. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 499 Ufat^c Rofei). Toledo, O.—A new house, 12 xSo, will soon be added to the place of John Wil- son & Co. Erie, Pa.—Henry Niemeyer & Co. have completed a greenhouse 32 x 100, to be used for roses. New , Conn.—a chrysanthe- mum club has been formed among the ladies of the city, and an exhibition will be given by the club the coming fall. Sav.\nn,\h, Ga.—A. C. Oelschig in- tends to build this summer a house 16 x 100, covered with parchment paper, in- stead of glass, for camel


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1887. The American Florist. 499 Ufat^c Rofei). Toledo, O.—A new house, 12 xSo, will soon be added to the place of John Wil- son & Co. Erie, Pa.—Henry Niemeyer & Co. have completed a greenhouse 32 x 100, to be used for roses. New , Conn.—a chrysanthe- mum club has been formed among the ladies of the city, and an exhibition will be given by the club the coming fall. Sav.\nn,\h, Ga.—A. C. Oelschig in- tends to build this summer a house 16 x 100, covered with parchment paper, in- stead of glass, for camellias and azaleas, as an experiment. UTICA, N. Y.—Wm. Matthews will soon build three new houses—one 70 x 14, one 165 X 14, and a propagating house 30 X 10—all to be heated by hot water on the "down hill" plan. Springfield, O.—Thomas A. McBeth has sold his greenhouses and stock to Good & Reese who will add a new range of glass and do a mailipg trade under the title of the "Champion City Green- ; New —The florists of the city are agitating through the N. O. Hort. society a project to establish a flower and plant market. At the meeting of the society June 16, a paper was read setting forth the advantages of the same, and a committee was appointed to consider the subject and recommend a course of ac- tion. Montreal, Can.—The Montreal Hort. society instituted a new departure in its useful work by giving an exhibition of strawberries, roses and pansies June 30, the first of the kind ever given by the society. The display was excellent, iu- cludings collections of orchids in bloom, choice palms, etc., in addition to the main features. Philadelphia.—Cracksmen broke in- to the ofSce of E. T. Alburger & Bro., florists, Ridge avenue and Huntington street, during Thursday night and drilled and blew open a fireproof safe. All they got for their trouble were two promissory notes of no value to them. And still the daily press co


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