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FSBBUABY 2, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Brockton, Mass. — H. E. Baker, for- 

 merly in business at 75 Myrtle street, 

 has withdrawn from the florists' trade. 



Beverly, Mass. — Thomas Mulligan 

 and Charles E. Caldwell, at North Bev- 

 erly, both have unusually fine crops of 

 vegetables in their greenhouses this 

 season. 



Melrose, Mass. — At the Higgins-Mer- 

 rill wedding, in the home of the bride's 

 parents on Florence street, the rooms 

 were tastefully decorated by C. Casey, 

 with palms, asparagus, pink roses and 

 carnations. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The building at 

 Fifth street and Nicollet avenue, of 

 which Eldridge the Florist is one of 

 the occupants, was damaged by fire 

 January 19. The Eldridge store was 

 one of the losers, but the amount is not 

 stated. 



Bockton, 111. — P. E. Ward, who was 

 in business with B. Qammon, has with- 

 drawn from the firm, and Mr. Gammon 

 has now entered into partnership with 

 Otto Moore, formerly of Marion, Ind. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Moore have already re- 

 moved to this city. 



Baraboo, Wis.— William Toole & 

 Sons, the pansy specialists, have en- 

 gaged E. H. Williams as greenhouse 

 foreman. Mr, Williams has had many 

 years' experience in various lines of 

 greenhouse work and customers of the 

 Tooles are insured getting the best 

 stock as well as the best of service. 



Leominster, Mass. — George M. Ken- 

 dall is starting his greenhouses with 

 cucumbers for the first time this win- 

 ter. A year ago he had them going 

 all winter, growing three crops of the 

 cukes during the fall, winter and 

 spring, but this year he decided to 

 grow but one. 



Boswell, N. M. — Mrs. J. P. Church, 

 who had leased her range, known as 

 the Alameda Greenhouses, on West Ala- 

 meda avenue, to Frans O. Santheson for 

 a period of five years, has now resumed 

 personal charge of the place, as the 

 lease expired January 1. Mr, Santheson 

 is now manager of the newly built 

 greenhouses of the Boswell Floral Co,, 

 in this city. He reports that the cut 

 flower trade is prosperous. 



Sidell, 111.— T. J. Sconce, of the 

 Fairview Farm Seed Co., was a mem- 

 ber of the committee which was ap- 

 pointed to investigate the needs of the 

 University of Illinois Agricultural Col- 

 lege and which reported that the in- 

 stitution is "dying of starvation" and 

 needs more liberal appropriations for 

 its maintenance. The committee rep- 

 resented seven societies, including the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association and 

 the Illinois Horticultural Society. 



Qrafton, Mass. — Walter L. Stowe is 

 building a third greenhouse, 25x100, on 

 his farm in the Merriam district. 



Greenfield, Mass. — ^P. E. Burtt fur- 

 nished the decorations for the Odd Fel- 

 lows' annual concert and ball, in Wash- 

 ington hall. 



Natick, Mass. — Fred L. Hardy has 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy. His 

 liabilities are stated to be $5,619, and 

 his assets, $200. 



Washington, D. C— A fire in F. H. 

 Kramer's store, January 21, is reported 

 t(. have caused a loss of about $1,000 

 in the building and stock. 



Akron, O. — Menna Yoder has pur- 

 chased a farm near this city and will 

 build a greenhouse for the growing of 

 vegetables and general truck crops. 



Delphi, Ind. — An explosion of a 

 boiler, recently, at the greenhouses of 

 Ben Hendrickson, resulted in more or 

 less serious injuries to three men, be- 

 sides a loss of property amounting to 

 about $400. 



Bockland, Me. — Mr. and Mrs. A. I. 

 Mather recently visited New York and 

 Boston, calling on some of the leading 

 wholesale and retail florists there and 

 investigating the latest ideas in designs 

 and decorations. 



Lowell, Mass. — On account of a 

 breakdown of the boiler in the green- 

 houses of Otto H. Bourdy during one 

 of the coldest nights of this winter, the 

 entire stock in tne houses was ruined. 

 The boiler was beyond repair. 



South Sudbury, Mass. — The Anderson 

 range of greenhouses, consisting of 

 seven houses, with a residence, barn 

 and an acre and a half of land, fronting 

 on the Boston-Worcester state highway, 

 has been purchased by J. A. Bartlett. 



Elkhart, Ind.— Mrs. E. M. Bullock, 

 who has been seriously ill since Christ- 

 mas day, suffering from nervous pros- 

 tration, heart trouble and other com- 

 plications, is slowly regaining strength 

 and is believed to be on the road to 

 recovery. 



Freeport, HI. — ^At the annual meeting 

 of the directors of the Freeport Floral 

 Co., all of the former ofl&cers were re- 

 elected, as follows: President, Dr. 

 D. C. L. Mease; vice-president, William 

 Cronkrite; treasurer, C. H. Little; secre- 

 tary, Louis Bauscher; foreman, Adolph 

 Pitterle. Plans were made for further 

 improvements and a still greater exten- 

 sion of the business. During the last 

 year the company has erected a range 

 of eight greenhouses on East Adams 

 street. Five of the houses are new; 

 the other three were removed from a 

 former location. The total glass area 

 is 50,000 square feet. 



Beverly, Mass. — The Beverly Cove 

 Greenhouses are now being conducted 

 by Ralph W. Ward, successor to George 

 E. Ward & Son. 



Tampa, Tla. — M. E. Gillett, the nur- 

 seryman of this city, recently spent a 

 week at Winter Haven, where he has 

 large orange groves and nursery in- 

 terests. 



Austin, Tex. — Charles Alff is now 

 state florist, having received the ap- 

 pointment from Dr. A. B. Conley, the 

 new superintendent of public buildings 

 and grounds. 



Orono, Me. — J. A. Maloney, who has 

 been conducting a greenhouse near his 

 home, at Webster Side, finds that his 

 business has outgrown his facilities and 

 he is now building a larger house. 



Princeton, 111. — The W. E. Trimble 

 Greenhouse Co. is adding to its large 

 glass area three more greenhouses, two 

 30x75 and one 30x135. These houses 

 will be devoted exclusively to the grow- 

 ing of rooted cuttings and stock plants 

 for the wholesale market. 



Waco, Tex.— Wolfe the Florist fur- 

 nished the bouquet which was carried 

 by Mrs. O. B. Colquitt, wife of the 

 governor, at the inau_gural ball in Aus- 

 tin. The bouquet consisted of orchids, 

 valley and roses, and was arranged by 

 Mrs. Annie Wolfe-Brigance, who has 

 great skill in this line. 



Muskogee, Okla. — It is reported that 

 an attempt was made, January 25, to 

 murder James S. Mitchell, head gar- 

 dener at one of the parks here, by 

 throwing a stick of dynamite down the 

 chimney of his cottage. The stove was 

 blown to fragments, but Mr. Mitchell 

 escaped with only slight injuries. 



Little Falls, N. Y.— J. O. Graham re 

 cently visited Ithaca, where his son, 

 Simon C, has entered Cornell for a 

 special course in greenhouse work. Mr. 

 Graham says the new greenhouses at 

 that institution are up-to-date and the 

 stock in good condition, and that the 

 young man is well pleased with his 

 work. 



Nevada, Mo. — F. E. Eoe, who was 

 a commercial grower of fruit in western 

 Colorado for seven years and also grew 

 flowers in a more limited way, has 

 now purchased the Weltmer green- 

 houses, in this city, and will conduct 

 them under the name of the Volcano 

 Greenhouses. The houses at present 

 contain 2u,000 square feet of glass and 

 he says he proposes to double that 

 area soon. He has ordered a new $500 

 boiler, to be used in conjunction with 

 a similar one installed a year ago. 

 E. D. Piercey, of this city, has been 

 engaged as grower. 



