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HORTICULTURE 



May 8, 1920 



at all ill doubt about the high price 

 they will have to pay, it raises the 

 question whether it will be possible 

 to operate their entire amount of 

 glass. The serious problem of coal 

 coupled with the labor troubles has 

 led many a florist to plant for next 

 year in a way that means a cutting 

 down of his range. Some of them 

 figure that it will not be possible to 

 keep everything going at a profit, con- 

 sequently tliey are planting heavily 

 of chrysanthemums, and plan to let 

 some of their houses remain idle un- 

 til spring. 



We may naturally look for an over- 

 supply of flowers in the fall until the 

 chrysanthemum season is over, but 

 after that time the market is apt to 

 be just the contrary. What flower- 

 ing stock there will be available will 

 certainly bring high prices. It re- 

 mains to be seen if this prediction is 

 accurate, but I think there are plenty 

 of indications that will bear me out 

 in saying that chrysanthemums will 

 be over-plentiful, and after those are 

 gone a stiff market will prevail 

 through the winter. 



The latest information regarding 

 lily bulbs for this season would indi- 

 cate that while no positive prices 

 are fixed, the florist will be obliged 

 to pay close to last season's market. 

 There is a possibility that there will 

 be a slight reduction; in fact, if the 

 large bulb buyers are successful they 

 may be able to work the price down 

 $5 to $10 per case, but the Japanese 

 are holding out at present for high 

 prices and most crops are being 

 bought subject to market at the time 

 of harvesting. 



If the high prices of the past sea- 

 son are going to cause the growers 



Pachysandra terminalis 



2 year old plants, 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



Euonymus radicans 



3 year old plants 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



JAMES WHEELER 



NATICK, MASS. 



to cut down their plantings, it may 

 work out that the final price will be 

 proportionately cut down. The same 

 condition exists as to French bulbs. 

 Their prices are set away up in the 

 air, and the only thing that saves the 

 American buyer is the rate of ex- 

 change coupled with the much lower 

 cost of transportation than last year. 

 If French exchange does not advance 

 materially, paper whites and other 

 French bulbs will sell at about the 

 same price as last season. 



We must not forget that we are 

 going to have White Roman 

 Hyacinths admitted this year, but they 

 are going to be very high, not very 

 far from $60 per thousand. 



Flower spikes of Delphinium, both 

 Formosum and Bella Donna, have be- 

 come a mighty good crop for the mar- 

 ket, and some most excellent quality 

 blooms have been seen in the different 

 markets around the country. One of 

 the most successfull growers handling 

 this crop has been Andrew Christen- 

 sen of Stoneham. For the past few 

 weeks he has been marketing excellent 

 stock, and it has brought very good 

 returns. 



The very best Gypsophila that 

 I have seen either this or any other 

 year was at the store of H. M. Tot- 

 man Co., Randolph, Vt. It certainly 

 was excellent quality and I was glad 

 to note that Mr. Totman had grown 

 this stock in the way that 1 have 

 recommended a number of times in 

 these columns. He raises it in seed 

 flats, shallow, poor soil, transplanted 

 only once, and that means a minimum 

 amount of labor and space needed. 

 We know very well there is no sense 

 in taking up valuable space and baby- 

 ing this crop along when the result 

 cannot equal that of the flat-grown 

 stock. 



I was much interested in three neat 

 ranges of glass that 1 saw in Vermont 

 recently, namely those of H. M. Tot- 

 man at Randolph, George Emslie of 

 Montpelier, and Will Emslie of Barre, 

 the two latter operating as Emslie & 

 Co. These florists away up in Vermont 

 have a very pleasing little business 

 and all seem to be doing their full 

 share. They are getting good prices, 

 in fact are doing so well that both 

 firms are planning to increase their 

 glass this season. I was surprised to 

 hear these men say that the question 

 of coal did not worry them much. 

 They get all that they need each year 

 and seem confident that they will be 

 treated in the same manaer this sea- 



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