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The Florists^ Review 



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potted in the 4-iiich pots a few days 

 before they had been shipped. I paid 

 charges for dirt that I can get cheaper 

 at home. Quite recently I fell again for 

 some advertised 3-inch primulas and re- 

 ceived 2%-inch stock. 



Now, we retailers have fallen for 

 that kind of business too long, and 

 it is high time that the square deal 

 appeared. The blacklist is one way of 

 obtaining it. As I have not owned a 

 greenhouse until recently, although I 

 have had hotbeds and frames for years, 

 the plea might be advanced that I am 

 ignorant of what constitutes the differ- 

 ent sizes of pot stock. Do not let that 

 worry anyone, as I was practically Dorn 

 and raised under glass, being born near 

 Worthing, Sussex, England, where there 

 are miles of glass. I presume sizes are 

 just the same here as they are there. 



In the future the firm that gets my 

 business is the one that acts on the 

 square, and the sooner we get down to 

 a common basis of what constitutes the 

 different sizes of pot stock, the better it 

 will be for all concerned. 



Tom Moore. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



While the florists' trade here is rather 

 quiet, owing partly to the arrival of 

 Lent and largely to the general depres- 

 sion in business, the florists are in an 

 optimistic spirit and are confidently 

 looking for a large Easter trade, which, 

 they expect, will be followed by an im- 

 proved demand with a more stabilized 

 market. 



The present supply is not overabun- 

 dant, but what is on hand moves at fair 

 prices and there is a gooti clean-up every 

 day. 



Various Notes. 



A fire which broke out in a bowling 

 alley on Washington street early Mon- 

 day morning, January 31, caused a loss 

 of over $1,.5(00 to T. .T. Johnston & Co., of 

 which Edward Brooke is the proprietor. 

 The damage was done by water. Boxes 

 in large quantities, ribbons and other 

 supplies, stored in the flooded basement, 

 were the principal loss, although many 

 plants, palms and ferns were killed. 

 Burke & Burns, wholesale rose dealers, 

 also suffered damages amounting to be- 

 tween $500 and $750. 



George W. Eraser's retail store at 

 Arctic, E. I., was damaged by fire, smoke 

 and water a few nights ago. His loss 

 was estimated at $300, 



The Colonial Flower Shoppe had the 

 decorations for the Makepeace-Nightin- 

 gale wedding recently. This firm has 

 several large Easter wedding decora- 

 tions on order and has been having a 

 big run of funeral work. 



D. A. Clarke, of Fiskeville, presented 

 a paper on "The Propagation of Decidu- 

 ous Shrubs," at the annual meeting of 

 the Massachusetts Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation, at Horticultural hall, Boston, 

 February 8. 



William Davenport, of New Bedford, 

 was in the city last week looking for 

 Easter stock. 



Paul Brookner, of the Colonial Flower 

 Shoppe, has returned from a hunting 

 and fishing trip. 



F. Greene has resigned his position 

 with J. Bernstein in the florists' depart- 

 ment of L. Dimond & Son. 



Otto Hassard reports an unusually 

 heavy demand for funeral pieces. 



N. C. OSBOBN. 



TJ EEE is a face for carnation growers to remember, for, as vice-president of the 

 1 1 American Carnation Society and a leading member of the trade at Hartford, 

 <-onn., N. C. Osborn will be chief of staff of the local committees for the meeting 

 ot the society there next January. N. C. Osborn is 46 years old, and started work 

 among carnations with the late James E. Fillow, at Westport, Conn., a well known 

 grower in his time. He has been with Coombs, Florist, of Hartford, Conn., for 

 sixteen years and is now superintendent of this firm's ranges. He supervised the 

 building of the present range of two Hitchings houses from the ground up. Each 

 house 18 54x420. "Have 13,000 roses, but I prefer carnations," writes Mr. Osborn. 

 The new vice-president is married and has two sons. 



Samuel Kinder, of Bristol, E. I., who 

 has been confined to his home for some 

 time by illness, has gone to the southern 

 part of the state to recuperate. 



George L. Stillman, of Westerly, has 

 been elected a member of the executive 

 committee of the Westerlv Chamber of 

 Commerce. 



Among the contributors to the fund 

 being raised by Mayor Gainer for the 

 relief of the families of firemen killed 

 and injured in the fire, January 31, are 

 T. .T. Johnston Co., 25; James B. Can- 

 ning, $25, and Edgar L. Nock, $5. 



Macnair has become a member of 

 the Association of Army and Navy 

 Stores, enrolling both his stores. 



James A. Bosworth, superintendent 

 of the greenhouses at Bilthewold, the 

 summer home, at Bristol, of William L. 

 McKee, who has been seriously ill for 



the last six weeks, is reported as improv- 

 ing. W. H. M. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



There has appeared a different spirit 

 in both wholesale and retail flower busi- 

 ness in the last week; trade has shown a 

 marked improvement. The stores 

 throughout the city all report active 

 business, and this is the first time since 

 the beginning of the year that the feel- 

 ing has been so general. 



Stock is arriving in fair quantities 

 and is of good quality throughout. 

 There are thousands of spring flowers 

 on the market and fair returns are given. 

 The market is particularly strong on daf- 

 fodils, the majority of which are moved 



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