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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKE 2, 1919. 



is less reason for sloping the gutters to- 

 ward the boiler room. Moreover, on 

 some accounts this is objectionable. In 

 determining which way to grade the 

 house, we should disregard all consider- 

 ation of the heating pipes in a house less 

 than 100 feet in length and take into 

 account only the natural slope of the 

 land and the simplest way of carrying 

 off the water from the gutters. We 

 should not consider sloping the gutters 

 toward the service building a particu- 

 larly serious error, but if a drain could 

 have been provided to carry the water 

 from the other end of the house without 

 materially increasing the grading, we 

 should have preferred to slope the house 

 in the opposite direction. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Last week there was a slight change 

 for the better. Demand was steady and 

 most of the supply moved to good ad- 

 vantage. Most years have had frosts 

 during the middle of September, which 

 killed all outdoor stock, but as yet we 

 enjoy comfortable weather, with no 

 frost in sight. Outdoor stock is still 

 holding out, to the disadvantage of in- 

 door crops. As long as there are plenty 

 of asters, gladioli, calendulas, cosmos 

 and a few others, the price of roses will 

 remain low. Carnations of fair quality 

 are being cut. The supply of these is 

 small and they bring as high as $4 per 

 hundred. The carnation has so many 

 admirers that if the supply is low it 

 will bring a good price, no matter how 

 nuich of other stock there is. During 

 the week some white and yellow chrys- 

 anthemums arrived. They were cer- 

 tainly of extra quality for early mums. 



The F. T. D. Convention. 



The Iroquois hotel has been selected 

 a9 headquarters for the F. T. D. conven- 

 tion, which will take place here October 

 14 and 15. This is one of the finest ho- 

 tels in the state. It has spacious quar- 

 ters for meetings of large gatherings, 

 such as are expected on this occasion. 

 Kobody who can get off should stay 

 away. Matters of great importance to 

 the welfare of even the smallest florist 

 will be taken up, and everyone who 

 wants to do better business next winter 

 should not fail to be on hand both days. 

 They will be well spent. It is a wise 

 man who knows that he does not know 

 it all. The Buffalo Florists' Club bids 

 you welcome! 



Vaxious Notes. 



State health officials report that they 

 feel confident there will be no return of 

 the influenza epidemic in the state this 

 year, and point to the fact that as yet 

 there are but twenty-four cases in the 

 state. 



During the week there has been much 

 talk about the possible miners' strike 

 on account of the conference here. The 

 prevailing belief is that those who have 

 not their coal for tlic winter should 

 watch out. The price may soar to 

 around $20. 



J. W. Wcise reports that on the night 

 of September 24 thieves stole two chairs 

 from his porch. The chairs were birth- 

 day gifts. A reward is out offering $25 

 to anyone returning them or supplying 

 information leading to their recovery. 



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