SEPTBMBE& 29, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



69 



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j^g floriata whose cards appear on the pages carrying this head, are prepared to fill o rders 

 "**^'^ from other florists for local delivery on the usual basis. "" ' 



FOREIGN SECTION 



ENGLAND 



You can 



"Sby It with 



Fluwers" to 



anyone in 



the British 



Isles through 



Bees' 



Flower 



Service 



Hambera 

 P. T. D. 



BOLD STREET, 



Steamers 



arriving at or 



leaving any 



port can be 



served at a 



few hours' 



notice 



Members 

 F. T. D. 



LIVERPOOL 



CABLE ME YOUR ORDERS FOR 



FRANCE 



MARY :: FLORIST 



37 Rue Lapeyrouse 

 PARIS, near the Etoile. FRANCE 



Liverpool, England 



DINGLEYS. Ltd.. Florists 



SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND 

 WILLIAM ARTINDALE & SON 



FLORISTS SEEDSMEN NURSERYMEN 



MANCHESTER, ENGLAND 



DINGLEYS. Ltd.. Florists 



quantity on hand means a good clean-up, 

 according to the founder, now passing 

 his eightieth milestone. Mr. Shumway 

 was recently badly hurt by an automo- 

 bile, the first accident in his long career. 

 His wonderful vitality aided in his re- 

 covery. 



* • • • 



A. F. Barbe, Kansas City, Mo., while 

 growing a large variety of blooming 

 plants and cut flowers for cemetery use, 

 finds increasing sales for strawflowers in 

 baskets and wreaths, the strawflowers 

 taking the place of immortelles to a 

 large extent. Located near one of the 

 largest cemeteries, with downtown store 

 ideas, the secret of success is evident. 



• • • • 



The Chandler Floral Co., Kansas City, 

 Mo., has its up-to-date place in tiptop 

 shape for fall business, which is an- 

 ticipated to be the best ever. W. M. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The conditions in the local wholesale 

 market during the last week were not 

 all to the liking of the wholesalers. The 

 hot weather caused these conditions. 

 The stock was there, but the demand 

 from the retailers slumped badly. 



Funeral work was all that caused any 

 flurries in the market the latter part of 

 the week, but the hot spell killed what- 

 ever seasonable improvements brought 



Being ''Shavings" 

 and Making Shavings 



Have just had a wonderful auto ride down on Cape Cod, 

 Mass. — the store house of characters in Joseph Lincoln's 

 delightful books. 



You who have enjoyed the play, "Shavings," know one of 

 his most interesting of them all. 



On the ride I met Shavings himself — a real honest-to- 



goodness man by the name of Edwards. 



Met him in his little windmill shop at Chatham by the sea. 



At first he was mighty close mouthed. 



Answered my observations with a nod or plain "yep." 



But when he finally did loosen up, what a wealth of life's 



philosophy and keen humor he did have. 



All winter long he makes charming Cape Cod Windmills 



which he sells to the summer tourists. 



If you don't look at them carefully they seem quite like 



others. When you do, you discover that they are made 



with exactness and have a full fledged thrust ball bearing. 



Shavings' Mills are ALWAYS TURNING. 



Others are ALWAYS STICKING, 



Some florists sell bunches of flowers. 



Others add the touch of artistry and extra care that makes 



them a bouquet. 



Some make lots of shavings in anything they make. 



But making shavings isn't being "Shavings." 



It isn't WHAT you do, but HOW you do it, that counts. 



It's a thought worth thinking when you send your F. T. D. 



orders. 



New York's Favorite Flower Shop 



Phone Plaza 8190 Fifth Avetiue at S8th Street 



a short time ago. The retailers say 

 cooler weather with frost is the only 

 thing that will revive business. 



Next week the Veiled Prophet's ball 

 and Centennial week to follow should 

 create a considerable amount of work 

 for the retailers who are ready for the 

 opening of the season, with the coming 

 of these fall festivities. 



In looking over the various markets, 

 there was found an abundance of cut 

 stock, especially so in roses of all va- 

 rieties. The great bulk of the roses 

 were Columbia, Premier and Ophelia. 

 The choice stock sold fairly to the lead- 

 ing stores, while many roses were 

 jobbed off for special, advertised sales 

 at low prices. There is also an 



