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Decembsb 1. 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



19 



READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS POR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Des Moines, la. — ^The Des Moines 

 Seed Co., K. H. Guthrie president and 

 manager, is preparing to open a cut 

 flower department. 



Fort Worth, Tex.— C. A. Byars, of the 

 Drumm Seed & Floral Co., was one of 

 the judges at the flower show in Bowie, 

 Tex.j November 15 to 17. 



Bristol, Pa.— Gustav Pitzonka has for 

 some time been picking pansy 1 looms 

 from the young plants and has some 

 big flowers and choice colors. 



Forest City, la.— The Hill City Green- 

 liouses have a set of several colored post 

 cards that are being distributed for' 

 advertising purposes. 



Salt lake City, Utah.— The Salt Lake 

 Floral Co. held a big display of flowers 

 and plants at its greenhouses Novem- 

 l)er 18 and 19, and many visitors at 

 tended. 



Louisville, Ky. — Nanz & Neuner are 

 sending out notices to customers an- 

 nouncing the removal of their store from 

 656 Fourth avenue to 663 Fourth ave- 

 nue. The new store will be known as 

 The Rosery. 



Greenfield, Mass.— Paul R. Burtt, 

 whose stock of flowers has been injured 

 at different times on account of the in- 

 adequate heating of the store which he 

 occupies, recently brought action in 

 court against the owner of the store 

 and was awarded damages to the 

 amount of $386.63. 



Mount Vernon, la. — A. C. Cowen, 

 whose greenhouse was recently de- 

 stroyed by fire, is planning to rebuild 

 the house in the spring. The new build- 

 ing will be 36x100, with concrete walls 

 and iron framework. It is reported that 

 J. G. Crozer, the Cedar Rapids florist, 

 has taken an interest in the enterprise. 



Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher, Jr., re- 

 cently spent a day or two calling on the 

 trade in Roekford. 111. Mr. Bauscher 

 was one of the judges in the horticul- 

 tural department at the state fair, and 

 he has held this position for a number 

 of years. During the present year he 

 has made large additions to his green- 

 houses, which now comprise about 100,- 

 000 square feet of glass. 



Lancaster, Pa. — Albert M. Herr lias 

 taken over the business and green- 

 houses of his father, D. K. Herr, and 

 added the latter 's stock of geraniums 

 to his "already large supply. He will 

 carry on the coleus trade of D. K. 

 Herr with a stock almost doubled in 

 size, retaining all of the choice seed- 

 lings produced the last five years. This 

 leaves the business of Mr. Herr: First, 

 carnations; second, geraniums, and, 

 third, coleus, each treated as a spe- 

 <*ialtv. 



Victoria, Tex. — Miss B. E. Smith 

 opened a flower store here November 

 21. 



Forest City, la. — Charles Simmons, of 

 the Hill City Greenhouses, recently vis- 

 ited Minneapolis and attended the 

 flower show there. 



Joliet, HI.— Albert C. Rott recently 

 held his annual chrysanthemum show 

 at his newly enlarged store. The dis- 

 play attracted many visitors. 



Hancock, Mich.— Walter Dale, of the 

 A. M. York greenhouses, at Ripley, and 

 Miss Hilda Cotton, of Toronto, Ont., 

 were married November 19. They will 

 reside at Ripley. 



Madison, Wis.— The greenhouses of 

 the horticultural department of the 

 University of Wisconsin were damaged 

 by fire November 23. Two north wings 

 of the building were destroyed. 



Colchester, England. — Frank Cant, 

 widely known as a rosarian and mem- 

 ber of the firm of Frank Cant & Co., 

 has been elected mayor. He had served 

 nine years as a member of the borough 

 council. 



Hanover, Mass. — Alpheus Packard, 

 who successfully combines the two lines 

 of trade, the dealing in coal and in 

 flowers, has been selectman in this town 

 for the last ten years. He is a Grand 

 .Army veteran, with a record that in- 

 cludes many exciting experiences. 



Amherst, Mass. — E. A. White, pro- 

 fessor in the Department of Floricul- 

 ture at Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, announces that during the 

 short course in floriculture a designer 

 from Thomas F. Galvin, Inc., of Bos- 

 ton, will give a lecture-demonstration 

 on design making. This will be fol- 

 lowed by a series of afternoon exer- 

 cises in making up. 



Bochdale, Mass. — The Maple Ridge 

 Greenhouses will be supplied with water 

 by the Cherry Valley-Rochdale water 

 district, and the connections were re- 

 cently made for that purpose. Last 

 spring a branch store was opened at 

 Worcester and the entire business is 

 now in fine condition, under the man- 

 agement of the two brothers. Arthur 

 D. and Walter E. Draper. 



FallEiver, Mass.— C. Warburton, who 

 conducts the Cressbrook Greenhouses, 

 on New Boston road, and has a store 

 at 36 North Main street, has added to 

 his range from time to time, until he 

 now has 50,000 square feet of glass. He 

 grows a general stock, but specializes in 

 carnations. The business was founded 

 by James Warburton, father of the 

 present owner, in 1886, and conducted 

 by him until 1894, when the present 

 Mr> Warburton assumed the manage- 

 nienr. 



St. John, N. B.— H. S. Cruikshank 

 has had a remarkably fine display of 

 chrysanthemums and other fall flowers, 

 both at the store on Union street and at 

 the greenhouses in Lancaster. 



Burlington, Wis.— The Burlington 

 Floral Co. received honorable mention 

 for two vases of chrysanthemums and 

 two vases of carnations exhibited at the 

 Milwaukee flower show. The firm did 

 not compete for any of the prizes. 



Des Moines, la. — The suburban resi- 

 dence of Alfred G. Lozier, at 3100 

 Easton boulevard, was destroyed by 

 fire November 19, together with its 

 contents. The loss was about $5,000, 

 partly covered by insurance. 



St. Joseph, Mo.— George P. Doran, 

 who is connected with the Stuppy Floral 

 Co., delivered an interesting and in- 

 structive address on chrysanthemums at 

 the flower show in Oregon, Mo., No- 

 vember 18, the second day of the show. 



Minneapolis, Minn.— The third annual 

 chrysanthemum show of the city parks, 

 held at Lyndale Farmstead, November 

 20, was bigger and better than either 

 of its predecessors, and Chief Gardener 

 Louis Boeglin was justly proud of the 

 display. 



Kankakee, 111.— The new Schaefer 

 greenhouses, north of the city, between 

 the fair grounds and the cemetery, are 

 almost completed. This new range 

 consists of five connected houses, each 

 23x250, besides the heating plant and 

 office. It is expected that the place will 

 be entirely equipped for business by 

 •January 1. 



Zanesville, O.— The second monthly 

 meeting of the Zanesville Florists' Club 

 Mas held at the greenhouses and resi- 

 dence of George W. Caton & Son, No- 

 vember 17, and five new members were 

 added to the list. The meeting was 

 called to order by President J. T. Good- 

 live. After the regular business of the 

 club, the members held a discussion on 

 "Plants and Cut Flowers," until lunch- 

 eon was served. All expressed them- 

 selves as being well satisfied with the 

 progress of the club. 



Malta, O.— W. C. Scovell, who has a 

 local reputation for extra large mums, 

 says that Thanksgiving trade was bet- 

 ter than ever. He reports blooms of 

 Maud Dean mums nine inches in diame- 

 ter; Chadwick, Appleton and Lynawood 

 Hall, which is in its first year witte him, 

 grew eight inches across and D'. En 

 guehard was seven inches in di; meter 

 and five inches deep. Among the Lynn- 

 wood Hall were three plants of similar 

 habit that produced 8-inch flowers which 

 matured three weeks earlier than any 

 of the others and which were a little 

 more globular in form. These plants 

 are now throwing a fine lot of sprouts. 



