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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 19, 1914. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions are gradually be- 

 coming more favorable, although there 

 is still a good deal of snow and the 

 temperature continues low." We are be- 

 ginning to get a little sunshine each 

 day, which was badly needed, for this 

 has been the record year for continuous 

 <;old so late in the season and we have 

 had less sunshine since Christmas than 

 any time in years. The supply of flow- 

 ers is gradually increasing, but so far 

 has only been about equal to the de- 

 mand. Lilies, which have been ex- 

 tremely scarce, will begin now to come 

 again and there will be plenty of good 

 lilies for Easter. Violets seem to have 

 lost their hold entirely, as the demand 

 is away below that of other years. 



There is nothing out of the ordinary 

 going on, as the Lenten season has put 

 an end to social functions, but there 

 have been a great number of funerals, 

 which have kept flowers of all kinds in 

 good demand, and the retailers have 

 not noticed any great falling oflF in 

 business. 



A Model Donnitory. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. has 

 built, in connection with the hotel at 

 its Bakerstown place, a dormitory 

 which is unique in its way. The build- 

 ing is a two-story frame structure, with 

 the sleeping rooms on the second floor. 

 Each man has a room for himself. The 

 first floor contains a reading room, a 

 pool room and the lavatories. Here 

 there are a double row of twenty wash 

 basins, four shower baths, four tubs and 

 eight toilets, making it possible for the 

 men to come in, get a shower bath and 

 be dressed for their evening meal in a 

 few minutes. 



On the evening of March 12 these 

 rooms were opened to the men by hav- 

 ing a dinner to which all of the men 

 and boys on the place were invited, and 

 they, with all the members of the com- 

 pany except Mr. Burki, who is in Cali- 

 fornia, and with a few invited guests, 

 spent a most delightful evening. Ad- 

 dresses were made by the different 

 members of the firm and by employees. 

 Music was furnished by some of the 

 men on the place. 



One of the objects of the company 

 in putting up a building of this kind 

 was to make the living conditions of 

 the men as pleasant as possible and 

 thus help the men to feel a greater in- 

 terest in their home and work. The 

 company hopes thus to get and keep 

 the best possible class of men in the 

 business. Clarke. 



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CARNATIONS 



Put all your younj? Carnations and other small 

 plants in Dirt Bands or Ptiver Pots to be planted 

 later in the ooen sround. They will make doubly 

 strong plants. See our large advts. on pages 

 lISbndllT. < 



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Where there is a house that is jQSt full of 

 buds almost ready to show loloc nothing 

 will turn better color into the Oovrers than a 

 little soot, that can be scattered over the 

 benches before watering. The amount ap- 

 plied should not be excessive, as the soot is 

 very strong and may damage some of the 

 foliage somewhat. Apply Just enough to 

 blacken the surface of the soil in the benches 

 and let it go at that. Better a little oftener 

 than too much all at once. 



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