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The Florists' Review 



Kbptdubbr 29. 1921 



Store of Charles Cooper, on West King Street. 



iiiotlier looked after, lie first began to 

 know and love flowers, many of whicli 

 had never been seen in Canada before. 

 From there he went to his older 

 brother's greenhouses and he got there 

 his first insight into eommercial flower 

 growing. Later he was at the green- 

 houses of that noted rose grower, John 

 n. Dunlop, where he made a success 

 as an American Beauty grower. 



After a few years at growing flowers, 

 he started in the retail florists' business 

 at 2H4 College street, where he has been 

 for the past fourteen years. Starting 

 in a small way, he now has a well es- 

 tablished business. 



J. J. Higgins. 



J. J. Higgins oi)erates two stores, one 

 at 27;{ Yonge street and the other, 

 known as the Parkdale store, at 1450 

 Queen street, west. The stores are un- 

 der the direct management of John J. 

 Higgins and enjoy a large and growing 

 trade. When the Pantages theater was 

 opened on Yonge street, a year ago. 

 the Yonge street store was moved across 

 the street to a fine, large building ad- 

 jacent to the new theater. During the 

 past year the trade in the new location 

 has grown consideral)ly and many new 

 customers now ])atronize the new store. 

 Mr. Higgins is an active worker in 

 the various florists' organizations of 

 which he is a member, the Toronto Re- 

 tail Florists' Club, of whicli he is vice- 

 president, the Canadian Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Association, the Toronto 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 and the F. T. D. His summer home is 

 at Long Branch, where he and his 

 family enjoy the cool breezes of Lake 



Ontario. 



W. J. Heath. 



W. J. Hoath is an Englishman from 

 London, England, who is well liked by 



all in the trade. He knows both grow- 

 ing and retailing, having learned the 

 business in an efficient manner before 

 crossing the Atlantic. He is therefore 

 always in demand at flower shows to 

 arrange exhibits. It is noticeable that 

 none of his work ever lost on arrange- 

 ment. 



He came to Canada in 1911 and 

 opened a flower shop at 272 College 

 street, near Spadina avenue. Here he 



has built up a good trade. He is a mem- 

 bet of several organizations. 



When he opened his shop Be took into 

 his employ James Lawrie, who became 

 an active and efficient helper, eager to 

 learn the trade. Under Mr. Hoath as a 

 teacher, he became thoroughly profi- 

 cient, and when he returned from over- 

 seas in 1918, he was taken into partner- 

 ship. Mr. Lawrie celebrated the event 

 by entering the state of matrimony, but 

 Mr. Hoath continues in the lone star 

 state. 



MlUer & Son. 



Immediately north of St. Clair avenue 

 and easily reached by a St. Glair car is 

 the range of Miller & Son, on Lauder 

 avenue. The range is located in York 

 county, adjacent to the city. Fred Mil- 

 ler has been reeve of York county for 

 years. He has been devoting mnch time 

 to building operations and has erected 

 hundreds of houses. These have been 

 built on the Miller property, which has 

 become quite valuable. In fact, it is 

 forcing them to move to a new location. 

 Fred Miller has been making many 

 visits to United States establishments 

 to get ideas on the latest practice and 

 when the new range is erected it will 

 be up-to-date in every respect. 



Ed. Miller has been traveling through 

 Europe, visiting England, Holland and 

 Switzerland and getting supplies for a 

 supply department which they intend 

 opening. 



Miller & Son are large growers of 

 roses of all kinds, carnations, etc. They 

 are members of the F. T. D. 



Carl Orobba. 



Carl Grobba, of Mimico, started busi- 

 ness in 1895 with a small house, 10x35 

 feet. In 1921 he has thirty-seven houses, 

 a large packing house and three cement 

 storage buildings. The storage houses 

 hold 200,000 bulbs, boxwood, bay trees, 

 etc. One storage house is 65x160; one. 

 65x200, and the other, 20x150 feet. 



A large range of houses holds 80,000 

 palms of all sizes, about 80,000 Boston 

 ferns and about 100,000 small ferns. 



Store o{ J. J. Higgins, on Yonge Street. 



