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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBR 6, 1019. 



preference list, (h) jobbers, (i) lake, 

 (j) tidewater. 



Directions for Shippers. 



* ' When commercial coal is diverted to 

 other than original consignee, promptly 

 notify shipper and original consignee 

 of each car and keep adequate record 

 for later settlement. 



"Originating coal roads should hold 

 a considerable portion of the commercial 

 coal near coal way billing points, avail- 

 able for prompt distribution. 



"Intermediate and terminal carriers 

 should, as far as practicable, move com- 

 mercial coal to and hold it in the vicin- 

 ity of points most convenient for prompt 

 rehandling and distribution. 



"Coal must not be delivered to com- 

 mercial consumers either in accordance 

 with the priority list or otherwise except 

 with specific authority from the coal 

 committee having jurisdiction. 



"Regional directors will immediately 

 notify each railroad under federal con- 

 trol of the regional committee with 

 which it shall deal. 



Applications for Delivery. 



"Applications to regional coal com- 

 mittees for delivery of coal to commer- 

 cial consumers must be made through 

 the railroad which will make delivery of 

 the coal; such applications must show 

 complete and accurate information with 

 respect to the preferred nature of the 

 requirements, the amount of coal which 

 the applicant has on hand, and the 

 amount which the applicant requires for 

 the preferred use, together with the 

 rate of consumption and the kind and 

 size of the coal desired. 



"Coal diverted for commercial uses 

 shall be paid for in accordance with the 

 fuel administrator's order dated Janu- 

 ary 14, 1918. In order to insure pay- 

 ments, coal shall be diverted for com- 

 mercial use to such applicants only who 

 shall satisfy the federal or general man- 

 ager of their financial responsibility or 

 who shall deposit a certified check or 

 other satisfactory security in such sum 

 as will insure full payment for any 

 coal furnished. The applicant shall 

 make definite written obligation to pay 

 the shipper for the coal promptly upon 

 presentation of bill. The legal trans- 

 portation charges, including war taxes, 

 from mines to point of delivery to the 

 applicant, will be collected on delivery 

 in the usual way." 



Normal Stock on Hand. 



The government reports show that 

 stocks of bituminous coal are not fai' 

 from normal at this time. It is true that 

 production this year has been only 

 seventy-four per cent of that of last 

 year, but it must be remembered that 

 there has been a tremendous cessation of 

 war-time manufactures and a consequent 

 slump in demand for coal. The reports 

 all summer have shown this. Production 

 down to October 18, the last week for 

 which there are reports, was 378,000,000 

 tons for 1919, as compared with 482,000,- 

 000 for the same months last year. There 

 has been a heavy shortage every month 

 this year in bituminous coal. In Janu- 

 ary it was 11,000,000 tons; in February, 

 12,000,000; March, 15,000,000; April, 13,- 

 000,000; May, 14,000,000; June, 14,000,- 

 000, and July, 12,000,000 tons. 



Supplies held by florists are, as a rule, 

 good for this time of year, most of the 

 trade having heeded the warnings of a 

 fuel shortage given in the late summer. 



If the strike is not of long duration the 

 trade will not suffer much. Should it 

 be prolonged, however, those who put 

 off securing their season's requirements 

 will have to seek further supplies in 

 accordance with the method outlined 

 above. 



TOBONTO, ONT. 



The Market. 



Business has been excellent and the 

 supply of flowers is improving, but is not 

 yet up to the demand. There have been 

 some big receptions and weddings, mak- 

 ing a good demand for the finer varieties. 

 The increase in the supply of mums has 

 helped considerably. There have been 

 some beautiful specimens of Turner dis- 

 played in the windows during the last 

 week. 



The stores along Yonge street, King 

 street and Queen street all report a 

 greater volume of business this fall than 

 in any previous autumn and state that 

 the only thing preventing a greater sale 

 of flowers is the short supply. This will 

 be overcome to some extent by the 

 greater glass area, which will be avail- 

 able for growing at an early date. 



Club Meeting. 



The Toronto Retail Florists ' Club will 

 hold a "Say It with Flowers" day 

 Friday, November 7, and it will be cele- 

 brated in a rather unusual manner. The 

 members will assemble at the club rooms 



at 2 p. m. and then, with their motor 

 cars and trucks all decorated, wdll pro- 

 ceed to the different hospitals, where the 

 lady members will distribute flowers. 

 J. A. Neal will act as flower secretary. 



A combined business and social meet- 

 ing of the club was held October 27, with 

 President Dillemuth in the chair. One 

 of the chief items of business was the 

 discussion of arrangements for the big 

 flower show to be held in Toronto, 

 November 11 to 15, under the manage- 

 ment of the Ontario Horticultural Ex- 

 hibition Association. A carload of trees 

 for decorative purposes has arrived and 

 has been unloaded by George Gard and 

 J. J. Higgins. 



Alex. Simpson, secretary of the Gar- 

 deners* and Florists' Association, was 

 present at the meeting and brought with 

 him several suggestions. One of these 

 was that the club take charge of the 

 light refreshment booth. This will be 

 done under the chairmanship of Miss 

 GaflBkin. Another was regarding the 

 signs. These will be supplied to the 

 club in two sizes, the large ones for the 

 store windows having on them baskets 

 of mums in colors. A committee, consist- 

 ing of Messrs. Geraghty, James and 

 Higgins, will take up with the growers 

 the question of other signs. 



The treasurer reported a handsome 

 sum on hand, in addition to over $350 

 for a piano for the club rooms. 



On account of the show, a combined 

 meeting will again be held November 17. 



J. J. H. 



Wilmington, Del. — Henry C. Krueger 

 was unexpectedly stopped by a revolver 

 and a man Monday night, October 20. 

 Mr. Krueger explained that he had no 

 money. The would-be highwayman at 

 once lost interest and walked quietly 

 away. 



Santa Fe, N. M — R. V. Boyle has com- 

 pleted the addition of two houses to his 

 range, one carnation house 25x70 and a 

 rose house 21x70. The young stock in 

 these houses is coming along nicely and 

 from the present outlook Mr. Boyle will 

 have a splendid cut by Christmas. 



. West Mentor, O.— The New York 

 Central greenhouses have been pur- 

 chased by the Carl Hagenburger Co. and 

 will be used as cold storage houses this 

 winter. In the spring, Mr. Hagenburger 

 plans to move this range and set it up 

 next to his establishment on Hart street. 



EUwood City, Pa. — The block on Law- 

 rence avenue formerly occupied by the 

 branch store of the A. Krut Floral Co., 

 Butler, Pa., has been purchased by Gus 

 Paris. A flower stand will still be con- 

 ducted, as a department of the confec- 

 tionery store which the new owner will 

 soon open there. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. — The fourteenth 

 annual chrysanthemum exhibition of the 

 Lake Geneva Gardeners' and Foremen's 

 Association will be held in Horticultural 

 hall November 7 to 9. The officers of 

 this association are as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Robert Sampson; secretary, Frank 

 Brady; treasurer. Axel Johnson. 



Des Moines, la. — The Mid-West Hor- 

 ticultural Exposition will be held in this 

 city November 11 to 14, under the aus- 

 pices of the Iowa State Horticultural 

 Society. 



Qulncy, m— The Quincy Art Willow 

 Ware Co., capital stock $5,000, has been 

 organized to engage in the manufacture 

 of willow baskets of all descriptions. 

 F. W. Heckenkamp, Jr., the widely 

 known Quincy florist, is president of the 

 new corporation. 



Helena, Mont. — The greenhouses and 

 fields of the State Nursery Co. occupy 

 considerable space in the state fair mo- 

 tion picture. A view of the entire es- 

 tablishment is followed on the screen 

 by carnation houses, asters, fields of al- 

 falfa and finally the firm's exhibit at 

 the fair. 



Uniontown, Pa. — W. H. Mahoney, 

 formerly with the W. R. Barton Green- 

 house Co., and N. H. Jaquette, Jr., of 

 Greggs Station, 111., entered partner- 

 ship October 15 and took over the Fair 

 Chance Greenhouse Co., at Fair Chance, 

 Pa., formerly owned by A. M. Fredericks, 

 who will retire. 



Vlnelaad, N. J. — John De Martini has 

 recently started in business with a 

 range of five houses, each 25x150 feet, 

 on Wheat road; he is now cutting from 

 17,000 chrysanthemum plants. Mr. De 

 Martini has also opened a store in this 

 town for the retail end of the business. 

 W. F. Sheain is associated with him in 

 this enterprise. 



