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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGI'ST 30, 1800. 



BOSTON. 



Market Conditions. 



Up to. time of mailing this all hands 

 had their noses above water, it such a 

 travesty on auatoni.v may be allowed. 

 But the current of adversity is strong, 

 the winds of competition blow hard, 

 and waves of despair must soon wash 

 a lot of us under unless some oil is 

 soon turned upon the face of the deep. 

 Not much decrease of outdoor goods 

 nor much increase in indoor material, 

 nor in the demand for the same. 



We meet daily and thresh over the 

 old straw, but find few kernels of 

 wheat. Prices are practically un- 

 changed since last week. 



The week beginning with Aug. 20, 

 was a sorry one for the Bay State 

 floral fraternity. The expected short- 

 age of goods and consequent lengthage 

 of prices did not schedule up. Every- 

 thing became even more plentiful ex- 

 cept the generous buyers who seemed 

 to be off crop. No. pinks were not 

 over-plentiful and prices perhaps 

 wiggled a little. Late rains he!p£d 

 quality of outdoor goods quite a bit, 

 but there is still a huge amount of 

 material that it takes several times a 

 plural figure to designate. The small- 

 er the blossom the larger the figure it 

 takes to grade it, but selling it brings 

 another law to bear on the case. 



Prices are: Beauties, $1 to $20; Lib- 

 erties and Meteors, $1 to $4: Kaiser- 

 in, $1 to $12.50; Brides, Maids and 

 Perles, 50 cents to $4; carnations, $1 

 to $1.50; asters, 25 cents to $2.iKi. 

 Sweet peas, lancifolium, auratum, cal- 

 la lilies, gladiolus, candytuft, mignon- 

 ette, tuberoses, hydrangea, coreopsis, 

 sunflowers, rudbeckia, feverfew, dah- 

 lias, smilax, etc., are all coming in 

 with more or less exuberance. Prices 

 depend much upon the quality of the 

 goods and also that of the salesman; 

 that of the customer also has an ap- 

 plication, as a mean man has a chance 

 to act awfully small if he wishes. 

 But generally there is a sale tor 

 "about so much" of the best that is 

 coming in to the city for a very fair 

 figure. Nowadays an average crop of 

 anything is not worth growing. 



Extreme lassitude of spirit causes 

 me to make all observations from a 

 soft oak chair at the "Brimstone cor- 

 ner" market, so while news may be 

 found, I do not find much in that line. 

 Other wholesale places are paddling 

 along merrily and Welch Bros, kindly 

 supply prices on Beauty roses, they 

 being strictly headquarters for the 

 same just now. There are signs of 

 more red roses under Park stret 

 church the coming winter, but prob- 

 ably not that kind. 



So far as I hear Mr. Lutermeister 

 has taken the longest vacation. — I 

 measure in miles. He tripped to the 

 land of dykes and ditches, making 

 calls over into Switzerland. He can 

 tell a pretty story of how the Dutch 

 girls raise bulbs, but I did not hear 

 him say much about the men over 

 there. 



PRIMROSES 



IMPROVED CHIIIESE, ready for 3-inch pots. Well known throughout the United States and 

 Canada as the finest large ffowering fringed varieties grown. SINGLES, named. |2 00 per ICO; $17.00 

 per lOOO. DOUBLE, named, S3. 50 per Itu. Extras added liberallv to help pay expressage. 



GIANT PANSY SEED. 



The verv t'est inamnintli varieties, no fiaer ever ollered ; all the seeJ plants critically selected. 

 SOW THE BEST. Packet. 3500 seeds, $(.00; half packet. 50c. A packet of the grand new Dwarf 

 Forget-Me-Not " Blue Beauty '' added to every seed order. Strictly cash prices. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



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 PRIMROSES. 



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Elegant stock. Fullv characteristic. 4''^-in. pots. 

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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



2C00 fine, strong out-door-grown Cbrysanthe- 

 miinis, leaciing sorts, from three to five disbudded 

 stems, $5.00 per lUO; $40.00 per lOCO. Also 50 

 Hot Bed Sash, h ft. x 3 ft. 2 in., best material, 

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Grower Leuthy and retailer Car- 

 bone also crossed the ocean 



Robert Montgomery has built 300 

 running feet of wide rose house and a 

 fine little stable this summer. 



Auction sale of stalls at the Co- 

 operative market Sept. 15, at 9:30 a. 

 m. Mr. Walsh reports about fifteen 

 new men as making overtures for 

 place. B. T. 



VON SIGN NARCISSUS. 



Noticing an offer of early French 

 Von Sion. a well known and very suc- 

 cessful forcer of bulbs remarked that 

 he would not take the early French 

 bulbs as a gift. He added that while 

 it was true that with proper treat- 

 ment early flowers could be had. his 

 experience had been that the flowers 

 were always largely green and almost 

 entirely worthless. 



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Continued to 



SEPTEMBER 1st. 



100,000 plants for sale at half 

 price and less to make room. 



Rose*— 20,000 strictly Al plants, :-;.'^ and 4-in. (big fel- 

 lows). Bride. Perle, Meteor, Maid and Golden Gate, 

 only 4c ; worth 10c. The same in '^Vj and :i-in., only .^c.; 

 cheap at tic. 



Smilax— 15,000 double extra, guaranteed as good as 

 you ever planted, $1.00 per 100, JSIO.OO per ItKX); as many 

 as yiiu want. 



Geraniums— lO.lKHl Bruanti (dbl scarlet^ and S. A. 

 NuU. the two best selling geraniums of the age, and 

 lO.lH'i) other It-adinK bedders; strong '-^S and :>-in , only 

 jfl.-'iU per HXI. Bear in mind this is only the price of 

 Rooted Cu tings, and ynu can't buy them for double 

 that m a month. 



Dbl. Frinfced Petunias and Coleus— In superb 

 collection. Ageratum (Princess Pauline) and Whiie 

 Lady, only Ic. 



Fuch^ias— Strong 4-in., $1.00 per doz ; 2 and 2!4-in., 

 S\ .".II per 100. 



Calla Bulbs— Strong S and 10c. size for 5c. 

 CASH WITH ORDER. 



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