September 20. 1921 



The Rortsts' Rcvkw 



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Store of Dunlop's, Ltd., on Adelaide Street, One of the Finest in Canada. 



are the storage cupboards, refrigeration 

 plant and a large, airy workroom, 50x 

 100 feet. Both the store and the large 

 garage at the rear are owned by Mr. 

 Tidy. They have a large staff, who 

 have been with them from ten to fifteen 

 years. 



In 1913 the company was incorporated 

 with a capital of $50,000. The officers 

 are: President, C. J. Tidy, and secre- 

 tary-treasurer and managing director, 

 S. A. McFadden. Mr. McFadden has 

 been with Tidy & Son for twenty years. 

 They enjoy a select trade and are noted 

 for their wedding decorations, both 

 church and home. 



Mr. McFadden is president of the To- 

 ronto Retail Florists' Club, president of 

 the Canadian Retail Florists' Associa- 

 tion and is an active member of other 

 floral organizations. 



Mrs. Percy Waters. 



The store of Mrs. Percy Waters, at 

 445 Danforth avenue, is one of the finest 

 along that thoroughfare. It has a front- 

 age of eighteen feet and with the ex- 

 tension that was made this year is now 

 sixty feet long. It has a fine display 

 window, which attracts great attention. 

 Among other improvements, a large new 

 icebox was installed this year for keep- 

 ing surplus stock. 



The store was established by the late 

 Percy Waters in 1913. When he died, 

 in 1917, the business was continued by 

 Mrs. Waters. She is an active business 

 woman and has made a success of the 

 store. She is a member of many or- 

 ganizations, including the various Cana- 

 dian associations, the S. A. F. and the 



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 • '■■ "• Charles Cooper. 



Charles Cooper, who has a store at 

 731/2 King street, west, near Bay street, 

 is one of Toronto 's successful young 

 business men. Four years he was in the 

 employ of J. H. Dunlop, when the store 

 was at 96 Yonge street and Frank 

 Smith, now of Hamilton, was manager. 

 Mr. Smith now has a fine store on King 

 street, west, Hamilton. After leaving 



Dunlop 's, Mr. Cooper spent ten years 

 with H. G. Dillemuth. 



Seeing the florists' business develop- 

 ing in Toronto and realizing there were 

 great opportunities in this line of busi- 

 ness, he opened a store of his own on 

 King street, west. He carries the best 

 grade of stock and enjoys a good trade 

 among the younger people. 



He is a member of the Parkdale Canoe 

 Club and for years has been an enthu- 

 siastic supporter of this organization. 

 He is a member of several organizations 

 and a director of the Toronto Retail 

 Florists' Club. 



J. A. NeaL 



J. A. Neal served a good apprentice- 

 ship before going into business for him- 

 self. Twenty-five years ago, when the 

 Dunlop conservatories were on Lans- 

 downe avenue, he worked there. Later 

 he was found in the retail stores of his 

 father, at 11 Queen street, east, and 556 

 Queen street, west. A third store was 

 operated on Bloor street, west, for a 

 time. Mr. Neal started in business for 

 himself about seventeen or eighteen 

 years ago. He was located at 368 

 Yonge street for a time and has been at 

 the present address, 328 Yonge street, 

 for about fifteen years. 



Mr. Neal opened a fine, large new 

 store at 135 to 137 Danforth avenue this 

 fall. It is a large store, well equipped 

 with all the modern requisites of a 

 flower store, and overshadows some of 

 the older stores in other parts of the 

 city. 



He does a large telegraph business, 

 knows both retailing and growing, and 

 gives special attention to delivery. In 

 this way he maintains a long list of 

 regular customers. 



In the summer he spends much time at 

 his summer home at Lome Park, where 

 he gives his time to the growing of 

 pears, apples, corn, etc. 



Thomas Manton. 



One of the prominent individuals at 

 the Canadian conventions r a grower 



near Toronto, Thomas Manton. He wai. 

 born near London, England, September 

 1, 1851, and learned gardening with the 

 late James Wier at Hampstead and at 

 his father's place at Highgate. 



He came to Canada in 187(5 and was 

 gardener for George Brown, at Brant- 

 ford, for two years and for John Mac- 

 Donald for four years. In 1882 he 

 started a retail store with his brother on 

 Yonge street, but six years later ho gave 

 up the store and started growing for 

 himself at Eglintou on the site where 

 he now is. He is greatly interested in 

 association work and is popular with all 

 the Toronto florists. 



People's Florists. 



The People's Florists is a well known 

 institution in Toronto. It was estab- 

 lished over thirty years ago by Mrs. 

 Moore, and she has built up a large 

 trade. She is an active worker in the 

 various trade organizations and gives 

 the same attention to building u]) her 

 own business. The growth of trade 

 made it necessary to open a branch store 

 at 92 Queen street, east, sixteen years 

 ago. 



The west end store, at 3;ifi Queen 

 street, west, is under the management of 

 Harry James, the secretary of the To- 

 ronto Retail Florists ' Club. Mrs. Moore 

 and Mr. and Mrs. James are all active 

 workers in the club, where Harry James 

 is ever ready to recall his southern home 

 by telling some of his large fund of 

 (larky stories. 



Tlie east end store has been under the 

 management of Miss Alice Hurley for 

 fifteen years. A good connection has 

 been built up on the east side of the 

 city and a large annual turnover is en- 

 joyed by the branch store. 



S. A. Frost. 



S. A. Frost is a Canadian by birth, 

 born of English parentage at the top of 

 Bathurst street, where the Canadian 

 Pacific railway now runs. In the won- 

 derful old English garden that his 



