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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptbmbbb 4, 1919. 



traveler so much cheer and help in his 

 or her first lonesome hours on an out- 

 going boat as the thoughts which 

 their dear ones may express in sending 

 flowers. The best way to overcome the 

 difficulty is to advertise 'Send Flowers 

 to Your Friends on Board Ship' in every 

 possible way. 



"The steamship companies them- 

 selves are only too glad if their pas- 

 sengers are cheered up with flowers. In 

 former years any change on the steamer 

 schedule was arranged without the flo- 

 rists being recognized as worthy enough 

 to be notified of these changes. How- 

 ever, several of the larger companies 

 are now mailing regular notices advis- 

 ing us of sailings. Before the impor- 

 tance of the steamer trade was recog- 

 nized we had only printed matter to 

 assure us of the sailing hours of the 

 various liners and we were unable to 

 get much information over the tele- 

 phone. Now the steamship compame^ 

 will help us all they can." 



Flower Buying Liberal. 



Abnormal times and war-time restric- 

 tions are rapidly being forgotten and 

 everybody is looking forward to the 

 future. More money is being spent now 

 than ever before. Wages are higher and 

 luxuries are demanded by everybody. 

 Never before has there been such a de- 

 mand for automobiles. Many manufac- 

 turers are unable to fill orders for three 

 months. The floors of the salesrooms 

 are bare, and cars are driven away as 

 soon as they arrive. 



The florists' business is prospering 

 too. But the demand should be in- 

 creased. The automobile manufactur- 

 ers have done it by means of advertis- 

 ing. The florists can do likewise, es- 

 pecially in regard to the steamer trade. 

 If patrons have forgotten the custom of 

 sending steamer flowers, the trade can 

 remind them of it. 



The steamship lines are resuming a 

 regular schedule. Although tourist 

 travel has been restricted by govern- 

 ment regulations, boats leaving New 

 York and other ocean ports are filled 

 to their capacity. The French Line 

 established a record in the matter of 

 transporting passengers from New York 

 to France, four ships clearing from New 

 York the week of July 28 carrying more 

 than 5,000 passengers. The Cunard 

 Line is completely filled up and has a 

 waiting list, while the International 

 Mercantile Marine Line is booked for 

 five weeks in advance. 



Passage at Premium. 



"At the present time there is a great 

 demand for passage to virtually all cor- 

 ners of the globe," stated the Journal 

 of Commerce last week. "The Cunard 

 New York line is booked tlirough Octo- 

 ber, while the same conditions exist at 

 the International Mercantile Marine. 

 From England reports have come that 

 ])rcmiums of £50 are being offered for 

 nny kind of accommodations to the 

 United States. The French Line is ex- 

 periencing the same demand for passage 

 to America and from New York to. 

 Havre. 



"The Lamport & Holt line to South 

 America announced some time ago that 

 it was booked through the October sail- 

 ings both on the southward and north- 

 wani voyage." 



Four steamers left the liarbor of New = 

 York August 'W and were filled to their 



capacity. If the average number of 

 passengers per boat was 500, excluding 

 steerage, a total of 2,000 people left for 

 Europe that day. Yet the number of 

 flowers delivered to the boats were few. 

 The time is ripe for action. Steamer 

 travel is on the increase and steamer 

 flowers should ^eep pace with it. If the 

 public neglects sending flowers to out- 

 going boatS; the trade must take steps 

 to recall this once popular custom, and 

 one that will become as popular again. 

 And it will become as profitable to the 

 trade again^ to the retailers at the ports 

 and to the retailers who wire the orders 

 from inland cities. 



Steamer Sailings. 



The following sailing list, displayed 

 in a conspicuous place in the window or 

 store or used in advertising matter with 

 the information that you have facilities 

 for filling bon voyage orders on short 

 notice, will help in reviving the steamer 

 trade: 



steamer — From— To— Sails 



Rocliambeau. . New York Havre Sept. B 



Columbia . . ; . New York Glasgow ....;. .Sept. 6 



Celtic New York Liverpool Sept. 6 



Chicago New York Bordeaux Sept. 10 



Csdrlc New York Liverpool Sept. IS 



France New York Havre Sept. 15 



Canada Montreal Liverpool Sept. 17 



Mauretanla . . New York Southampton . . . Sept. 17 



Wlnlf redian .... Boston Liverpool Sept. 20 



Adriatic New York Southampton .. .Sept. 20 



Cretlc New York Genoa Sept. 20 



Orduna ' New York Liverpool Sept. 23 



Caronia New York Plymoutli Sept. 24 



Noordam New York Kotterdam Sept. 26 



Xegantlc New York Liverpool Sept. 27 



Britannia . . . New York Greece Sept. 30 



(^armania . . . New York Liverpool Oct. 4 



Saxonia New York Plymouth Oct. 4 



Royal George. New York Southampton Oct.' 4 



N. Ams'dam. New York Rotterdam Oct. 4 



Lapland New York Southampton Oct. 4 



Haltlc New York Liverpool Oct. 8 



Eimp. of France. Quebec Liverpool Oct. 9 



Patrla New York MarBeiUes Oct. 11 



Rotterdam . .New York Rotterdam Oct. 15 



Stockholm . . .New York Sweden Oct. 22 



Canopic New York Genoa Oct. 25 



district, in the building of the Bing- 

 hamton Chamber of Commerce. Harry 

 Knaust, a former business associate of 

 Mr. Barnes, is assisting in the manage- 

 ment of the store. 



One feature of the shop is the display 

 window, which Mr. Barnes believes is 

 exceptionally fine, being within a wide 

 range of vision. The appearance of 

 this attraction on the opening day is 

 shown by the accompanying illustration. 

 The shop is equipped with a MeCray 

 refrigerator and counter of up-to-date 

 type and is furbished with willow fur- 

 niture. The prevailing color in decora- 

 tion and finish is a delicate green. The 

 visitors' openii(g day exceeded the ex- 

 pectations of Mr. Barnes, and their fa- 

 vor gives him anticipation of excellent 

 business. To that end, he has joined 

 the F. T. D. 



BABNES NOW AT BINGHAMTON. 



Stanley G. Barnes, formerly connected 

 with the Flower Shop, at Pittsfield, 

 Mass., opened a store, also under the 

 name of the Flower Shop, at Bingham- 

 ton, N. Y., August 23. The store is 

 located in the center of the shopping 



DUDLEY HEIRS BUY STORE. 



By a recently arranged transaction 

 the store of the J. W. Dudley Sons Co. 

 at Huntington, W. Va., became the 

 property September 1 of Mrs. Laurane 

 B. McClure and T. Harold Coffman. 

 Mrs. McClure and Mr. Coffman are the 

 grandchildren of the late J. W. Dudley, 

 the founder of the business. 



Mrs. McClure has been the manager 

 of the store since it was started ten 

 years ago. Mr. Coffman has been lo- 

 cated in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and 

 Huntington at different times in the in- 

 terest of the J. W. Dudley Sons Co., 

 which operates stores in these towns 

 and in Marietta, O., also. He recently 

 was discharged from the army, with 

 which he served eighteen months in 

 France. 



The new proprietors will retain the 

 location at 913 Fourth avenue. They 

 are already negotiating for an extensive 

 acreage on which to build greenhouses 

 and cultivate flowers. The considera- 

 tion involved has not been disclosed. 

 The business was started in 191Cf by C. 

 V. and B. J. Dudley under the name of 

 Dudley Bros. It was sold in 1913 to 

 .1. W. Dudley Sons Co. 



Opening Day Wlndow>f Stanley G. Barnes' New Store, at Binghamton, N. Y. 



