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The Florists^ Review 



July 19, 1917. 



till' ilnji^-t wild \\;i< cxliiliit iiiL;' it ;is a 

 Ji.'ift lit' Ills w iihliiw (lis|il;ty. 



As Inisiiirss ;^rc\v Mrs. (1111 fiilarujcil 

 Ini L;n i'iih<iiisc fstaliiislniirnl until she 

 liad I'diir liiiiisi'N, iKiiic (if \\iiicli A\as sci 

 laiL;r as Is ikpw (11111111(111! v Imill. I'.csiilcs 

 the calls I'm- stuck I'di' l>(ist(iii tiailc, 

 tlic |MM|i|i' 111' Mcilford lic^aii td ilc|icnil 

 ii]iiiii Mis. (illl I'd!' tlicif tidwci' \\;ints. 

 Nile li;i(| ;i ii.-itiiral instinct I'dr llnwcr a r 

 j'.a iiL;ciuciit ami I'lir iii.anv years iii;i,lc u]> 

 I'lllural <lcsid||s, w CildiiiL;' I idiii| net s ;ilhl 

 dcciir.at Idiis ;niil h.askrt.s I'ui' otluT nc- 

 casldiis. 



I'rccslas |ird\c(| to lie (Hk^ of Mrs. 

 ( i 1 11 's iiidst piiititalilf criips. I'i'I'drc this 

 stdck was ^I'liciallv kiidwii td the Uos- 

 tdii iiiarkct, a t'licihl L;a\(' Mrs. (lill 

 sdiiic 111' the Imllis. She was siicccssf ill 

 as ;i ^idwci- III' I'lccslas and sold the 

 lirst Idddliis 111 lldstdii. She .-ilsd did a 

 (■diisidiTaldc liiisiiicss ill tlic Imllis. 



Enjoyed Her Garden. 



Mart'chal Nlid was llio first liyhrid 

 rosi' Mrs. (lill j^row inddors, but otlier 

 A'arietics later were addcil. Rut it was 

 licr dutddiir stdi !■;, wliiidi nri<ilit l)e- 

 termed lier lirst Idxcs. tli.at Mrs. Gill 

 usually sjidke of with the drcati'st inter- 

 est, in descriliiii^ her jilaee she said: 



''My liarden lias ^i\•ell i;reat |>leas- 

 iiro td uie aiiil others alsn, lieiiii;', as you 

 uuLjlit say, an old t'asliione(| one. ]ilante(l 

 in no formal style -.iust ;i jirufusiou of 

 bloom, a inin;,dinL; of color'. 



''1 lia\(> many |ieonies, some of the 

 famous l?i(diardsoii seedlinjis, .">!)() or 

 more liyluld rose Imshes, [ilildX(>s, did- 

 ])liiniuiiis. irises, jidiipies, lilies of the 

 valley and sik li ;iniiuals as asters, sal- 

 vias, mi^iiontdte, cosmos, salpiylossis, 

 centaureas ;iiid n collection id' holly- 

 lio(d<s and dahlias, liesides. 1 wduld ad- 

 vise anyone who has a j;arden to ciilti- 

 vnte the ytdlow Scid(di rose. 'Phe one 

 in my L;ardeii was mi the |il;ice wIkmi I 

 Went there tirt>' li\(' years :i^(p. ' ' 



P.esides i-iit lldwcrs. .Mrs. (iill yrevv 

 ]ifit ]dants Idr the sjiiin^ trade. .Miudi 

 of her sto(d\ was s(d(l in Medfonl, Init 

 (•(iiisldeialile t'diiiid its way into the 

 lidstdii market, I'nr many years the 

 men eni]dd\ed \>y Mrs. (lill wmild make 



two or threi- trips a wecdv to Boston 

 \\ith a waj^on load of jdants, which 

 wi-re sold in the marki't near Faiieuil 

 hall. Cut llowers .Mrs. (Jill nsually 

 handled jiersoiially and diirin.i^ several 

 years she was a well kiiOAv n iii^ure at her 

 stall in the P.oston market, liesides su])- 

 plyliiH' sexcral I'tdall stores. 



Greenhouses Invaded by Deer. 



(Jrowers wlio have lost <;lass by either 

 hail or wind will aiijireciate an odd 

 e.\|ierience of Mrs. (!ill's many years 

 ayo. A wild doe ran throu^rh two of 

 her jrreenhouses, doinj^ eonsideralile 

 dainadc to a lied of violets and breakin<ij 

 so miudi i;lass that the $50 ]iaid her by 

 the Great and General Court of Massa- 

 (diusetts came far from reeomiieiising 

 her for the dama<^e done. 



Uf the llorists' business, Mrs. Gill 



:;aid: "The ])leasiirp of raisinj^ flow, 

 is not alone for one's stdf. Xo nie 

 acceptable j^ift for the si(di, the sorre 

 in^ or the jioor can be sent than a bui. 

 of posies." 



8o loiiy as she was able to attend to 

 hersidf, Mrs. Gill twice eaidi week e.i 

 tributed llowi'rs to the flower Missi 

 of Jioston, whi(di distributed tie 

 amoii<; the hosjiitals and nnfortunai 

 in that city. Jler daughter contim 

 the work. 



Mrs. Gill was active in the l)usiii. 

 until fourteen months a^^o, when I, 

 health forced her to yive up the woi 

 Since that time sh(> has been under t 

 care of a nurse and iias jiassed tli<' cai 

 of her business to others. (She st 

 enjoys (lowers in her room and h 

 <irac(d'ully yielded to the idea that si 

 is old and must be taken care of. 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST, 



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QUINN'S .BIG WEDDING ORDER. 



One of the largest wed(lin<j decora- 

 tion orders of the season in the neijjjh- 

 borhood of liostou was tilled dnrin<f the 

 lirst week of July by Stephen J. Quinn, 

 of Chestnut street, Brookline, for the 

 weddin<f of Miss .Martha K. Kuoter and 

 .bdin G. Ileiiburne, at the r'irst Uni- 

 tarian (diuiidi. 



The (diurch, which is massive in 

 aridiittMdure and was built in revolu- 

 tionary times, was completely trans- 

 forme(l into a bower of flowers and 

 (diandtdiers were coNcred 

 and folia;;(' arranged in 

 The walls, aisles and 

 decor.'iteii \\itli jieonies, 

 rhododendrons, spiraeas. 



foliage. The 

 with jlowers 

 ball shapes. 

 ( haiiccd were 

 h\ dranixeas. 



palms, bay trees and laurel roping 

 The rear of the church, as is shown b 

 tlie illustration on page 11, receive 

 the same treatment. More than ],(l(i 

 peonies and 1,00U yards of laurel rop 

 iiig were used. 



The lloral decoration at the bride' 

 liome in .lamaica I'lain was oven mor^ 

 elalinrate. There the llowers nsed 

 wtM-e roses with asj)aragus and Lygo 

 dium scand(>ns. A large tent on tie 

 lawn was festoonecl with laurel, whib 

 tastefully arranged du th(> grass were 

 bay trees, laurels and aiiciibas, making 

 a veritable forest. 



Mr. Quinn 's .artist ic work received 

 much commendation from both his cus 

 tomers and their guests. 



LICENSES FOR FLORISTS. 



I. would like to ask through the ool 

 umns of The Keview wlodher any oi' 

 the llorists of the state of Missouri ar< 

 paying a license fee for the jirivilege 

 of doing business in their resjiecdive 

 (ities; also, what sindi license is. 1 

 always was under the im]iression thai 

 llorists who ;,;idw their own sto(d\ in this 

 state conld lud be iii;ide to pa \- a (dtv 

 license, 1 wdiild like to know more 

 about this license business befure 1 p:i\ 

 the city license demandeil frdiu tin 

 tldiists here. What de the tloiists wlid 

 buy and S(dl flowers, whd d|ierate lut 

 llower stores in the (dties In this state, 

 have to jiay In the wa\ ol' a (dt\' li 

 cense.' C. II. (;. .\id. 



Mrs. Ellen M. Gill, of Medford, Mass., First and Oldest Woman Florist. 



A cit.v's authorit.v to inipuse license 

 restri(didn is ei\cn by its (h.arter. 

 but in a general ^\,•ly it may be said 

 .•I (dtv mav institute any reasonable 

 restrictions and fees upon the fa\dr;iblf 

 xotv (d' a designated iieiceiitauc oi' tlw 

 (dt\' coiiiHdl. There are certain liiii's of 

 business \\hi(di lonu li;i\e been recog- 

 iii/.ed as subjiM t td s|ie(dal regulation b.v 

 license, but the florists' business is not 

 among them and it Is nut cust diiia i'\'. in 

 Missduri or in an.v dther sf;ite, fd re- 

 ijiiire florists to jirocine a speidal license 



