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The Florists' Review 



Afbil 23, 1914. 



poses. The pleasurable part of the 

 trip will be meeting Mrs. Verlinde, 

 who has been staying there with rela- 

 tives. They will make the return trip 

 together. The members of the trade 

 liere wish him a pleasant trip and a 

 happy return. 



Mr. and Mrs. Anton Then, of Chi- 

 cago, during a recent stay here were 

 the guests of Harry Dresel, foreman 

 for the Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. 

 Their program while here included 

 visits to the various florists, sightsee- 

 ing, a boat ride on the Father of 

 Waters, and last, but not least, a 

 breakfast at the old French restau- 

 rant, Begues. Mr. and Mrs. Then ex- 

 pect to come back for next year's car- 

 uival. R. E. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Florists in this locality have nothing 

 liut the weather to complain of with 

 regard to Easter week. The nsual "if" 

 stood in the way of a general increase 

 in the business of all the retailers. 

 Witli only one clear day to boast of 

 iluring the entire week, the florists all 

 did a good business. During the rush 

 of Friday and Saturday, the weather, 

 although rainy at times, was not so cold 

 that it necessitated the extra labor of 

 wrapping tiie plants more than is cus- 

 tomary. The department stores and 5 

 and 10-cent stores sold a large quantity 

 of plants and cut flowers during the 

 week. There was a stronger call for 

 plants this year than before, and while 

 there was enough to supply the de- 

 mand under the conditions prevailing 

 this year, there would have been a big 

 shortage if the weather had been 

 bright and warm on the Saturday pre- 

 ceding Laster. Prices were maintained 

 at the usual Easter figures in all lines, 

 with the one exception of carnations. 

 While tie best flowers were wholesaled 

 at $6 per hundred locally, a large quan- 

 tity Avas sliipped into Syracuse from 

 other places and retailed at the depart- 

 ment stores for ()0 cents per dozen, and 

 perhajis they were wortli it. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Bard, of Bard & Davis, reports 

 that th'i'ir business exceeded that of last 

 year in total. There was a big loss in 

 the transient casli trade, but the book 

 accounts were greatly increased. He 

 was greatly pleased with his stock of 

 lilies, which were nicely timed for Eas- 

 ter and were the best in this vicinity. 



The rierce-Christian Co. did a quite 

 satisfactorv business. As !Mr.^ Chris- 



tian sa-d, they hardly had enough left 

 to make their places look like flower 

 shops. They are anticipating the ar- 

 rival of their new refrigerator, which 

 will be installed this week. 



The Baker Floral Co. placed in com- 

 mission a new one-ton Brockway truck 

 on the Monday preceding Easter, and 

 they report that it gave good service 

 during the entire week. The body was 

 especially built for their needs, being 

 much larger than that of the ordinary 

 truck, with the sides about twenty-four 

 inches in height. With specia,l racks, 

 made to fit over the top of the side 

 boards, they are able to carry a double 

 load. There is enough room beneath 

 the racks for azaleas, spiraeas, hydran- 

 geas, baby ramblers and other plants of 

 that height. They were entirely sold 

 out of all plants and cut flowers. The 

 material for the new house, 40x200, has 

 arrived, and building operations will be 

 commenced during the coming week. 



Miles S. Henckle increased his sales 

 over last year's to a considerable de- 

 gree. This he attributes to the natural 

 increase he has enjoyed, along with the 

 change in location. 



The W. E. Day Co. made a remark- 

 able showing of roses in the window for 

 Easter. The entire window was beau- 

 tifully arranged with large Tausend- 

 schon roses, about five feet in height, 

 for a center, with other kinds, such as 

 Hiawatha, Dorothy Perkins, Crimson 

 Rambler, baby ramblers, Orleans and 

 Jessie, in pretty groups around the win- 

 dow, and during the daytime, when the 

 weather would permit, the sidewalk in 

 front of this windoW*was banked with 

 American Beauties and Magna Charta 

 in pots. The effect was most attractive 

 and is responsible for the good busi- 

 ness this firm enjoyed. 



L. R. Bell, of Manlius, reports that 

 l)usiness has increased materially with 

 him and that he finds it necessary to 

 plan a large addition to his present 

 range. B. F. C. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



After the forty days of Lent, society 

 ei'-erged from its seclusion on Easter 

 -ATonday, and the succeeding afternoons 

 .niid niglits have been filled with a round 

 of dances, bridge parties, dinners and 

 weddings that have made a constant 

 t'emand for palms and decorative plants 

 and a big call for cut flowers. On all 

 fides the reports of the Piaster trade in- 

 dicate one of the largest ever, and the 

 returns from tlie first week following 

 exceed all jirevious years. 



Various Notes. 



Cornelius C. Sullivan, for sixteen 

 years head gardener for Timothy O 'Cpn- 

 nor, resigned last week. 



Max Villiers, who has been with 

 Johnston Bros, for several years, has 

 left to take np selling automobiles. 



Eugene Seymour, of Warren, cut 

 40,000 violets for the Easter trade. 



Elmer King, of Attleboro, was , a 

 business visitor in Boston last week.; 



Edward Baker, who has been with 

 Swan Peterson, of East Providence, is 

 now in the employ of Richard Higgins, 

 who has a dozen men on outside work. 



Eugene A. Appleton, of William 

 Appleton & Son, had the extensive dec- 

 orations at Narragansett hotel Fri- 

 day evening, April 17, for the annual 

 receptioi and ball of the Fourth De- 

 gree, Knights of Columbus. 



James Nelson, formerly wj 

 eral Spring Greenhouses, at; 

 is now with William Hof' 

 tucket. 



A large chimney of RicbarS 

 boiler room, on Academy avenue, was 

 blown down in the recent heavy wind 

 storm and caused considerable damage 

 in his carnation house. 



F. W. Willard, of the Taunton Green- 

 houses, has purchased the interest of his 

 partner, W. Williams, and will continue 

 alone. 



John Macrae, of Smith street, had 

 two large house decorations last week 

 and a church decoration another day. 

 The latter was of palms and several 

 hundred Easter lily blooms. 



Saunders & Co. cut 3,000 valley for 

 Easter. They have a fine lot of pips 

 and will devote an entire house to them 

 next season. 



Otto Hassert and Lawrence Hay, of 

 East Providence, have recently pur- 

 chased Ford automobiles. 



H. Howard Pepper, of the Melrose 

 Garden Co., was reelected president of 

 the Bank Clerks' Mutual Benefit Asso- 

 ciation at the annual meeting last week. 



W. H. M. 



he M|n- 



^tucket, 



PaW- 



iggins' 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



The weather last week was cold, but 

 now looks a little more like spring, 

 although there is little sunshine. There 

 is little Itulbous stock left. Daffodils 

 and tulips are selling at a ]ow figure. 

 Roses of all kinds are plentiful, neces- 

 sitating week-end sales. Easter lilies 

 are excellent and the supply is strong. 

 Carnations have stiffened up again 

 with the cool weatlier and are in splen- 



Delivery Equipment of the George Wittbold G)., Buckingham Place Retail Store, Chicago. 



