Ai'itiL 18, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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East Hadley, Mass.— The l\rontgonicry 

 .(isc Co. will bcj^iii the erection of an- 

 ilier {jjree 11 house, -10x500, just north of 

 • 'le present houses, early this si)riii<jj. 



Great Neck, N. Y.— W. W. :\rattlie\vs 



,11(1 (i. I']. Lasher have I'lioriiious stocks 



I Freesia I'urity and supply imich of 



Jiat received in the .\ew York market. 



Huntingdon, Pa. — .lames M. l)oi,rij;ett, 



(irmerly a landscaiu" <;ai<lener at Al- 



: 'oiia, J'a., is now employed at the 



;reeiihouses of Ihe Pennsylvania In- 



iistrial Jieforinatoiy, in this towu. 



Portsmouth, O.- Tiie dama^^e done by 



he recent hail storm at the <;reenliinist's 



• I the llerms l'"loial Co., on the Chil- 



licothe pike, lias been repaireil. It 



look 1,000 li-rhts of olass to do the Job. 



Bluttton, Ind. Myers & Co. will re 

 !iuild four of their seven greenhouses 

 'his suinmer, employing the most niod- 



I 1 11 construction. They are putting in 

 111 irrigation system for their outtloor 

 -tock. 



Hartford, Conn. — The Hartford news- 

 ■Mpers this week contain an excellent 



II tide by J. Ml. Adams on the history 

 :ind cultivation of the gladiolus. The 



\merican (iladiolus Society comes in 

 I'lr a good notice and the showing is 

 Hire to do much to advance the popu- 

 aiity of the flower. 



Monon, Ind. — 8. H. liOiig, formerly 

 •t I'laiio, ill., has juirchascMl an iii- 

 ii'rest in the florist business of Mrs. 

 '^. Jl. ^fyers, in this city, and will 



issiiiiu; active charge. Mrs. ^fyers' 

 .:icenhouses have been idle part of th(> 

 i\ inter, as her health hail f.-iiled and 



111' was unable to keep them up. 

 Pittsburg, Kan. — CoPimenting on the 



all J'ormosa lily of C. Young & Sons 

 ' II.. recently illustrated in The IJeview, 

 •I. < '. Steinhauser, of the Steinhauser 

 i lorist and ^'ursery Co., says lie had 

 "lie that flowered at a height of seven 



'■et ten inches and had eight buds. 

 'ike the Y'oiuigs', this was from a bulb 

 ■pplied by A. Henderson «.*i; Co. 



Des Plaines, 111. — The Lord ifc T.urn- 

 I'liu Co., which last season erected a 

 iige greenhouse material factory at 

 'lis jdace, has just increased its cajd- 

 •il stock from .$.")l),000 to .^lTjO.OOO. The 

 "iiipany operating here is an Illinois 

 Kiporation, sejiarati" from tln^ New 

 ^ iiiiv. corporation of tlu^ s;ime name, 

 ' 'I'Migh the ownershi[> and manageiiu'iit 

 1 1' identical. 



Champaign, 111. — .T. E. Yates has had 

 'lie ])laiis drawn for eight greenhouses, 

 ''I be erected in the south jiart of the 

 ''.V, on Maple street, just west of 

 ^■liiiint Hojie cemetery. An ollice will be 

 ' 'lilt on jiart of the site of the jiresent 

 -ii'riihoiises owned by Mr. Yates, whi(di 

 ''I' at the corner of Third street and 

 Springfield avenue and are conducted 

 "y (Ills .lohnson. The present green- 

 '''>iis(>s will be torn down and residences 

 '"lilt on the remainder of the site. 



Cambridge, Mass. — .Tolin Kcllcy, of 

 the firm of Kcdley I?ros., florists, started 

 recently on a business tour of Massa- 

 chusetts, Maine and .\ew Hampshire. 



Lawrence, Mass. — (ieo. W. Thornton, 

 a brother of the members of the (inn 

 of Thornton Hros., is rejiorted to be 

 seriously ill on his farm at West Ken- 

 nebunk, IMe. 



Jacksonville, 111. — (). 1'.. Ileinl has 

 been nominated for reidectioii to the 

 village board of South .Ia(d\siiii\ illr. 

 T1h> board holds its meetings a1 the 

 Ileinl greenhouses. 



Eichmond, Ind. -The K. ('.. Hill Cn. 

 reports being practically sold out on 

 Sunburst, it has been the i(unpaiiy"s 

 most successful introduction since the 

 Kichmoiid rose was sent out. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — Henry Smith 

 and Kli Cross secured new automobile 

 didivery cars in tiiiK? for the l]aster 

 rush. The Cralib & Hunter l''loral Co. 

 has also added a new didivcry wagon. 



Mitchell, S. D.— Willi:un Dethlefs, of 

 the ])avisoii (,'oiinty (Ireenhouses, in- 

 tends to erect two more houses, each 

 14x()0, this season. The materials will 

 be furnished by the John C. .Moninger 

 Co. Mr. Deth'lefs' Laster trade was 

 twenty-five ]>er cent better than last 

 year, in both plants and cut flowers. 



Lebanon, Pa. — A rec('nt fire at the 

 greenhouse of S. K. SnyiU-r, a florist 

 and truck gardener at Second street 

 and SidiaefTerstovvn road, in South Ijeb- 

 aiion townshiji, destroyed the house and 

 its contents, including some thousands 

 of \('get;ible plants, gt'raniums. etr. lb- 

 ex]>ects to rebuild, but prtdiaidy not till 

 next fall. He has a stand in the llighth 

 street market. 



Ottawa, 111. — Some unusu.ally fine calla 

 lilies and carnations, grown by Lohr 

 Lros. in their greiMihouses on (ittawa 

 striM't. were recently on r'xliibition in 

 the windows of Charles (leigcr's gro- 

 cery store. The callas. it is sa'id, were 

 proliably the largest ovov sern in this 

 city; the stems were fiuii- feet six iindies 

 in length and the tlowiM's were six and 

 five-eighths inches in diameter. The 

 ca Illations were also large and of siilen- 

 did quality. 



Marysville, O. — C. 0. Coder, manager 

 of the .Marys\ ille Floral Co., lias juir- 

 chased a building in South Main street. 

 it is the purpose of Mr. Coder to use 

 the property as an ujitown headquar- 

 ters and retail store for seeds, bulbs and 

 all kinds of garden supiilies. In the 

 rear a greenhouse will be (>rected, ex- 

 tending from the store building to the 

 all(\v. The company will contiiuu! to 

 ojH rate the greenhouses and gardens at 

 the south end of Plum street. The 

 work of rebuilding tlie section that was 

 r(>ccntly crushed by snow will Ije started 

 as soon as weatlier conditions are fa- 

 vorable. 



Meadville, Pa.- l.'oger W/ird Ihiiis. 

 (if (leoige W. Haas & Son, and Miss 

 f;v;i Angidiiie ]\lrMilleii, of this city, 

 were married April I 1 . 



Waterville, Me. .Mitrludl \ Co. held 

 their aniiii;il opening at Master, as 

 usual, and tlu> attendance \\:is large. 

 Xearly LOOO jardinieres were jneseiited 

 to the ladies as s(iii\-eiii is. 



South Orange, N. J. W. .\. M.inda, 

 Inc., is entered ;is an e,\hi lot or in tlie 

 International Hurt ieiilt ural l^xhibifion 

 that opens in Jjoiidoii, llnLilainl, Mav 



Goldsboro, N. C. .\f the I'mieral of 

 the late ex Governor AycorU. at, Kal 

 eigli, .V. C, the otl'erings of lloweis 

 wcn'e deidared to be tln^ most td.-iborate 

 and be;iii(iful ever seen in the cafiital 

 city, and among the b(>st of them 

 were two designs made by S. A. Starr, 

 proprietor of the (ioldsboro IMoral Co. 



Louisville, Ky.— Accused of entering 

 the florist shop of Miss Alice .1. .Miller, 

 liL'.') West Jefl"ers()n street, and .Mtteiiipt- 

 iiig to steal a jmrse, .1. I'.eniiett .loiies 

 was arrested April '>. .lones, it is said, 

 would ha\'e succeeded in securing the 

 purse but for the .action of T. (). Miller, 

 iirother of Miss Miller, and a negro 

 jiorter, who held th(> prisoner until the 

 arri\ al of the pidice. 



New Castle, Ind.- -Otto 1,. I'.enthey, 

 who jmn based two lots on ."South Four- 

 teenth street with the intention ol' 

 building greenhouses there, is said to 

 lia\e abaiidoned the project on account 

 ot' the objections of residents on the ad- 

 .j:icciit pnqierty. He li.as sold the lots 

 .'ind canceled the contracls tor the erec- 

 tion ot' three greeiihotisi's. His purpose 

 now is to open ;i large retail tlower 

 store in tlu! Cnion block. 



Ottawa, Ont. It is reiiorted that 

 Ch.'irles .1. Wright .'iihI .Miss i:. Louise 

 Wright surprised their friends by get- 

 ,tiiig married. April S, in .\ew York 

 city, where tlie\- were spending ;i tew 

 days as memliers of a lar^ie e.xriirsioii 

 pai'ty. A facetious newspaper coire- 

 spondeiit licads his re[iiirt '".Miss 

 Wrii^ht .Mrs. I'.erause Ho .Mr.."" ami 

 says that it is a ca-e where two 

 '■Wrights'' make a happy married 

 coiiplr. 



Marysville, Kan. .Mdeiin.-in r'ish,M, 

 or I oiiiicihiian I'isher such is now 11. 



li. I'ishe|-"s ollicial title. He has lii'eu 

 eh'cted coll lie i | riiiiii ot' his ward li\- ;il- 

 iiiii^t uiiaiiiiiious clioici\ iiTi'i \ ing all 

 but three \otes. And. as ii' that were 

 not hoiinr enoiiL;h fur one llorist, his 

 fellow aldeinien ha\e chosen him as 

 president of the council, a i|ignit\- 

 which is gi'iieially cont'eiii'd (n\ the 

 oldest member ol' the body. In the re- 

 organ i/;it ion ot' the council. Mr. Fisher 

 was also appcdnted rh;iirni.'in ot' th(> 

 building committee, and a iiieiidMn' of 

 the iiiipro\ rnietit committee and the 

 lioard ot' health. 



