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The Florists' Review 



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Store of Charles Cooper, on West King Street. 



mill lirr Iddlsril .-it'tiT. Iir lilst lii'^:ili In 



kiKiw .iiiil Idvi- tlowri's, many of wliirli 

 hail iir\cr Imm'Ii sccii in Canada tict'ori'. 

 I'roiii llicrc ho wiiit to his oldci 

 lirotht'i's j,'rt'('iili(iiisi's and ho <jot thoro 

 his tii-st insiyht into roininoroial llowor 

 ijiowiny. Lator ho was at the yroi'ii 

 himsi's lit' that not oil roso i;ro\vor, .lohn 

 II. I)uiilii|i. whoiT ho mado a succoss 

 .•i~ .111 .\ iiiorii-aii lio.-iiily ^rowor. 



.\ttor a low yoars at t;ro\vinji flowors, 

 111' >taitoi| in the rotail florists' tmsinoss 

 .it L'*»l ('ii||ot;o stroot, wlioro ho has boon 

 liir till' ]iast I'liiirloi'ii \i';ir^. !^tartin>j 

 in .1 --iii.'ill way. lir imw \;:\< .-i woll os 

 I .'I lili'^hi'ii liii^iiii'ss. 



J. J. Higgins. 



.1. .1. Ili;;yiii-^ niM'i'.'it 1'^ twii ~toio>. mil' 

 :it L'T.'l ^'on;;l' ~.t rrol .'ind ilio othrr. 

 Known .'IS till' l';irkilalo sfiiro. .-it I )."iii 

 (^noi'ii stroot. wost. Tho storos aro uii 

 ijor tho iliroi't ni;i n.ijioinont ol' Jnlin .1 

 Hi;;;iins .'iml i n Jon- a l.'ii'f^o ;iiii| yi'owiii:: 

 li'.'iili'. W'lii'ii tlio I '.'lilt ,'ij^os tlirati'i' w,'i> 

 oponi'ii on N'oiil;o stvi'ct. ,'i so.'ir ayo. 

 till' ^'(l|l;:l' stri'i't stdTr w.'is iiiovod across 

 till' st ii'i't to ,'i lino, lar<^o luiiMint: ad 

 .i.iriiit til till' now tlii'atoi'. Unrini; tin 

 p.lst \'i'ar I ho tr.'idi' in tho now loi'.'it ion 

 has yi'dwii I'oiisj.jiT.'iMy ;ini| many now 

 custnmirs now ji.'it I'mii/o tho now sforr. 

 Mr. liiiitrins i> .'m ai-tiso workor in 

 tlio \aiioiis llnrists' oryani/.at ions ol 

 wliii'h 111- is ;i mi'iiilior. tho 'rovonio Kr 

 I.'iil l''liii'ist s ■ t lull. 111' wliirli 111' is \ioo 

 lirosidoiit, tho ('anadian j-'lorists' .-inii 

 (iardoners' Association, tin Toiontii 

 (ianli'nors' and Florists' Assoii.-it ion 

 and tho v. T. 1). His suinimT homo is 

 at l.onji Hrani'h. whoro ho ami liis 

 family enjoy tho oiml hroozos of Lako 



Out ario. 



W. J. Hoath. 



W. J. Hoath is ;iii Kni^lishin.'in t'rom 

 London, I'ingl.'ind, wlio is woll likod li\ 



a 



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n till' trad 



illy and rot .'i il inj;. 



Iiiisinoss in an otii 



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ri'ossinii the Atlantir. 

 always in doniand at 

 arranjii' oxhihits. It i 

 nono of his work i'\or 

 mont . 



Ill' 1','inio to ( 'a nada in 

 o|ioni'd a tlowor shop .'it '_' 

 sti'ool. iioar S|i,'iilina avoniio 



o knows liotli ;iro\v 

 lia\inn loarnod tho 

 ioiit manner heforo 

 \\i' is tliereforo 

 tlowor shows to 

 notiooahle that 

 lost on arr.'ini'o 



111 I I .-I III I 



■•_' Collonr 



lion- ho 



has l)uilt up a fiood triido. He is a luom 

 lier of several orf^anixations. 



When he opened his shop he took into 

 his employ .lames hawrie, who becanio 

 an iietive and eflicient lielpeir, eager to 

 learn tho trade. Under Mr. lloath iis a 

 teaeher, he became thoroufjlily proti 

 cient, and ■when he returned from over 

 seas in 1918, he was takcMi into ptirtner 

 ship. Mr. Ij.a-wrie ccdebrated the event 

 bv entering the state of niatrinion.v, hut 

 Mr. Hoath continues in the lone star 



state. 



Miller & Son. 



Immediatcdy north of St. Olair iivenuo 

 and easilv reached by a St. (ilair car is 

 the range of Miller it Son, on Lauder 

 avenue. The range is located in York 

 count.v, adjacent to the city. Fred Mil 

 ler has lieen reeve of ^'ork r.ounty for 

 years. He has been devoting ninch timo 

 to building operations and has erected 

 hundreds of houses. These have been 

 liuilt on the Miller jiroperty. which lias 

 become (piite valuable. In fa<'t, it is 

 forcing them to move to a new location. 

 Fred Miller lias been making many 

 visits to T'nited States establishments 

 to get ideas on the latest j)ractiee and 

 when the new range is erected it will 

 ln' up-to-date in every resjtect. 



Fii. Miller has been trav(ding througii 

 Kuro[)e, visiting England, Holland and 

 Switzerland and getting s'ii]i|)!ies for .i 

 sujiply do|tartnient which they intend 

 opening. 



Miller & Son are l.-n-ge growers ot 

 roses of all kinds, carnations, etc. They 

 are members of the F. T. T>. 



Carl Grobba. 



Carl (irobba, of Mimico. started Imsi 

 ness in 189') with a small house, lOxl).') 

 feet. In 19i!l he has thirty seven houses, 

 a large fiacking house and three comeni 

 storage buildings. The storage houses 

 hold iMlO.ddll liulbs, boxwood, bay trees, 

 etc. One storage hfiuse is (JoxKiO; ono. 

 (ir.x^Oll, and the other, liOxlTiO feet. 



.\ largo range of houses holds 8(l,iMio 

 palms of all sizes, about 80,000 Boston 

 f.riis ,'ini| .'iboiit 1110,0(10 small ferns. 



Store of J. J. Higgins, on Yonge Street. 



