March 25, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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attend. Hamilton will exert itself to 

 the utmost to pleasantly surprise you 

 and will assuredly welcome you heartily. 



H. E. Groves. 



SPRING CHEER. 



Just when a few warm days at the 

 entrance of spring had stirred every- 

 body in the uncanny way that early 

 spring atmosphere does, the Allied Flo- 

 rists' Association took advantage of the 

 opportunity to present to Chicagoans 

 the advertisement, ' ' Growing Plants for 

 the Home," which is reproduced on this 

 page. Catalogues from seed stores were 

 just getting into circulation and the 

 thoughts of the public were on their 

 gardens. So the suggestion to antici- 

 pate the enjoyment of outdoor growth 

 later by purchasing a plant for the home 

 now came at a most opportune time. 

 The advertisement occupied double-col- 

 umn space, seven inches deep, in the 

 Chicago American, an evening paper, 

 March 22, and in the Chicago Tribune 

 next morning, March 23. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



The market remains unchanged and 

 conditions are about the same as they 

 have been for the last fortnight. Sev- 

 eral funerals, one large wedding and the 

 spring opening of many of the large 

 department stores, requiring decora- 

 tions, kept the demand at normal. 



Various Notes. 



"William A. Clarke, of the Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Co., spent Monday, March 

 15, at Bakerstown, Pa., looking over the 

 range and inspecting the stock for 

 Easter. Miss Alma Abiatti, of this firm, 

 has returned to the offices after a sev- 

 eral weeks' siege of the flu. 



Manager Harry Gibson and S. J. 

 Frampton, salesman, of the Sieger 

 Floral Co., are again at the store after 

 attacks of the grip. This firm had to 

 work all night on two occasions last 

 week for the floral pieces for a large 

 funeral and the "Whitworth-Lathwood 

 church wedding, at Kittanning, Pa., Sat- 

 urday, March 20. Columbia roses and 

 cibotium ferns chiefly composed the 

 wedding decorations at both the church 

 and the home. The table centerpiece 

 was fashioned in spring flowers in the 

 Dresden shades. 



Miss Margaret Baldinger, of the Lud- 

 wig Floral Co., is still confined to her 

 home with stomach trouble. Miss Mary 

 Bratner, order clerk for the same firm, 

 is also on the sick list, being afflicted 

 with the grip. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. 

 Ludwig have returned from an eastern 

 trip. They were at the New York flower 

 show. 



J. E. Brown, of Vandergrift, Pa., was 

 in the city last week combining business 

 with social calls on his friends in the 

 trade. 



W. Jarvis Smith, treasurer of the A. 

 W. Smith Co. and superintendent of the 

 range at Canfield, O., spent last week in 

 New York, attending the flower show 

 and purchasing evergreen trees for the 

 landscape department. 



The McCallum Co. made two large dis- 

 plays last week, one for the New York 

 show and one for the Michigan State 

 Florists' Association convention, at 

 Lansing, Mich. The latter was super- 

 vised by Edward J. McCallum, William 



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NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY 



THERE ARE SO MANY VARIETIES 

 OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING 

 PLANTS TO BE HAD AT THIS 

 TIME OF THE YEAR. 



HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE 

 CHEERY ATMOSPHERE THAT 

 GREETS YOU IN A HOME 

 WHERE A LOVELY FLOWER 

 ADORNS THE TABLE OR 

 BLOOMS RADIANTLY BY THE 

 WINDOW? BRING A BIT OF 

 THIS SPRINGTIME INTO YOUR 

 HOME. 



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Advertisement Chicago Florists Used to Stir Public at Entrance of Spring. 



T. Usinger, salesman for the north cen- 

 tral district, and Henry L. Blind, man- 

 ager of the Detroit branch. Samuel 

 Seligman and T. J. Nolan were in charge 

 of the New York display. Mr. Selig- 

 man recently opened a display room for 

 the firm at 239 Fourth avenue. New 

 York. Mr. McCallum returned to Pitts- 

 burgh after a tour of inspection of the 

 branches in Detroit, Cleveland and Cin- 

 cinnati. 



A large motor truck has been added 

 to the delivery service of G. P. Weaklen 

 & Co. 



Mr. Koenig, supervisor of the outside 



decorating department of the A. W. 



Smith Co., was busy last week with the 



spring openings of the department 



\ stores of Joseph Home Co., McCreery & 



Co., Kaufmann Bros., and Kaufmann & 

 Baer. 



C. Colyn, of Voorhout, Holland, who 

 spent last week in this city on legal 

 business, delivered an interesting ad- 

 dress at the March meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Club at the north 

 side Carnegie library. Mr. Colyn 's ad- 

 dress was on ' * The Propagation of 

 Bulbs." Mr. Wiseman, director of 

 Pittsburgh's war garden campaign, who 

 is a member of the club, gave a talk 

 on soils. 



Visitors last week were: Isaac Bay- 

 ersdorfer, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Peter J. Damen, of 

 C. Keur & Sons, Hillegom, Holland, 

 and Balph A. McCrory, of California. 



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