. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. VI ,' •? ' '«.?: 14 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 potterie
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. VI ,' •? ' '«.?: 14 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 Hans Jenien, Omaha, Standing on the Ruins of his Greenhouses. and that the growers ar
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