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NOVKUBUB 24, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Pittsburg, Pa.-AA^^tomobile deliv- 

 ery car, operated by H- L, Blind & Bro., 

 caught fire on the stre^ November 4, 

 but the blaze was extinguished before 

 much damage was done. 



Dighton, Mass. — The greeiHiouses of 

 Charles S. Chase were slightly idamaged 

 recently by fire, caused by wo. over- 

 heated boiler. Since then, Mr, Chase 

 has installed a new boiler, to take the 

 place of the old one. 



La Crosse, Wis. — The La Crosse 

 Floral Co. made an excellent record at 

 the Minneapolis flower show, Novem- 

 ber 9 to 14. Out of twenty-three en- 

 tries, the firm captured nineteen first 

 prizes and one certificate of merit. 



Bed Bank, N. J.— W, W. Kennedy & 

 Sons had a large display of jardinieres 

 and fern dishes, comprising about 300 

 pieces, at the fall show of the Mon- 

 mouth County Horticultural Society, at 

 Asbury Park. This exhibit was one of 

 the most interesting features of the 

 show. 



New Hamburg, N. Y.^^Alex A. Laub 

 reports good returns from his commis- 

 sion men, regardless of the express 

 strike in New York, which compelled 

 him, with many others, to make special 

 deliveries. He says the extra expense 

 was covered ' by better prices, owing 

 to the scarcity of stock of the highest 

 quality. 



Hinsdale, Mass. — Fred A. Woodard, 

 who has been shipping ferns from the 

 vicinity of Stamford and Searsburg, Vt., 

 to L. B. Brague & Son, of this city, re- 

 ports that he has attended to the ship- 

 ment of about 4,500,000 ferns during 

 the present season and expects to ship 

 another 500,000 before snow stops the 

 work. 



New London, Conn. — S. J. Reuter & 

 Son had one of the most prominent and 

 most attractive exhibits at the show 

 held by the New London Horticultural 

 Society, in the town hall. The Eeuter 

 display consisted of R. F. Felton mums 

 artistically arranged in art baskets, 

 Mrs. Partridge mums in bronze green 

 baskets, H. C. Frick mums on a large 

 antique pedestal, and carnations in 

 green toneware vases. 



Colorado Springs, Colo — Commercial 

 florists were well represented at this 

 city's first annual chrysanthemum 

 show, held in the ball room of the 

 Antlers hotel, November 9 and 10, 

 under the management of the pro- 

 prietor of the hotel, W. S. Dunning. 

 Among the exhibitors were: The Park 

 Floral Co., of Denver; the Antlers 

 greenhouse, Pikes Peak Floral Co., 

 Colorado Springs Floral Co., F. F. 

 Crump, Broadmoor Floral Co. and 

 Schmitt Greenhouses, all of this city, 

 and Fred Hall, of Montclair. 



Pontlac, 111,— W. J. Miller & Son will i 

 open their new greenhouses, on East 

 Payson street, December 10. 



Onarga, 111. — A. L. Perring and 

 William Edwards, oif the Mosbaek 

 Greenhouse Co., went to Chicago No- 

 vember 8 to attend the flower show in 

 the Coliseum. 



Mishawaka, Ind. — Finch & Sprague 

 recentlv invited the public to a spe- 

 cial display of chrysanthemums and 

 other flowers in their store. S. W. 

 Sprague attended the big flower show 

 in the Coliseum at Chicago. 



Mansfield, O. — Charles Dow, who had 

 been superintendent of Central park for 

 seven years, resigned that position No- 

 vember 1, in order to engage in business 

 for himself, as a florist. His many 

 friends in the city join in wishing him 

 success in his new field. 



Webb City, Mo. — J. E. Meinhart re- 

 cently made a trip to the eastern states, 

 and went from there to Leavenworth, 

 Kan., where he was formerly in busi- 

 ness. Later he continued his journey 

 by calling at St. Louis and Chicago, 

 reaching Chicago in time to attend the 

 big flower show. 



Schenectady, N. Y. — Julius Eger, 

 proprietor of the Schenectady Florist 

 Shop, at 735 State street, celebrated 

 the second anniversary of the found- 

 ing of his business November 11 and 

 12. He started in a modest way in a 

 corner of a store on Union street and 

 his trade has developed so rapidly that 

 he is now occupying one of the best 

 stores in the city. 



Worcester, Mass. — Among the florists 

 who won prizes and distinction by their 

 exhibits at the annual show of the Wor- 

 cester County Horticultural Society, 

 November 10, were Edward W. Breed, 

 of Clinton, president of the society; 

 Leonard C. Midgley, proprietor of the 

 Worcester Conservatories; H. F, A. 

 Lange, C. D. Mackie, J. E. Draper. 

 W. W. Edgar Co., of Waverly, and 

 James Nicol, of Quincy. 



Nevada, Mo. — G. P. Kaupp & Son held 

 their annual chrysanthemum show at their 

 greenhouses November 10 and 11. The 

 new office, just completed, was finely dec- 

 orated, music was furnished by an orches- 

 tra, and chocolate and wafers wore served 

 to visitors. It was a grand .success, hav- 

 ing been well advertised, and was largely 

 attended, hundreds of visitors coming 

 both days. The mums were at their best 

 and visitors were delighted. This show 

 has been an annual feature of this firm' 

 for a number of year.s and they find that 

 it pays well;Mn fact, they report that 

 sales are enojjgh larger at the time of the 

 show to more than pay expenses. Good 

 carnations now bring 60 cents at retail 

 and mums sell at from $1 to $3 per dozen. 



Fall Eiver, Mass. — F. Lothrop Ames 

 is planning to erect a greenhouse, 25x 

 100, on his estate on Washington street. 



Omaha, Neb, — J. J. Hess, of Hess & 

 Swoboda, accepted an invitation to act 

 as one of the judges at the Minneapolis 

 flower show, held November 9 to 13. 



Chatsworth, 111. — Thomas Pepper- 

 dine, of the Chatsworth Greenhouses, 

 went to Chicago November 9 to at- 

 tend the flower show and the florists' 

 banquet. 



West Medway, Mass. — The boiler 

 house at Charles M. Smith's green- 

 houses, on Winthrop street, was de- 

 stroyed by fire on the night of October 

 23. As a result, his stock of plants was 

 also badly damaged, if not entirely 

 ruined. 



Des Moines, la. — W. K. Fletcher says: 

 "After the driest summer on record 

 here and a shortage of about twelve 

 inches of rain, I cut the finest crop of 

 dahlia blooms ever seen in this section 

 of the country." Some of Mr. Fletch- 

 er's stock was shipped to Chicago and 

 was among the best in that market. 



Hillsboro, O. — One of the chief at- 

 tractions in the flower department at 

 the recent fair was the display from the 

 greenhouses of Simon J. Hider. Hun- 

 dreds of his flowers and plants were ar- 

 ranged, tastefully as well as conspicu- 

 ously, in circular form on shelves in the 

 center of the hall, where they did good 

 service both for the fair and for Mr. 

 Hider. 



Hartford, Conn. — The annual show of 

 the Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 held here November 3 and 4, brought 

 out a long list of exhibits of chrysan- 

 themums and other flowers, fruits and 

 vegetables from many private estates 

 and amateurs. Among the commercial 

 growers who won distinction and prizes 

 with their exhibits were Walter Ang^s, 

 of Chapinville; George G. McClunie, of 

 Hartford ; Terry & Peck, of Bristol. 



Washington, D. C— F. H. Kramer's 

 annual chrysanthemum show, begin- 

 ning on Monday, November 7, and con- 

 tinuing till the following Sunday, in- 

 cluded among its attractions a first 

 class orchestra, which gave daily con- 

 certs from 3 to 6 in the after- 

 noons and from 7 to 10 in the eve- 

 nings, closing with two sacred concerts 

 on Sunday. The establishment was re- 

 cently enlarged by adding a conserva- 

 tory, which extends from the store on 

 F street to E street, and during the 

 show the whole of this buUding was 

 brilliant with special illuminations, the 

 effect of which was enhanced by the 

 use of fall foliage and other decora- 

 tions. The foliage was brought from 

 the Kramer nursery at Anacostia, 

 which covers forty acres, with 100,000 

 square feet of glass. 



