. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. March 31, 1921. The Florists^ Review 23 to see how other people did the same thing. When I broached the subject to my brother, he considered it a waste of time and money to spend a day going to visit a grower in another town. But I pondered on it so long that at length I made up my mind to go, and my brother finally consented. "Sure enough,'! observed a number of things at the establishment I visited which opened my eyes to improvements we could make here and there. My brother agreed that they were worth the time and money they cost. It was no
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. March 31, 1921. The Florists^ Review 23 to see how other people did the same thing. When I broached the subject to my brother, he considered it a waste of time and money to spend a day going to visit a grower in another town. But I pondered on it so long that at length I made up my mind to go, and my brother finally consented. "Sure enough,'! observed a number of things at the establishment I visited which opened my eyes to improvements we could make here and there. My brother agreed that they were worth the time and money they cost. It was not long before I took another trip, and since then my travels among growers have been many and extensive. I never found that I got anywhere by staying at home. The only time I got anywhere was when I went somewhere, and then put the ideas I gained into my own ; And readers will agree that J. W. Davis, whose big range at Terre Haute, Ind., and the one at Davenport, la.—not to speak of the smaller Illinois vegetable growing ranges in which he is interested —represent the latest methods in green- house culture, has by the method he described '' got somewhere.'' PITTSBURGH, PA. The Market. There was an exceptionally large volume of business last week. Every florist prepared for a large Easter busi- ness, bat found that his preparations did not equal the demand. Eeports from various retailers show that they were sold out early Saturday and could have sold considerably more had they been able to get the stock. The ice- boxes in the wholesale houses were prac- tically clean Saturday evening. The demand for sweet peas, violets and lilies far exceeded the supply and it was necessary to cut many orders in half, in order to give each of the florists a few of his requirements. Koses last week were in fine shape— an excellent stock of various grades. Quantities of Ophelia, Premier, Cru- sader, Columbia, Butterfly, Pilgrim and White Killarney were all in good sup- ply. Ame
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