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The Florists' Review 



August 12, 1920 



from Ernest C. Daum about nine acres 

 'of land, on which there are seventeen 

 greenhouses, two dwelling houses and 

 a boiler house. The property is on the 

 Perrysville road in the Eose township; 

 the price was $50,000. 



Among Pennsylvania corporations 

 filing notices of stock increases, the 

 McCallum Co. is mentioned as having 

 increased from $21,000 to $30,900. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. is in 

 the midst of repairs and replacements. 

 An immense radial brick chimney, 175 

 feet high, fifteen feet in diameter at 

 the bottom and eight at the top, is 

 almost completed. The three 350-horse- 

 power Wicks boilers are on the prem- 

 ises ready for installation. This firm 

 Tias also finished reglazing and painting 

 one of its large houses, on which five 

 men have been at work for seven weeks. 



Charles Dougherty, 537 Fifth Avenue, 

 McKeesport, announced August 6 that 

 he had sold his business to Harry For- 

 rest and Miss Selma Florin, who will 

 continue the business under the firin 

 name of the F. and F. Floral Shop. 



T. P. L. 



by no means limited, in its efforts in 

 behalf of the sale of flowers, to securing 

 purely local business. How it empha- 

 sized the telegraph delivery service has 

 been shown before in these columns. 

 Last week the Chicago association went 

 a step farther, in the advertisement 

 reproduced on this page, ^o remind trav- 

 eling Chicagoans of the possibilities of 

 sending flowers by wire when they were 

 away from home and the florist with 

 whom they were accustomed to deal. 

 In this way the Chicago trade gives 

 publicity, not merely to its local busi- 

 ness, but to business for all the florists' 

 trade of the country. 



It is worthy of note, at the same time, 

 that the Chicago florists have carried 

 some good-looking advertisements in the 

 local newspapers. The one reproduced 

 herewith, though not a large one, occu- 

 pying only six inches in two columns, 

 was so different from the other adver- 

 tisements on that page of the Tribune 

 that it stood out, in the old phrase, 

 "like a sore thumb." 



BOOHESTEE, N. Y. 



CHICAGO AIDS ALL TBADE. 



The advertising campaign of the 

 Allied Florists' Association of Illinois, 

 though it draws its support and its 

 funds from the florists of Chicago, is 



The Market. 



There appears to be little or no let-up 

 in business. There has been a big de- 

 mand for funeral work recently. Stock 

 in general is plentiful and includes a 

 large amount of outdoor flowers. These, 



on account of the wet, dull spring and 

 early summer, are good. Asters are of 

 good color and shape. The prices on 

 these range from $1.50 to $3 per hun- 

 dred. Gladioli, too, are well developed 

 and bring good prices. 



Carnations, which are in fair demand, 

 are quite small. The supply of roses 

 meets all present demands and, consider- 

 ing the extreme heat, are reaching us in 

 good shape. Sweet peas are plentiful, 

 but the stems are not long and prices 

 are low. Summer chrysanthemums have 

 made their appearance and sell well. 



Smilax and other green goods are 

 quite plentiful. 



Florists' Picnic. 



The annual picnic of the Rochester 

 Florists' Association was held at Grand 

 View beach Thursday afternoon, August 

 5. Nearly 170 members and wives were 

 present. With perfect weather condi- 

 tions, the picnic -was a great success. 

 The committee in charge is to be con- 

 gratulated, for everything went in fine 

 shape. The sports commenced at 2:30 

 p. m. and were followed by a chicken 

 dinner at 6 p. m. The list of sports and 

 winners follows: 



Rimnini; race, ladies — Mabel Teute, first; Miss 

 Keller, second. 



Running race, men — Mr. Meyers, first; W. 

 Kennedy, second. 



Three-leKged race, Indies — Misses Keller and 

 Dunbar, first; B. and A. Schmidt, second. 



Three-leRged race, men — Meyers and Ward, 

 first; Weaver and Gatz, second. 



Walking the string, ladies — Teute and Wheel- 

 er, first; Castle and Keller, second. 



Tire rolling race. ladles-^Miss Phelps, first; 

 Miss Lavine, second. 



Tire rolling race, men — W. Keller, first; V. 

 Gatz, second. 



Ball throwing, ladies — Miss Castle, first. 



Ball throwing, men — Paul Gatz, first. 



Ball game, greenhouse vs. store men — Won by 

 store men. 



Various Notes. 



George F. Boucher is having the inte- 

 rior of his store painted throughout. 

 He reports excellent summer business. 



Fred Thomann has just returned from 

 an automobile trip through the Fulton 

 chain, having made the whole trip with- 

 out even a puncture. 



Miss Jane Morris, accompanied by 

 friends, made the trip by Ontario No. 1 

 to Coburg, Ont., Thursday, August 5. 



Miss Dean recently left H. E. Wil- 

 son's employ and is spending the sum- 

 mer with relatives at Canada. 



Horace J. Head, who has just returned 

 on the Olympic from England, has 

 started business again and is attending 

 the C. H. A. convention at Hamilton, 

 Ont., this week. He will proceed to the 

 Cleveland convention, representing 

 George B. Hart. H. J. H. 



SALT LAKE CITY. 



Chicago FlortsU Do Not Confine Their Advertising to Local Business. 



The Market. 



An abundance of funeral work during 

 July made business good and all florists 

 report a better July than ever before. 



Roses were scarce, with a big demand. 

 The best blooms were of Columbia. 

 Prices ranged from $6 to $15 per hun- 

 dred. 



Gladioli were plentiful at 75 cents to 

 $1.25 per dozen. Asters made their 

 appearance, but the supply was small. 

 Small outdoor flowers were plentiful, but 

 anything that could be used in funeral 

 work sold readily. 



Various Notes. 



Al. Alt, of the Huddart Floral Co., 

 has left on a three months' vacation. 



