NOVKMBER 'M, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



New Crimson Chrysanthe.num Malcolm Limoi.d. 



certainly speaks well for their staying 

 qualities. 



The variety is now in its second 

 year, and habit and stem have proved 

 very satisfactory. It promises to be 

 an excellent commercial crimson sort. 



WHERE ARE WE AT? 



Noticing the articles in several re- 

 cent issues regarding growers, com- 

 mission men, buyers, etc., tempts me 

 to write a few lines in response. It 

 appears the most important part of 

 the argument lies in the fact that 

 nearly all other lines are enjoying the 

 wave of prosperity and the florist is 

 not getting his share of the general 

 advance in prices. 



Much is to be considered in connec- 



tion with this subject. We are not 

 recognized in the commercial world 

 as an important factor. We stand 

 alone as an entirely separate institu- 

 tion in our own clah-s. While there is 

 a continual clamor for stock and ma- 

 terial in other lines now we must 

 humbly wait until some social func- 

 tion or death call upon us for our 

 products. The good times of old when 

 anything and everything in the shape 

 of a flower sold at a good living price 

 are not with us now and there may 

 be some truth in the assertion that 

 our production is now somewhat in 

 excess of demand. The growers claim 

 their expenses are higher and their 

 returns less. Much of the discontent 

 of the grower, however, lies in him- 

 self. The most prosperous grower is 



one who takes a few moments' time 

 to study the market at frequent inter- 

 vals. 



Most growers ship in their stock 

 promiscuously regardless of grade 

 and then make an estimate on the 

 quantity they shipped and what it 

 ought to bring. Figuring this way 

 they will find returns usually below 

 their estimates. If stock was properly 

 graded in Ists, 2nds and 3rds it would 

 save considerable rehandling and also 

 the depreciation in the count of the 

 grower and commission man, and re- 

 turns would be the prevailing market 

 prices according to grade. While it is 

 difflcult to maintain prices at times 

 when stock is plentiful, still much 

 may be due to low prices at such times 

 by the commission man endeavoring 



