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The Florists^ Review 



vJLTtilLtl, 1820 



was quoted. It Certainly applied to 

 business everywhere March 25. Yet, 

 while there was not much business ap- 

 parent, I found out that things are not 

 always as they seem. There was a 

 little party of retailers and growers 

 present and, as the writer had an after- 

 noon off, we spent a pleasant hour talk- 

 ing flowers. In this way a bit of in- 

 formation regarding advance orders for 

 Easter was secured. From the advance 

 orders for all lines of stock, this is a 

 record-breaking Easter. The quality of 

 stock could not be better and everyone 

 assures me that the quantity equals all 

 requirements. There is a good supply 

 of local valley and it is fine. Roses are 

 in good supply and there is plenty of 

 bulbous stock. In fact, the supply of 

 cut stock is all that could be desired. 

 Blooming plants are not any too. plenti- 

 ful; the retailers have been canvassing 

 the different growers and, where they 

 found anything that struck them as 

 being salable, they closed the deal for 

 it on the spot. Everyone is preparing 

 f for a big business. 



Local Publicity Soon. 



The advertising committee had an- 

 other meeting and plans have been 

 mapped out with the idea in view, 

 when the campaign is launched, to push 

 it for all it is worth; there is to be no 

 let-up. "Say It with Flowers" will 

 be seen everywhere in our city after 

 April 12. This date has been decided 

 upon for the initial advertisement in 

 the local press; just what this will be 

 has not yet been determined, but the 

 committee and its experts are consid- 

 ering those used by other cities and 

 hope to improve on them. New names 

 continue to be added to the list of those 

 who have already signed to support 

 this campaign and the committee is 

 more than satisfied with the progresB 

 made. 



Various Notes. 



"A great show" is the comment of 

 everyone who visited the New York 

 spring show. Had it not been so near 

 Easter, many more of the florists would 

 have gone. Those who did take the 

 time feel that they were amply repaid. 

 These were Mr. and Mrs. William 3". 

 Johnston, Miss Isabel Johnston, Wil- 

 liam Feast, Charles Feast, John Wagner, 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., R. A. Vincent, G. 

 J. Muhly, Fred Bauer, William Bauer 

 pnd Robert J. Johnston. 



James Hamilton, of Mount Washing- 

 ton, has a record cut of roses for Easter, 

 One would not think, to see the way his 

 plants are set, that he has been having 

 a steady crop from them all winter. 

 Another thing that is right at the Ham- 

 ilton range is sweet peas. He has a 

 variety there that is certainly making 

 a hit; it is a porcelain blue called 

 Wedgwood. There is no doubt that it 

 is a "dainty morsel" for corsage work. 

 The fates seem to be with him, or per- 

 haps I should say his good judgment; 

 at any rate, he has about 15,000 valley 

 in fine condition. 



Jesse P. King, at Mount Airy, has a 

 blue ribbon crop of Ophelia and his 

 sweet peas are wonders. Mr. King has 

 a batch of about 400 daisies that are 

 good stock; they are well grown, sym- 

 metrical plants and well flowered. 



A call on Samuel Feast & Sons found 

 them all preparing for Easter. At this 

 establishment I was told that from the 

 advance orders they had booked, they 

 were preparing for one of the greatest 



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