March 31, 1921. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



to see how other people did the same 

 thing. When I broached the subject to 

 my brother, he considered it a waste of 

 time and money to spend a day going to 

 visit a grower in another town. But I 

 pondered on it so long that at length I 

 made up my mind to go, and my brother 

 finally consented. 



"Sure enough,'! observed a number of 

 things at the establishment I visited 

 which opened my eyes to improvements 

 we could make here and there. My 

 brother agreed that they were worth the 

 time and money they cost. It was not 

 long before I took another trip, and since 

 then my travels among growers have 

 been many and extensive. I never found 

 that I got anywhere by staying at home. 

 The only time I got anywhere was when 

 I went somewhere, and then put the ideas 

 I gained into my own business." 



And readers will agree that J. W. 

 Davis, whose big range at Terre Haute, 

 Ind., and the one at Davenport, la. — not 

 to speak of the smaller Illinois vegetable 

 growing ranges in which he is interested 

 — represent the latest methods in green- 

 house culture, has by the method he 

 described ' ' got somewhere. ' ' 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



There was an exceptionally large 

 volume of business last week. Every 

 florist prepared for a large Easter busi- 

 ness, bat found that his preparations 

 did not equal the demand. Eeports 

 from various retailers show that they 

 were sold out early Saturday and could 

 have sold considerably more had they 

 been able to get the stock. The ice- 

 boxes in the wholesale houses were prac- 

 tically clean Saturday evening. The 

 demand for sweet peas, violets and 

 lilies far exceeded the supply and it was 

 necessary to cut many orders in half, 

 in order to give each of the florists a 

 few of his requirements. 



Koses last week were in fine shape— 

 an excellent stock of various grades. 

 Quantities of Ophelia, Premier, Cru- 

 sader, Columbia, Butterfly, Pilgrim and 

 White Killarney were all in good sup- 

 ply. Americ^an Beauties were of excel- 

 lent quality, but there was only a small 

 demand. Even though the weather was 

 exceptionally warm, sweet peas were of 

 a fairly good quality. Violets, however, 

 were not so good, but the demand far 

 exceeded the supply. A large supply 

 of carnations was on hand, but the de- 

 mand far exceeded the supply and it 

 was necessary to divide the product 

 among the retailers. The supply of 

 orchids was fair, but the demand far 

 exceeded the supply. Calendulas were 

 plentiful and sold fairly well. Snaji 

 dragon was also on the market. Even 

 though the supply of bulbous stock, 

 such as daffodils and tulips, was ex 

 ceptionally large, yet the wholesaler.s 

 found that it moved to good advantage 

 and helped those florists who were short 

 on roses and carnations. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Nerval Kiger, of Mari 

 etta, O., were visitors at the green- 

 houses of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. 



John Boeh, of Blairsville, Pa., was at 

 Pittsburgh last week. 



W. W. Bortz, of Grecnsburg, Pa.; 

 Tarentum Floral Co., of Tarentuni, Pa., 

 and S. J. Stillwell, of Bellaire, Ohio, 

 were represented at Pittsburgh last 

 week, in order to obtain their Easter 



THOMAS H. WRIGHT. 



DO you know Tom Wright? If you don't it is a sure sign your acquaintance 

 with the Pacific coast, and particularly with Los Angeles, is slight. Every- 

 body on the coast knows Wright. At Los Angeles he does one of the largest retail 

 flower businesses in the United States in a store not at all in proportion to the 

 volume of sales — but in the basement there is one of the biggest and best equipped 

 workrooms of which the trade can boast. At a holiday time he often has thirty- 

 five people filling the orders which come from all over the United States. On the 

 edge of town he has a range of greenhouses, one of the largest in that section, 

 feeding the store. The illustration shows Mr. Wright in one of these greenhouses 

 in.specting a plant of his new Adiantnm Wrightii. Mr. Wright's recreation is 

 aviation. He is perhHi)s the first florist to own and pilot an airplane. 



stock, as ])ast e.xperience has tauglit 

 them that it is not wise to depend upoTi 

 shipments at holiday time. This is ;i 

 good example for soni' of the other 

 florists. 



The monthl.v niecting of the Pitts 

 Iturgh Retail Florists' Association will 

 be held at the Seventh Avenue hotel, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursd.iy, April 7, :it 

 <):.30 p. m. Please keep this date in 

 mind, as this association needs the sui> 

 l>ort ;ni(l presence of every individual 

 florist. 



Last week in\ itations were handed to 

 the florists and friends of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co. to spend March 

 M at the greenhouses, at Rakerstown. 

 It was the hope of the ofltieers of this 

 (•()ini)any that every florist would par- 

 ticipate in this outing. Luncheon was 

 to be served. For those florists who 

 have no machine, street c.'ir aeconiiiioda 

 tions W(>re .arranged. 



Fred Hennock, treasiiicr of the 0\e 



Cin.att Co., I-aporte. Ind., was a visitor 

 last week. H. J. H. 



Ross E. Adgate, representative of the 

 .MeCallum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has been 

 seriously ill for the last three weeks at 

 his home, Niles, O. His present illness 

 is the indirect result of an injury re- 

 ceived during his college days. While 

 now out of danger, it will be a month 

 or six weeks before he will l)e able to 

 c.all on his customers again. 



Middletown, Pa.— Abner T. Alliman 

 lias purchased the store of Linus E. 

 Fenical and has alr(>ady taken it over. 



Worcester, Mass.-H. F. A. Lange 

 gave a talk at the last weekly luncheon- 

 meeting of the Exchange Club. He told 

 the history, the care ;ind cultivation of 

 Faster lilies. A beautiful 14-bud lily 

 w.as won by one of the members as the 

 week's ' ' hooster prize." 



