. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Florists^ Review Mat 19, 1921 organizations arc making appropriate plans for this occasion. Various Notes. J. E. Shields, formerly of Boston, Mass., has joined the forces of the A. W. Smith Co. Mr. Shields will be con- nected with the landscape department. T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., is visiting the company's peony farm this week. The company is expecting to have a large supply of peonies for Memorial day. George W. Hoffman, formerly with the Eandolph & McClements Co., is now representing the Pittsburgh Cut Flower
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Florists^ Review Mat 19, 1921 organizations arc making appropriate plans for this occasion. Various Notes. J. E. Shields, formerly of Boston, Mass., has joined the forces of the A. W. Smith Co. Mr. Shields will be con- nected with the landscape department. T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., is visiting the company's peony farm this week. The company is expecting to have a large supply of peonies for Memorial day. George W. Hoffman, formerly with the Eandolph & McClements Co., is now representing the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. in eastern Ohio. Mr. Hoffman is well known to the retail florists, espe- cially in Ohio. E. J. McCallum, president of the McCallum Co., spent last week with the members of the Chamber of Commerce on their tour. H. J. H. PROVIDENCE, R. I. The Market. That Mothers' day is becoming one of the best flower days of the year was fully attested here last week, when the demand far exceeded the supply, with- out regard to price or quality. For several'years no notice was given the day by the public generally, but about five years ago persistent advertising, on the part of a few of the more enter- prising downtown retailers, caused it to be recognized, although limiting its demands almost exclusively to the car- nation. This year a concerted and coopera- tive advertising campaign was inaugu- rated and the day became one of the biggest business days of the season— and this notwithstanding the scarcity of flowers and the great difficulty the retailers encountered in getting their supply, even when paying the seem- ingly exorbitant prices demanded by tlie growers. Carnations ran as high as $25 per 100 and roses reached a max- imum of $G0 per hundred and even at these prices the stock was of mediocre quality. The high range of prices called forth adverse articles in the daily press, which laid the blame at the door of the retailers, without dividing any of the honors with the wholesaler
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