. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /Sg^. The American Florist. >M. FORCING HOUSE "WITH SHORT SPAN TO THE SOUTH. mustered all the brass bands, most of the secret societies, and no inconsiderable number of mere citizens, was expected by many to liven up sales by the number of sight-seers and pleasure seekers attracted to the city, but, though a great success as a parade, it seems to have been a fail- ure as far as making business for the florists was concerned, as not one has been seen who thought his sales increased on that day. Messrs. Gall
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. /Sg^. The American Florist. >M. FORCING HOUSE "WITH SHORT SPAN TO THE SOUTH. mustered all the brass bands, most of the secret societies, and no inconsiderable number of mere citizens, was expected by many to liven up sales by the number of sight-seers and pleasure seekers attracted to the city, but, though a great success as a parade, it seems to have been a fail- ure as far as making business for the florists was concerned, as not one has been seen who thought his sales increased on that day. Messrs. Galloway & Cristie have opened at the same place as last winter, at 1910 W. Charles. Mr. Julius Tischinger will open, not at his old location on I\Iadison avenue, but in the store occupied by Campbell & Bankerd last winter, 341 N. Charles street, which he has rented and is fixing up very nicely. The club had an extra meeting Monday night to decide some matters connected with the coming exhibition. The attend- ance was surprisingly large and to say that the room was crowded would be putting it very mildly. The committee must be gratified at the interest mani- fested in their work. One thing discussed that deserves special mention was the plan for a com- petitive trial of skill in putting up cut flowers in designs. After a very interest- ing debate it was adopted and is as fol- lows : Each competitor will be furnished with a design, foil, moss, wire, picks and flowers, as nearly like each other com- petitors' as possible, precisely similar if it can be; he will then retire and make up the piece in private, and the pieces of all the competitors will then be staged to- gether, and the one receivingthe approval of the judges will be awarded a certificate of honor. As finally adopted it seems to meet the unanimous approval of the club and several members expressed a deter- mination to compete. The Charles street florists will all have electric hght soon. Mr. W. J. Halliday has a
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