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The Florists^ Review 



March 24, 1921. 



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PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



The feature of last week was the 

 effort of the growers to hold their stock 

 back for Easter. Some of tliem have 

 lost out, with the result that there is an 

 unusually large amount of potted stock 

 in the market, especially bulbous stock. 

 With almost the warmest March 

 weather ever known, blooms have liter- 

 ally got away from the growers in many 

 instances, but, nevertheless, the indica- 

 tions are for a supply that will surpass 

 any previous year. A conservative ad- 

 vance in prices will not seriously re- 

 tard the market, but in case of boost- 

 ing prices to the sky, as has been done 

 on some of the floral feast days, it is 

 doubtful if there will bo the general 

 purchasing public in evidence that the 

 retailers are counting on. 



Business has held fairly well for the 

 Lenten season, although there has been 

 a noticeable decline in funeral demands 

 and, with no social functions, the stores 

 have been somewhat dull. March 17, 

 however, there was a slight flurry, espe- 

 cially in the demand for small potted 

 shamrocks and all varieties of green 

 flowers. Several St. Patrick's day ban- 

 quets and dances helped the week out 

 materially. 



Various Notes. 



Eugene McCarron was one of the 

 Providence florists at the New York 

 flower show last week. 



Ed Brooke, of T. J. Johnston & Co., is 

 recovering from a severe cold that has 

 troubled him for several weeks. 



William Marshall, of the Fruit Hill 

 Greenhouses, was among the visitors at 

 New York last week. 



Charles Hunt i^ preparing for a com- 

 plete overhauling and rearrangement of 

 his greenhouse, at South Providence, 

 this spring. 



William A. Bowers, of Washington 

 street, was a business visitor through 

 Connecticut last week, looking for 

 Easter novelties. 



Reuben Popkin, doing business as 

 Smith the Florist, has given up his store 

 at 200 Washington street and consoli- 

 dated at his other store, 67 Washington 

 street. 



W. E. Barrett Co. has been sending 

 out the new catalogues of seeds, vege- 

 table, flower and field; garden tools and 

 farming machinery. 



E. Carlton Scott, D. Burton Stewart 

 and Isabel P. Scott are the incorporators 

 of Scott the Florist, that was granted a 

 charter last week under the laws of 

 Rhode Island, with a capital of $25,000, 

 in 250 shares at $100 each, to conduct 

 a general florists' business. 



M. B. Saunders Co., of 638 Public 

 street, has a retail store on Elmwood 

 avenue, during Easter. 



T. J. Johnston & Co., Edward Brooke 

 proprietor, is preparing to remove from 

 107 Washington street early in April. 



William E. Chappell had the decora- 

 tions for the fiftieth anniversary cele- 

 bration of Swarts Lodge of Odd Fel- 

 lows. 



Maurice Miller, 637 Westminster 

 street, has taken three small stores in 

 different parts of the city for the Easter 

 trade. 



Eugene McCarron, Hope street, has 

 several large wedding decorations or- 

 dered for April. 



The Boston Store opened a special de- 

 partment for potted plants for Easter 

 last week. 



The Pawtuxet Valley Flower Store, 

 G. W. Eraser proprietor, in the Denom- 

 mee building, Arctic, R. I., reports a big 

 business last month. 



Oliver H. Lowe, who has been head 

 gardener at Shadow Farm, Wakefield, 

 for a number of years, will finish his 

 duties there April 1. 



Page F. Potter, of the Colonial Flower 

 Shoppe, was in New York last week and 

 attended the big flower show. 



Samuel Kinder has been appointed 

 tree warden at Bristol for the coming 

 year. 



S. W. Johnson attended the interna- 

 tional flower show at New York last 

 week. W. H. M. 



JAMAICA, N. Y. 



Miller Will Build. 



A. L. Miller, president of the S. A. F. 

 during the year 1920, has just placed an 

 order for six greenhouses, each 20x150. 

 The type of construction of the super- 

 structure will be standard steel frame. 

 Heretofore Mr. Miller has built his 

 greenhouses of pipe frame construction, 

 but has come to the conclusion that the 

 increase in cost of the steel frame over 

 the pipe frame is so slight that the 

 florist is warranted in taking the steel 

 rafter construction, which is far more 

 durable. 



The houses will be furnished with 

 cypress benches, supported by pipe post 

 legs. The houses will be glazed with 



double-thick glass, 16x24 inches. Con- 

 tinuous ventilating sashes on each side 

 of the ridges will furnish the necessary 

 ventilation. 



Concrete walls, four inches thick, will 

 be built around the sides of the houses, 

 extending about two feet four inches 

 above grade. This takes the place of 

 the usual double boarding and will last 

 indefinitely. The sides of the houses 

 above the concrete wall will be con- 

 structed of glass. 



The houses will be heated throughout 

 by hot water, circulated through 2-inch 

 steel pipes. A new L. & B. sectional 

 cast-iron boiler will be added to the al- 

 ready extensive heating plant of Mr. 

 Miller. 



The contract for the greenhouses has 

 been awarded to the Lord & Burnham 

 Co., Irvington, N. Y. This firm has 

 built all of Mr. Miller's greenhouses. 



It is gratifying to note the steady and 

 healthy growth of Mr. Miller's business 

 at Jamaica. Starting with a few houses, 

 he has gradually added to them, and to- 

 day he has one of the largest, if not the 

 largest, range of greenhouses devoted 

 exclusively to the growing of plants. A 

 constantly increasing number of vis- 

 istors from among the trade testifies to 

 Mr. Miller's reputation and fame as a 

 plant grower. A visit to his establish- 

 ment is well worth while, especially just 

 before Easter and at Christmas time. 



Eokomo, Ind. — Mrs. Josephine 8. 

 Bitler is now proprietor of Bitler's 

 Flower House. W. A. Bitler, formerly 

 connected with the firm, w.as accident- 

 ally shot, February 1, in Brown county. 

 He died inside of an hour. Interment 

 was in the family lot in Crown Point 

 cemetery. 



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