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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y. — T. J. Totten 

 advises all who grow asters outdoors to 

 sprinkle with wood ashes as a pre- 

 ventive of bugs and blight. He ex- 

 perimented in that line last year, with 

 complete success. 



Albany, N. Y. — The regular meetings 

 of the Albany Florists' Club are held 

 on the first Thursday evening of each 

 month, at 8 o'clock, 71 State street. 

 Fred A. Danker, president; Eobert 

 Davidson, secretary. 



Galesburg, 111. — John B. Goldsberry, 

 formerly employed by the Stark Bros. 

 Nurseries & Orchards Co., at Louisiana, 

 Mo., died at the home of his daughter 

 in this city, January 1. He was born 

 at Frankfort, Mo., April 7, 1827. 



Sturgeon Bay, Wis. — Mrs. Herman 

 Fritschler has been collecting Dutch 

 bulbs and other stock for several years 

 and is now growing potted plants and 

 flowers on a considerable scale. She 

 has been displaying some of her prod- 

 ucts in Wagoner's drug store. 



Fort Madison, la. — J. M, Auge reports 

 that his holiday trade showed an in- 

 crease of twenty-five per cent over that 

 of last year. Contrary to the experi- 

 ence of many other florists, this increase 

 was principally in the sale of cut flow- 

 ers and wreaths and not in the sale of 

 plants. 



Hopkinsvllle, Ky. — ^William F. Sny- 

 der recently installed a new boiler. 

 During a cold wave in the first part of 

 January much of his stock was injured 

 on account of the inadequacy of his 

 heating plant. Conditions now are 

 such as to give promise of a good 

 spring trade. 



Lancaster, Mass. — Miss Clara Francis 

 has named her establishment, recently 

 started here, the White Eose Green- 

 houses. Although she has scarcely yet 

 begun her business career, she already 

 reports having received good orders 

 from different directions and she had 

 a busy holiday season. 



Great Bend, Kan. — Stoke & Stoke 

 say that trade in this vicinity was 

 better last year Aan ever before and 

 they expect 1911 to be their banner 

 year. On account of the mildness of 

 the present winter, their expense for 

 fuel has only been about half what it 

 was up to the same date last year. 



Johnstown, Pa. — The new range of 

 greenhouses, 56x200 feet, which Trau- 

 gott Malbranc built last summer back 

 of Westmont, furnished their first crop 

 of flowers in good season for the Christ- 

 mas trade. The new houses are con- 

 siderably larger than the ones Mr. Mal- 

 branc erected eight years ago on Barron 

 avenue, Morrellville. 



Concordia, Kan. — C. J. Lampe, pro- 

 prietor of the Concordia Greenhouses, 

 has built an addition for carnations. 

 He reports good crops and good busi- 

 ness, vith considerable shipping. 



Exeter, N. H. — James E. McAlpine, 

 of Boston, who purchased a tract of 

 land here about a year ago, is to erect a 

 rose conservatory, 60x400 feet. The 

 building material is already on the 

 ground. 



St. Bruno, Que. — Four new houses, of 

 King construction, are being put up by 

 the St. Bruno Floral Co. These are 

 each 50x50 feet, with four lean-tos. 

 These are constructed with the new 

 T-iron eave. 



Thompsonville, Conn. — The Brainard 

 Floral & Nursery Co. has removed the 

 most of its greenhouses from Garden 

 street to its property on Maple street, 

 where its nursery and seed departments 

 are also located. ^ 



New Carlisle, O.— C. W. Wald, man- 

 ager of the W. N. Scarff greenhouses, 

 attended the recent meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Association at Har- 

 risburg. Pa. He was expected to make 

 two addresses before the organization. 



Zanesville, O. — The Zanesville Flo- 

 rists' Club held its regular monthly 

 meeting at the greenhouses and resi- 

 dence of John Doyle, of Greenwood ave- 

 nue, January 19. An interesting paper 

 was read by the president, J. T. Good- 

 live. Four new members were admitted. 

 All who were present had a jolly time. 



Wichita, Kan. — The decorations for 

 the dedication ceremonies in the new 

 public hall, the Forum, were furnished 

 and put in place by Charles P. Mueller. 

 This job of decorating was said by the 

 daily newspapers to be "the biggest 

 task of the kind ever attempted by 

 Wichita florists," and the work was 

 well done. 



Malta, O. — W. C. Scovell reports a 

 highly prosperous year, with an increase 

 in trade of thirty-five per cent for the 

 entire twelve months and forty-three 

 per cent for the month of December. 

 He was not nearly able to supply the 

 holiday demand, which was principally 

 for cut flowers. The crops have suffered 

 somewhat from lack of sunshine since 

 the middle of November. 



Lincoln, Neb. — At the annual meet- 

 ing of the State Florists' Society an 

 excellent program was rendered. Irvin 

 Frey, of this city, was presiding of- 

 ficer, with Ed. Williams, of Grand 

 Island, as secretary. Among the papers 

 read were the following: "Eetail 

 Florists," by C. H. Green, of Fre- 

 mont; "Advertising," by L. Hender- 

 son, of Omaha; "Bulbs," by J. E. At- 

 kinson, of Pawnee City. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Bellamy Bros, have 

 their new propagating house partly 

 filled with seedling roses, several of 

 which are most promising. He also has 

 a variegated form of the Kenilworth 

 ivy that is true to type and reproduces 

 true from cuttings. 



West Springfield, Mass. — Fire broke 

 out in the west wing of the green- 

 houses owned and operated by Hans 

 Madsen, on New Bridge street, early in 

 the morning of January 31, destroying 

 a large part of the building and sev- 

 eral hundred dollars' worth of stock. 



Defiance, O. — Christ Winterich re- 

 ceived first prize on begonias, and both 

 first and second prizes on cyclamens, 

 at the recent exhibition given by the 

 Toledo Florists' Club. He was also com- 

 plimented by being elected an honorary 

 member of the Toledo club. 



Louisville, Ky. — The American Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated here, with a 

 capital stock of $10,000. The incor- 

 porators are J. S. Shrobanek, H. Os- 

 wald Georges and Eudolph Shrobanek. 

 The maximum limit of indebtedness is 

 fixed at $5,000. 



Guthrie, Okla.— Furrow & Co. have 

 about completed a new addition, 28x 

 250, and are contemplating the build- 

 ing of another range in the spring. 

 This firm has a prosperous wholesale 

 and retail trade and has one of the 

 most up-to-date establishments in the 

 state. 



Norwalk, O.— E. J. Peat has his new 

 greenhouses well stocked and is doing 

 a good business in cut flowers and win- 

 ter-blooming pot plants. His violets, 

 carnations and sweet peas make a fine 

 showing. He has a range of 7,500 

 square feet and expects to add more 

 glass during the coming summer. 



Danbury, Conn.— Daniel S. Cornell, of 

 Joseph E. Cornell & Co., reports that all 

 holiday stock was cleaned out at fair 

 prices. In addition to the ordinary 

 florists ' line, this firm carries a stock of 

 canaries, parrots, goldfish, etc. Among 

 the other signs of prosperity at this 

 establishment, are a new horse and an 

 up-to-date delivery wagon. 



Shenandoah, la.— O. B. Stevens, pro- 

 prietor of the Shenandoah Green- 

 houses, says: "The winter so far ha? 

 been easy on coal bills, while funerals 

 have made frequent calls for flowers. 

 Although our houses have double the 

 capacity they had a year ago, we have 

 been obliged to buy* some stock from 

 the wholesale men. There is but littlf^ 

 frost in the ground here and some field 

 work is in progress; yet the making of 

 hotbeds is considered more risky than 

 if the first part of the winter had beet 

 colder, for a cold spell is likely to come 

 later. ' ' 



