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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 23, 1916. 



SCRANTON, PA. 



Tlie BCarket. 



Business decreased the first part of 

 the week, but all the florists were found 

 busy the second half. The usual Lenten 

 dullness is prevailing. There has been 

 a good demand for funeral work and 

 flowers for the sick. Violets are plen- 

 tiful and are sold at 75 cents and $1 

 per hundred. Carnations still are 

 scarce. Eoses of all varieties were 

 plentiful and sold at 75 cents to $4 

 per dozen. Bicolor Victoria narcissi, 

 tulips and hyacinths are seen every- 

 where. The supply of green carnations 

 for St. Patrick's day was far short of 

 the demand. Never in the history of 

 the trade was the call so large for 

 green carnations. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Scranton 

 Florists' Club was held at the Baldwin 

 store, March 12. There were about 

 twenty in attendance. President Ray 

 MacDonald called the meeting to order 

 at 8:30. The committee on exhibits re- 

 ported that the following had taken 

 space for the show: Baldwin, Florist, 

 T. B. McClintock, A. Schultheis, R. Mac- 

 Donald, E. L. Besancon & Co., the New 

 York Floral Co., J. W. Beagle, G. R. 

 Clark, the West Side Floral Co., F. W. 

 Mackey, Daniel Webster, J. Wade, of 

 Carbondale, Pa.; B. F. Dorrance. of 

 Kingston, Pa.; Ira G. Marvin, Wilkes- 

 Barre, Pa., the M. Rice Co., of Phila- 

 delphia. The committee to see private 

 greenhouse owners reported th£.t all 

 are going to exhibit. 



The society people of Scranton are 

 going to have a tea room at the show, 

 the proceeds to go to charity. This is 

 going to be a good drawing card. 



The publicity committee reported that 

 it had made arrangements with the 

 daily papers to carry a full-page adver- 

 tisement for the three days of the show. 

 The price of trade tickets for the show 

 was fixed at 12% cents and admis- 

 sion tickets at 25 cents each. George 

 Greyhammer was admitted to member- 

 ship. The next meeting will be held 

 April 2, and it is hoped that everyone 

 will attend. 



Various Notes. 



M. L. Ruch, manager for Baldwin, 

 has severed his connection and accepted 

 a position as manager of the Susque- 

 hanna Floral Co., of Binghamton, N. Y. 

 He has the best wishes of all for suc- 

 cess. 



A. L. Besancon & Co. report a busy 

 month in decorations. They had a 

 tasteful window display of cut flowers 

 and bulbous stock last week. 



About thirty of the florists are plan- 

 ning to attend the National Flower 

 Show at Philadelphia. 



John Rovatsos, of the New York 

 Floral Co., has returned from a busi- 

 ness trip to Philadelphia. 



F. J. M. 



Fulton, Mo. — J. W» Mclntire, who 

 has been in the greenhouse business 

 here since 1879, expects to tear down 

 his range of glass, consisting of 7,000 

 feet, and move it near his ice plant. 

 He plans to erect two houses next sum- 

 mer, each 30x100. February 17 was a 

 sort of reunion day at the Mclntire 



Slace. William Kirkland, of Rapid 

 ity, S. D., and Fred A. Hallows, of 

 Bowling Green, Mo., two of Mclntire 's 

 former growers, made a call that day. 



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