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The Florists' Review 



June IC, 1921 



'J'lirsc ;iri' tlic (|Ucsti(ins iiskcil ;iIj(iu1 the 

 lilaiits. Mr. rmll.iiit s;iys that tlicy 

 <l() not sell cxccjit in a few iiist a iiccs, 

 l»ut, tlicy jtay will if tlir oiiIn iiossildc 

 use is to <lis|ilay tijciu in the store for 

 a(|\ crt isin^ |inr|ioscs. 



FLOOD HITS PUEBLO FIRM. 



Washes Away One Store. 



Tile llooil at I'urlilo, ('old., s\vrc|iin)^ 

 1)ir<iiij;li till' lnisini'ss iriitir, sparril 

 must of till' florists tlirlr, hut tlu' 

 i'ui'lilo l'"loral Co. was uiifiut imat r 

 riion^^li to liavi' liotli its storrs in tin- 

 |ia1li of till' llooil. Oiir was a ronipli'ti' 

 loss, ('\ en Ihr f urn isliinj^s lirin;.; coni- 

 plcti'ly swept away, wliili' tlii' otlior was 

 in sui'li shajii' that busini'ss was spcciiily 

 rcsuinril. 'I'lir ri'i'ovrry tliis tirni mailc 

 was ill the s]iirit that luai'ki'il tlii' rapid 

 rchounil ol' the I'uchio citizens as a 

 wlioli' from till' ilishi'art I'ninj; disaster. 

 Till' He\iew "s efloi't to <.;i't tidings of 

 tlie trade in the fioodeil i-ity hroUfilit 

 the follow iiiji response from the I'uehlo 

 Floral Co., di'siriliiji}^ its jdij^ht and 

 sulisri|iiiut ipiii-k ririnery: 



•' Fifteen teet of water eoN'ered the 

 entire husiuess distriet duiin^' the Hood 

 .'it i'uehlo, luit we are ditij^iii;^ out and 

 ;:radually dryiiii;' olT. To our hrother 

 llorists we wish to rejiort that we are 

 ayaiii op"u for husiuess and sliall ;ip|ire 

 eiate .all orders that niitjlit eonie our 



''Three d;iys after the hij; w;isli we 

 liiiii}; out our sif^n, 'Open for Business,' 

 .■mil heiiif.; the only llor.'il house in the 

 lity tli;it |irodiiees its own stock, you 

 i.in he sure th.it we did husiuess. Tlie 

 store loc.-iled .'it ">L';! North M.ain street 

 \\;is left intact excejit the larf^e stock 

 III' supplies and hoxes Ih.'it were stored 

 ill the h.'isement. 



Rapid Recovery. 



''We liax'c heen educatinj; the jieople 

 in our city for the last three years as 

 to the uses of tlowers .Mnd the necessity 

 of usiiiy; them, and e\ en the yreat (lis 

 .ister that li;is l>ef,'illen us did not sto]i 

 them from huyinj;. At e\i'i'y fiinei'.'il 

 ol' Hood \ictims where there were no 

 llowers we manajied to see that the 

 necess.'iry lioral sunshine w;is jirt'sent. 

 It certainly made one filad to see the 

 h;i]ipiiiess that tlie few flowers hron^ht 

 to these ])oor ])eople who hail nothiiij^' 

 lel't in the world. We took sever.'il 

 lo;ids of flowers to tlie sever.'il hospit.'ils 

 where the sick .'ind the hedf.'ist refugees 

 were taken. 



"Everyone ot' our orj,f,'ini/.;it ion is 

 safe and well and ready to he iiji and at 

 'em, and as lonir as one's or^;ini/,at ion 

 is int.'K't the fif^ht is e.-isy. \'ou will 

 he.ar from us ati.'iin soon as to the 

 c.'impaion for the use of tlowers we 

 li;i\i' heen ]iuttiuy ox'er. I'ntil then yon 

 m.'iy he assured that we .are di^tjiinjj; mud 

 and helpinji' to make our city a higger 





Looking Down North Main Street in Pueblo June fc, after the Flood. 



'.'..■ly. Jieiii;^ the only lior:il rst.'ihlish- 

 II,. lit in till' cily that MilTrird from the 

 llood. wi' ari' ri-.'illy in a pusilion to s.'iy 

 that thi- I- ,1 ^oihI old world after :ill, 

 W'l' uxi- o]pir;it in;; two ~1ore~ hi'i'i-. .'ind 

 till- Hood did not s|i.-iri' cither one of 



tlnlll. 'I'lir ^tOle lor.'lte.l .it I'l'i .Xortll 



Main street w.-i'^ .-i total lo^^, the flood 

 entering h\ the w.'i\ of the trout win 

 dows and makiii;i it-^ exit throiieh the 

 rear \\;ill. 'i'here i> notliin^ hit. The 



I'el rie,,i;|tOr, eOlllltel-- .'Hid I'ihIlOll I'.'ISI'^ 



to d:ite h;i\e not heen found .•ind we .-ire 

 avs'.ill in;: word troiii -oine lloii^^t in K.'in 

 sas s.'iyiiiy th.'it he h.'is loc.'iti'd our 

 pfpiipment li.'in;;in;i in some tree on the 

 liver hank. 



''Our total loss will amount to more 

 th.'in .$:'>,(ltMi. The three greenhouses wo 

 are ojierating are not damaged in the 

 least and are producing every day. 



and hetter town. .\.i mie lieie i-; down 



hearted, .'iiid e\eryoiie is hiisv. \\ e eX 



tend onr inxit.'ition to all florists who 



m,'i\' come to Color.'ido tlTw \ ear on their 



\ .-ic.'it ion to I'oiiie to I'liehlii and make 



the I'uehlo I'lor.il c,,. their --lopoini'- 

 I . , 111- 



]dace. 



.\ postcri]it w:is :idded liy (leorge 

 I'.oll, .Ir., ni.'Ui.'ieei- of the I'uehlo I'lor.'il 

 <'o.. re;idine. ''I'lcase .--end the l.-ist two 

 isviie-- of' The Review. Can't ;;et along 

 w it hout it. ' ' 



OHIO GROWERS' PROGRAM. 



The one suhject that .affects all flo- 

 rists, whether they he growers or re- 

 tailers, is, "What does it cost to grow 

 our stock?" At present there seems 

 to be little information on tliat sub- 

 ject, so Herman Jxnoble will discuss it 



.'If the time of the first .-innual meeting 

 of the Ohio district of the National 

 Flower (irowers' Association, to he held 

 .it Columhiis, ,luiie -I. 



During the last three years Mr. 

 Knohlc has made an exhaustive study 

 of cost systems for tlie grower. A few 

 years ago lie, with one or two associates, 

 took over one of the old, riiiidovvn green- 

 house ranges of Cleveland. The first 

 thing he did, when taking control, was 

 to call in .'111 expert accountant to in- 

 stall a cost system. Mr. Knohle says 

 that the subsequent success of the busi- 

 ness may he largely ascribed to the cost 

 system, as it has enabled him to know 

 the exact cost of every detail in oper- 

 .'iting the greenhouses, lie knows wh:it 

 every de[i;irtiiieiit is jiroducing, what 

 it costs and what the jirofit or loss is 

 from (lay to d:iy. Mr. Knohle will 

 illustrate his talk with the forms and 

 ch.'irts which Ik^ uses in tin," system and 

 will tell how they may he used by the 

 average grower. 



Other subjects which will be dis- 

 cussed at the meeting will he the co- 

 operative buj'ing of supplies, credits, 

 legislati\'e protection, and the standard- 

 izing of the grading of cut llowers, 

 ]ilants, etc. Committees will he aj)- 

 |iointi'd to carry on this work during 

 the ensuing year. 



In other words, it is going to be a big 

 husiuess meeting, devoted to developing 

 ]ilaiis which will be of daily helj) to the 

 grower in his liusiness. 



L. C. X'inson, iSec'v. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Chicago, lU. — The (irossherg Tyler- 

 I'iniierinan Co. finds itself emb;irr;isseil 

 fin.'iiicially. A meeting of its creditors 

 w.'is held Tuesday, June 1-1, at the offices 

 of the Chicago Association of Credit 

 .Men, in the Otis buildiTig. The accounts 

 receivable of the company were shown 

 as $1,141.92, !ind the inventory of mer- 

 chandise as .$!,(>«.■), making a total of 

 •i^L'.-liti.ilL' in assets. The li.ahilit ies were 

 listed at a trifle over $7,(l<Mi. A commit- 

 tee of three of the representat i\i's of 

 the largest creditor-^ w.is apiiointed to 

 eo o\-er the hookN. study the whole sit- 

 ii.'ifion, form some plan for settling or 

 lii|uidating and re|iort .if .i future 

 meeting of thi' creditors. Sever.'il of 

 the creditors said that they h.-id known 

 the hoys for ye.'irs and that they would 

 he willing to gi\e them a chance to get 

 hack on their feet if the other creditors 

 would ;igri'e. The committee is also 

 eoiiig to gi\i' .'I rejioi'f on wli.'it the vari- 

 ous creditors wish to do, .'ind wli.'it they 

 would .'idvise doing under the circuin- 

 ^taiices. 



Chicago, 111. Theodore .{(dmson, at- 

 torney, 7l'2 First Xafion.'il Hank build- 

 ing, has addressed .'i circular letter to 

 the creditors of Hoy While, doing busi- 

 ness as the Xo drip I?.'isket Shoji .'ind 

 the Wonder Plant Irrigator Co., .North 

 Clark street. White is stated to be 

 indebted to the extent of $4,000, with 

 assets which the .•ittorn(>y says probably 

 would not realize over $.")00 at forced 

 sale. The request is made to give fur- 

 ther time by .-icci'iiting notes running 

 •^ix months and a year, the debtor to 

 [lay cash for .all jiunhases until the 

 notes are jiaid. 



Syracuse, N. Y.— Il.irold W. I'ierce 

 recently entered the florists' business 

 in this town. He owns a small green- 

 house and garden. 



