Febuuary 9, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 







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READERS ARE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE ITEMS hOR THIS DEPARTMENT. 



Saratoga Springs, N. Y.— T. J. ToUph 

 advises all wlio grow asters outdoors to 

 sprinkle witli wood ashes as a pre- 

 ventive of bugs and bliglit. lie ex- 

 perimented in that line last year, with 

 conipleto success. 



Albany, N. Y. — The regular meetings 

 of the Albany Florists' Club are held 

 on the first Thursday evening of each 

 nu)nth, at S o'clock, 71 State' str'^t t. 

 Fred A. Danker, president; Kobcrt 

 Davidson, secretary. 



Galesburg, 111.— John 1!. (joldsberry, 

 formerly employed by the Stark Bros. 

 A'urseries & Orchards' Co.. at Louisiana, 

 Mo., died at the home of his daughter 

 in this city, January 1. lie was born 

 at l''rankfort. 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 Wagener's drug store. 



Tort Madison, la,— J. M. Augc 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. 



Hopkinsville, 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 hero, the White Eose Green- 

 houses. .\lt hough she has scarcely yet 

 begun her business career, she already 

 reports having received good orders 

 from difl'crent directions and she had 

 a busy holiday season. 



Great Bend, Kan. — Stoke i^- Stoke 

 say that tviulo in tiiis vicinity was 

 better last year fhan ever before and 

 they expect I'.Hl tn bi' tii'ir banner 

 year, (in account of tlic niiiducss of 

 tlie ]iii'>;ciit winter, their e\pens(> for 

 fuel has only been about half what it 

 was up to the same date la<t year. 



Johnstown, Pa. — The new range of 

 greenhouses, .Itixl'dO foet, whicli Trau- 

 gott Malbranc built last summer back 

 of Westmont. furnishe(l 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. .1. Lampe. ji e 

 prieior of the Concordia Creenliou-^e<, 

 has built an addition for cariiarii>;.<. 

 lie reports good croi)s and good lu-i 

 ness, with considerable shipping. 



Exeter, N. H.— James E. McAliune. 

 of Boston, who purchased a tra't of 

 land here about a year ago, is to ere t a 

 rose conservatory, (JOx-100 feet. The 

 building material is already on ti-v 

 ground. 



St. Bruno, Que. — I'eiir new Imuv. - !' 

 King construction, are being put up i \ 

 the St. Bruno Floral Co. These are 

 each 50x50 feet, witli four jean-r..--. 

 These are constructed with th' ;!• \\ 

 T-iron eavc. 



Thompsonville, Conn. — Tlio Bramn! i 

 Floral & Nursery Co. has removed the 

 most of its greenhouses from <;nr<leu 

 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. X. Scarff green hou-^e^, 

 attended the recent meeting of the 

 State Horticultural Association at llar- 

 risburg. Pa. He was expected to mak(> 

 two addresses before the organizatioo. 



Zanesville, O.— The Zanesville Flo- 

 rists' Club Jield its regular monthly 

 meeting at the greenhouses and i>'-\- 

 dence of John Doyle, of Greenwood a\ e. 

 nue, January 19. .\n interesting paper 

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

 live. Four new members were admitted. 

 .Ml who were present had a jollv ti/no. 



Wichita, Kan. — The decorations for 

 the dedication ceremonies in the new 

 imblic hall, the Forum, were furui>liod 

 and put in place by Charles P. Mueiler. 

 This job of decorating was said bv the 

 daily newspapers to bt> ''the Viigir.'s: 

 task of the kintl ever attempt.''! by 

 Wichita florists. ■■ and tiie wo;:; a^ 

 well done. 



Malta, O. -W. C. Seovell report? a 

 highly jirosperous year, with an in. re.ise 

 in trad(> of thirty-five per cent t •• the 

 entire twelve month'; and fori-v--l,veo 

 ]>er cent for the month of r)ec-'-.le ■. 

 lb' was not nearly .able to sui'i'lv 'lie 

 lodiilay demand, which was prin 'ij.'il'. 



for cut flowers. The crnps liave -iiiT d 



sduiewhat from l;iek et' snnslni!.' - !,■ e 

 till' nii<ldle ot' .\o\ I'le I.ei'. 



Lincoln, Neb. — .\t tlie anniiM" ircet- 

 ing of the State I'ioiists' So.i.'v ;i;i 

 excellent jirogram was rendered. Irv ir. 

 Frev, of this city, was jiresiding i- 

 ficer, with Fd. Williinns, of (iriimi 

 Island, as secretary. AnKHig the papers 

 ro:\(] wcM-e the following: •■Retail 

 Florists,"' by C. H. ilreen, of Fr- 

 monf : ''Advertising." bv L. Hender- 

 son, of Omaha: "Bulbs,"' by J. F. At 

 kinsou, of Pawnee City. 



Syracuse, N. Y. I'.ell.imv lires. have 

 their jiew projiagating house ])artly 

 tilled with seedling ruse-;, several of 

 w hiidi are most promising. He also has 

 .1 varieg:ited form of the Kenilworth 

 i\y that is true to type and reproduces 

 true from cuttings. 



West Springfield, Mass. — I'lre broke 

 out in the west wing of the green 

 houses owned and operat(><l by Hans 

 .Madsen, on New Bridge street, early in 

 the morning of January ul, destroying 

 a large ])art of the buibliug and sev 

 oral hundred dollars' worth of stock. 



Defiance, O. — Christ Winterich re- 

 cei\ed first i)ri7.e on begonias, and both 

 first and second i)rizcs on cj-chimens, 

 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 

 '■apital stock of $10,000. The incor 

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

 wald Georges and Rudolph Shrobauek. 

 The maximum limit of indebtedness is. 

 fi.xed 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(late establishments in the 

 state. 



Norwalk, O.— F. J. Peat has his new 

 greenhouses well stocked and is doing 

 a good business in cut flowers and win- 

 ter-blooiuing pot plants. His violets, 

 carnations and sweet peas make a fine 

 showing. He ]ias a range of 7.500 

 square feet and expects to ad<l more 

 glass during the coming summer. 



Danbury, Conn.— Daniel S. Cornell, of 

 Joseph F. Cormdl & <'o.. reports that all 

 holiday stock was cleaned out at fair 

 I'rices. In addition to the ordinar\ 

 tlorists' line, this firm .-arries a stock of 

 canaries, p.-irrots, goldfish, etc. .\mong 

 the other signs of prosperity at tlii^ 

 establishment, are ;i lu'w hor-.' and an 

 up to date deli\i'r\- wagon. 



Shenandoah, la.— O. p,. Ste\ ens. pro 

 pii.'tor of the Shenandoah Green 

 hnuses. says: "The winter so far has 



' " <">sy on coal bills, while funerals 



ha\e made frequent calls for flowers. 

 ■ Mthough our liouses have double the 

 ' ai'a.city they had a year ago. we have 

 lie.'n obliged to buy' some stock from 

 tlie wholes.'ile men. There is l,i,t bttb- 

 trost in the grouml here and some field 

 work is in progress; yet the making of 

 hotbeds is considered more riskv tl..nn 

 if the first part of the winter h.a.l b.-ci 

 colder, for a cold spell is likeh- to come 

 later." 



