bought a double frame house opposite 

 the greenhouses. 



St. Cloud, Minn. — John Mattson has 

 completed a new greenhouse, 18x91^ 

 feet, with concrete walls. Aside from 

 this addition, his range consists of four 

 houses, each 108 feet in length. The 

 new house will be used for palms, ferns 

 and potted plants. 



Pomona, N. O. — Another large green- 

 house, 42^x500 feet, is nearing com- 

 pletion for the J. van Ijindley Nur- 

 sery Co. It is of iroii construction 

 with concrete walls, and is said to 

 have cost about $12,000. It will be 

 used for carnatibnc^." 



Salem, Mass;— Wm. T^%alke reports 

 the retail branch of his business as 

 steadily increasing. He yr&B fortunate 

 in getting in stocks of geraniums be- 

 fore frost. Nutt, Ricard and Poitevine 

 are the best sellers; never get too many 

 of these popular sorts. 



Bradford, Pa. — ^Wilson & Bickerson, 

 who are growers of both flowers and 

 vegetables, recently bought the green- 

 houses of W. C. Rockwell. With this 

 newly purchased range added to their 

 former houses, they now have about 

 25,000 square feet of glass. ■ 



Toledo, O. — Clara K. Wisner has 

 brought suit against the city for 

 $4,500, on account of damage done to 

 her business on Delaware avenue a 

 year ago, when the city appropriated 

 the ground on which her establishment 

 was located and which she had leased. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — Garrett De Oraaf, 

 proprietor of the Kalamazoo Floral 

 Co., has opened a store in the Krymer 

 block, on West Main street. At his 

 formal opening he made effective use 

 of the slogan, "Grown for you, in 

 Kalamazoo!'' He has greenhouses on 

 Cork street. 



Kennebunk, Me. — J. O. Elwell has 

 just completed a large addition to his 

 greenhouses. 



«th Pralbinyham, MM&r-im, B. 

 ison" is^^ll^hing off tStree rooms 

 in his service ouilding, as living quar- 

 ters for the night crew. 



Warren, O. — Thomas Fletcher has 

 purchased the Hoyt greenhouses, on 

 West Market street and will remove 

 them to his place on Wood street. 



Cromwell, Conn. — Wallace B. Pierson 

 is on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, 

 preparatory to the fall campaign for the 

 distribution of Double White Killarney 

 rose. 



Hartford, Conn.— John Coombs says 

 he can not remember such a shortage of 

 carnations at this time, but predicts 

 heavy crops around the holidays. His 

 chrysanthemums are fine and will be 

 seen at several local exhibitions. 



Lynn, Mass Gibbs Bros, have 



opened a new store, with a conserva- 

 tory in the rear, at 231 and 233 Union 

 street. It is one of the handsomest and 

 best equipped stores in the city. The 

 proprietors, J. C. and J. F. Gibbs, have 

 been in business in this city for the 

 last fifteen years and have built up a 

 flourishing business. They have green- 

 houses on Holyoke street, West Lynn. 



Council Bluffs, la. — ^The Herman 

 Bros. Co. is building five more large 

 greenhouses. With this addition, the 

 firm will have more than 140,000 square 

 feet of glass. The business has been 

 growing rapidly since it was started 

 here five years ago. The salesrooms, on 

 Pearl street, near Broadway, are in 

 charge of C. H. Bobertson, and are 

 models of attractiveness and conven- 

 ience. 



Beading, Pa. — B. & L. Steckler have 

 erected a handsome store in front of 

 their greenhouses, at 1018 Center ave- 

 nue. They have also added a new auto- 

 mobile to their delivery outfit. The 

 Steckler brothers have had charge of 

 the business for about four years and 

 have conducted it with great success. 

 Their father, the late David H. Steck- 

 ler, was proprietor for over twenty 

 years. 



West Hoboken, N. J. — Adolph Asmus 

 was slightly injured recently while try- 

 ing to recapture his automobile from 

 thieves in New York city. Mr. Asmus 

 caught on behind the machine while it 

 was in motion, and attempted to climb 

 over the rear into the seat, but was 

 thrown off by a lurch of the car as it 

 turned a corner. He fell on his back 

 and was picked up unconscious. The 

 car was found in a garage a few hours 

 later, with nearly every ^^ccesspry 

 stripped from it. 



Shadeland, Pa. — A new firm has been 

 organized here, under the name of 

 Lowry Bros. They are building a green- 

 house and will grow a general stock of 

 plants. ' 



Catskill, N. Y. — Henry Hansen har 

 completed a new house, 35x75, for ear- 

 nations. It is the first of a new range 

 to cover five acres of land. Carnations 

 did well, considering the drought, and 

 chrysanthemums are extra fine. 



Haven, Conn. — It is stated that 

 , Slocombe, the Townsend avenue 

 won thirty-three first prizes on 

 during September, besides 

 second prizes and one third 

 He also secured a gold medal 

 Connecticut State Agricultural 

 's medal. 



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Ansonia, Conn. — T. G. Mooney, pro- 

 prietor of the Ansonia Floral Co., has 

 rented half of the store at 158 Main 

 street and will immediately remove 

 from his present location at 124 Main 

 street. The new store will give room 

 for his increasing business and will 

 afford opportunity for better window 

 display and arrangement of stock and 

 fixtures. 



Kingston, N. Y. — iValentin Burgevin 's 

 Sons gave a public opening to inaugu- 

 rate the season. It was well attended 

 and everyone was pleased with the 

 splendid stock and attractive appear- 

 ance of the place. Wm. Williams has 

 practically rebuilt his plant and intends 

 to spread out still more. He feels much 

 encouraged since acquiring the old Stone 

 place. 4 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y. — Joh^ 

 Balph had the decorations recently 

 for the annual banquet of the Daugh- 

 ters of the American Revolution. 

 Blue delphiniums and white roses were 

 used throughout, these being the so- 

 ciety's colors. Mr. Ralph also did 

 the decorating for several of the large 

 dinners given in honor of the Knights 

 Templar when they held their conven- 

 tion here recently. 



Grand Bapids, Mich.- C. M. Norton 

 has given an option for the sale of his 

 greenhouses and twelve acres of land 

 on Plainfield avenue, opposite the Kent 

 Country Club grounds, to J. Bakker, a 

 market gardener, at $8,000, and it is 

 likely the deal will go through. Mr. 

 Norton inherited the property from his 

 father. Deacon Norton, subject to 

 claims of about $5,500, which was more 

 than the land was worth at that time, 

 twenty-eight years ago. Mr. Norton 

 is now reputed to be worth $60,000 or 

 $70,000 and made most of it in garden- 

 ing and small fruits. If the sale of his 

 greenhouses and garden goes through 

 he will devote himself to his other 

 property interests. 



