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The Rorists^ Review 



Apbil 1. 1020 



Easter rushes they have ever had. Mrs, 

 Fannie E. Hill is back on the job after 

 a sojourn of two months in a hospital. 

 Everyone will be glad to hear that Mrs. 

 Hill has completely recovered and is 

 again her old self and ready for any- 

 thing that Easter has in store. 



At John Cook's, as at every other 

 place, they were quiet for the time 

 being, but, as on the well ordered man- 

 of-war, decks were being cleared for 

 action. Mrs. Cook said that they had 

 a fine assortment of blooming plants, 

 their hydrangeas being especially fine 

 this year. 



William Halliday had his usual at- 

 tractive window and Miss Groves, whom 

 I found in charge, said that they were 

 booking orders and preparing for the 

 rush that is just as sure to come to the 

 florists as Easter itself is. She says 

 that in all of her experience she has 

 never known it to fail. 



William J. Kennedy, of Pikesville, 

 Md., has the right to be proud of his 

 carnation crop. I have never seen finer 

 Enchantress, White Enchantress and 

 Ward than those he is now sending to 

 market. 



C. E. Akehurst & Son are sending in 

 about 10,000 a week of wonderfully fine 

 carnation blooms. Among them are 

 their own seedlings, Mrs. C. E. Akehurst 

 and Yellow Prince. These varieties 

 certainly stand out among the rest. 



John Nuth is another who has fine 

 quality carnations. His Seigwarts are 

 in a class by themselves. Mr. Nuth has 

 a, fine lot of bulbous stock, sweet peas 

 and snapdragons for Easter. Tate. 



EOCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The market during the last week has 

 been overcrowded with all kinds of sea- 

 sonable stock and, considering the un- 

 usual spell of warm weather, stock has 

 not moved rapidly. The prices, how- 

 ever, have not suffered to any great ex- 

 tent. The warm weather has done much 

 to bring on an abundance of flowers and 

 the outlook for the Easter business is 

 encouraging. However, with some of 

 the growers, plant stock, such as lilies 

 and hydrangeas, will not be in time. 

 But there is some excellent potted 

 stock on the market, which has been 

 selling well. 



Roses are in abundance and selling 

 at prices about the same as a week ago. 

 There are large shipments of sweet peas 

 arriving daily. It has not been possible 

 for the stores to handle all of them, 

 many going to the street men. Calla 

 lilies are reaching us in good supply and 

 the sale has been good. Easter lilies are 

 in good shape and the usual supply is 

 promised for the holiday. Valley and 

 orchids are in good supply and sell 

 fairly well. Gardenias also are ordered 

 heavily for the Easter trade. Freesias, 

 daffodils, poeticus narcissi and other 

 bulbous stock sell readily. 



Asparagus plumosus has not been any 

 too plentiful, but other greens are m 

 good supply. 



Various Notes. 



George Cramer, who has been busily 

 occupied for the last few weeks in the 

 manufacture of birch bark baskets, fin- 

 ished his work and has gone to Buffalo 

 to assist there during the rush. 



Hugo Teute has had an exceptional 

 season with all of his greenhouse stock. 

 Fortunately, he has a wonderful crop of 



White Roman Hyacinths 



Fall Delivery 



We are booking orders again for 

 Roman Hyacinths. We have been 

 informed that there will be a limited 

 quantity available this season for 

 export to the United States. 



Send us your order now. 

 Nothing can be gained by waiting. 



LAGARDE & SPEELMAN 



French Bulb Growers ff^ OUioules, Var, France 

 NEW YORK OFFICE: 38 MURRAY STREET 



Lily Bulbs 



Now in storage awaiting your order. 



GIGANTEUM 



6 to 8-inch $45.00 per case 



7 to 9-inch 49.50 per case 



8 to 10-inch 52.00 per case 



9 to 10-inch 55.00 per case 



RUBRUM, MAGNIFICUM, MELPOMENE 



8 to 9-inch $17.00 per 100 



8 to 9-inch 32.00 per case 



9 to 10-inch 22.00 per 100 



9 to 10-inch 30.00 per case 



10 to 11-inch 30.00 per case 



Shipment any time you say. 



* ^ii^ American Bulb Co. 



'*'-^r^^^^°'^ 172 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago 



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