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The Florists^ Review 



April 8, 1920 



Kcses iiiadf no sjiccial jnU aiicf. 

 <hvv\ stcinnu'd stuck sold a1 $4 to $H 

 per liuiidri'il. with otlit-r <ira<l('s rutmiiij; 

 uji to .fL.'.") and .*.';0 [uT hinulrrd; a few 

 !la<ili'ys brought !f.'>n to $7.") per luui 

 drcd, Lioiiif^ of c^iicciallv fine (piality. 

 Carnations avcra^^^rd al>out $.s ]n-v luin- 

 •Ircd, witli soiric t'ancics liitrlicr and 

 whites a little Iowit. I^otli rosrs ami 

 carnations i-loancd up <(iiii|ilcicly. \io. 

 lots were soarco; ^Miod siii^^lcs readily 

 bronplil $2.50 to $'.) per Imndrcd. SoniV 

 llndson river doulde.i were -e,ii and 

 "iold at lower prices. 



Sweet peas met with a t reaieiidons 

 sale; j,'ood flowers made $1 to $~> pvr 

 .hundred, uilli dther f^rades sellih>i down 

 To .rJ iier hundred. Snapij radons were 

 rather <iverdone ;ind their s.-iles 

 ura^j^ed; siqierli stalk-- made +.'. per 

 dozen, with other i,'r;ides onelialt' ur 

 oiietliir.t of thi-: prii-e. .\l:i rj,nii'rites 

 were ill l;iri:c siipjily ;iml fancy, lonjr- 

 -^temniel Ihiwirs --nld ;is hi^ili ;is .-is to 

 i'li' per liuhdred, with sm.all, short- 

 steinnu'ii cuMs as low .'is .*!'; yellows were 

 m lar<,''e demand and some excellent 

 Mrs. S;nider >old ;it .* } to $.' per huii 

 dred, 



Holh tulips anil daffodils sold out 

 <de;iti. \'ic1eria narcdssi made .+ S to 

 $10 and (lolden spur .and other \;irie 

 tics ;i litth' less. Cut hyacinths inoxed 

 more slowly. <';illa< s(dd .at +1' to .ft 

 per do/.eii and cut Kaster lilies .at $lii 

 to $1." jier hundred. Some nice SpaniHli 

 irises ri'.alized .*ti per dozen ;uol fine 

 loiij; steinine(| ranuncniuses .^2 por 

 dozen. I'Veesias continued to .appear at 

 $4 to $."> jier hundred. .\T ij;nonet te 

 brouylit all tlio w.ay from .*<i to .•^1.') per 

 hundred. ("alendul.as .•md h.achelor's 

 I'littons m.ade litrh ad\aiic.'. \ f.air 

 numlier of jr.-irdeli i;i^ .md oiil\- :i sni;ill 

 nuirilier of cattley;,- Were (dTered. 



In pot jil.'ints, lilies were in mmdi 

 more ahnndant -upjily th.in had been 

 ''.xjiectcfl, since the w.arm, >prine dike 

 weather i<i the last ten d:iys in Mar(di 

 had hurried alonj: many lii^z^'ards. The 

 best stock reatdied $-'>. with poorer 

 irr.ailes selling,' at !?!." to ifjii. There wore 

 • ■nou^h for .all re(piirements rnid some 

 "urplns. Hoses were abundant .and of 

 excellent (pi.ality: they caiio' next to 

 lilies in favor. I)or(dhy i'erkins, 

 Tauspndsohoen an.! Kxcelsa were the 

 leaders among rainlilers. Some ex. -el 

 lent hylirid jiorpetnal.s and baby ram- 

 blers were also offered. French hy- 

 iranjjeas were of exctdlcTit ipiality and 

 met with a Idg sale. 



Dutch bulbons stock in jiotsaiid jiaiis. 

 as usual, had .a l;irge -ale. (lenistas 

 wt-nt moderately well and ericas and 

 acacias sold well; the last two wore un- 

 usually woll flowered. .\ fair nuinbor of 

 boujjainvilloas were sca-n, but few 

 azaleas or rhodoiiendrons. There were 

 some excellent lilacs, but not many other 

 deciduous shrubs. .Marf^ueritcs wore 

 generally of not jmrt icni.arly high ')unl 

 ity. Some (dnerarias, primulas, |i<dy- 

 anthus, metrosideros, p(d,arLCi)niunis, 

 ageratunis, scdiizanthus and jjeraniuins 

 were among the other varieties offered, 

 (irowers sold out about every s.alable 

 plant, but some of the retailers had 

 considerable stock hdt on li.and. The 



■ all for ferns ami foliage pl.aiits was 

 comparatively small, everyone a|)p;ir 



■ •ntly wanting flowering plants. 



Business Since Easter. 



The usual decline in prices has fol- 

 lowed Kaster. There are ninny cut 

 lilies offered ami little .-.ill for them. 



Hoses stdl from $2 jn'r hundred upwards, 

 'Select stock roiiching .fK) to .1<-i), with 

 Miliplies greater than the demaml. Car- 

 mitions ;ire ludding up t';iiily well and 

 \;iry in value from -^4 to $(> per hundred. 

 \"i(dets ;ire about o\er, Init there is an 

 abundance id' good sweet peas at oil 

 cents to ^L*. Snapdragons iiiovi^ with 

 uillieiilty. Sui>{dies of dalVoilils and 

 tulijis ;ire not Large. M iscell;i neons 

 thiwers mo\e rather slowly. 



Various Notes. 



(iordon j-'isher, of Woburn, who has 

 liilherto grown carnations and sweet 

 peas principally, will id.aiit all of his 

 t'liiir l;irge houses with roses this coining 

 se;ison. The varieties will be Premier, 

 • '(diimliia, Double White Killarney and 

 Opheli.'i. Abniit L'T.iMMi pl.ants will bi' 



ll.--e(l. 



The William II. Klliott Co. li.id some 

 I'specially handsome ll.idlevs for Vlaster, 

 .■imong the finest seen locally. Flis 

 0|diidia. Diudde While Killarney and 

 Cidiimbia were also tine. 



fSrVZRY now and then a well 

 L9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated* 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. yi7e especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 ^30-60 Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



.Idhn .] . ( > "I'.iirii. of He;iioM street, 

 did a heavy luisiness in hi^di grade pot 

 jdants .and cut flowers. Jn his store 

 were to be seen esjiecially fine ericas, 

 .acacias, bouga in\ille;is and stainlard 

 Tausemlschoen roses. White cym- 

 hi<liums and other ortdiids, gardeni.as 

 ,ind irises were ludeworthy .among the 

 cut flowers. 



Wax Bros., in their new store on 

 Temple Place, did ;i business eijual to 

 the best done on Tremont street. They 

 had a fine disjilay of ]ilaiits and cut 

 tlowers. Their store is deep and a rear 

 door opojiing on an alleyw.ay to Winter 

 street is a great ad\ant;ige. Husiness 

 begins later at thidr new stand and 

 there is less evening trade, but ciis- 

 loniers cojiie with a rush from 11 a. ni. 

 to (> p. m. 



.\Iar(di, while it brought the largest 

 ,icciimnl;it ion of snow on reconl, pro\ed 

 ■o be a coinp.irat i V idy mild month, with 

 ;m ;i\er;ii.'e of !'>!• (legrees, or 4 degrees 

 ;ibo\e the munial. The precipitation 

 was thri'i- and seventy two huinlreilths 

 imdies. There were fourteen (dear davs. 

 light partly (doudy and nine cloudy. 

 The m.'ixiinnm temperature was 72 de- 

 <'rees aiicl the minimuni fi degrees. 



.\t CaUin's two stores an immense 

 business w.is done. They had especially 

 Ii;indsome specimen rambler roses, 



acacias, ericas, lilacs and genistas, a! i 

 some nice boronias. 



Thoni.as Koland cleaned out the whi ,> 

 of his big stock of roses, hydrange. » 

 and otlu'r flowering plants. lie hi^l 

 some handsome acacias, Erica melau 

 thera and E. cujiressina. At Revere 1^ 

 hat! a ji.articularlv heavy cut of roses. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. had the on y 

 I. ilium c.aiididum noted. This conijiar -.' 

 .-le.-ined out .all of its 10,000 pots ..f 

 gigaiiteiim lilies, while hydrangeas, 

 genistas and bulbous stock sold well, 

 It had also some well flowereil nietroM 

 ileros. 



The closing lecture in the wiut'T 

 1 (iiirse of the M.assacdiusett s Iforticid 

 tiiral Society w.'is given at Ilortdcul- 

 tural hall April ,1 by I'rofessor Oster- 

 hoiit, of Harv.ard Hniversity. Tfio 

 weather jiroxed favorable for once and 

 the .attendance w^as good. 



Among novtdties noted in the cut 

 flower liiiCj the irises from ,T. K. Chand- 

 ler >.**: Sons, of Tewksbnry, and the hand- 

 some Persian ranunculuses from 11. P. 

 ( .'ilder, of Norwood, wore particularly 

 (list inct i\e. 



The next meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club comes .\pril 20. W. 

 .\. Ciaig will sjieak on the subject, 

 ' ■ Some Seasonable Thoughts and Sug- 

 gt'Stions."' There will be exhibits of 

 early sjiring flowers and considerable 

 1 iisinesv id' importance will be tran8- 

 I'cted. 



The K. & d. Farquhar Co. did a large 

 business in Easter plants at both the 

 store and the nursery. In addition to 

 'he more ordinary line of pl.ants offered 

 I'y other growers, this company had 

 ■-ome fine Lilium regale, Azalea Kaemjv 

 feri and other novtdties. Rusinesa is 

 now lirisk at both store and nursery. 



dames Wheeler has liad remarkable 

 suci-ess with (iodfrey callas jjrown in 

 s(di<l beds. The flowers are abundantly 

 produced and are of enormous size. lie 

 h.ad a heavy cut for Easter. A large 

 vase of these callas of extraordinary 

 size was tiwarded a cultural certificate 

 ;it the recent spring show of the Massa 

 I husetts Horticultural Society. 



With the passing of winter, it is found 

 tli.it winter killing is nuudi less serious 

 th.an was expiated. The heavy blanket 

 of snow made a fine protection, though 

 it broke many branches on shrubs 

 Field mice have done a serious amount 

 of damage by girdling fruit and other 

 trees, rose bushes and climbers. Bridge 

 grafting is being used to save many 

 trees. 



Henry Penn had a handsome displav 

 of cymbidiums and other orchids for 

 Kaster. He did the largest Easter btisi- 

 ness on record. Lilies, roses and hy 

 drangeas were plant leaders and roses, 

 sweet peas, daffodils, violets and earna 

 tions were chief among flowers. Great 

 numbers of F. T. D. orders were re- 

 ceived and sent out. 



The retailers advertised freely for 

 K.aster business. Henry Penn had the 

 largest and in some ways the mo.?t 

 striking advertisements, but Galvin's. 

 Wax Bros., the Houghton-Gorney Co.. 

 Hoffmann's and others used printers 

 ink freely and artistically. 



.\nother corn borer hearing was heh' 

 .It the state house April a. A number 

 of florists, nurserymen and bulb grow 

 ers attende<l. It is planned to endeavor 

 to stop shijiments of siudi cut flower^ 

 ;is gladioli, mums, herbaceous perennials, 

 i-tc., from infested areas and this open- 

 up a sirioiis situation for many com 



