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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_40_2 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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10 The Florists^ Review July 19, 1917. till' ilnji^-t wild \\;i< cxliiliitiiiL;' it ;is a Ji.'ift lit' Ills w iihliiw (lis;il;ty. As Inisiiirss ;^rc\v Mrs. (1111 fiilarujcil Ini L;n i'iih(ist(iii tiailc, tlic ;MM;i;i' 111' Mcilford lic^aii td ilc;icnil ii)iiiii Mis. (illl I'd!' tlicif tidwci' \\;ints. Nile li;i(; ;i ii.-itiiral instinct I'dr llnwcr a r j'.a iiL;ciuciit ami I'lir iii.anv years iii;i,lc u)> I'lllural <lcsid;;s, w CildiiiL;' I idiii; net s ;ilhl dcciir.at Idiis ;niil h.askrt.s I'ui' otluT nc- casldiis. I'rccslas ;ird\c(; to lie (Hk^ of Mrs. (i 111's iiidst piiititalilf criips. I'i'I'drc this stdck was ^I'liciallv kiidwii td the Uos- tdii iiiarkct, a t'licihl L;a\(' Mrs. (lill sdiiic 111' the Imllis. She was siicccssfill as ;i ^idwci- III' I'lccslas and sold the lirst Idddliis 111 lldstdii. She .-ilsd did a (■diisidiTaldc liiisiiicss ill tlic Imllis. Enjoyed Her Garden. Mart'chal Nlid was llio first liyhrid rosi' Mrs. (lill j^row inddors, but otlier A'arietics later were addcil. Rut it was licr dutddiir stdi !■;, wliiidi nrileas- iiro td uie aiiil others alsn, lieiiii;', as you uuLjlit say, an old t'asliione(; one. )ilante(l in no formal style -.iust ;i jirufusiou of bloom, a inin;,dinL; of color'. 1 lia\(> many ;ieonies, some of the famous l?i(diardsoii seedlinjis, .">!)() or more liyluld rose Imshes, (ilildX(>s, did- ))liiniuiiis. irises, jidiipies, lilies of the valley and sik li ;iniiuals as asters, sal- vias, mi^iiontdte, cosmos, salpiylossis, centaureas ;iiid n collection id' holly- lio(d' li\(' years :i^(p. ' ' P.esides i-iit lldwcrs. .Mrs. (iill yrevv )ifit )dants Idr the sjiiin^ trade. .Miudi of her sto(d\ was s(d(l in Medfonl, Init (•(iiisldeialile t'diiiid its way into the lidstdii market, I'nr many years the men eni)dd\ed \>y Mrs. (lill wmild make two or threi- trips a wecdv to Boston \\ith a waj^on load of jdants, which wi-re sold in the marki't near Faiieuil hall. Cut llowers .Mrs. (Jill nsually handled jiersoiially and diirin.i^ several years she was a well kiiOAv n iii^ure at her stall in the P.oston market, liesides su))- plyliiH' sexcral I'tdall stores. Greenhouses Invaded by Deer. (Jrowers wlio have lost <;lass by either hail or wind will aiijireciate an odd e.\;ierience of Mrs. (!ill's many years ayo. A wild doe ran throu^rh two of her jrreenhouses, doinj^ eonsideralile dainadc to a lied of violets and breakin<ij so miudi i;lass that the $50 )iaid her by the Great and General Court of Massa- (diusetts came far from reeomiieiising her for the dama<^e done. Uf the llorists' business, Mrs. Gill :;aid: "The ))leasiirp of raisinj^ flow, is not alone for one's stdf. Xo nie acceptable j^ift for the si(di, the sorre in^ or the jioor can be sent than a bui. of posies." 8o loiiy as she was able to attend to hersidf, Mrs. Gill twice eaidi week e.i tributed llowi'rs to the flower Missi of Jioston, whi(di distributed tie amoii has been under t care of a nurse and iias jiassed tli<' cai of her business to others. (She st enjoys (lowers in her room and h <irac(d'ully yielded to the idea that si is old and must be taken care of. t^»^'«<^.^%.<»i^.'»^.<<-^.'^^.^*^.'i*^. <^-^»^-^i^-'y^9^-^^9^-'yi9)-'^f9^'^i9^i THE RETAIL FLORIST, 3. »^^^^S^^Sm^.^^^^»^Sm^.'^^?^^^^i^. '^c^ %?r»)'^;ir»)fej.-Sir» U-^ 5^:* 5 QUINN'S .BIG WEDDING ORDER. One of the largest wed(lin<j decora- tion orders of the season in the neijjjh- borhood of liostou was tilled dnrin<f the lirst week of July by Stephen J. Quinn, of Chestnut street, Brookline, for the weddinns. A large tent on tie lawn was festoonecl with laurel, whib tastefully arranged du th(> grass were bay trees, laurels and aiiciibas, making a veritable forest. Mr. Quinn's .artistic work received much commendation from both his cus tomers and their guests.
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LICENSES FOR FLORISTS. I. would like to ask through the ool umns of The Keview wlodher any oi' the llorists of the state of Missouri ar< paying a license fee for the jirivilege of doing business in their resjiecdive (ities; also, what sindi license is. 1 always was under the im)iression thai llorists who ;,;idw their own sto(d\ in this state conld lud be iii;ide to pa \- a (dtv license, 1 wdiild like to know more about this license business befure 1 p:i\ the city license demandeil frdiu tin tldiists here. What de the tloiists wlid buy and S(dl flowers, whd d;ierate lut llower stores in the (dties In this state, have to jiay In the wa\ ol' a (dt\' li cense.' C. II. (;. .\id. Mrs. Ellen M. Gill, of Medford, Mass., First and Oldest Woman Florist. A cit.v's authorit.v to inipuse license restri(didn is ei\cn by its (h.arter. but in a general ^\,•ly it may be said .•I (dtv mav institute any reasonable restrictions and fees upon the fa\dr;iblf xotv (d' a designated iieiceiitauc oi' tlw (dt\' coiiiHdl. There are certain liiii's of business \\hi(di lonu li;i\e been recog- iii/.ed as subjiM t td s;ie(dal regulation b.v license, but the florists' business is not among them and it Is nut cust diiia i'\'. in Missduri or in an.v dther sf;ite, fd re- ijiiire florists to jirocine a speidal license

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