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The Florists^ Review 



January 9, 1913. 



September — that this country has seen. 

 This large business activity increased 

 steam coal consumption about forty 

 per cent over the preceding year. The 

 combination of these circumstances 

 brought a rise in coal prices consider- 

 ably above what might be considered 

 normal level. 



"Policies with respect to coal con- 

 sumption pursued for about five years 

 have come to fruition and individual 

 manufacturing companies have profited 

 extensively. Within the year, by care- 

 ful arrangement of furnaces and care- 

 ful firing, it has been proved that fifty 

 per cent less coal can do more work ' 

 than can the full amount where anti- 

 quated methods are used. The quite 

 general adoption of the new combus- 

 tion method made 1912 the most impor- 

 tant year in the nation's history with 

 respect to fuel economy. This means 

 the beginning of the end of the smoke 

 nuisance and the beginning of a new 

 era of genuine fuel economy. 



"While what has been said indicates 

 that the period of extremely low prices 

 of coal is beginning to disappear, 

 enough has been said to indicate that 

 the economy which has been and is 

 being effected by modern methods more 

 than makes the coal worth the price 

 which is likely to be asked for it." 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The Xew Year 's trade has been quite 

 satisfactory all along the line, cleaning 

 up about all the stock on hand. In 

 fact, the greenhouse people must do a 

 good deal of hustling in order to get 

 ready for the Easter trade. The bad 

 storm made business dull last Saturday. 

 On the whole, business was fair last 

 week. 



Everything seems to be coming in 

 good shape except Easter lilies, but 

 there is a marked scarcity of these. 

 All roses are good and carnations are 

 arriving in better quality and larger 

 quantity than for some weeks. Violets 

 are good, being fragrant and large. 

 They are selling at $2 per hundred. 

 Paper Whites are abundant and good. 

 Orchi<ls. both cattleyas and cypripe- 

 iliuins, were shipped in in good shape. 



Various Notes. 



At the meeting of the Rochester Flo- 

 rists ' Association, January 6, the an- 

 nual election of officers was held. 



One day last week the expressman 

 left a large box of violets at the door 

 of George Boucher's store without 

 waiting to have the delivery signed for. 

 This would have been all right if some- 

 one else had not walked oflf with them. 



J. B. Keller Sons had cleaned out 

 their large house of fine poinsettias by 

 the day after Christmas. Their green- 

 houses are almost entirely cleared of 

 flowering plants. This speaks well for 

 their holiday trade. Their window this 

 week is filled with pretty birch bark 

 boxes of dracffnas and primroses. 



Mr. Rapalji has returned from his 

 southern trip. 



James Vick's Sons' employees gave 

 a surprise Christmas dinner for W. H. 

 Dildine at the office of the concern. J. 

 B. Agnew, of California, and some local 

 friends were guests. 



Henry Merritt, of Irondequoit, is 

 growing some choice Pink Delight and 

 White Wonder carnations. He finds 

 Pink Delight more profitable than En- 



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