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The Florists^ Review 



JrxK 7, 1917. 



that it is I'ssciil i;il tli;it tlh' wmk lie cdii 



timivMl, fi.l- slidllM it lie i|ln|i|ii'(| .-It tlli- 



jKiillt. till' Wdlk .-1 1 1 i';iil \ iliilir will 



anuiiint to little. 1.. M. M;iNsr\. 



BALTIMORE'S PIONEER. 



Samuel Feast Started in 1832. 



This wi'ck I ;iiii ;;iiiiiu til wiiti' ;iliiiiit 

 till' lir^-t llniivt-' Imsiiii'^s iiiii' lity i'\ci' 

 l\iii'\\. It \\;is l':ir li;ii-k in \ ^'■\- wlu'ii ;i 

 \'(iiin^ KiiLjIisli iii;in, .-it'tiT si'i'\iiin' his 

 tiiiii' ill i'Mi II liiirt^li, .'-'^rcit l.-iihl, lint (iiil\' ;i> 

 a ilnrisi liiit alsn as a iiiirscryinaii, i-aiiir 

 to Halt iiiKiri'. Saiiiiii'l i'l'ast niiisiiliTcil 

 lialt iiiinri' a |iiiiinisi n^ tirjil tor lii-- i-ii- 

 t('i'])i'i.sc. sii 111: what is imw thi' sitr nl' 

 Ilarli'iu park he staftril thr first floiists' 

 aiiil nursery Imsiiii'ss nl' mir citv aihl !aii| 

 the I'uiiiiii.at iiiii (if what iiuw t'nr tinr'r 

 i.;iMU'rat idiis lias Iiccil tlu' Imsiiii'ss nl' 

 Saiaiu'l I'cast ^; Smis. T'lir ciuht v ti\ c 

 years this cnHci-i'ii has en jnsi'il the cnii 

 liileiire ami ]ia 1 Tdiia L;e nl' l!alt iiiinio "s 



liest |ieii|il('. The l)UsilU'SS has ^rnwil llji 

 with the (-ity. 



Starting; in a small wav. the t'liiiinler, 

 wliiise iiii'lex iat i iil; inilicv was I'air ileal- 

 iiie aiiil eiHiil iiiercha ml ise, ^railiially 

 liuilt ii|i a liiisiiu'ss that aliniit 1 *<.").") 

 was reail>" to .•clinit his two smis, S;niiiiel, 

 Jr., ami .luliii l-M\varil I'east. I'.esiiles 

 the nurseries ami e'arileiis they li;iil a 

 stiire, in the same Mnek in which thi'y 

 are now situate. 1, at the iiurtheast curiu'i" 

 (if ('liarles ;nii| .^aratuea streets. With 

 yoiiiie- liliiml the liiisiiiess cniit iiiiied to 

 ^I'dW anil e\|ianil. and in I'^Ts, when the 

 est alilish ineiit ileinainleil mure help, a 

 yoiiii^ lailv was eiiy^aycil. 'J'hat laily, 

 miw Mrs. !■'. I ). Hill, .after thirty nliiu 

 years nf exjierii'iiee, is still one nt' the 

 iinjKirt.ant units ot' the store ol' I'^east it 

 (Sous. 



In those ilays the city w.as (>i'ow'iii<j; 

 towni'il the wi'st, much as toi|;iy it is 

 jjjiiini;' tiiw.aiil the iinrtli. The j^roon- 

 hoiises ani ninstM\v li;ol to uive way lio- 

 fnro the steady i^rowth, ami ,a new locn- 

 tinii uas seciireij nil l-'ieileiick iiiail and 

 j^>eeclitielil avenue. Alter L;i'ttiii<f this 

 jilace est.aMishe.l, the .inly sur\ivor of 

 the trill. .Inhn l-iduai.l I'e.'ist, died, ill 

 .ianii.ary, l'^'^'^, le;i\ in^ the two suns wlio 

 (•oni|iiise the tiiiii as it is tn.l.'iy. 



The Feasts of Today. 



Willi.atn, whii li.a.l received his (^diica- 

 tinn at Mount St. dose|iii, wlii(di, hy 

 the way, almost adjoins the Feast coun- 

 try ph-K-e, w:is at the time ot" his father's 

 de.ath with the liroki'ra^e firm of White 

 iV ('ii., and it was with this concern that 

 lie iecei\eil a 11iorouL;h liusiness train- 

 injr. lie had lieen trained to figure 

 ]irolits in fractions of a cent and, while 

 lie had no experience in the Imsiness of 

 his p.arent, with the aid of some of those 

 who Were a part of the Imsiness he took 

 hold where his t'.ather left otT and made 

 a splendid success of it. Ill ISSM, 

 ('h.ailis, the jiresent treasurer of the 

 tirm, linished his education .and was 

 t;ikeii into the Imsiness, so that once 

 ;'.e;iin ' \v o yoiiii^j men, direct descend- 

 ants (,f the founder, were at the head of 

 the liusiiii'ss. 



As J eot ,,iT the car at Beochfielil 

 avenue tlie fiisf thing that met my <T;aze 

 was an attrai ti\e homo, surroiindod by 

 the coj>)>or-f(dia;.0'i| trees from which it 

 takes its n;iim There are well-kept 

 lawns and an occasional (duster of the 

 l»ri<:htly colored .la|ianese maples. At 

 the l>ack of the house there are some fine 

 specimens of mapK's, atid under these is 



"William Feast. 



the first hint that the place lielongs to 

 llorists. Tlieie, |iliin^eil in ashes, are 

 the palms that lia\c served ;it some id' 

 the linest social f'liiictions ol' the city 

 this winter. The palms for a time are 

 t.akino- the I'est cure. As a flor.al deco- 

 r.ator 1 was aide to fully appreci.ate the 

 settino-. The home is liroueht out tiy the 

 trees, slirulis ;iml well ••;ir|ieteil lawn. 

 K\er\tliino that would offend the eye 

 is c()\fred hy N;itnr.>'s luindiwork, 

 .and the tlioiiLiht struck me th.at here is 

 iloiie in a )ieriii:i mnt manner what thi'ee 

 oener.atioiis of the f.amily have Iummi 

 doiii;^ for the piildic of IJ.altiniore. It 

 is no wonder that t'e.ast A: Sons are 

 counted ainonj^' the hest decorators of 

 the city. 



Tottr of the Range. 



i'.ut our mission was to see what the 

 r;niL;(' <it nineteen houses produces. In 

 th(> .-ilisence of Mr. I'e.ast I w;is taken 

 in (diar;,'e li>' the foreman, K. H. U]i- 

 ni.an. >\;:.ain I heard ;i story of' loii;^ 

 ser\ice .and devotion In the Imsiness, 

 and when I .asked ''h;irles J'east how 

 it w;is th.'it they were aide to keep 

 tludr emjilovees so lonjx, his re]dy w.as: 

 •'Thev ;ire all so (dlicieiit that we cmdd 

 not find Ixdter. " 



The first house <-outains tnio Aspara- 

 iXU< jilumosus, and as ! had he.'iia] so 

 much .alioiit the scarcity of greens I was 

 surprised to see them so plentiful and 

 oond. Next come twfi houses of palms, 

 for decor.atintx, ami they arc as line and 

 ;is clean plants as one could wish to see. 

 r asked Mr. rpman how lio managed to 

 keeji them so fresh looking and his ro- 

 |d\' w.as, "' llternal vigil.ance is the price 

 \\e have to pny. ' ' The rose range — tho 



(irst house — is dexoted to Ivillaruev 

 roses, with the one next to it contain- 

 ing Richmond. Mr. rpman tells me th.at 

 Hitdiinoud is to lie discarded tdr Iloosier 

 lie.auty. Then come ()|ili(dia, .Sun 

 Imrst and My .Maryland, in the order 

 nanieil. Next is an orchid house, tluMi a 

 house of sweet peas and several houses 

 of' miscellaneous stock. .\s one goes 

 through this large iiinge of well grown 

 stock the thought strikes one that if the 

 head of the tirm knew nothing <d' the 

 Imsiness when he started, he h.as liy this 

 time learned it wadl. It reciuires twenty- 

 live em|)loyees to m.aintain the system 

 that keeps this business running 

 smoothly. The concern was a pioneer 

 in the idea of using the telegraph in de- 

 li\-ering flowers in otlwr <dties. ]']ver 

 since th(^ writer can rememlier, it has 

 been associated with some organization 

 of th(> kind, and as T spoke to Charles 

 about this feature of the business he 

 told me that the I'. T. I), was the best 

 the linn had ever been connected with, 

 that the advertising tlie ])iisiness got 

 thidiiL;h this connection was wonderful. 

 ( )ii ;i busy day it is quite a sight to see 

 tlM> l\'nst imdor e(|uipinonl rea<ly for 

 work. This consists of three delivery 

 trucks, two |il.ant \ans and two jdcasure 

 cars. There is no safer way to get at 

 the amount of business a firm is doing 

 tli.an bv watching its automfd)iles. The 

 I'east cars are expensive, and the con- 

 cern is going to get along with as few 

 as possiide. Tate. 



Bowling Green, O. — The II. J. Ilein/. 



Co. has .acquired the greenhouses of 

 W. \V. Mil nor, who will give possession 

 this fall. 



