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The Florists' Review 



Al'BiL 8, 1913. 



er ground than the water reached. The 

 store of the Imlay Co. was in the flood 

 district. The loss has not been deter- 

 mined. Two vegetable greenhouses 

 about five miles south of town, on the 

 river bank, have not been heard from. 

 It is feared they are badly damaged, 

 for they are in a place where the river 

 is naturally swift. 



The great Peters & Reed pottery at 

 Zanesville is on safe ground. The A. E. 

 Tile Works, the largest in the world, 

 has water up to its second story. All 

 the other potteries are more or less 

 affected. 



Anxious About Chillicothe. 



Advices received in Chicago from 

 Columbus relative to flood conditions 

 at Chillicothe are uncertain in their 

 mention of possible damage to growers. 

 The first letter that came through 

 from Columbus to a Chicago florist 

 stated that the water had risen to a 

 height of seven feet in Paint street, 

 the main thoroughfare of Chillicothe, 



dwelling. The packing house and part 

 of the dwelling burned Friday night. 

 In the packing house were 4,500 orchids, 

 which were lost in the fire, together 

 with three horses, two automobiles and 

 all books and supplies. Fire was not 

 started in the boilers until March 30. 

 Mr. Vesey believes he can save most 

 of the rose stock. He expressed the be- 

 lief that other losses at Fort Wayne 

 were comparatively light. 



In spite of efforts made all night 

 to fight the incoming flood at the Flick 

 houses on Thompson avenue, the water 

 put out the fires and destroyed several 

 of the greenhouses. The 'residence is 

 situated on a knoll of ground near the 

 houses and water surrounded it, so that 

 the inmates had to call for boats to 

 be removed. At last report, the water 

 was within eight feet of the house 

 itself and still rising. A new touring 

 car and an electric car were lost. The 

 damage to the Flick greenhouses can- 

 not be estimated yet. 



Hans Jenien, Omaha, Standing on the Ruins of his Greenhouses. 



and that the growers are located on 

 the lowest land along the river. With 

 a depth of seven feet in Paint street, 

 it is feared that the water reached a 

 depth of twenty feet at the green- 

 houses, which, of course, would spell 

 destruction to houses and stock. The 

 leading growers in that vicinity are 

 Louis Elsass, proprietor of the Mc- 

 Eellar Greenhouses, and Chas. A. John- 

 son, of the Chillicothe Floral Co. No 

 word has been received from these 

 sources about the extent of losses, if 

 any. 



Heavy Losses at Fort Wayne. 



The damage to greenhouses at Fort 

 Wayne, Ind., will reach many thousands 

 of dollars. The thirty-two houses of 

 W. J. & M. S. Vesey were practically 

 all under water, although by supreme 

 effort most of the orchid plants, the 

 most valuable stock in the range, were 

 saved. The condition of the houses 

 of the Flick Floral Co. is no better. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr., writes that the 

 firm's loss is estimated at $70,000. The 

 water started to rise at Fort Wayne 

 at 2 a. m. March 25 and in three hours 

 the river rose eight feet. Its rise was 

 so swift there was no time to save any- 

 thing. On the following day, a boat 

 was secured and the force worked two 

 days and a night, removing orchids to 

 the packing room and the cellar of the 



No advices from other florists have 

 been received up to this time. 



More Damage in Indiana. 



J. A. Newby's greenhouses at 

 Logansport, Ind., were under water 

 to the gutters, all stock being sub- 

 merged, but being under water during 

 the cold days prevented it from being 

 frozen. Of course, all tender stock 

 was lost, and the damage in a general 

 way amounts to considerable. 



Mrs. O. G. McCormick's greenhouses 

 at Logansport suffered in the same 

 way, having from six to eight feet 

 of water. At last reports it was not 



all out and everything in the houses 

 was covered with mud. 



William Miller's greenhouses at 

 Peru, Ind., were under water and dur- 

 ing the cold snap a great deal of the 

 stock was saved because it was pro- 

 tected in this way. The mud and 

 general filth left by the flood worked 

 considerable damage. 



The greenhouses of J. W. Bentz & 

 Son, at Peru, are reported to have 

 fared even worse, although details are 

 not deflnite yet. 



Flood conditions had disastrous ef- 

 fect upon business at Marion, Ind., 

 during the Easter season; in fact, little 

 thought was given to business in gen- 

 eral, all devoting their time to re- 

 lieving the unfortunate. At Stoebe's 

 the force was kept busy night and day 

 pumping water from the boiler pit and 

 caring for the stock, there being about 

 eighteen inches of water in the houses. 

 At present the stock does not show 

 the hardship through which it has gone. 

 The Marion Floral Co. lost considerable 

 glass by wind and hail, but was for- 

 tunate in losing comparatively little 

 stock. Little trouble was experienced 

 with water. All shipping orders were 

 returned by the express companies. 



No loss is reported by florists at 

 Lafayette, Ind. The Wabash river 

 reached the 33 foot stage, the highest 

 in the history of the city. The only 

 damage was along the river and the 

 lowlands. F. Dorner & Sons Co. and 

 Herman Roth are both located high 

 above the flood level and had no loss. 

 Train service is only partially restored. 



Only Glass Losses at Toledo. 



Greenhouses in the vicinity of 

 Toledo, Ohio, suffered considerable 

 damage, but the losses seem to be 

 slight compared with those that have 

 been sustained in other sections. The 

 principal damage was confined to 

 broken glass. 



Peter J. Jacobs was the heaviest 

 loser, nearly all of his glass being 

 demolished. 



Emil A. Kuhnke reported a loss of 

 about $500. 



J. L. Schiller reported a lot of glass 

 broken and Mr. Fischer, at Woodlawn, 

 was a heavy loser in this respect. 



The Perennial Gardens Co. suffered 

 heavy loss, nearly all of its glass going 

 in the storm. It had to keep pumps 

 going night and day to keep "water out 

 of the boiler pit. 



F. A. Imoberstag had considerable 

 trouble during the flood to keep fires 

 going. 



A. L. Thomas, the only florist at 

 Troy, Ohio, lost nearly everything. 

 Conditions there and in Dayton are re- 



Establishment of W. G. Thomas & Son, Sheffield, 111., after Cyclone. 



