September 20. 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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T. V. Duggan. 



Mr. Grobba has three trucks on the road. 

 Each autumn he holds a show at the 

 greenhouses and this is visited not only 

 by Toronto florists but by all within a 

 large radius. The stock is fine and he 

 has been adding continuously to his 

 plant. Mr. Grobba is known as the 

 ' ' bulb king of Canada. ' ' 



Arcade Florists. 



A few years ago the store of the Ar- 

 cade Florists was started by George 

 Yavner in a small way at the entrance 

 to the Yonge street arcade. Today he 

 has a retail store in the Arcade and 

 1,400 square feet of space devoted to 

 rooms for making up designs and sup- 

 plies, as he has entered the supply field, 

 currying a large stock. 



Aberdeen Florist. 



The Aberdeen Florist is a member of 

 the F. T. D. He is one of the more re- 

 ceht florists, but has a good trade. The 

 store is operated by S. Dahlgorf. 



CANADA'S LARGEST RANQE. 



Forty-five Minutes from Toronto. 



One of the most famous greenhouse 

 ranges in Canada is that of the Dale 

 Estate, at Brampton, about three-quar- 

 ters of an hour's train journey from 

 Toronto. 



It is now just forty years since first 

 the name of Dale became associated with 

 the growing of flowers, in connection 

 with market gardening, but wlien two or 

 three greenhouses were erected twenty- 



five years ago, the history of the green- 

 house business as a commercial under- 

 taking in Canada practically began. 



From one small house, fifty feet in 

 length, attached to the homestead, the 

 cultivation of roses and carnations de- 

 veloped year after year to such an ex- 

 tent that today the visitor has miles of 

 walks to traverse, through the orchid 

 house, up and down the four different 

 rose sections 800 feet in length; across 

 the vast ranges in the carnation area, 

 while he is tempted to linger now and 

 again to admire the many varieties of 

 chrysanthemums that are to be seen to 

 advantage during October and Novem- 

 ber. 



No florist considers the visit complete 

 without having seen the up-to-date heat- 

 ing plant, which has been in course of 

 erection during the past two years and 

 is now completed; with all the con- 

 veniences that will tend to make this 

 part of the work in future a pleasure 

 rather than what it is usually looked 



upon. 



Flowers to All Canada. 



Since the death of Henry Dale, the 

 business for the past twenty-five years 

 has been under the management of T. W. 

 Duggan. The heirs have recently taken 

 possession, and the business is now going 

 as a joint stock company with exactly 

 the same organization as formerly. 



Flowers are shipped all over the Do- 

 minion, as far west as Calgary and Ee- 

 gina and as far east as Newfoundland. 

 Fifteen years ago the flower-loving pub- 

 lic had been educated to the advantages 

 pertaining to the love of flowers for 

 nearly all occasions. Roses were grown 

 in large quantities for the Buffalo and 

 New York markets, but in recent years 

 the demand for all kinds of flowers has 

 grown to such an extent in Canada that 

 it is difl&cult to supply the needs of 

 florists throughout the year. 



The remarkable development of the 

 orchid section has always been a matter 

 of comment on the part of florists frOm 

 the United States, and the reputation of 

 the orchid blooms grown on the 64,000 

 plants at the Dale Estate has become 

 such as to warrant daily shipments to 

 Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Cleveland and 

 other large centers across the line. 



Three large greenhouses, 650 feet in 

 length, have been added during the past 

 two seasons, bringing up the total area 

 to twenty-six acres, comprising about a 

 million and a quarter square feet of 

 glass. 



Supply End Developing. 



The florists' supply end of the busi- 

 ness has grown considerably during the 

 past ten years. It has been run in con- 

 junction with the cut flower business so 

 that it has been possible for the trade 

 to count on quick delivery. In fact, the 

 Dale Estate prides itself on its dispatch 

 work and the supply end of the business 



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W. G. Peacock. 



is so handled as to enable the florists in 

 a hurry for cycas leaves, ribbons or bas- 

 kets to have these sent along with the 

 flowers that they may be ordering over 

 the telephone, to be sent out by the first 

 express train leaving Brampton. 



W. G. Peacock, who has been looking 

 after the firm's books for the past sev- 

 enteen years, has also been watching 

 closely the development of the florists' 

 supply business and last May took a long 

 trip to the European markets in search 

 of novelties for Canadian florists, who 

 have been handicapped rather severely 

 recently in the matter of exchange on 

 the American dollar, running between 

 ten and twenty per cent against Cana- 

 dian money. 



Samples of English and French goods 

 will be seen at the forthcoming conven- 

 tion in Toronto and it will be iuteresting 

 to make comparisons between the arti- 

 cles of the different countries. 



J. J. H. 



MOTOR ROADS TO TORONTO. 



Favored Routes. 



Miiny florists in the vicinity of the 

 (ireat Lakes, it appears, plan to travel 

 by automobile to the convention of the 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery Associa- 

 tion at Toronto October 11 to 13. For 

 their benetit The Review gives here the 

 roads which will be found best for their 

 use. 



Buffalo to Toronto. 



Burlington road is closed and motor- 

 ists will find that from Winona to Ham- 



Blrd's-Eye View of 1^50,000 Square Feet of Glass at Dale Estate, Brampton, Ont. 



