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HORTICULTURE 



November 1, 1913 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists 



HOME MERCHANTSHOULD NEVER 

 HAVE DULL TIMES. 



Nothing wins so well as constant 

 ■work. Often we hear a merchant com- 

 plaining about dull times. Perhaps 

 his neighbor is doing a rushing busi- 

 ness, for the simple reason that his 

 neighbor keeps busy. It customers are 

 not coming in so rapidly as he might 

 wish the busy man takes time to get 

 busier and devises some new scheme 

 to bring trade to the store. 



Perhaps he busies himself in re- 

 arranging his goods in attractive man- 

 ner on the shelves and in the show- 

 cases. If he finds some of the clerks 

 who are complaining of Its being dull 

 he immediately gets those clerks busy 

 getting out old goods and arranging 

 them in a manner that he can carry on 

 a cleaning up sale to advantage. 



There is always lots of work to do. 

 How many times do we find merchants 

 who complain of dullness sitting in- 

 side and vainly endeavoring to look 

 through windows covered with dust 

 and dirt? How many times do we find 

 the man who says there is nothing to 

 do looking at a display of dirty goods? 



Don't you forget it — if you have any 

 business to look after you have some- 

 thing to keep you busy all the time. 

 Nothing like keeping busy about the 

 store. It is sure to pay in the end. 

 Even the novice can keep busy read- 

 ing some good trade paper and posting 

 up on commercial ideas and make a 

 winning thereby. — Grand Island Inde- 

 pendent. 



ST. LOUIS CLUB AND SOCIETY 

 NOTES. 



The Apple Growers' Congress will 

 hold its annual meeting here No- 

 vember 12.. 



The Engelman Botanical Club will 

 resume its meetings this month, the 

 first will be held with the opening of 

 the chrysanthemum sliow at the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden. All meetings 

 this winter will be held in the after- 

 noon. 



The Florist Club Publicity Commit- 

 tee held its meeting on Oct. 21st, at 

 Windler's wholesale house and mapped 

 out plans for publicity this winter. 

 OflBcers elected were: R. J. 'Windier, 

 chairman; W. S. Wells, secretary, and 

 Carl Beyer, treasurer. A full report 

 of this meeting will be made to the 

 Florist Club at its meeting November 

 13th. 



W. J. Palmer & Son 



304 Main Street, 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



Members Florists' Telegraph Asso. 



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Among the European tourists who 

 have just returned is Mrs. J. L. Loose, 

 who has been spending the summer 

 in France. 



J. A. Philipps, of Fourteenth 

 street. Northwest, is now in Los An- 

 geles, Cal., where he will remain for 

 some time. 



Miss Elanore Carpenter, who for 

 the past four years or more has pre- 

 sided over the ofBce of the Washing- 

 ton Florists' Company, is receiving 

 congratulation upon her marriage to 

 Mr. Jenkins, of the Bureau of Chem- 

 istry, of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. 



W. P. Richards, assessor for the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, announces that 

 those merchants in the various lines, 

 including the florists, who wish to con- 

 tinue doing business, If they have not 

 already renewed their licenses, should 

 do so at once. Nineteen thirteen li- 

 censes expired on October 31. 



The division of entomology of the 

 Canadian Department of Agriculture 

 and the board of agriculture of Scot- 

 land will hereafter inspect, certify and 

 seal all plant shipments destined for 

 the United States in compliance with 

 the inspection and certification re- 

 quirements of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture of this country under the 

 plant quarantine act. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 will tender to Fred H. Kramer and 

 Adolph Gude and the other Minute 

 Men of America who recently partici- 

 pated in the maneuvers of the Ger- 

 man Army, and to Theodore Diedrich. 

 who recently returned from an extend- 

 ed visit in Germany, a reception and 

 oyster roast at the Elks' Hall, on Tues- 

 day, November 4. The committee in 

 charge have also arranged for suitable 

 entertainments and a number of sur- 

 prises may be looked for. Edward S. 

 Schmid is chairman and George Dal- 

 glish and Elmer Mayberry, members. 



Among the visitors the past week 

 were Henry M. Robinson, of Boston. 

 Mass.; Charles E. Meehan, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Albert 

 Small of New York. 



St. Albans, Vt. — The florist business 

 of George Cooke, South Main street, 

 has been sold to Charles Kennedy, a 

 former employee, and Dennis Ledoux. 



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 Inspect our new establishment, Fifth 

 Avenue at 46th Street, New York City, 



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