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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



17 





Pontiac, Mich. — A i.Mcnt lire :it the 

 ;;i('t'iili(niscs of l|;iny 'I'v re. t!»il Auhiini 

 IIVCIIUC. caused ;i loss ol' o\('r +7<tii. 



Elmira, N. Y. II. II. Ilonniaii was at 

 Syracuse March 1 1! to j:i\(' tlic atnatcur 

 ^iardciicis ill the' Syracuse Iiose Society 

 a tali\ on rose i^rowi ii;^. 



Martins Fen-y, O. D.ividsou Itros.. 

 whose e i-e|.|diouses .-ire at this [dace. 

 o|ieiie(| a ^IiU'e at \\ lie(d iiii;, W. \'a., 

 lor the K;ister rush. 



Buffalo, N. Y. i;;i.h(d M. I.'.distock 

 ' 'o.. with store at I'll I Main street, lias 

 a liraiicdi at L'ltl' < 'on iiect iciit street for 

 tile I'laster rush. 



Newburgh, N. Y. .Mrs. Max I'lish 

 iii;iii t'ouiid her hu.-<iiaiid. a llorist. and 

 -Micdiat'l ('axiyaii, a lirenian. dead in a 

 Hi'eeii housi' on the iiioiniiiii ot Mandi 

 L!;I. They had lieeii sutVoc.ated liy u;is 

 t'roiii a coal stove. 



Kansas City, Mo. Two ;ireenliouses 

 of tlir l\*0(l< I'lower ('()., Sixty thin! 

 street and Troost a\ei!iie. -R-ere crushed 

 liy the wei>;lit of tlie snow that foil 

 March '_M. The ylass was luokon ami 

 plants worth .$L',(inii were riiine<i. 



Hopkinsville, Ky. Wm. I". Snyder, 

 fdriiicrly sole proprietor of the estab- 

 lishniciit at .\ortli Main and I'oiirth 

 streets, has taken (!eo. I). TIarnoil into 

 ]iartnerslii|i and has added a grocery 

 department to the business. The store 

 has also been eiiliir^'eii, so as to make 

 space for two more rooms. At the 

 jjreenlioiises a large workroom lias lioen 

 built and a new lioiler lias been in- 

 stiilled. T\\(i more ^'cenlioiises will be 

 eiiM-ted this Slimmer. The linn name 

 is now Siixder i<; I lamed. 



Corning, N. Y. .\. II. Woepjiel says 

 the lieooiiia will continue to lie a pojiii 

 lar plant for holiday ti'ade. W'lieii hard 

 ened olV incxious to sidling time, tiic 

 jilant gi\<'s sat ist'.-ict ion. lie will grow 

 (llory of < 'inciiin.at i e\tensi\(dy. His 

 cjirnations were iiexei lietter; the old 

 t';i\orite. hjiidiant re^'-. seem- liai'd 1o 

 iieat. Ihoutili I'iiili |)cdi-ht and Mrs. ( '. 

 W. Ward are popular. Iieing e\i-(dlent 

 keepers. .Mr. \\'oep|iel i- milch inter 

 ested in the new \;iricties lieiii^- cdVered. 

 Iiiish of business kepi liini from Indiie 

 at Detroit. 



Raleigh. N. C. .1. I., o'l^iiiinn .v < o,. 

 of t his city, and II. • '. ••>mit li. of ( iolds 

 lioio, \. I',, have le.isi'.l their ureeii 

 hniises at (icddslMiio to S. A. Starr, t'or 

 I perioil ot' tour and oneh:ilf ye:irs. 

 '• '1,11111111 \ ('o, report Imsiness .as e\ 

 ceediiiL;l\ i;oiid. ThoiiLih the winter has 

 lieeii the ccddest ill twenty yc.ais, i-e 

 'piirinL: the consumpf ion of almost 

 doiilde the usual ipi.antity ot' coal, yet 

 trade has iM'en good emuiLih to compiMi- 

 s.'ite fully for this eNtr;i expense. The 

 linn will te.ai- clown two idd i^i-eenhiMlses 

 and ie]dac(> them with new ones, iisiiii: 

 concii'te for the walls ami benches. 



Norristown, Pa. Wm. II. Catanese 

 has opened a I'raiicli llowcr store in 

 I'ottstow 11. It is locatecl at 1.'! .\orth 

 Hanover street and will lie known as 

 the ('enliiiN l'"loral Shop. 



Norristown, Pa. William ^'ea^er, 

 formerly in the llorists' Imsiness liere, 

 Imt for the last few moiitlis an inmate 

 of the State Hospital for the Insane, 

 escai'cil from that institution at a late 

 hour on Saturday night, .March L'-'!. in 

 company with three other patients. .\t 

 last report, he had not heen found. 



Albion, Mich. Din in- the la-t ,\.'ar 

 .M . iV S. L. liyvinger ha\<' made smdi 

 iiiipio\ emeiits at their place as liaxc 

 put it in liist cl;is> condition for Imsi 

 iiess. They lia\(> Imilt additions to 

 their idirxsaiithemiim and i-arnation 

 houses, rejiaired and painted the wlode 

 range and installed ;i new steam 

 boiler. Their tradi" during the winter 

 was heavy. They have again secured 

 the contract for the cemetery work 

 and also the (1. .\. I,', order for .Memo 

 rial day. 



East Walden, N. Y. W. ( '. Hart, the 

 dahlia specialist at Sycamore I'lace. lias 

 Imilt a cellar, ;;2 x ."id feet, for the stor- 

 age of the (dumps. The cidlar is so ar 

 ranged that a team and loadeil wagon 

 can he <lri\cii through its entire length. 

 There is ample room for the sorting 

 and packing (»f shipments. Th(> walls 

 are of (•(Miieiit, studded and wainscoted 

 inside, then pa]>ere(l ;ind wainscoted 

 again with ship lap lumliei. The cdl 

 ing is stii(ble(| and lined in the same 

 way. .\ large cistern pipe supplies ;iii 

 .aliiindaiice ot' liltiM'ed rain w;iter. 



Lake Fore.st, 111. i;. ll.dlinuvr, tin 

 l;iiidsc;ipe li.alcleiier, li;i- dcdiveieil -MHiie 

 iilllisii;illy interest JM- illllstrateil lei- 

 tllle- ;it l!v .-I ii-.toii in i-oiinection with 

 the \. .M . ( '. .\. ^aideiiing course. Mr. 

 r.ullinger i- a native of S\\ it zerl.a iid. 

 and stiidii'd at the lolanic-;il gardens ;it 

 <icne\a. Ill' ha- laid out the gidiiiiiN 

 iif -eveial we.ilthy person-,, nnd w;is 

 with i'.vi oil 1 .. Sin i' h. president ol' I he 

 Norlhern Ti ii-t <o., I'or live \-e:irs. ]],■ 

 ol ^;iiii/.ed the l.;iko Shore 1 I oit icil It II la 1 

 Society, ,'ind i- a iiieinliei ;ind lecturer 

 of the Illinois ^t.-ile l|orticiiltiii;il 

 Sociel \ , 



Greencastle, Ind. .lolm liitel \ Son 

 have purc|i;ise,| wh.at are known as the 

 TloXell \ shake ::lee|lllonse-. at the 

 collier ol \ ilie ;ilid I'lailklili -tleets. ;ind 

 ha \ e leinov I'd t hel r ollicev ;i ii,| i rt ;i i 1 

 dep;i It lllellt to the lieW location, where 



t hev will iiiaise -iich a It el a t loll -, and 



i III pro V ellieiit - ;i- -eeii, d e- I |;| 1 1 1 c • . The 

 linn - i^leell houses on .Mel|o-.o .•iveniie 

 will lie leta i lied, lint will lie ii-ed on 1 v 

 t'oi wliolesali' Inisiiie-s in the t'liliiie. 

 The TloXell .V ShaJM' place h;id lieeli 

 conducted for a \ ea r Ky (leo. |). b'eid. 

 who has lioiiiiht the Howell estiildish 

 meiit. at Haiiville. Ind.. :ind ;^oiie into 

 business there. 



Pekin, 111. (Jeor^e A. Kuhl, wlm h.is 



lieell ill I'or :i loll^ time, is '.getting 

 .iloii^ nicely at the I 'resliyteria n hos- 

 pital ill ('hii-aeo, lull piolijililv will lie 

 there tor sevel.al Wi'eks Ioniser. 



Marysville, O. Snow drifted onto one 



of the greenhouses ol' the .M .'i ry s v i 1 h ■ 

 I loral • 'o., .March L' I . to t he <lept h of 

 eighteen inches, the wid^ht caiisinL;' tie' 

 coiicrele w,-ills to spreail and the roof 

 to cidl.'ijise, M;ina!.;er ( . (1. < dder es- 

 timates the loss ;it .-il'iiHi. 'I'he lioiis,. \\ i I [ 

 lie relmilt al mice. 



Kansas City, Mo. William 1,. I.'o.-k 



;iiid .assoi-i.-i I es have this vvi'ek I ii hold 



my ;iii openiiiL; leceiilion :it then invv 

 store. Ilin'i (irand ivi-nuc, where ihev 

 have III led up one c! t he lia in! -i iiiies| 

 est.ild ishinent s jn the west, fai :^i .-i \ ed 

 invitations were s,.||i i,, those in the 

 socia 1 set a lid I he -I ore ha- lieen 

 thioiieed. A larei' Master trade i- 

 ceita in. 



Muscatine, la. I'iie that desHoyed a 

 ^reenhonse and several sukiH onllmild 

 iiigs occuiTed on the piopeitv of .\rthur 

 Kleist. ,a resident of the Island, Manh 

 ■_'l. causing ;i d.ainaoe estimated al .about 

 + -1111. .\ iiiiiipie feature of the Maze 

 was that no inldili;^ of the tire h;ii| 

 lieeii receiveil until the m;iss of debris 

 ■•ind sni(d\iiio- mins in-t the owner's o;i/.e 

 next morning. Hi' had >\f\<\ t lirou;;lioiil . 

 .\o intimation that li- pio|iert\ was en 

 oangered had been i,cei\eil bv him dur 

 iny the iiiojit. Non- of his neielil,o|s 

 -aw the llanies. 



Council Bluffs, la, I'he stock in the 



Ljreellhoilses of bled 1.. I.aillson. on 



'■.•inning street, was seriously .lainai.;ed 



recently liy ^jis that h.'id I n escapim: 



I nmi one of the ^^as companv's ni.ains. 

 The plants had been siilVeiin^ lor sev 

 era! weeks. ;ind no explanation could 

 111' uiveii until experts from the State 

 Agricultural (olle^e at .\mes looked 

 "\i'i' file place and loiind the leak. 

 Later the i^a- companv lie'.;;in wml, for 



the piirpo-e of discov el illi^' the exact 



place of the leakuL:'!'. The V e-et .-i Id.- 



section of the lioii-e- w;i- the most 



aflected. The total d.-iieaue wa- e-t i 



in.ated at - b i.i 



Durham, N. C. I're.i l.'oll ii.is innU 

 ■inother l,or.i ^v Hiiriih.im house. i'iix7.'i, 

 a lid has ol.-i nle I il with c;i mat ioiis, of 

 w Inch he ha- a li lie crop. He h.-is t riiM 



.1 few iili lid reds of 1 »o|ot h V ( loi doll, 



' . W . W.-ird .-iiid \lm;i Ward. ;tm( 



1 hi Ilk- t llev li;i V e • ■ leade ^nod. ' ' The 

 ,l:iiiaaiv cold w;ivc vv:i- lln- s,.\,.i|.st 

 here 111 loll It e.' II V c:! Is. Willi till' I em 

 pel :it lire a s l,,w ;i- I'l deu lees ,i Iniv e 

 I'lo. Iilir he ~llc c led in keepill:,' nil 



111- -lock in ^iH id condition. lie think- 

 ili.al -ouihein grower- have not si. 

 mill h of :iii advant;ii;e over their 

 noil hern lo e| hi en i ii rei^ard to he:it 

 ili:^ ;i- lini^hl lie -lippo-ed, -ilee Inel is 

 mole expen-ive here; liiild co:il i- -^'.l.-'iM 

 per loll. 



