The Year 1919 
To Our Friends in the Trade: 
T HERE are a great many things we would like to say, and experiences 
we would like to exchange with you, for every florist in the country has 
= had an anxious time during the war, now happily ended; anxiety, fear, 
uncertainty have walked with each one of us. 
The coal restriction was a hard blow, but the Florists were with the gov¬ 
ernment and alter chrysanthemums were harvested, shut down one-half 
their glass; in consequence many items now necessary for replacement 
are entirely oft the market or in very short supply, notably young roses 
and carnations. 
It is not necessary for us to apologize for our limited assortment this 
year, though we greatly regret it, as the trade will understand; we are now 
happily beginning to gel back towards normal, and we shall try to be in 
extra good shape to take care of our customers another season and to as¬ 
sist them to get their stocks into as full condition as they were “before the 
war”; it will take time for all of us to do this. 
We extend our best wishes to all our Florist friends, with sincere con¬ 
gratulations that the war is over. 
THE E. G. HILL COMPANY 
E. G. Hill S. A. Hill E. II. Mann 
