. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i6 The American Florist. Dec. 75, ¥racje XlaKz^. Washington.—Fire at the Industrial Home school on Dec. i caused a loss of 5700 on building and J600 on plants. Leavenworth, Kan.—W. H. Rose is building three new rose and carnation houses at the city limits, Kansas City.—C. E. Hampton has purchased ten acres of land in Wyandotte and expects to erect several greenhouses on it next spring. Baltimore.—New stores have been opened by R. Schmidt and Ivrnest Frederick; the first on Frederick road and the second on Baltimor
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i6 The American Florist. Dec. 75, ¥racje XlaKz^. Washington.—Fire at the Industrial Home school on Dec. i caused a loss of 5700 on building and J600 on plants. Leavenworth, Kan.—W. H. Rose is building three new rose and carnation houses at the city limits, Kansas City.—C. E. Hampton has purchased ten acres of land in Wyandotte and expects to erect several greenhouses on it next spring. Baltimore.—New stores have been opened by R. Schmidt and Ivrnest Frederick; the first on Frederick road and the second on Baltimore street near Broadway. SteubenvillE, O.—W. G. Huscroft has built two new houses—a rose house 100x24, and a carnation house 100x16. O. A. Lobinger will remove to California Jan. I next, where he will locate perma- nently. Boston.—Welch Bros, have added an adjoining basement to their former roomy place. They have built a large vault 20x24 under the sidewalk, where they keep their stock of flowers, discontinuing the use of ice boxes. Allegheny City, Pa.—Ludwig Rich- ter has completed three new houses, 66x iS each. Hartman Bros, have nearly finished three houses, one 66x12, and two 78x20 each. Fred Burki has in course of erection two houses 100 x 20 each, the walls of stone, and to be heated by natural gas. Washington.—At a recent dinner ten- dered to Mr. Jos. Chamberlain, a member of the English fisheries commission, the floral decorations were almost entirely of orchids. The central decoration of the table was a bank of orchids and ferns six feet long and three wide. Many ferns and tropical plants were used about the rooms. Wheeling, W. Va.—Louis Smith has built a new house 72 x 14. Theo. vSchrei- ber is now heating three of his houses with natural gas, with a saving of 75 per cent, over coal. Mr. Schreiber is quite ill with inflammation of the lungs. W. F. Zane has just completed a fine 2story residence in connection with his green- houses. Detroit.—At th
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