﻿▲fbil is, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



How a Firm of Florists Sets an Example in W^indow Boxes for Customers to Follow." 



■whom the prospect of all-the-year-around 

 window boxes is presented are likely to 

 invest more heavily than if they were 

 expecting to have only some floTvers for 

 the summer. 



New Arrangements. 



The plant arrangements for filling 

 window boxes suggested in this article 

 aie those which have found wide favor 

 with florists who do this work and aro 

 tlierefore likely to be of most value to 

 others who wish to undertake it. As in 

 other things, however, there is a con- 

 stant search for something new. So 

 lloiists who have tried out new arrange- 

 ments which have been successful will 

 '•ontribute to fellow tradesmen's suc- 

 cess in other towns if they send sugges- 

 tiottS'Ttti this score to be printed in these 

 ' <ilunins\In this interchange of novel 

 i'ieas comeS^the trade's rapid advance- 

 "lent. 



His observations lead him to think 

 that thert' will be no let-up in the erec- 

 tion of houses and, although no one 

 knows whether building costs will go 

 higher or come down, the growers aro 

 willing to take a risk. 



Mr. Baldwin, in addition to his posi- 

 tion with the greenhouse builders, is a 

 manufacturer of lath sun blinds that 

 work with ropes and pulleys. These 

 blinds, it is claimed, will reduce the heat 

 by 10 degrees and are especially val- 

 uable to orchid growc-s. The A. C. 

 Burrage estate, at Beverly Farms, Mass., 

 gave him an order for 11,000 of the 

 blinds. He also operates a greenhouse. 



with the aid of a brother. He, with his 

 brother, came from Bradford, York- 

 shire, England. E. E. R. 



Lompoc, Cal. — A. C. Zvolanek has 

 taken his sons into partnership and th;e 

 firm is to be known hereafter as Ant. 

 C. Zvolanek & Sons. 



Dubuque, la. — W. A. Hm-kctt had the 

 best Easter trade in thVJiistory of 

 the business, although handicapped with 

 freezing weather and a car strike. It 

 was almost impossible to make deliv- 

 eries at first, but he succeeded in spite 

 of the conditions. 



BALDWIN ON BXnLDINO. ' 



' The building outlook, especially in 

 'I'e ^ycst and in the middle states, is 

 jTomising. The east is more conserva- 

 tive and the high prices of building ma- 

 t rials are not looked upon as being an 

 incentive to erect ranges. The western 

 growers are looking to the present pros- 

 iHTity, good prices and brisk demand to 

 ''ompensate them for the cost of build- 

 '»ff and labor and are willing to take 

 '? chance on the cost of construction 

 'K coming lower," is the opinion of 

 "•"^rry Baldwin, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 ^aiesman in the Boston office of the 

 ^^ord & Burnham Co. 



This Box of Miscellaneous Stock Makes an Office Attractive. 



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