May 27, 1920. 



The Rorists' Review 



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attempt to make a solution of sulphur 

 and powdered charcoal. "A liberal 

 amount will be sent prepaid for $1. ' ' For 

 this sum several pounds of nitrate of 

 soda could be purchased and, if sup- 

 plied to the trees through the roots 

 at the rate of one to two pounds per 

 tree for medium-sized trees, it would 

 have a good effect. 



Tests of remedies similar to the one 

 described have always shown that they 

 are of no value and persons who use 

 them not only throw their time and 

 money away, but invite the attack of 

 insects and diseases on their trees. 



L. R. Taft. 



MOBILE, ALA. 



The Market. 



Business is holding up well in Mobile 

 in cut flowers for social affairs and the 

 sick. Funeral work is slow. 



The trade here are competing with 

 the sale of outdoor flowers. Sweet peas 

 and Easter lilies are in bloom in the 

 gardens and the florists find it difficult 

 to hold up prices. Lilies can be bought 

 from the yards at as low as 50 cents 

 per dozen and sweet peas for 50 cents 

 per hundred. 



Closing Law Held Valid. 



The Sunday closing law was held 

 valid by the lower court in this city 

 May 18. The following item appeared 

 in both the evening and morning paper: 



"City Recorder D. H. Edington de- 

 clared valid the city ordinance prohibit- 

 ing the sale or delivery of flowers or 

 plants on Sunday and, as the result, 

 Fred Ravier, who attacked the ordi- 

 nance, was fined $25 or twenty-five days 

 in jail. Ravier gave notice of an ap- 

 peal to the Circuit court and bond was 

 fixed at $150, 



"Ravier, through his attorneys, con- 

 tended that the ordinance discriminated 

 against his business in favor of others 

 allowed by the city statutes to operate 

 on Sundays and for that reason the 

 ordinance was invalid. The city con- 

 tended that the law was valid and the 

 city had the right to prohibit the sale 

 of certain articles or goods on the 

 Sabbath and that the defendant had 

 violated the law. 



"At the conclusion of the testimony 

 and the arguments of the opposing 



A Spring View of the Window of the Park Flower Shop at Cleveland, O. 



counsels, Recorder Edington decided in 

 favor of the city." 



This case makes the third in the 

 courts, all three on appeal in the higher 

 courts, and jury trial is demanded. Also 

 the law is going to be attacked again 

 in the higher courts on the grounds 

 that it is discriminatory. • 



has issued a call to all florists in Ala- 

 bama to meet in Auburn for the pur- 

 pose of getting together and discussing 

 plans towards the formation of a state 

 florists' society and urges all to attend 

 this meeting. Mobile will be repre- 

 sented at this meeting. H. A. D. 



:-!;*---. 



Various Notes. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



J. H. Patterson, of Montgomery, and 

 W. C. Cook, professor of floriculture at 

 Auburn, Ala., were visitors May 18, to 

 a celebration of the Shriners. Mr. Cook 



Inside the Park Flower Shop at Cleveland, O. 



Canadian Memorial Day, 



Empire day was held last week in the 

 schools. In Toronto, as in other cities 

 and towns, the school children decorated 

 monuments with baskets, wreaths and 

 sprays in abundance. Special attention 

 was given in Toronto to the decoration 

 of the South African monument and 

 those located around the Parliament 

 buildings erected to the memory of 

 Queen Victoria and many statesmen. 

 Earlier in the week collections were 

 taken up for the purpose of purchasing 

 flowers. Some of the florists situated 

 near schools benefited considerably. 



May 22 to 24 were recognized by 

 many as memorial days and designs 

 were placed on a great many of the 

 graves in the various cemeteries. It is 

 expected that later on the soldiers will 

 have a memorial day for the purpose of 

 honoring their comrades who have died 

 since returning from the front and are 

 buried here. In Hamilton the soldiers 

 have decided on the last Sunday of Au- 

 gust as memorial day and the florists of 

 that city are cooperating with them. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Association was held Tues- 

 day evening. May IS, with President 

 Mills in the chair. There was an im- 



