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The Florists Review 



JCNI 2, 1921 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS 



The well-made kind. Painted, bound with galvanized wire 

 6 at dozen rate, 50 at hundred rate 



Per Doz. Per 100 



10-inch $2.25 $16.00 



12-inch 2.50 20.00 



14-inch 3.25 25.00 . 



16-inch 4.25 32.00 



ABCCII CUCCT UACC LONO qreen sheets 

 aKECR SHctl MII59 for hanoing baskets 



Per Bag $2.00 10 Bags $17.50 



Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 



1452 RANDOLPH STREET 



DETROIT, MICH. 



gel, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and will add 

 them to his Nahant collection. Mr. 

 Roland is noted for the successful cul- 

 ture of difficult subjects and at Nahant, 

 where the nifjhts are cool and atmos- 

 pheric conditions suitable, he hopes to 

 find a congenial home for these beauti- 

 ful orchids. 



Harry Spero has opened another 

 flower store, this time in ScoUay 

 square. This makes three stores he is 

 now operating and he is making a suc- 

 cess of each. 



Rhododendrons are flowering remark- 

 ably well here this season, and there 

 are now gorgeous displays of these 

 beautiful evergreens in the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, in parkways and on the va- 

 rious private estates. There was no 

 winterkilling of these last season at 

 all. Wistarias are also flowering in 

 wonderful profusion here at present, 

 esi)eeially the white forms. 



James Wheeler is now president of 

 the Commercial ("lub of Natick and had 

 the pleasure of entertaining Governor 

 Channing Cox and .one or two other 

 notables at dinner at his home last 

 week, prior to a large public gathering 

 where they spoke. 



Recent visitors included C. Zandber- 

 geii, of Zandbergen Bros., Holland, with 

 his wife. They are now located at 

 Oyster Bay, L. I., where they planted 

 over fiOO varieties of tulips last fall. 

 Anthony Waterer, of riiila<lelpiiia, was 

 another visitor. 



Frosts in ^Massachusetts have de- 

 stroyed a large proportion of the apple, 

 peach, plniu and strawberry crops re- 

 cently. Asi)aragus, cranberries and 

 both evergreen ami deciiliions trees and 

 shrubs also sustained much daiuagc. 



Henry Penu was unfortunate enough 

 to sprain one of his legs May 21, neces- 

 sitating his absence for several days 

 just before the busy Memorial day rush. 

 He is now able to be liack on deck 

 again. Business at Penn's was, as usual, 

 of iniiiieiise proportions. They adver- 

 tised heavily and lia<l to hire several 

 additional stores to handle artificial 

 wreaths, which went to all parts of New 

 England. 



.John Kiscmann, the Beacon Florist, 

 did an enormous business in artificial 

 wreaths, of which he had a grand as- 

 sortment. Up to May 19, his sales had 



THE BEST 



Wire Basket 



and WHY 



Made of Galvanized wire and crimped. 

 Closer mesh to hold moss better, and less 

 of it. Sturdy and strong. Painted green. 



Measure inside ring Each Per doz. 



8-inch $0.25 $2.60 



10-inch 80 3.00 



12-lnch 86 4.00 



"-}nch ^0 4.60 



16-inch 60 6.76 



18-inch 60 6.60 



Fresh Sheet Moss, 20c per pound 

 Dyed Sheet Moss, laree bagr, 7 to 



10 pounds |4.60perbagr 



Spharnum Moss. $1.50 per bale 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



trebled those of a year ago, which is 

 going some. 



F. E. Palmer, of Brookline, reports a 

 heavy Memorial day trade. He is one 

 of the few retailers who refuse to han- 

 dle artificial flowers and wreaths in any 

 form. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club is 

 jtrcparing a fine entertainment for la- 

 dies' night, June 21. The annual jjicnic 

 will be held at Cunningham fiark. East 

 Milton, .July 21. W. N. C. 



Samuel Marksman has leased for .a 

 term of years the store at 16 Tremont 

 street, in the Hemenway building, 

 owned by Alonzo W. Perry. The lessee 

 will conduct on these premises a flo- 

 rist 's store. 



A contract for $48,910 has been 

 awarded to Hiteliings & Co. for the 

 construction of greenhouses at Franklin 

 park. 



FREEPORT, ILL. 



Louis Bauscher, vice-])resident and 

 manager of the Freeport Floral Co., re- 

 views the season thus: "Last Thanks- 

 giving, business was good. Christmas 

 business was better. New Year's trade 



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Dresses your plants in a smart style 

 quickly and without work. Write for 

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146 Hughes Avenue, BUFFALO. N. Y. 



held its own. Easter business was the 

 greatest ever. Mothers' day was phe- 

 nomenal. And now Memorial day busi- 

 ness — I can't think of a name big 

 enough for it. Oh, yes! I have it now. 

 It is just like a merry-go-round that 

 doesn 't seem to want to stop. ' ' 



Wilson, N. C. — Miss Daisy Herring^ 

 who has been selling flowers here for 

 some time, is now planning to build a 

 greenhouse. 



