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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBKB 21. 1018. 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER COMPANY 



Dux Superiora 



Magnolia Leaves 



BROWN, GREEN AND PURPLE . 



STANDARD SIZE CARTON, 750 LEAVES 



Per carton, - - - - $1.75 



Let us quote you on quantity lots. 



Prepared Green Lycopodium 



Per carton of 10 pounds, $2.75 



WIRE 



Per 12-lb. stone 

 Per 12-lb. box.. 



No. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 



.$1.20 $1.30 $1.35 $1.40 $1.45 $1.50 $1.55 $1.65 

 . 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30 2.40 2.50 2.60 3.00 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER CO. 



116-118 SEVENTH STREET, 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Mention The Berleir whan yon write. 



the telephone. When boys were plenti- 

 ful and cheap it was not much of a hard- 

 ship, and in many commission houses 

 errand boys were a part of the staff. 

 Nowadays "boys are hard to get, and 

 wages high when they are secured. An 

 advertisement for one a short time ago, 

 with $10 mentioned as the weekly wage, 

 failed to bring a single reply. The com- 

 mission men say that they are fre- 

 quently asked to send to a distant store 

 twenty-five roses, a dozen chrysanthe- 

 mums, or equally small quantities of 

 other flowers, entailing car fares and 

 time at the rate of about 20 cents per 

 hour, in all an expense exceeding the 

 commission made on the sale. And, 

 worst of all, often the flowers are re- 

 turned with the messenger as not being 

 exactly up to requirements. The help 

 problem is, of course, just as serious 

 with the retailers, but the wholesalers 

 do not think they should stand in the 

 breach, especially as most retailers in 

 these days have delivery cars and could 

 just as well use them to pick up these 

 small lota of flowers. • 



Various Notes. 



Peter Karadontes, a retail florist of 

 3185 Broadway, has filed a petition in 

 voluntary bankruptcy. The liabilities 

 are said to be $9,102 and the assets $169. 

 The largest creditors scheduled are S. S. 

 Pennock Co., New York, $1,131.90; Bob- 

 bink & Atkins, Eutherford, N. J., 

 $824.25, and William P. Ford, New York, 

 $776.75. 



The growers around New York are 

 feeling a little more cheerful, due to the 

 fact that there is a prospect of the 

 speedy removal of all fuel restrictions. 

 In many cases, however, little advantage 

 would result, as preparation has been 

 made for closing many greenhouses at 

 different establishments, and it is now 

 too late to plant stock in them. Out- 

 side of new roses, there is little stock 

 available for bench planting, and some 

 would not care to load up with bedding 

 stock, or plants for Easter. Some have 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



planted sweet peas, taking a chance on 

 the lifting of the fuel embargo, and 

 others are carrying a little cool stock, 

 such as pansies, intending to cover the 

 benches with sashes when cold weather 

 comes. Bedding stock appeals to the 

 majority, and it is believed that the de- 

 mand for this material next spring will 

 be abnormally large. 



Henry Bohs, who for some time was 

 manager of Trepel 's Fulton street store, 

 in Brooklyn, died at his home in Glen- 

 dale, L. I., November 7. He was 34 

 years of age and is survived by his wife 

 and two children. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 



to George Vocke, salesman for J, Chev- 

 alley and F. Abrams, of Blue Point, 

 L. I,, at the New York Cut Flower Co. 

 establishment, whose wife died last 

 week of pneumonia. 



The judges at the recent show of the 

 American Institute and the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, together with 

 a few other invited guests, were enter- 

 tained the evening of the opening da.j 

 of the shows at a dinner at Monza's 

 restaurant, the American Institute play- 

 ing the part of host. William Eagleson, 

 the secretary of the institute, presided, 

 and President Vert, of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society, occupied the vice-chair. 



