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The Florists^ Review 



11 



One of the Floats that Keprescn'ed the Cleveland Florists in the Perry Centennial Parade. 



Better Glass and Economy. 



■■'I'lic cost of the (liHcrtMit (|Uiilitit's 

 III ,i;1hss at the time of inircliasc, ' ' 

 iiiiitiiiucs Ml-. Stone, "'was as follows: 

 \(.. I, 42 cents; .No. L', .;!• cents; .\o. ;?, 

 1.1 cents; the flnteil, L*() cents per liiiht. 

 ' niisiilerinji the resnlts ol)taine<l fioni 

 iIk ililf(M'(Mit types of jilass. NO. i' 

 woiilil seem a wisei- piircliase tlian .\(». 

 ■ 1. Lar^e ilealers say that they sell 

 nine ho.xes of French jxlass to one of 

 American in the east foi' j^reenhoiise 

 use. Accoi'dinji to tliis sclieilnle of 

 Jirices. thos(> who pnrchase Xo. - ;:lass 

 |iay six c<Mits more oi- fifteen jier cent 

 iiHire than those who huy No. .!. l)nt 

 ici-ei\e ei;;hteen per cent more li;:ht. 

 We believe that it wonhl pay to nse 

 Nil. 1 <|iijility in some special cases. 



"Since most plants receisc far Itelow 

 flic (i|itimnm lijiht in tiie wintei' montlis 

 III oui- latitnile, the choice of jilass 

 ^lii'iil'l ha\(' carel'nl consiijeration. In 

 the sprinj: ami summer this is less im- 

 ("iitant. ami in many cases it is even 

 "I a<l\antaj:e to shade the plants at 

 ''li'^ time. llowe\('r. the amount of 

 I'^lit is not "lepemient wholly on the 

 'jii'ility of ^lass, as the size of the house 

 •'"I'l methods of construction are im 

 l"|itant features." 



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CLEVELAND BOOSTS BUSINESS. 



•"^cliteniliei .;, .Mayor Itaker. of < lexc 

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'"111 of a comniittt f lloiists to ar- 



'•■iiue for floral entiies in the Perry 

 ' iitennial jiarade. Indd Septemlier 17. 



^ iii;i-s ni(-etin^ of lloiists was called 

 '' llie ((immittee, and. alter discussion, 



' "as a;:ieed that to enter iiiio this 

 " lustrial Jiarade coll"ctiv(dy and st;ij;(> 

 ' " lar^ie floats representin;: the lloral 

 " "i^trv would do more to adxance tlio 

 '' "ic than to have llorists enter indi- 

 ^ '••il floats. 



"^ fund was collected. Tlie list of 

 '' -I contril>ntin;i ami tin' amounts. 

 '' lepoited l)y (;eor<>e Hate, of the 

 '' iiiittee on collecting the funds, were 

 '' iillows: 



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rioat .\o. 1 was assiL;iie<l to ir(>rli. 

 I'.ate. .lohn Kindiner. <'harles Kir(dnier 

 and l''raid< .\. Priedlew 'Diey secureil ;i 

 small model ^•reenhouse from the .I(diD 

 ( '. Moninjicr ^'o.. t'liicai^o. who kindly 

 donated the use of the house. .\ five- 

 ton White truck was hired for the day. 

 <'edai lioniihs and wild smila.x, fasteneil 

 to wire nettiii'.;, coxciecl the entire 

 truck, and statin;: Imilt out fidin the 

 sides and rear of the tiindx made a 

 plittform iL'sL'l) feet, on uliiili the 

 house was erecteil and i:la/ed; lieiudies 

 wei'e liuilt and filled with ferns and 

 idoomini; plants. .\ t'ew palms were 

 used to sci'een the driver's seat, and a 

 t'ern placed on eacli front corner com- 

 pleted the decorations. Two si^ns in 

 front were marked. " I'loral Industry." 

 Uanners on eacli side were marked, 

 •'Two hundred acres of flowers ^rown 

 in < lev eland "s Lii'eeii houses, ' ' and one 

 lar;:e lianner across the rear of the 

 house lead, ' ' < 'le\elan<l ^greenhouses, 

 end to end, would rea<li fifty miles." 

 The exjienses iii\ol\ed in liuildiiii: 

 this float were as follows: 



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Truck .\o. J, whi(di followed immedi- 

 ately after the ;;reenhoiise float, was de- 

 si^neil and executed by Charles Russell, 

 Charles W'a^itier, William Kurzen and 

 K. ('. Mrown. While float .\o. 1 was 

 meant to show the lloral industry in the 

 first sta.Lie, or ;:rowin<i end, float Xo. 2 

 showed the finished jiroduct, or floral 

 art. .\ platform 10 x L'O covered the 

 entire trii(d<. On each cornor a column 

 ei^ht f(>et in heijilit was erected, sur- 

 mounted by larjit" balls of <:ladioli. 

 ()\ei- M(Hi .\mericaii Beauties were used 

 ill three lar^e \ ases, placed in the cen- 

 t( r of the platform, (larlands of jiur- 

 jile asteis, dra|ied o\er white < heese- 

 (dotii tti;iT covered the base of the ma- 

 .liine. added much to the settinj:. Tlireo 

 little uirls, dressed in their best and 

 I'lMJecked witii flowers, completed the 

 lioat, and they added to the attractive- 

 ness iiy showering;' flowers upon thc> 

 licails of the crowd as they piisseil. Tlio 

 entire lloral entiy was concedecl to be 

 bv far the best industrial display of 

 any busiiu'ss or profession, ami ther(> 

 wen- o\ei- LMii floats, represent Iiil; neaily 

 bill indnstries. in the |i;irade. 



The expenses of tlo;it \o. 'J weie: 



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The entire florists' trade in ( leve- 

 biiid will proiiably receive more direct 

 ;iilv ert isiiiL: trom this display than 

 fioni anv other plan ever tried here. 

 F. .\. I\ 



Washington, N. J.— .\lonzo ,1. Hryan 

 says ill' is bieakiiin all records for sliip- 

 ments ol' plants at this season of the 

 year, shipments for the week of .S(>p- 

 teniber 1.") to liO avera;;<'d sixty-nine 

 orders jier day, some of them iimisually 

 lar;;e. 



