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The Horists' Review 



NOVKMBEB 9, 1916. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



Business last week was not all that 

 could be expected, as the campaign 

 made itself felt in Washington through 

 the large numbers of people who went 

 home to vote. It is surprising the ef- 

 fect that this has had, with the glut 

 of chrysanthemums which has swept 

 the market to the detriment of all other 

 flowers. Eoses have been plentiful and 

 have met with little sale. Carnations, 

 which have been improving both as to 

 quantity and quality, have dropped to 

 $2 and $1.50 per hundred, although pre- 

 viously they brought twice that much. 



There are a dozen different varieties 

 of chrysanthemums to be had at almost 

 the buyer's own price. Among the best 

 of these are Chieftain and Turner. The 

 ruling prices seem to have been $8 and 

 $10 per hundred. Pompons also cut 

 quite a figure during the week, as they 

 were offered in quantity at compara- 

 tively low prices. Orchids, while 

 not plentiful, are in sufficient sup- 

 ply to meet all demands. Lily of the 

 valley is coming in more plentifully and 

 can be had at $6 per hundred. Sweet 

 peas are not in sufficient supply to 

 make any disturbance in the market and 

 the same may be said of daisies. Cooler 

 weather is improving the quality of the 

 double violets and the sale has in- 

 creased. Easter lilies are less plentiful 

 than they have been and the price re- 

 mains stationary at $12.50 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Brooks, 1527 Fourteenth street, 

 northwest, is closing up his business 

 there and occupying his new store across 

 the s.treet at 1530. The new quarters 

 are better in many particulars. They 

 are located on a busier side of the 

 street, are more light and cheerful and 

 contain modern improvements. The 

 store is divided in the center by the 

 counter and icebox, the balance of the 

 store being used for making-up, stor- 

 age and shipping purposes. Mr. Brooks 

 was located at his former address for 

 sixteen years and prior to that he spent 

 two years at 1537 Fourteenth street. 

 He is looking forward to a greatly in- 

 creased business at the new stand. 



The Studebaker delivery wagon 

 owned by Theodore Diedrich was quite 

 badly damaged last week in a collision 

 with a wagon. The auto was being 

 driven into town by Ben Diedrich, who 

 endeavored to pass the wagon. He. did 

 not see that there were two large, rail- 

 road tics protruding from the sides of 

 the wagon and hit these. Fort'"" ately, 

 Mr. Diedrich himself escaped unir'^ured. 



Among the visitors last week wasJohn 

 Henry Small III, who is . fh,arge 

 of the landscape department f the 

 New York store of .1. H. Small v Rons 

 and who came here with ^Sfrs. '-mall to 

 visit his father, who looks after the 

 Washington business. !Mr. and Mrs. 

 Albert Small, of New York also were 

 here. 



C. E. Jenkins, who for the last two 

 years lias been manager of the store 

 operated by C. E. Brooks, in the arcade 

 at Fourteenth street and Park road, 

 Northwest, has taken over that busi- 

 ness. Mr. Jenkins had no previous 

 knowledge of the florists' business, but 

 under the tutorage of Mr. Brooks he 

 has made rapid strides and is doing 

 nicely in his new undertaking. 



C. L. L. 



Getting Right Down to 

 Bottom Construction Facts 



EVER noticed the design of the 

 bases used in the big sky- 

 scrapers? Take a look next 

 time you are going past one that's 

 being erected, and you will see that 

 the post base they use is very much 

 like the one we use. 



It differs mainly in being squat- 

 tier and made to bolt on top of the 

 concrete footing, instead of being 

 bedded in it, as ours is. 



This cast-iron post base of ours 

 has been criticised by other builders 

 as being needlessly heavy and cum- 

 bersome. 



In comparison with their iron 

 post, with a little turned-up-toe 

 kind of a base, it is heavy. But 



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look at our eave lines, supported by 

 our steel post and this base, and 

 then look at the other fellow's and 

 see whose stays as straight as a 

 string. 



Our flat steel posts are bolted to 

 the cast-iron base above the grade 

 line. The columns are also clamped 

 to the same kind of base and fur- 

 ther securely secured by a set screw. 



This arrangement gives a chance 

 for adjustment, which is a very im- 

 pertant point in trueing up the 

 house when erecting. 



For full description of every part 

 of our Reconstructed Construction, 

 look in the Supply Book. If you 

 haven't one, send for one. 



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