J. M. Paterson

J. M. PATERSON, Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Warehouse, 116 and 118, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Telegraphic address, “Florist”. Telephone No. 3,303.

    The fruit and floral industries of Glasgow have been so ably cultivated in every part of the City that the variety of houses which form the exponents of the trade only enables the reviewer to devote particular attention to such prominent and representative concerns as that conducted by the well-known Mr. J. M. Paterson, formerly of George Street, and whose fruit and flower warehouse is now one of the striking features of the Buchanan Street thoroughfare.

    It is now twenty-six years since this business was first established, and during the greater part of that time it has been carried on at the present location, where Mr. Paterson’s spacious premises, with their large double frontage, mirrored fittings, and appointments of ebony and gold, have become one of these great show shops that render the main streets of Glasgow bright and attractive. The elegance of this emporium is only equalled by the singular beauty and taste of its flower displays, and at all seasons of the year it constitutes a centre of great admiration among those who can appreciate the skill and care with which several of the best-attainable collections are placed for public exhibition. Especially in the spring and summer seasons there is presented an exquisite display of choice cut flowers and exotics, while the range of bridal bouquets, and immortelles for funerals — ornate in design — may be accepted as illustrations of the artistic skill with which the art of composing elegant floral wreaths has become one of the principal sources of the proprietor’s enviable reputation. Salads and dainties of every kind are invariably brought forward in proper season, and frequently in advance thereof ; and two representatives of the house are employed during the season in supplying excursionists with fresh fruits and flowers, Mr. Paterson being sole caterer for the s.s. “Columba”, Highland Mail.

    It is obviously unnecessary, within the limits of the present brief sketch, to enlarge upon the various features of the business with which Mr. Paterson’s name is identified, and whose accumulated interests are now of great value. As a fruit merchant and florist commanding exceptional resources, Mr. Paterson is enabled to provide every seasonable table dainty with due promptitude, and in what is known among Glasgow merchants as “the pink of perfection”. The support and patronage of a distinctly superior clientele has been partly earned by the successful execution of orders in floral decoration, as well as in satisfying with readiness the requirements of the town and country elite in every class of fruit and flower purveying ; and among his contemporaries in the City, Mr. Paterson commands the estimation and respect of one who has done as much for the good and welfare of the trade with which he is connected, as for the splendid business whose affairs he controls.

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