March 7, 1912. 



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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



27 



Sandusky, O. — Joseph J. Kelpley an- 

 nounces his retirement from active 

 business owing to old age and ill health. 



Newburgh, N. Y. — Wesley Wait, pro- 

 prietor of the Newburgh Floral Co., has 

 the sympathy of the craft in the loss 

 of his wife. 



Lowell, Mass. — James J. McMan- 

 mon was highly complimented on the 

 beauty of the decorations which he 

 furnished for St. Patrick's church on 

 the occasion of the reception to the 

 cardinal. 



Pineville, La. — Emil Blum, formerly 

 of Memphis, Tenn., has removed to this 

 town and will begin at once the erec- 

 tion of greenhouses on Main street, 

 adjoining the Jewish cemetery. He 

 will also do landscape work. 



Upper Sandusky, O. — A. A. & B. E. 



Constien, on West Johnson street, have 

 ordered the materials for an addition to 

 their greenhouses. The new section will 

 be built this spring. The firm grows 

 both flowers and vegetables. 



Tipton, Ind. — Frank A. Benthey has 

 been suffering severely with rheumatism 

 throughout the winter; or, as he himself 

 states it, the disease has been giving 

 him ' ' one continued round of pleas- 

 ure." However, he has been able to 

 attend to business. 



Stamford, Conn. — Hilary F. Le Page 

 has one of the finest stores in New 

 England, part of which is occupied by 

 the Frost & Bartlett Co., tree special- 

 ists. The new combination is expected 

 to be mutually advantageous. 



Hudson, N. Y. — R. W. Allen recom- 

 mends a single white zonale geranium. 

 Snowdrop. The bloom is close formed, 

 petal perfect, fine truss, good keeper 

 and excellent for funeral work. Cat- 

 tleya Schroederiana is in bloom and is 

 a splendid variety. 



Irvington, N. J. — Edward Jacobi has 

 had considerable success in the grow- 

 ing of mushrooms. After giving both a 

 good trial, he strongly favors the Amer- 

 ican product. His cellar runs entirely 

 under the range of glass devoted to 

 Carnation Enchantress. The latter is 

 another of his specialties. 



Kansas, O. — The greenhouses of A. W. 

 Schuster have been purchased by 

 Byron Jones. Mr. Schuster and his 

 family will make their home on a farm 

 which he recently bought, near Char- 

 lotte, Mich. Mr. Jones is removing the 

 greenhouses to the lots at the rear of 

 his residence, on South Jacob street. 



Moscow, Idaho. — Scott Bros., who 

 have greenhouses here and also at Gar- 

 field, Wash., have decided to make 

 changes that will greatly increase the 

 capacity of the Moscow establishment. 

 One feature of the improvements will 

 be the erection of a handsome show 

 house, with a height of sixteen feet 

 and a frontage of thirty-five feet on 

 Main street. It is said that the firm 

 may remove the Garfield houses to this 

 place and use the glass in the construc- 

 tion of the addition here. Under the 

 management of Scott Bros, a business 

 has been developed that makes Moscow 

 the supply point for an extensive terri- 

 tory. 



These Are the Little liners That Do theBosiaess 



Slingerlands, N. Y. — Fred Goldring 

 reports a pleasant trip to Ithaca re- 

 cently. 



Woodside", N. Y.— William Spiwaek 

 has leased the greenhouses of Edouard 

 Matthes, at the corner of Anderson 

 avenue and Second street, and will 

 continue the business. Mr. Matthes is 

 planning to remove to New Jersey and 

 make a new start in the florists' trade 

 there. 



North Brookfield, Mass. — A new cor- 

 poration, to be known as the Pine Croft 

 Greenhouses, has been formed here, 

 with an authorized capital stock of $30,- 

 000. The ofiicers are: President and 

 treasurer, Howard S. Hill, of East 

 Brookfield; clerk, Walter W. Clark, of 

 Worcester, with Howard E. Webb, of 

 Worcester, as the third director. 



Tyler, Tex. — Mrs. Frank Hewitt re- 

 ports that business for the year 1911 

 was the best in her experience and 

 the prospects for this year are bright. 

 Last year's corn and peach crops, how- 

 ever, were short. Once this winter, 

 she says, the outside temperature 

 dropped to zero, and the winter as a 

 whole has been the coldest ever known 

 in this part of the state. 



NEWPORT, E. I. 



The schedule of prizes for the June 

 flower show was adopted at a meet- 

 ing of the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety Tuesday evening, February 27, 

 and has been placed in the hands of the 

 printers. The premium list this year is 

 an attractive one, with a few changes 

 from last season. Some new features 

 will be seen at the show. 



James Robertson read a paper dur- 

 ing the evening on "The Dahlia and 

 Its Culture." This was followed by a 

 general discussion, in the course of 

 which Carl Bogholt, gardener for Miss 

 Fanny Foster, explained his method of 

 grafting dahlias, from which he had 

 received good results. Winfield S. Sis- 

 son told of the preparation of flowers 

 for exhibition and others took part in 

 the discussion of the subject. 



John Barren was awarded a cultural 

 certificate for a fine specimen of cin- 

 eraria. ^^^ 



Albany, N. Y.— J. A. Danker keeps 

 ahead of the seasons. Just now his 

 store .window is a spring creation, with 

 pans tind small window boxes of cro- 

 cus, ranunculus and the like, which are 

 catchy and good sellers. 





