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The Florists' Review 



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BENWELL'S ANNIYEBSABY. 



Thomas J. Benwell completed fifty 

 years of service with A. H. Hews & 

 Co., the North Cambridge, Mass., pot 

 manufacturers, August 31. In recogni- 

 tion of his long and faithful service, 

 the directors presented him with $50 

 in gold. Mr. Benwell hails from Birming- 

 ham, England, where he was born in 

 1851. He had the unusual experience 

 of crossing the Atlantic three times in 

 sailing vessels with his father before 

 he was 2 years of age. In 1865 he 

 started work with the Hews Co., at 

 the plant in Weston, Mass. In those 

 days the output of pots averaged 5,000 

 weekly and it was his duty and that 

 of another boy to watch the pots, 

 which were all dried outdoors, and if 

 any rain happened along the pots had 

 to be picked up and carried under 

 cover. 



In 1869 A. H. Hews & Co. moved 

 to North Cambridge, where they are 



Thomas J. Benwell. 



now located. It is interesting to note 

 the difference in the output now and 

 fifty years ago. Last year 20,000,000 

 pots were sold. Machinery was first 

 used in the manufacture of pots in 

 1869 and George Wilson, of Maiden, 

 bought the first load of machine-made 

 pots. 



Mr. Benwell has been on the road 

 as a salesman for the firm for over 

 thirty years and there are few in the 

 trade in New England who do not 

 know his honest and ever cheery coun- 

 tenance. The loss of his right arm a 

 number of years ago, which would 

 have made many men despondent, has 

 made no difference to the geniality and 

 cheerfulness of our friend. W, N. C. 



PROVIDENCE, E. I. 



The Market. 



There was no change in market or 

 business conditions last week. Funeral 

 work was about the only outlet for the 

 supply of flowers that came in. There 

 has been an unusual shortage of white 

 roses, which has forced the price up to 



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Will Bring Btisiness You 

 Thought of Getting 



SUPPOSE, for instance, I am in 

 Albany, N. Y., and want some 

 flowers delivered to my best girl in 

 Cleveland, Ohio, on her birthday, a 

 week from yesterday. 



All I do is write a letter to the 

 National Florist, Cleveland, 0. — tell 

 him I want five dollars' worth of 

 roses sent on that date, enclose the 

 money and mail the letter. 



The National Florist at Cleveland 

 gets it, fills the order. 



But how do I know it will be filled? 

 How am I sure the flowers he sends 

 are worth $5.00? 



Write us and we will tell you all 

 about just such points, and a lot 

 more you hadn't thought about. 



National Floral Corporation 



220 Broadway, New York 



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