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The Fbrists^ Review 



Mabch 17, 1921. 



TOBACCO— Continued 



Tobacco Duit, 160-lb. baga, $4.00; 400-lb. 

 casea, 98.00; % ton, $17.60; 1 ton, 980.00. 

 F. o. b. city In Indiana. 



The Vigor Co., Box 4, Foatoria. O. 



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FLORISTS' WIRB DBSIONS. 

 100 wreatba, 10 in., 12-in., 14-in., 98.00. 

 Special diacount on all wire ordera. Write ya 

 for a cataloBoe. 



PITTSBURGH OUT FLOWER CO., 



lie-118 SBVBNTH ST., 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



FLORISTS' WIRB DBSINOS. 



QBT OUR PRICES ON HANGING BASKETS. 



FALLS CITY WIRB WORKS, 



451 S. THIRD ST., LOUISVILLE, KY. 



Wire Work, refer to our ad in the issue of 

 March 10, or write us for complete list of single 

 and double wreaths. Very attractive prices. 

 8. B. Sltldelslty & Co., 60 Park Place, New Yorlt. 



W/OOP LABELS 



LABELS, for nurserymen and fiorlata. 

 Benjamin Cbaae Co., Derry Village, N. H. 



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"Doubtless getting our shiiro, " said 

 Alex Dallas, of A. Dallas & Son, Water- 

 bury, Conn., and "undoubtedly feeling 

 to some extent tlio effect of the general 

 depression in manufacturing towns 

 such as ours, but we are plugging away, 

 hoping for a good Easter, for which 

 we are well prepared." 



• * • • 



Ryan & Powers, Waterbury, Conn., 

 are not complaining, according to 

 George Ryan, who incidentally men- 

 tioned the successful formation and 

 progress of the Connecticut State Flo- 

 rists' Association, of which he is chair- 

 man. It numbers twenty-five active 



members. 



• * • * 



At the usual meeting of the Hartford 

 Florists' Club, March 9, considerable 

 progress was made, although the great- 

 est work is looked for after Easter. N. 

 C. Osborn, of Coombs' Flower Shop, 

 Hartford, is treasurer and humorously 

 asserted his ability to secure satisfac- 

 tory bondsmen as soon as it may be- 

 come necessary. 



• • * • 

 Notwithstanding the heavy draft 



upon the stock of A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 Cromwell, Conn., for the international 

 flower show, at New York this week, 

 there is a splendid line of Easter stock 

 in both plants and cut flowers. 



• * • • 



The Geduldig Greenhouses, Norwich, 

 Conn., are producing some of the finest 

 single violets and pansies seen in this 

 locality. Funeral work is good. Pro- 

 prietor Otto Ernst is suffering from a 

 chill caught in a peace drive, but Mrs. 

 Ernst and daughter are equal to the 



occasion. 



• • * • 



The Whiting Greenhouses, West Hart- 

 ford, Conn., are enjoying a good run of 

 retail business, with pot plants equal- 

 ing cut flowers, auguring well for 

 Easter, which Proprietor T. Peterson is 

 anticipating with a fine lot of gigan- 

 teum lilies and potted roses. 



• * • • 

 Blatchley's Flower Shop, Meriden, 



Conn., is receiving sweet peas from W. 

 W. Thompson, of West Hartford, Conn., 

 that, for length of stem, size of stand- 

 ard and for color arc unsurpassed. 



• • * * 



William Rowden has withdrawn from 

 the firm of Roudcn & Mitchell, Walling- 

 ford. Conn. George Mitchell will con- 

 tinue the business under the old name. 



• • • • 



W. A. Dawson, Williniantic, Conn., 

 expresses what appears to be the ac- 

 cepted opinion, that prices on bedding 

 plants, geraniums especially, will be 

 lower than last year, influenced, of 



course, by local conditions, which 

 usually govern in any case, as has been 

 proved where a standard form of price 



has been set. 



* * « • 



Joseph J. Sokol, New Haven, Conn., 

 is one of the fow who have built up a 

 good connection at the greenhouses by 

 publicity, surrounded by real estate 

 that is the result of careful investment 

 of the profits from the business. 



* • • • 



"Old Sol will be welcome," com- 

 mented Fred Goldring, of Slingerlands, 

 N. Y., "for our Easter stock is all sold, 

 subject to being in bloom on time. 

 Lilies and hydrangeas are giving us 



some anxiety." 



* • • * 



The Randall Flower Shop, Worcester, 

 Mass., radiant with Dutch bulbous stock 

 in every conceivable form, is calling at- 

 tention to special Lenten prices and get- 

 ting flower lovers in line for Easter. 



* • • • 



Frank Edgar, Waverley, Mass., who 

 by virtue of his ofiice keeps in close 

 touch with the affairs of the flower 

 market, describes the situation as be- 

 ing extremely complex, with many sug- 

 gestions offering as avenues leading out 

 of the difficulties. "Imagine," ob- 

 served Mr. Edgar, "you are standing 

 upon the suspension bridge, watching 

 the mighty Niagara tumbling down and 

 through the rapids into the whirlpool 

 beyond, ultimately passing into a 

 smooth current of clear, bright water. 

 We hope ultimately to reach that end, 

 and the sooner the better." Easter 

 stock is fully up to the usual high stand- 

 ard here and the first bright day hap- 

 pening at this time li.nd its usual .sym- 

 pathetic effect. 



* * • • 



L. W. Acheson, Pittsfield, Mass., ad- 

 mits the season has surpassed his most 

 .sanguine expectations. The last two 

 months exceeded any previous record, 

 and so a good Easter, he feels, may rea- 

 sonably be anticipated. 



* * * * 



The Viale Floral Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 

 has the newest range of glass in this 

 region and has built up a good connec- 

 tion. Prospects, both in stock and or- 

 ders for Easter, are bright. 



* • * * 



L. D. Robinson, Springfield. Mass., 

 has some unusually fine Dutch bulbous 

 stock, which will find a ready sale at 

 popular prices at Easter. St. Valen- 

 tine's day was a record-breaker at this 

 store, prices being in keeping with the 



times. 



* • * • 



Higgins the Florist, Ostermann & 

 Steele and Meacham & Hassel], Spring- 

 field, Mass., all look for a big Easter 



business and are filling up their several 

 stores with choice stock, much of it 

 from A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell. 

 Conn. 



• * • • 



W. W. Hannell & Son, Watervliet, 

 N. Y., have much of their Easter stock 

 spoken for. Ramblers and French hy- 

 drangeas head the list. 



• * • • 



"The buds are there, but will they 

 open on time?" queried Francis I. 

 Drake, of F. I. Drake ft Co., Pittsfield. 

 Mass. "This dull weather keeps us 

 guessing." A fine crop of Matchless 

 and Laddie is in sight. Laddie ia a 

 high liver and pays for good feeding. 

 Max'Engleman, in charge of the store, 

 reports good business; never better, in 

 fact. 



• • • • 



The Volz Floral Go., New Britain, 

 Conn., speaks encouxagingly of the out- 

 look, with an abundance of stock at 

 popular prices to meet the changed con 

 ditions. It is noted that bulbous stock 

 hangs fire, owing, doubtless, to the pre 

 vailing mild weather. 



• « • ' • 



The Jewett City Greenhouses, Jewett 

 City, Conn., specialize in Carnations 

 Enchantress Supreme, White Enchant- 

 ress, Benora and Laddie. Proprietor 

 William Young mentioned his inability 

 to secure 500 2-inch pot plants of Lad- 

 die, evidence of its popularity and the 

 scarcity of this stock. 



• * • • 



Smith T. Bradley, Fair Haven, Conn., 

 was caught on the fly, as it were, being 

 in a hurry to test the new Ford tractor 

 purchased for use on the 60-acre farm 

 nearby, where small fruits, gladioli,, 

 dahlias and the like flourish. 



• * * * 



The Folwell Greenhouses, Pittsfield, 

 Mass., are reveling in prosperity, ac- 

 cording to Proprietor H. Stentiford, 

 who expressed himself rather strongly 

 regarding the party who accepted an 

 order, with accompanying cash, last Oc- 

 tober for geraniums and now, after sev- 

 eral proddings, returns the cash with 

 the succint comment, "Unable to sup- 

 ply." Incidentally, it was mentioned 

 that the order was not made up from 

 an advertisement in The Review, 



• « * • 



"Do the bees cause carnations to 

 split the calyx f" queried William J. 

 Schlatter, of William Schlatter & 

 Son, Springfield, Mass. "My reason 

 for asking is that we always supposed 

 the continued dull weather was re- 

 sponsible, yet here is the opinion of a 

 prominent grower in the middle west 

 giving this as the reason for requesting 

 a rush shipment of staples. Sales of 

 staples totaled more than 1,000,000 last 

 month, with orders from everywhere 

 and new customers swelling the list. We 

 give The Review the credit. ' ' 



• * * • 



"Saw the handwriting on the wall 

 some time ago," observed Mark 

 Aitken, Springfield, Mass., "and fell 

 for it, realizing that as a combined 

 grower and retailer one had the op- 

 portunity. The result is seen in our 

 patrons showing practical appreciation 

 by purchasing as freely as ever, al- 

 though at lower prices. While the net 

 profit is much less than it was last year, 

 we are cleaning up quantities of stock 

 that we feel sure would, under any 

 other conditions, remain unsold. This 

 is where salesmanship may shine, in siz- 

 ing up one's customers and adapting 

 oneself to the situation." W. M. 



