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HE 



TORONTO HOSTS 



OF THE F. T. D 



.\>,;7 ))io)itli. for the first time a Canadian cihj has hud Ihr /iririhuf. 

 Toronto will ifflcoinc the F. T. D. That visitors mnii (/rt n mon i)itn)>oti 

 knoirlfdge of those vhom the}/ trill >ncef there, some personal notes ye(inrdni(i 

 the teadhuj florists of Toronto are ffivon in these paf/es. 



ORONTO, wh.MT tl„. I'ti'l 



TF. T. J), (■(.iiv.'iitioii will l.c 

 held 0('t()l)(>r ]] to i:;. is 

 fill' contor of a lai<;e mini 



i)or of imjiortaiit cities: 



Kiiifi;stoii, till' Liiii('st( 



city; I'ctorboroii;;!], tlio 



^5) (5^' Kloctric city: Ottawa, the 



jJ r'ajtital city; London, the 



Ma])lo city; Hrantford. the 

 Teleiihonc city; Jlamiltoii, the Hiiminji 

 iiani of Canada. Toronto herself is tlie 

 (^iieen city. All tiiese cities are the 

 l.'omes of many live, iij) to dale llorists. 

 ^'isitors I'oniiiifj from Xiaijara throutrh 

 Hamilton and those inotorinj; from De- 

 troit throiifjli liOndon will meet nian\- 

 frieiicls in the trade along the way. 



The C^iieoii city is most 

 beautifully located on the 

 northern shore of Lake On 

 tario and covers an area of 

 thirty-two square miles. It 

 is the capital of the ](ro\ 

 ince of Ontario and is an 

 important man u fact iiriim 

 city. The pojiulation of the 

 city proper is .iriO.OOd and 

 there are many jiojuiloiis 

 snhiirlis adjacent to tlir 

 city. 



The land d. 'Voted to jiark- 

 totals over 1,471.' acres and 

 there are in .addition lim 

 acres of water ])ark lots. 

 The jiarks include Island, 

 Kxliiliit ion, H i ti h ;i n d 

 Kiverd.'ile parks ami thi' 

 Humber boulevard. 



There are about eip;hty 

 flower shojis in Toronto .'ind 

 new ones are beintj ojiened 

 • ontimially. This article 

 gives a few facts .'ibout 

 some of the old, established 

 sliojis and growers. It doe-, 

 not presume to be complete. 

 It c;ni only give an ide;i ol' 

 the extent of the business 

 and point out those llorists 

 whom visitors, in seeing the 

 sights of the trade in To 

 loiito, will not wish to mis.,. 



H. G. Dillennith. 



II. (i. Dillemiifh, 111.' vie.' 

 president of the l'. T. I'., 

 whose store i.s at iL'o Kin>i 

 :;treet, west, is one of the 

 personally best known llo 

 isls in the city. He was born 

 in Pittsburgh, I'a., March 

 28, 187fi, and started in the 

 florists' business early in 

 life, with Fred Burki, pre> 

 ident of f'e Fittsburgh <iit 



Flower Co. .\lr. Burki, a foinier ]ii-esi 

 dent of the S. A. F., is an uncle of Mr. 

 Dilleiniith and gave him a good insight 

 into the florists" business. Later, Mr. 

 nillemiith was connected with Fatter 

 son Mros. iind \. M. Murdock, of Fitts: 

 burgh. He was always interested in 

 :uiythiiig jiertaining to the develo]imeiit 

 of the business ;ind he advanced rajiidly. 

 He had an oiiportunity to go to Toronto 

 as manager of one of the leading linns 

 there and he accepted the [losition. 



Seeing the possibilities foi' business in 

 the t^ueeii city, lu' ilecided to go into 

 liiisiness for himself in liMlT. 



He is one of tlie few retailers who 

 know plants and flowers. li;iviiig had 

 considerable experience in green houses 



H. G. EMllemuth. 



■ 11. J. I ..I iIh- •riin.iilo Ilcwiu of tin- F/l, iL. O.-ioIm 



and with outside slock. He is in de 

 mand at many shows to judge stock. A 

 few vears ago, when comjietition was 

 keen at local shows, he was always found 

 to be among the leaders when the prizes 

 were distributed. 



His first store was on Spadina avenue, 

 but fiiiiling that business was better 

 downtown, he moved to the ])resent ad 

 dress, where lie has built up a large 



trade. 



He is always aidive in association 

 work and is a past-president of the 

 Toronto (iardeners' and Florists" .\s 

 >ociatioii .ind the Toronto Retail Flo 

 rists" Club, lie is vice-president of the 

 F. T. D., of which organization he was 

 a director for several years. 



A greenhouse is operated 

 in connection with his store, 



for growing dt rati\e 



stock. lie has had many 

 large decorations, includ 

 ing the ininiense armories 

 for the governf>r-gc»eral "s 

 ball when the Duke of Con 

 n.iught was governor. 



^ir. Dilleiniith is a Mason 

 and a Presbyterian. He is 

 I lie Rotariaii florist in 

 Toronto and never loses ii 

 ili;iiice to boost the slogan, 

 ■ ' Say It with Flowers. 

 liming the past st^asoii he 

 addressed the Rot.ary Club, 

 ihe Klectric Cluh ami the 

 I'.iisiness Club on ttoricu It lire 

 and the F. T. D. 



John H. Dimlop. 



I'.'iiiioiis as rose grower :iv 

 well as ret.'iiler, .Fohii H. 

 I Minlop is known ;ill o\er t he 

 eoiitiiient. He was born in 

 \ew ^■(lrk, .I.'iiiiiarx 7, l^">.">. 

 He went to Toronto at the 



:i;,'e of 7. Hlfurnillg to New 

 N ovk, lie went ag.-iin to 

 Toi-oiito in 1^7."i. when he 

 c>|n'lied a telegraph othee ill 

 llie C^ueen 's hotel. In T^Hii 

 he erected a sm.'ill grei'n 

 house on .Markliam street, 

 north of ( '(dlege street. The 

 iie.vt year the dxll' green 

 lioiise was doubled. In 1 HS:i 



he I'l-ected ail Hx.'ill liollse 



and the following \eai this 

 was reidaced by a house 

 iL'x.'iH feel. Tills ^\a• a 

 t hree (pi;ii'ter span house. 



With Henry Winnett he 

 eri'cfed a larg-e greenhouse 

 on Laiisdowne a\eiiiie in 

 IHS.'i. This w,is enlarge<l 

 until thev had 400,1)00 



