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The Weekly Horists^ Review* 



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Mahch 23, 1911. 



class comes the railroad bridge recently 

 ordered of the Kansas City florist and 

 shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. AVhile most retailers will agree 

 the price of the design, said to have 

 been $2o(l. is the best thing about it, 

 they also will concur in the opinion 



ence to the florists' business, combined 

 with artistic taste. 



The store faces east on Broadway, 

 about one-half square south from the 

 company's old location, and has a front- 

 age of forty feet and a depth of ninety 

 feet. Tiic walls of the salesroom are cov- 



New Offices of the Park Floral Co. 



that the florist met an unusual require- 

 ment in a (•ai>Hble way. 



MR. VALENTINE'S NEW STORE. 



Tho now store of the Park Floral C;o.. 

 at 1643 Brodway, Denver, is finished, and 

 it is so tlioroiifihly up-to-date an<l con- 

 venient tli-U a description will not be out 

 of place. 



At tlio time the lease was made the 

 building liad not been erected and Mr. 

 Valentine, president of the concern, fur- 

 nished the plans for his portion of the 

 building, so that it is built in accordance 

 with his ideas of convenience with refer- 



cred with gray friar's cloth, divided into 

 panels. The woodwork is Oregon fir, fin- 

 ished to show the natural grain. A man- 

 tel in dull finislied tile is at one end of 

 the room, and in the other a long mirror. 



Copper lanterns from the ceiling and 

 wall supply light for the store, and in the 

 show windows are Tungsten lamps with 

 liolophane sliades. A solid rubber carpet 

 of dark green witli a white border, and 

 liarmonizing beautifully with the otlicr 

 furnishings, was made to order at a cost 

 of nearly $1,000. In place of counters, 

 hardwood tables are used, finished to 

 match the woodwork. 



A wide stairway from tlie center of the 

 salesroom leads up to a large conservatory 



with cement floor. The ceiling in the 

 workroom below the conservatory has a 

 height of only ten feet, making an easy 

 climb to the floor above. Under the 

 stairway is a small room for the cashier 

 and operator of the private branch tele- 

 phone exchange. 



At the south end of the salesroom and 

 adjoining it is the wrapping room. Di- 

 rectly back of that is the stock room for 

 supplies, and still farther back is the 

 wagon room with cement floor, which con- 

 nects with the alley and also with the 

 freight elevator, which runs to the conser- 

 vatory and to the basement. 



An artificial ice plant with two large 

 cooling rooms is in the basement. Spa- 

 cious lockers for the employees are also 

 located here. At the front end of the 

 basement, which ia well lighted from the 

 street, are the kitchen and dining room, 

 both being completely equipped with all 

 conveniences. An electric exhaust fan 

 carries away all odors and insures plenty 

 of fresh air. In the dining room are set- 

 tees that can be readily converted into 

 couches with mattresses. These will be 

 used at rush times, like Christmas and 

 Easter, when the clerks have been work- 

 ing most of the night and there is an op- 

 portunity to rest a few hours. The din- 

 ing room is used only at rush times, and 

 at such times good meals are served to 

 employees without charge. 



The offices are on the second floor, and 

 the numerous windows make them light 

 and cheerful. The office equipment is up- 

 to-date and modern, and includes vertical 

 files, billing and adding machines, rotary 

 neostvle, dictaphone and addfeesogriiph. 

 M. R. J. 



ONE WAY. 



And Several Better Ways. 



It happened on a Saturday afternoon. 

 A mechanic, his week's work done, was 

 walking home. The street was one on 

 which there are scores of small stores, 

 pawnshops, saloons, tobacco shops and 

 cheap hotels. Mr, Comeinski, proprietor 

 of the Cutprice Suit Co., stopped Mr. 

 Mechanic for a friendly chat, induced 

 him to step into the store, and sold him 

 a suit — coat, vest and pants, with a 

 pair of suspenders thrown in. 



New Store of tlie Park Floral G)., Denver, Colo. 



