Jim: L'.".. I'.kis 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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The Columbia Avenue Store of Charles Henry Fox, Philadelphia. 



opened the Siyii of the h'ose. His idea 

 ill the fiist named sliojt was purely a 

 comiiioi'cial one. I'lants weic Itoiijjht in 

 (piaiitity an<l soM at a yood profit, but 

 for what seemed to tiie ]»nr(dia!ser to l)0 

 a low prico lor casli. Tlie ettstomers 

 wen; largely made up of the woikinji 

 classes, who e;ime in the eveninji, read 

 the price on tin; tays and paid for and 

 carrieil off tlieir |)nii'liases, savinjr imndi 

 expense in hookkeepiny and (hdivtMy. At 

 tliat time it was tlie fashion to have 

 liaryain sales. I'lants weir olVeied at 

 (HJd fiyiireil joiees, somewhat as it was 

 done ill the depaitmeiit store-;. Today, 

 however. ]ieo|de have liecome tired of 

 liai<;ain sales and od<l liyiired otfers. 

 The sjieeial sale is now popular, a plant 

 usually otViieij at *! Iieiiiji sold at 7'> 

 rents, ;ind occasiona IK ."ill cents, piiee> 

 made possible iiy a nta ihi' 's purehase 

 in quantity. 



In the ■^aiiii' way I'mieial designs ;iie 

 made up at |io|iu!ai prices. Those who 

 desiit> a sm;ill oi- inexpensive desifrn ;iy,> 

 satisfied liy tlic wreaths, crosses, etc., 

 show II them at l'o\ 's. The conditions 

 in the flower market lia\<- made it possi 

 Me to Iniy short stemmeii (lowers at low 

 jirices, and these flowers are (piite as 

 siitisfactory in many fiineial designs as 

 higher grade stock and i-an he olfered 

 prolitably at far lower jiiices. 



ThriMigh the courtesy ot' .Mr. I'\i.\. the 

 Ki:viK\v will j>ul)lisli a series of photo 

 grajdis of funeral desig-iis. The photo 

 graphs, copyrighted hy .Mr. l''o\, were 

 taken from his original work, ami will 

 later he used in an allium. We hope 



that they will interest (Uir leaders and 

 perhajis lie an inspiration for some of 

 them to further advance in artistic work. 



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FREIGHT RATES. 



On Greenhouse Material. 



The .lolin < '. Moiiinger ( o. h.-is tiled a 

 petition with the Western < lnssification 

 ('oiniiiittee. seeking a idiange in classi- 

 (icatioii which will (dVect a reduction in 

 the freight on greeiihoii-^e maleii;i>. In 

 part they say : 



"To |)oints ill western trunk line ter 

 litory, and to jioints west ot' thi-; teiri 

 tory, we ha\e found li\ expel ieiici' where 

 we ha\e lieiMi ohiigecl. in making up ear 

 loads, to apjiiy the I.. ' . I-. rates ot sec- 

 ond (lass on the coiiiniou uiigla/cd sash, 

 the L. ( ■. L. rates of third cla>^'< mm tlie 

 common jiine moldings and the 1-. ' . I., 

 fourth cia^s rates on lialaiice ot' tlic list, 

 that it makes sliipjiing |irohiliitorv, ie 

 suiting lrei|uently in loss nf sale^ liy us 

 and loss of rexeime liy the t rans|ioi i:it ion 

 lines. To all those points we cann"t sue 

 cessfiilly ship and compete with local 

 dealers and the result follows that the 

 mail who is going to put up greenhouses 

 liuilds tlietn with locally iiii|iro\ ised ma 

 terials on wlii(di inter(>sted lines ilid not 

 get a revenue or hainlle as freight. I'ar 

 western jioints cannot lie reached, as they 

 use c(»(lar. fir and other local wooils for 

 the houses. Inning the material made hy 

 local iilaning mills, whereas with a fifth 

 idass rat'' we could get the husiiiess. ()ur 

 (dass of goocis are the gooils that the 



tiieenhonse man wants for his houses and 

 if it were not for the excessive freight 

 I'lmrges he would l-iiy tlieni rath.M- than 

 pot up soni. 'thing inferi.ir in construe 

 "on ami in .piality of in;iterials used. 

 A fifth class rating on yr ihouse ma- 

 terials would result in increased tonnage 

 for the railroad lines .and would tend 7u 

 ••ducate the pe(,pl,. in the ti'rritorv men 

 lioiieil towar.l liuying goods in this mar 



'^'''- ■' ""I'I'I I'sseii their ,\vp Icuc,. uii 



l'""'l industries that aie nm c,|nipped to 

 turnish the goods that a nian wants, hut 

 "'"'•'i '"• '•^ force! t.i Imiv on a.-<-nMiil of 



llle excessive tarilV uli this c|;,s^ uf >^n,„l-. 

 ' '"' •■'Ppll'-'-ltion ,,| ;| /iflli ,.|,.,ss" ,.;^,. 



would enlarge ,,ui' Imsiness. alori" with 



the liusiu<'S>^ ,,f .rvel.al .ith.T (inils j,, 



tills niaikel wlh, .•ne in;.king ;iiid -.•llin.' 

 the -Mine (da-s ,,f inateii.-il. 



'■ We ;;i\c jicr,. U\ u ^pccjlic c.'i^cs wlicro 



-liipnieiit-. wcie ni;ole and t|i..M. „ii| ^i,,,^^ 



■'" ■■' gl.'lllcc the diir. Idle,, hetweeti v||||, 

 1"";^ ^'^ nielltiolled ill the (iist p;irl nf 



this letter and Miippine imdei- the wtlici,,! 

 idas^iticatioii. 



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ot yii (•nhoii'^e materials 



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