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As a result of a boiler explosion at 

 the greenhouses of the Haentze Co., 414 

 Linden street, about 9 p. m. Ootober 27, 

 a loss of $2,000 was entailed, the boiler- 

 - room was wrecked, several greenhouses 

 ■ badly damaged, and the entire neigh- 

 borhood shaken by the force of the 

 blafttr Failure to open a valve is said 

 to have been the cause of the explo* 

 sion. . 



Eichard Haentze, who was on duty 

 that night, had visited the boiler-room 

 of the south row of the houses shortly 

 before 9 o 'clock and after adding fuel 

 to the fires had gone to the home of a 

 neighbor. A few minutes later the 

 boiler exploded. Robert Haentze, for- 

 mer president of the common council 

 and a member of the tlorist company, 

 was the first .to arrive on the scene, 

 and he immediately summoned the file 

 department, which extinguished the 

 flames that followed the explosion. An 

 immediate investigation showed that 

 the- boiler had^been blown ]to>, pieces, 

 that t.l^e boilerTroom was wrecked ajid 

 the ends of several of the greenhouses 

 badly damaged. The investigatioft also 

 showed, it is said, that the valve on 

 the boiler which exploded had not been 

 opened and this is thought to have 

 caused the explosion. The boiler was 

 located in a pit, but the force of the 

 explosion wa^, «o great that the roof 

 and sides of the building were blown 

 out'. A-^ineh pipe from the boiler was 

 htiTlid'i^ainst the side of the chimney, 

 beht *'8 though it had been nothing 

 more than thin wire. In the morning a 

 force of workmen was engaged in clear- 

 ing away the debris and preparing to 

 place an auxiliary boiler into service. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The several heavy frosts last week 

 have had the desired effect and trade 

 has picked up considerably. Dahlias, 

 cosmos and other outdoor flowers are 

 a thing of the past. Carnations, owing 

 to the cool weather, have shortened in 

 supply, but the quality is^ood. Mums 

 are plentiful, with prices reasonable. 

 Beauties and roses are in good demand, 

 and orchids are more than enough to 

 go around. There are some good pot 

 mums to be had, but the sale on them 

 is not heavy. 



Various Notes. 



Don't forget that the November 

 meeting of the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion is to be held at Richmond next 

 Tuesday, November 9. Indianapolis flo- 

 rists leave via the Pennsylvania raih 

 road at 8 a. m. The first stop is at 

 East Haven. 



Henry Rieman has completed a new 

 greenhouse at his South East street 

 establishment, to be used as a cold 

 house. 



Karl H. Schuck, manager of the 

 Fountain Square Flower Shop, has dis- 

 continued business. 



Albert Pittet has a new pink chrys- 

 anthemum, a sport from Touset, which 

 he thinks is fine. He expects to put it 

 on the market next year. 



Baur & Steinkamp had bad luck with 

 their coal this week. About five cars 



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of coal st9^9d in their cellar b<A!ame 

 heated and took fire. They had to take 

 out about two cars of it before they 

 extinguished the blaze. This firm is 

 quite enthusiastic over their new red 

 seedling carnation, St. Nicholas. They 

 are going to exhibit it at the different 

 shows over the country this fall, prior 

 to putting it on the market, in the 

 spring. ■: 



Ernest Rieman has been on the sick 

 list the last week. 



S. T. Hitz has a fine lot of mums 

 coming on. 



The Smith & Young Co. is going to 

 open its wholesale house the first of 

 next w^ek at 134 North Alabama street. 

 Mr. Junge says he is going to keep 

 open house the first week. 



Alfred Brandt is contemplating an 

 electric auto for delivery purposes. 



Sidney Smith has purchased the en- 

 tire block of ground, about three acres 

 in all, at Thirty-eighth street and Sen- 

 ate avenue. He intends using it in 

 connection with his business. 



L. Benson has built another green- 

 house in the rear of his residence, on 

 Park avenue. 



Nearly 30,000 carnations were sold 

 by society girls in the downtown dis- 

 trict in one day last week. The pro- 

 ceeds, amounting to about $1,500, were 

 given to the Judge Stubbs Memorial 

 Association. A number of the Indian- 

 apolis retailers were indignant because 

 some of the growers sold direct to the 

 association. This was strictly a chari- 

 table proposition, however, and the 

 price should have been as low as pos- 

 sible. As the flowers were sold one at 

 a time it worked no harm on the store 

 men, as they would not have secured 

 the sales anyway. If anything, it was 

 educating the public to wear flowers, 

 instead of a detriment to the business. 

 H. L. W. 



Oil City, Pa.— M. J. and E. J. Dela- 

 hoyde have opened a new flower store 

 in the Levi block. They will also han- 

 dle nursery stock. 



Freepoit, 111. — John Bauscher, Jr., of 

 the Bauscherville Greenhouses, is re- 

 joicing in the fact that he has about 

 10,000 of the largest mums ever grown 

 dince he has been in business. The 

 prospects, he says, are good for the 

 coming winter. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Sunday, October 29, saw the first 

 killing irost in this locality and i' 

 should have a good effect on the mai 

 ket, as it will do away with dahlias, 

 cosmos and other outdoor flowers tha' 

 have been so plentiful. A few extrji 

 choice mums are seen, but the majority 

 of stock has been of inferior quality 

 Pompons are in heavy supply, but sell 

 well. Roses are fast improving in qual 

 ity and Killarney and White Killarney 

 are equal to midwinter stock. Carna- 

 tions are a trifle scarce, for the de 

 mand is good. Lilies, greens, etc., are 

 at a standstill and probably will remain 

 so as long as mums are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Thursday, October 26, the J. M. Gas- 

 ser Co. held the official opening of its 

 new store in the Swetiand building, 

 1006 Euclid avenue. Invitations had 

 been sent to customers and friends and 

 the store, though of good size, was well 

 filled all through the day. The win- 

 dow was arranged with a November 

 wedding setting and was much ad- 

 mired. Inside the store was an abun- 

 dance of chrysanthemums, plants of 

 Cattleya labiata heavy with abloom, 

 roses, valiey, carnations, violets and 

 other flowers, all tastefully arranged, 

 and they, with the artistic background 

 of the store itself, made a most elabo- 

 rate display. The woodwork and fur- 

 nishings of the store are ^one in green, 

 white and gold and, with a spacious 

 ice-box, tables and the other accesso- 

 ries that go to maKe an up-to-the- 

 minute flower store, the Gasser Co. can 

 say that this is one of the best and 

 prettiest stores in the middle west. 

 This company has a number of wed- 

 dings booked for November and the 

 outlook is good for a prosperous fall 

 and winter business. 



A. Miller, of A. Henderson & Co., 

 Chicago, called on the growers last 

 week. 



Growers in this vicinity are begin- 

 ning to like Dorner's White Wonder. 

 It is a stronger flower than White 

 Perfection and is always in heavy 

 crop. 



Smith & Fetters Co. had an attract- 

 ive window last week, with the usual 

 fall material: Pumpkins, corn and 

 mums, both large and pompon. 



Double Killarney is on trial at sev- 

 eral establishments in Cleveland and 

 so far has not shown itself to be as 

 popular as^ Killarney. Growth, stem, 

 number of petals, etc., are all that 

 could be desired, but the bright pink 

 of Killarney is missing. We hope it 

 will improve in color as the seiason ad- 

 vances. 



An inquiry made of the Jones- 

 Russell Co., one day last week, as to 

 why so few cut flowers were on dis- 

 play, brought the answer that they 

 "never liked to keep anything back 

 a customer wanted." In other words^ 

 they were sold out. 



L. L. Lamborn, of Alliance, is send- 

 ing some nice Beauties into this mar- 

 ket. F. A. F. 



Bramley & Son, on East Seventy-first 

 street, will erect four more greenhouses, 

 each 27x200, this fall. 



Amherst, Mass. — M. B. Kingman has' 

 reopened his store in Hunt's block. 



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