. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. (,t\'. f '1" - July ?,\, 1913. The Florists^ Review. - Flower Show-pipe I am smoking, James J. Karins telephoned me from the show last April that he was bringing over about twenty western men to Riverton. After they had been over the place Her- bert G. Tull arranged a little dinner for them at Green's hotel in Philadelphia. They sent a district messenger boy down here just before they returned to New York with a letter to me that they had all signed. Next day came the Interior of the Arcade Floral Shop, Charlestoo, S. G more than formerly, but
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. (,t\'. f '1" - July ?,\, 1913. The Florists^ Review. - Flower Show-pipe I am smoking, James J. Karins telephoned me from the show last April that he was bringing over about twenty western men to Riverton. After they had been over the place Her- bert G. Tull arranged a little dinner for them at Green's hotel in Philadelphia. They sent a district messenger boy down here just before they returned to New York with a letter to me that they had all signed. Next day came the Interior of the Arcade Floral Shop, Charlestoo, S. G more than formerly, but it is quite a serious matter to keep the oflBce up to time, with all the other things besides. The young man who had charge of the orders had 5,000 of them in the safe and 2,000 more floating around here at one time. He was obliged to work every night and Sundays through the spring. I tried to cheer him every "now and then by saying that we were one day closer to the Fourth of July, and when, on the last Sunday in May, there was no work he assured me he felt quite lost with nothing to do. This will show you how it was this spring. All our cleaning up is nicely done and the three places, Kiverton, Riverview and Locust Farm, are all in excellent condition. "Palm sales have been larger this month than in July of last year, while the stock of ferns has never been in livelier demand. I am pleased with Adiantum Glory of Mordrecht. We grew 5,000 plants in 2i/^-inch pots for Christmas baskets and our customers were so pleased with them that they ordered more like them for Easter. You see, it is a durable Farleyense. "The demand for hybrid tea roses is still increasing, not so much for the standard varieties as for the novelties. I often found it difficult to remember the less marked varieties of hybrid per- petuals without consulting the labels, but with hybrid teas there is such wide range of color and form that every ama- teur distinguishes them at a glance. The yello
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