JOLT 25, 1912. 



The Rorists' Review 



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Council Bluffs, la. — The two new 

 greenhouses for J. F. Wilcox & Sons, 

 near Lake Manawa, are almost com- 

 pleted. 



Clinton, la. — The business of J. R. 

 Bather has been incorporated, with a 

 capital stock of $15,000, under the 

 name of J. B. Bather Co. 



New Orleans, Iia. — Harry Papwortb 

 has returned from his trip to Europe 

 for the International Show at London, 

 and got a two-column interview, with 

 portrait, printed in the Picayune. 



Peoria, HI. — Charles Loveridge, presi- 

 dent of the Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation, is planning to secure the 1913 

 convention of the association for this 

 city. He has obtained a promise from 

 the Commerce Association that a suit- 

 able hall will be furnished for the pur- 

 pose. 



Framingham, Mass. — The S. J. God- 

 dard silver cup, offered for the best 

 display of sweet peas grown by school 

 children in this town, has been awarded 

 to the Normal Practice school. Mr. 

 Goddard, the local florist, not only do- 

 nates this cup, but also furnishes seed 

 for the contest. 



Thompsonville, Conn. — Charles H. Fu- 

 rey, who has conducted a flower store 

 in the Hilditch block, on South Main 

 street, for some time, has sold the busi- 

 ness to Edward Lynch, an electrician 

 who formerly occupied a part of the 

 store. Mr. Lynch will continue the 

 flower department in conjunction with 

 his other line of business. 



Quincy, HL — When the men engaged 

 to put in the concrete and iron work 

 of the five new greenhouses for F. W. 

 Heckenkamp, Jr., at Fifth avenue and 

 Jackson street, had completed their 

 contract, Mr. Heckenkamp showed his 

 appreciation of their work by taking 

 the eight men down to the Big Lake 

 club house and entertaining them at an 

 all-day picnic. The houses are now 

 nearly completed. Mr. Heckenkamp has 

 engaged Miss Lulu Heimlich as man- 

 ager of his new store in the St. James 

 hotel building. 



Clifton Forge, Va. — Eichard Schroe- 

 der, formerly with W. A. Lankford, at 

 Charlottesville, Va., has secured an in- 

 terest in the Alleghany Horticultural 

 Co., Inc., of this town, and will act as 

 florist and manager. This company is 

 starting business with two semi-iron 

 frame greenhouses, each 25x100, fur- 

 nished by the King Construction Co. 

 The houses are located about two miles 

 west of town, on the main road to Cov- 

 ington, Va. The officers of the com- 

 pany are: President, W. G. Dudley; 

 vice-president, F. L. Simpson; secretary 

 and treasurer, L. W. Farrier; horticul- 

 turist, Richard Scbroeder. 



Grand Eapids, Mich.— Wm. H. Gil- 

 bert, as receiver, has in his hands for 

 sale four local greenhouse properties, 

 varying from 10,000 feet of glass to 

 150,000 feet. 



Fremont, Neb. — During a recent hail 

 storm about 400 or more panes of glass 

 were broken in the greenhouses of An- 

 dreason Bros., the vegetable growers at 

 Boulevard and I streets. 



Ionia, Mich. — The Ionia Pottery Co., 

 which has heretofore made exclusively 

 a white pot, has accidentally hit upon a 

 method of burning by which the same 

 clay gives a handsome red pot. 



Xenia, O. — E. J. Lampert, of the En- 

 gle Floral Co., has purchased the in- 

 terest of his partner, E. A. Hamma, and 

 is now sole owner of the business, which 

 will be continued under the same firm 

 name as formerly. Mr. Hamma will 

 return to his farm, near Yellow 

 Springs, O. 



Creston, la. — Having read in The 

 Review a note to the effect that this 

 town afforded a good opening for a flo- 

 rist, Carl Gehrecke is here from Pitts- 

 burgh and has ^decided to locate and 

 build a greenhouse. Creston is the 

 largest place in the state that does not 

 have a greenhouse. 



South Bend, Ind. — Four of the five 

 South Bend members of the Northern 

 Indiana Florists' Association attended 

 the annual meeting at Winona Lake, 

 July 17. The fortunate four were Wil- 

 lis, Charles and Adelbert Kinyon, and 

 William Beyer. The other member, 

 Paul Beyer, was unable to go. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — G. M. Schurr has 

 sold his greenhouses, and also his retail 

 store at 312 North Main street. Harry 

 Miller has purchased the greenhouses, 

 and Nerval Kline, formerly connected 

 with Mr. Schurr 's business, has pur- 

 chased the store. Mr. Schurr has not, 

 as yet, made any definite plans for the 

 future. 



Bahway, N. J. — Magdalena R. Saling, 

 wife of William Saling, rose and car- 

 nation grower at 75 Harrison street, 

 passed away July 11 after an illness 

 extending over two years. She was 70 

 years of age and is survived by her hus- 

 band, a daughter and a son, John W. 

 Saling, retail florist and secretary of 

 the Rahway Shade Tree Commission. 



Maryville, Mo. — By mutual consent, 

 the firm of Strader & Wilson has been 

 dissolved and L. M. Strader is now 

 sole proprietor of the florists' business. 

 Mr. Strader has retained the City 

 Greenhouses, on North Main street, and 

 the six-acre tract where he lives, in the 

 north part of the city, but he has sold 

 his half interest in twenty acres north 

 of town to C. A. Wilson, his former 

 partner. 



Prophetstown, Dl. — Geo. E. Hilger, 

 of the Prophetstown Greenhouses, 

 grows a considerable quantity of small 

 fruits and vegetables, but his principal 

 output is cut flowers and flowering and 

 foliage plants, for which he flnds a good 

 demand both here and in surrounding 

 towns. 



Ottawa, Kan. — B. Romstedt is erect- 

 ing another large greenhouse, adjoining 

 the two which he already owns on his 

 property west of town, near Hope ceme- 

 tery. He has some other houses, also, 

 which are separate from these three. 

 He is also installing a new hot water 

 heating system and is repairing the 

 damage caused by a recent hail storm. 



Springfield, 111.— The premium list 

 has been issued for the annual state 

 fair, the dates for which are October 

 4 to 12. For floriculture there are 117 

 classes for trade growers, with liberal 

 money premiums. The list closely ap- 

 proximates that of last year. The su- 

 perintendent of floriculture is Robert 

 O'Dwyer, Haymarket Theater building, 

 Chicago. 



Belvidere, HI.— The B. Eldredge 

 greenhouses, which some years ago 

 changed over the heating system from 

 a so-called vacuum principle to a hot 

 water system, are now installing in all 

 of the houses on the ground of proved 

 economy and thorough circulation the 

 Simonds vacuum principle of the 

 Simonds Heating & Specialty Co., of 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Champaign, Dl.— Thomas Franks & 

 Son, who have been in business here 

 since 1871, now have 40,000 square feet 

 of glass. Their headquarters are at 204 

 East University avenue and their green- 

 houses on East University avenue and 

 Goodwin avenue. The range on Good- 

 win avenue, containing more than half 

 the entire area of glass, is nearly new 

 and strictly modern. 



Winchester, Mass.— Ralph Freeman 

 Arnold, of this city, and Miss Evelyn 

 Grace Walker, of Maiden, were married 

 June 26. The bridegroom is the son 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Arnold and 

 is associated with his father in the flo- 

 rists' business. The couple spent their 

 honeymoon at a Maine resort and ex- 

 pect to be at home after August 1 at 

 20 Dix street, in this city. 



College Station, Tex.— The twenty- 

 seventh annual meeting of the Texas 

 State Horticultural Society will be held 

 at the A. and M. College of Texas, in 

 this town, July 30 to August 1, in con- 

 nection with the Farmers' Congress. 

 Among the members of the trade who 

 are scheduled to participate in the pro- 

 gram, are the following: E. S. Stock- 

 well, Alvin; E. W. Kirkpatrick, Mc- 

 Kinney; Gilbert Onderdonk, Nursery; 

 T. V. Munson, Denison; A. M. Ragland, 

 Pilot Point, and J. W. Stubenrauch, 

 Mexia. 



