April 29, 1916 



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beled with tlie quotations t'lom the 

 plays. 



If we are to Judge by the various re- 

 ports made by the retailers and whole- 

 salers Easter of 1916 was a highly 

 successful one. The one sad feature 

 of the affair was the heavy rain of 

 Saturday and this alone prevented 

 many from breaking all former records 

 for business. Violets, owing to the late 

 date of the festival, were scarce and of 

 a poor quality so the public must needs 

 look elsewhere for a substitute. Sweet 

 peas, according to what Henry Penn 

 says filled the gap most admirably. Ju- 

 lius Zinn states that bulb stocks were 

 much in demand, and Mr. Slattery of 

 Galvin's reports an unprecedented sale 

 of pot roses. The Boston Cut Flower 

 Store cleaned out on nearly everything 

 and Mr. Rosenthal, or rather Mrs. 

 Rosenthal — said that the only regret to 

 be registered was the poor weather on 

 Saturday which prevented many buy- 

 ers from coming out. 



With the wholesalers all went well. 

 P. Welch and Welch Bros, both report 

 a tremendous shipping trade on Wed- 

 nesday and Thursday, for lily plants 

 especially. The H. M. Robinson Co. 

 worked all day and half through the 

 night from the first day of the week 

 till the last, in getting their orders 

 out. B. A. Snyder claims a clean 

 sweep. McAlpine & McDonald, handled 

 double the quantity of lily of the valley 

 and lilies they did last year. Wm. Mol- 

 loy, manager for the Budlong Rose Co., 

 states that 90.000 roses would be a con- 

 servative estimate for their week's 

 sales. A marked preference for Scott 

 Key and Hadley was shown by pur- 

 chasers and consequently a shortage of 

 these varieties resulted — as wo pre- 

 dicted last week. The Polyanthus 

 primrose was eagerly bought up. Evi- 

 dently it has come to stay as an Easter 



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favorite. It is safe to say that the 

 florists of Boston never had a more 

 prosperous Easter. 



NEW YORK. 



J. H. Small & Sons remove on May 

 1 from the store which they have oc- 

 cupied on Broadway for twenty-five 

 years to a new and very desirable loca- 

 tion at 505 Madison avenue, corner 

 52nd street. 



By mutual consent, the firm of Hen- 

 shaw & Fenrich will dissolve April 

 29th. Joseph S. Fenrich will do busi- 

 ness under his own name at 51 W. 28th 

 street, and A. M. Henshaw will oper- 

 ate the Henshaw Floral Co, at 127 W. 

 28th street. 



Anglin & Walsh Co., who recently es- 

 tablished their office at 335 Broadway, 

 will remove on May 1 to Williams- 

 bridge where they will have business 

 facilities and room not available in a 

 downtown office. Fine eallas and 

 freesias are leading specialties with 

 this firm by whom many of the large 

 dealers are supplied with these goods 

 in quantity. 



With the smaller growers of 

 plants for the cheap markets the 

 Easter result was not very pleasing. 

 Saturday morning saw a long line of 

 them at Union Square standing in tlie 

 cold drizzling rain waiting for buyers 

 who did not materialize. What 

 eventually became of the tens of thou- 

 sands of geraniums, lilies, azaleas, 

 hyacinths. genistas, pansies and 

 daisies which turned Union Square 

 into a vast kaleidoscope of color on 

 that inclement morning, we know not. 



In May, 1915, McHutchison & Co., 

 purchased the building at 95 Chambers 

 street, and running through to 77 

 Reade street — a full block long. The 

 building consists of five floors and 



basement and suh-basement. They 

 will occupy the full first floor on May 

 1st— 27 by 150 feet. Since they com- 

 menced business fifteen years ago Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co. have moved four 

 times, and each time have doubled the 

 space occupied. We shall not be sur- 

 prised if in due time the entire build- 

 ing on Chambers street is required to 

 accommodate the business of this 

 hustling concern. 



WASHINGTON. 



Pink and yellow snapdragon is in 

 hne favor among society for use in 

 high-grade dinner and like decorations. 



Leo Geier, who is employed at the 

 store of Gude Bros. Co., met with the 

 loss of his father, Bernard J. Geier, 

 last week. 



John Robertson, Dewey Strong and 

 Milton Robertson, three employees of 

 Fred H. Kramer, all colored, received 

 treatment at the Freedmans Hospital 

 last week following a collision with' 

 an electric light pole by the wagon in 

 which they were riding when the 

 horses ran away with them. 



Following a custom inaugurated 

 shortly after they first entered into 

 business, Gude Bros. Co. threw open 

 the doors of their greenhouses in Ana- 

 costia to the public on Palm Sunday. 

 Hundreds of visitors took advantage 

 of the firm's invitation, the attendance- 

 being greater than ever before. 



A bill has been introduced which 

 would make it unlawful for any person 

 to labor or to employ any person to 

 labor or to pursue any trade or world- 

 ly business on Sunday, except in works 

 of necessity or charity, newspaper 

 publishers, public service corporations, 

 and also persons who are accustomed 

 to observe regularly some other day of 

 the week on which they refrain from 

 doing what in the bill is prohibited on 

 Sunday. 



A Florists HART'S HANDY HANDLE 



Necessity 



Fits securely on any standard pot and by the use of a little chif- 

 fon or ribbon gives you a Basket effect at a very small additional 

 expense. Increasing the price of your plants 100 per cent. 



1 12 Inches high, $2.R0 per doz. 



2 15 " •• 3.50 " " 



3 18 " " 4.00 " " 



4 24 Inches high, $5.00 per doz. 



5 30 ■' ■• 6.50 " " 



6 36 " " 9.00 " " 



At Tour Dealer's or Direct. 



GEO.B. HART, Manufacturer, 24 to 30 Stone Street, Rochester, N Y. 



