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The Florists' Review 



April 8, 191B. 



WpBOESTES, MASS. 



The Market. 



A blizzard started April 3 and con- 

 tinued for twenty-four hours, hurting 

 the retail trade and playing havoc with 

 deliveries. About a foot of snow fell 

 and, as nobody was prepared for it, 

 blocked traffic to a great extent. Only 

 a few of the largest and well estab- 

 lished florists sold all their stock. There 

 were three stores that were opened just 

 for the Easter trade and these sold 

 their supply almost at wholesale prices. 

 It looked as if these temporary places 

 would hurt the regular florist, but the 

 blizzard on Saturday killed their trade. 

 Some large grocery stores sold lilies at 

 a low price. Violets ;old well, but by 

 Saturday it was impossible to buy 

 I them in Worcester. Sweet peas also 

 were popular and most of the florists 

 sold all they could get. Next to lilies, 

 azaleas and roses were most popular in 

 potted plants. Bulbous stock sold well, 

 as did acacias, ericas and genistas. 



Various Notes. 



The florists' telegraph delivery was 

 quite popular this Easter and the public 

 seemed to realize its value more than 

 ever. 



H. F. A. Lange did a large business 

 and cleaned out his enormous supply 

 in fine shape. He said that when he 

 saw it start to snow on Saturday he 

 looked for a slow day, but it seemed 

 1 that the more it snowed the faster the 

 customers came. Mr. Lange had a fine 

 display of genistas, acacias and 

 azaleas in all sizes. His lilies were 

 good, and although he charged a higher 

 price than the groceries and such 

 places, he sold nearly all his stock. For 

 novelties he had chorizemas, bowieas, 

 little window baskets filled with hya- 

 cinths, genistas, acacias and ericas. 

 Two auto cars, three teams and seven 

 boys constituted his delivery force. 



Harry Randall was another florist who 

 sold lilies at a fair price and cleaned 

 up his stock. Business here was large 

 and seemed to grow with the storm. 

 Mr. Randall had a ^ood line of lilies, 

 azaleas, acacias, ericas and bulbous 

 stock. He did a great deal of advertis- 

 ing and the returns were good. A large 

 force of extra help was employed to 

 take care of the increase in business. 

 The delivery force consisted of two 

 autos, two teams and five boys. 



F. B. Madaus did a good business, 

 having all he could handle. On account 

 of his wife's illness, he left the busi- 

 ness in the hands of his clerks on Satur- 

 day. The clerks showed their merits 

 and did well. H. L. 



Kankakee, HL — Gus Baasch is add- 

 ing a house 35x200 feet to his range. 



Whether jrrowlntr for profit or for 

 pleasure, the best resnlts are had 

 from greenhouses made by 



S. JACOBS & SONS, (Est. 1171) 



We plan and erect (greenhouses com- 

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 Is given careful consideration from the 

 foundation up. Our ventilation and 

 heating systems are .perfect. We go 

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 plans and prices. 

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