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The Florists^ Review 



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.■ittompt to make a solution of .siili)lnir 

 and {)ow<lon'd charcoal. "A liberal 

 amount will 1)0 Hont prepaid for $1." For 

 this sum several pounds of nitrate of 

 soda could be purchased and, if sup 

 plied to the trees throUjLlh 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 thai' they 

 are of no value and persons who use 

 them not only tlirow their* tim(> and 

 money away, but invite the .'itta<l< of 

 insects and diseases on their trees. 



L. K. Taft. 



MOBILE, ALA. 



The Market. 



Business is holding up well in Mobile 

 in cut tiowers for social affairs and the 

 sick. Funeral work is slow. 



The trade lu're are competing with 

 the sale of outdoor llowcrs. Sweet peas 

 and Easter lilies are in bloom in the 

 gardens and the florists find it difficult 

 to hold up j)rices. Lilies can l)e bought 

 from the yards at as low as ")0 cents 

 per dozen and sweet peas for .lO cents 

 per hundred. 



Closing Law Held Valid. 



Th(> 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 j)apor: 



"City Recorder D. 11. Edington de 

 ciared 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 $2.j or twenty-five day< 

 in jail. Ravier gave notice of an ap- 

 peal to the Circuit court and bond was 

 fixed at $130. 



"Ravier, through liis attorneys, con 

 tended that the ordinance discrimin.ited 

 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 jirohibit the sale 

 of certain articles or goods on the 

 Sabbath and that the defendant had 

 violated the law. 



"At the conclusion of tlic 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 ap])eal in the higher 

 courts, and jury trial is demanded. Also 

 the law is going to be attacked again 

 in the higier courts on the grounds 

 that it is discriminatory. 



Various Notes. 



J. H. Patterson, of Montgomery, and 

 \V. C. ('ook, professor of lluricult ure at 

 Auburn, Ala., were visitors May 18, to 

 a i'(d(d)ration of the Shriuers. Mr. Cook 



has issued a call to all florists in Ala- 

 bam.i to meet in Auburn fur the i)ur- 

 posc of getting together and discussing 

 plans towards the formation of a state 

 florists' society and urges all to attend 

 this lueeting. Mobile will be repre- 

 sented at this meeting. II. A. D. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



Inside the Park Flower Shop at Cleveland, O. 



Canadian Memorial Day. 



Empire d;i\ \\a> luld last wei'k in the 

 s(diools. In Toronto, .is in other cities 

 and towns, the school children decorated 

 inoiinmenls with baskets, wreaths and 

 sprays in abundance. S{)ecial attention 

 wa-i gi\en in Toronto to the decoratic^n 

 ot' the South African monument and 

 tlios'' located around the Parliament 

 buildings erected to the memory of 

 t^ucen A'i'toria and many statesmen. 

 E.'ulier ill the week collecticms were 

 taken up foi- the juirpose of purchasing 

 tiowers. Some of the florists situatecl 

 ip'ar s(diools benefited considerably. 



May L'L' to 2t were recognized by 

 iii.'iiiy ;is nieiiiori.'il days and designs 

 Were jilaced (III a great riiany of the 

 graves in the v.arioiis cemeteries. It is 

 exjiected that later on the soldiers will 

 have a memorial day for the purpose of 

 honoring their comrades who have died 

 >iiicc returning from the front and are 

 buried here. lii Iljimiltoii the sobliers 

 lia\c ili'cided on the la<t Sunday of Ati- 

 gust n>* memorial d;iy and tiie florists of 

 th.-it city .•ire coiipc rat iii;j- with them. 



Club Meeting. 



Tile regular meeting of the <!ardeuers ' 

 ;iiid Florists' Association was lield Tues- 

 da\ evening. May 1*^, with President 

 Mills ill the chair. Thi're was .an im- 



