December 12, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



51 



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Canandaigua, N. Y. — Burrell T. Cap- 

 pon, the Bristol street florist, has 

 opened a store in the new extension to 

 the Hubbell building, on Chapin street. 



Des Moines, la. — November 29 the 

 horse used for delivery by the Alpha 

 Floral Co. ran away and seriously in- 

 jured a deaf man who was crossing the 

 street. 



Joplin, Mo. — Frank and Harold Tre- 

 ganza have purchased the stock of the 

 late D. A. Graham from his widow and 

 will run the business under the firm 

 name of Treganza Bros. They are both 

 young men and have had previous ex- 

 perience. 



Waukegan, 111. — Theodore Meyer was 

 one of the .jury of representative mer- 

 chants chosen by the coroner to investi- 

 gate the fire and explosion at the es- 

 tablishment of the Corn Products Be- 

 fining Co., in which upward of a dozen 

 men were killed and twenty-four or 

 more were seriously injured. 



Centerville, Ind. — E. Y. Teas is said 

 to be the only living charter member oi 

 the Indiana Horticultural Society, 

 which was organized in 1860, with an 

 enrollment of twenty-three names. Mr. 

 Teas attended the last annual conven- 

 tion of the society, which was held in 

 Indianapolis, December 3 and 4. 



Sandusky, O. — Leo F. Wagner, pro- 

 prietor of the Central Greenhouses, in 

 this city, has purchased the property of 

 the Clyde Floral Co., including the 

 greenhouses and stores in Clyde and 

 Bellevue. Joseph Wentzel, who for two 

 years has been employed by P. C. Mil- 

 ler, the former owner of the Clyde busi- 

 ness, will conduct the business for Mr. 

 Wagner. 



Freeport, 111. — John Bauscher is be- 

 coming famous as the world 's champion 

 ''jiner. " A recent issue of a Chicago 

 daily newspaper contained a portrait 

 of Mr. Bauscher, with the statement 

 that he is a member of forty-four lodges 

 and is believed to hold the world's 

 record in that line. The newspaper 

 ijives a list of the organizations to 

 which ho belongs, beginning, as is 

 proper, with the Society of American 

 Florists. 



Marion, O.— F. E. Blake & Son have 

 just completed the remodeling and en- 

 largement of their greenhouses. The 

 range is located on a twenty-acre tract 

 owned by the firm, and consists of thir- 

 teen houses, eight of which were erect- 

 ed this year. A concrete cut flower cel- 

 lar has also been constructed and a new 

 office is about ready for use. The houses 

 are of Moninger construction and are 

 heated by two forty horsepower boil- 

 ers. The son, Benjamin F. Blake, has 

 charge of the uptown store, in the Foye 

 block on West Center street. 



Olean, N. Y. — Dana R. Herron cele- 

 brated the completion of his sixteenth 

 year in business here by inviting the 

 public to a chrysanthemum show in his 

 store. Among the attractions was the 

 music of an orchestra. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Chester A. Harris, 

 for the last two years connected with 

 the W. E. Day Co., is now opening a 

 store of his own at 205 East Jefferson 

 street. With his twelve years of ex- 

 perience in the business, he ought to 

 be well equipped for his new venture. 



Houston, Tex. — Gus Radetzki and 

 Harvey T. D. Wilson have opened a 

 flower store at the corner of Main street 

 anl Walker avenue and will conduct 

 it under the name of the Forestdale 

 Nursery. The building has been se- 

 cured on a long lease and has been ele- 

 gantly fitted up for the purpose. 



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Clyde, O. — Perry C. Miller, who has 

 conducted a successful business under 

 the name Clyde Floral Co., has sold 

 stock and greenhouses to Leo Wagner, 

 of Sandusky, O., who will continue the 

 business under the same name^ in con- 

 nection with his greenhouses at San- 

 dusky. 



Eldorado, Pa. — It is reported that a 

 lawsuit brought by Allan S. Myers 

 against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 

 to recover $45,000 damages for smoke, 

 soot and grease showered upon the 

 glass of his greenhouses by locomotives 

 for the last six years, has been decided 

 against him, principally because, as 

 Pittsburgh and Harrisburg florists testi- 

 fied, the glass could have been cleaned 

 with soap and water. 



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Lynchburg, Va. — ^H. L. Lauscher has 

 opened a retail stand in Lambert's 

 pharmacy, under the name of the 

 Lynchburg Flower Shop. 



Unionville, O. — The address of the 

 Sunshine Flower Gardens now is 47 

 East One Hundred and Thirty-ninth 

 street. Kinsman Heights, Cleveland, O. 



Alliance, O. — While downtown on 

 business recently G. W. Kiser was taken 

 ill on the street and was carried home 

 in the city ambulance. He has recov- 

 ered. 



Defiance, O. — Christ. Winterich en- 

 tertained a large number of trade visi- 

 tors from Toledo and other points in 

 the northern part of the state Decem- 

 ber 7. 



Port Allegany, Pa. — Richard Fowler, 

 formerly with W. K. Harris, Philadel- 

 phia, now is grower for Mrs. M. E. G. 

 Ventres here, the Port Allegany Green- 

 houses. 



Ottawa, HI. — Though Mrs. Fred J. 

 King has leased her greenhouses on Ot- 

 tawa avenue to Lohr Bros., she is con- 

 ducting the Madison street store in her 

 own name, as formerly. 



Grand Forks, N. D. — Johnson & Co., 

 of this city, have leased the greenhouses 

 and ten acres of ground owned by the 

 Queen City Floral Co., at Crookston, and 

 will use them in connection with the 

 local establishment. With these rented 

 houses, Mr. Johnson now has 14,000 

 square feet of glass. 



Zanesvllle, O. — George A. Bartels 

 says there was an oversupply of chry- 

 santhemums this season, although busi- 

 ness has been fair, especially in funeral 

 work. The death of the manager of the 

 local branch of the National Biscuit Co., 

 he adds, called for more flowers than 

 ever before were used at the funeral 

 of a local private individual. 



Waterloo, la. — Harry Daniel has sold 

 his interest in the Crittenden & Daniel 

 greenhouses to I. 0. Kemble, of Mar- 

 shalltown, la. Mr. Kemble is well 

 known in the trade and has greenhouses 

 at Boone and Mason City, as well as 

 at Marshalltown. He will be repre- 

 sented here by C. M. Young, of Mar- 

 shalltown, who will assist Owen Crit- 

 tenden in the management of the local 

 establishment. 



Butte, Mont. — Victor Siegel, referred 

 to locally as the Luther Burbank of Co- 

 lumbia Gardens, is said to have orig- 

 inated two remarkably fine new carna- 

 tions. One of them is a sport of Beacon 

 and its color is a deep pink; the other is 

 described as a variegated sport of Glo- 

 riosa. Mr. Siegel has also secured twen- 

 ty-five plants of a promising new pink 

 carnation that was produced at the green 

 houses of the Butte Floral Co., at Greg- 

 son Springs. 



