January 26, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Maspeth, N. Y. — Herman Maenner, 

 now in business at Collins and Mount 

 Olivet avenues, expects to retire from 

 the trade about July 1. 



Okmulgee, Okla. — Phil Eyan, formerly 

 •of New Castle, Pa., and later at Lead, 

 S. D., is now in this town, where he ex- 

 pects to go into business for himself, 

 as he believes the opportunities here are 

 excellent. 



Salisbury, Md. — The greenhouses for- 

 merly conducted in the interests of W. 

 H. Jackson, by a manager, are now be- 

 ing operated by W. H. Hillerman, in 

 his own name, and it is generally agreed 

 that Mr. Hillerman is making a success 

 ■of the business. 



Utica, N. Y. — William Mathews came 

 near having a serious fire. It started 

 in the boiler house just at the busiest 

 time. Harry Mathews discovered it in 

 time to prevent much damage. A house 

 ■of stock being grown for the Masonic 

 Home had a narrow escape. 



New Loudon, Conn. — It is reported 

 that the John Fye greenhouse property 

 has been traded to J. F. Hurley, of 

 Mount Pleasant, for a 160-acre farm in 

 Jackson township. In the negotiations 

 the greenhouse property was valued at 

 ^9,000 and the farm at $12,500. 



Madison, Wis. — The Wisconsin State 

 Horticultural Society has elected the 

 following officers: President, D. E. 

 Bingham, of Sturgeon Bay; vice-presi- 

 •dent, C. L. Bichardson, of Stanley; sec- 

 retary, Frederick Cranefield, of this 

 •city; treasurer, L. G. Kellogg, of Lake 

 Geneva. 



Crawfordsville, Ind.— Arthur S. Pett, 

 for some years head florist at the 

 greenhouses of McDonald & Steele, has 

 purchased the Vant Leven gardens and 

 will start business on his own account. 

 He has been succeeded at McDonald & 

 Steele's by Ambrose Campbell, long a 

 trusted and efficient employee of the 

 :firm. 



Garrett, Ind. — Emil Hill, who insti- 

 tuted legal proceedings against the city 

 •on account of the fact that a city sewer 

 was so constructed as to be likely to 

 cause a flooding of his greenhouse 

 grounds, succeeded in obtaining a set- 

 tlement of the case before it came to 

 trial. By this settlement the city has 

 agreed to pay him $575 as damages. 



Beatrice, Neb. — The stockholders of 

 the Dole Floral Co. recently held their 

 annual meeting and elected Mrs. S. H. 

 Dole, E. W. Dole and W. A. Dole as 

 directors. Twenty years ago the Doles 

 started business with a hotbed made of 

 two windows of the old courthouse and 

 ^1.75 worth of plants; now they have 

 greenhouses containing 15,000 square 

 feet of glass and also own a handsome 

 double store building uptown. 



Kingston, N. Y. — William Williams 

 expects to branch out, if a deal he has 

 on a piece of land goes through. Busi- 

 ness necessitates this move. 



Salisbury, Md.— -L. & A. Hitch, eight 

 miles out from town, report heavy sales 

 on cut flowers, to which they are giv- 

 ing more and more of their time. They 

 have had an especially large share of 

 funeral work. 



Orand Bapids, Mich. — The Grand 

 Eapids Greenhouse Co. is now devoting 

 to flowers much of the space formerly 

 occupied by lettuce and radishes, and 

 it is said that next season the firm may 

 abandon the growing of vegetables en- 

 tirely. 



OwegO, N. Y. — A. J. Thomas is one 

 of the many young-old craftsmen, hav- 

 ing recently passed the seventy-third 

 milestone, and is as spry as ever. He 

 is ably assisted in the business by his 

 two sons, one of whom is a specialist in 

 carnations and has a crop to be proud 

 of. Their double violets are also fine. 



Washington, la. — The greenhouses 

 and home of Joseph Melinsky were al- 

 most entirely destroyed by fire January 

 10. A small section of the greenhouses 

 was saved, but all of the stock was 

 ruined, as the heating plant was ren- 

 dered useless. The loss was estimated 

 at $3,000. 



Elmira, N. Y. — Richard King, super- 

 intendent of the United States Cut 

 Flower Co., says the two new houses, 

 35x300 feet, will be used for carna- 

 tions; the latest varieties will be test- 

 ed. Beacon, White Perfection, White 

 Enchantress, Winsor and Mrs. Ward 

 are their leaders at present. Some fine 

 roses are being cut and plans are being 

 made for exhibiting at the big show in 

 Boston in March. 



Pontiac, Mich. — A. B. Lewis, it is 

 said, expects to grow twenty-six acres 

 of celery during the coming year on his 

 farm out on Oakland avenue. For 

 years he has been experimenting in 

 the growing of this vegetable on an 

 improved plan, and now he is thinking 

 seriously of disposing of his green- 

 houses on North Saginaw street and 

 devoting his entire attention to the 

 celery business. 



Fort Dodge, la. — Otto Hansen has 

 sold his interest in the North Floral 

 Co. to E. E. Nordwall and J. H. Schaff- 

 ner, the other members of the firm. 

 Mr. Hansen has been president of the 

 concern and in charge of the green- 

 houses since the business was organ- 

 ized. He intends to stay with the firm 

 until about June; after that time he 

 will probably go into business some- 

 where in the west. 



Westfield, N. Y.— J. Dann & Son re- 

 port a highly satisfactory season, with 

 business steady, stock not overplenti- 

 ful and prices good. 



Cotuit, Mass. — Everett L. Hoxie, who 

 extended his glass area last spring, has 

 just finished still another addition. 

 Business, he says, has been fairly good. 



Independence, la. — G. D. Black, well 

 known as a grower of gladioli and as a 

 nurseryman, has been at Madison, Wis., 

 to deliver an address before the State 

 Horticultural Society. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. — The Lake Geneva 

 Horticultural Society has been incor- 

 porated, with a capital of $10,000. The 

 incorporators are F. J. Tyrell, W. P. 

 Longland and A. J. Smith. 



Homell, N. Y. — Albert King notes a 

 falling off in the call for metal designs 

 among his customers, for cemetery use. 

 Magnolia and galax are in good de- 

 mand. He has an excellent stock for 

 spring sales. 



Westboro, Mass. — Manuel Gardner, 

 after obtaining experience as a florist 

 at the greenhouses of his father, Will- 

 iam Gardner, on High street, has now 

 secured a good position at the Walter 

 E. Draper greenhouses, in Eochdale. 



North Manchester, Ind. — The North- 

 ern Indiana Association of Florists met 

 here January 21 with a large attend- 

 ance. There was a fine display of car- 

 nations. The next meeting will be held 

 at Muncie, the third Wednesday in 

 April. 



Youngstown, O. — John Walker pur- 

 poses to start, next summer, a new 

 range of houses in a location outside 

 of town, to which he can eventually 

 remove all his glass. His son, Elmer, 

 is now associated with him in the 

 business. 



Coming, N. Y.— A. H. Woeppel is 

 trying several of the newer varieties of 

 carnations, but can not find any to 

 beat the Enchantress family. Lady 

 Bountiful and Queen show no sign of 

 deteriorating and are exceedingly use- 

 ful for design work. He has a fine 

 house of Eichmond in the third year, 

 and finds it an easy rose to grow. 



Olean, N. Y. — Dana R. Herron is in- 

 clined to give cement benches all the 

 credit for the grand lot of carnations 

 grown by hi;n this season, especially 

 one house of White Perfection, which 

 won first prize at a friendly compe- 

 tition held between the local growers 

 recently. It was one house of several 

 that cropped heavily at Christmas and 

 was a bonanza. The success attained 

 since the elegant new store was opened 

 downtown hag set Mr. Herron to plan- 

 ning a new departure that will create 

 considerable interest. 



