. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ^^^^ ;t^S. CSif^r.\;s:?fiXc& :.• i CARNATIONS AT J. R. HELLENTHALS, COLUMBUS, O. Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd. AN ENTERPRISING HOUSE. The great benefits derived by retail-ers and growers owing to the businesslike handling of their goods by thewholesale commission houses are exem-plified in the rise of such importantand necessary establishments as thatknown by the above title. Eight years ago there was no suchhouse in Pittsburg, but in 1898 FredBurki, one of the most extensive grow-ers in this section, William A. Clarke,one of the oldest
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ^^^^ ;t^S. CSif^r.\;s:?fiXc& :.• i CARNATIONS AT J. R. HELLENTHALS, COLUMBUS, O. Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd. AN ENTERPRISING HOUSE. The great benefits derived by retail-ers and growers owing to the businesslike handling of their goods by thewholesale commission houses are exem-plified in the rise of such importantand necessary establishments as thatknown by the above title. Eight years ago there was no suchhouse in Pittsburg, but in 1898 FredBurki, one of the most extensive grow-ers in this section, William A. Clarke,one of the oldest Pittsburg men em-ployed in the retail cut flower business,and Theodore Langhans, a youngerman, but with some years experience ofactive business life behind him, gottheir heads together. The result wasthey concluded the time was ripe forsuch an organization, and the PittsburgCut Flower Co. was started upon itsuseful and prosperous career. Plenty of pessimists there were todiscourage the new venture, but thosewho had it in hand were men who knewhow to read t
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