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The Florists^ Review 



AvMcn 19, 1920 



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Greensburg, Pa., is being represented 

 at the S. A. F. Convention, at Cleve- 

 land, by Joseph Thomas, accompanied by- 

 members of his family, which Includes 

 six sons and six daughters, who are 

 active assistants in what cannot fail to 

 be, under such conditions, a flourishing 

 firm. Additions to the range in the 

 form of a garage with modern equip- 

 ment, a rose pit 12x220 feet and a 

 storage house for hydrangeas to be ar- 

 ranged on a deck principle, are in prog- 

 ress. The stock consists chiefly of 

 cyclamens for Christmas, roses and hy- 

 drangeas for Easter and chrysanthe- 

 mums for fall. Much of the sixty-five 

 acres is devoted to outdoor stock for 

 the Pittsburgh market, in addition to 

 supplying the home store, which is an 



ornament to Greensburg. 



• * • • 



Edward Leitzman, of Latrobe, Pa., 

 dropped business to go to Cleveland for 

 a few days. Business has kept up 

 well. , » , . 



McKeesport, Pa., is being represented 

 by J. M. Johnston, proprietor of four 

 stores in different towns, each trying to 

 exceed the other in sales at the end of 



the business year. 



• • • • 



C. H. Treffenger, Van Wert, O., has 

 gone to be with the crowd at Cleve- 

 land. Following a busy season, he feels 

 that the time spent at the convention 

 will be profitable. The Scharff brothers 



are also there. 



• • • • 



The Alpha Floral Co., of Uniontown, 

 Pa., keeps up an attractive window dis- 



play. The store faces the railroad sta- 

 tion and attracts the eye of almost all 

 the people who pass by. 



• * • • 



"Patience," observed Edward Hen- 

 non, of J. Hennon & Sons, Newcastle, 

 Pa., "is indispensable in the retail 

 florists' business. For example, only re- 

 cently we booked an order for floral 

 designs for a funeral that ran up into 

 three figures and included a harp with 

 seven strings, three of which were 

 broken, illustrating the condition of 

 the family connected with the deceased, 

 and agates ajar with a streamer upon 

 which were 109 letters by actual count. 

 There is a big advantage," added Mr. 

 Hennon, "in handling this class of 

 trade; it is good money and allows great 

 latitude in the choice of material and 

 variety of coloring." 



• • • • 



W. J. Beck, Newcastle, Pa., observed 

 that the name given their new begonia. 

 Pride of Newcastle, apparently was 

 most approprialfe, for the sale of plants 

 has exceeded the ability to keep pace 

 with orders received. 



• • • • 



"Once we get out of the beaten path, 

 we are careful to keep out," observed 

 William Butz, Jr., of Butz Bros., New- 

 castle, Pa., referring more particularly 

 to their method of keeping florists with- 

 in convenient distance posted as to the 

 condition of the orchid supply at the 

 greenhouses. As a consequence, they 

 have created a demand for what was a 

 rarity in towns like Youngstown, for in- 



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 • • • * 

 John Orth, of McKeesport, Pa., a 

 pioneer in the trade, went to mingle 

 with the conventiom crtwds at Cleve- 

 land. W. M. 



