. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. tjm- 7 .•?*• .•"•**'• i^i» "*.. Congress Heights, D. O.—O. W. D 'Al- corn, the local bulb grower, is visiting the bulb fields at Spalding, Lincoln- shire, England. New Eochelle, N. Y.—Thomas J. Wade has received the contract to care for the trees of the city. This, in ad- dition to his landscape contracts, prom- ises to keep him hustling this spring. Store business is satisfactory. Galena, Kan.—The Galena Green- houses, of which Anna Lyscio is pro- prietor, were damaged recently by fire to the extent of $1,000 or more. The flames started
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. tjm- 7 .•?*• .•"•**'• i^i» "*.. Congress Heights, D. O.—O. W. D 'Al- corn, the local bulb grower, is visiting the bulb fields at Spalding, Lincoln- shire, England. New Eochelle, N. Y.—Thomas J. Wade has received the contract to care for the trees of the city. This, in ad- dition to his landscape contracts, prom- ises to keep him hustling this spring. Store business is satisfactory. Galena, Kan.—The Galena Green- houses, of which Anna Lyscio is pro- prietor, were damaged recently by fire to the extent of $1,000 or more. The flames started near the boiler. The boiler room and two lettuce houses were destroyed. Cedar Falls, la.—Joseph Bancroft, of Joseph Bancroft & Son, has been con- fined to his home for some time by serious illness, but at last report he had recovered sufficiently to be able to visit the greenhouses and give some as- sistance there. He is 87 years old and has been a resident of this city since 1855. Norrlstown, Pa.—W. H. Catanese says business in general is quiet, but that there has been quite a heavy run of funeral work of late. The William R. Yeager Co. has been formed, to carry on the business of William R. Yeager. Harvey Unsuth, a grower of sweet peas and carnations at Center Square, has gone out of business and the greenhouses will be torn down, Newburgh, N. Y.—The trade is watching with interest the outcome of a war between one of the leading flo- rists and the largest department stor«, which has held a special sale on violets for two succeeding Saturdays. Com- mencing early in the day at 25 cents per bunch, the price was cut to 5 cents, with tinfoil and pin included, by the florist. As a result both establishments sold out clean and, being situated oppo- site, bulletins were watched with in- terest as the price was announced from time to time. It was dubbed the War of Violets and now the carnation may follow, as this is the first attempt of the department store
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