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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 26, 1916.- 



■water at the seed houses is being ana- 

 lyzed. 



Miss H. B. Whitted has enlarged her 

 Tenth street store, to take care of. the 

 growing business. A handsome sum- 

 mer house, decorated within with hang- 

 ing baskets and supplied with live 

 birds, is a great feature. 



The first clash between the bowling 

 teams representing the W. D. Desmond 

 Co. and Rice Bros, resulted in a vic- 

 tory for the Desmond hurlers by a lead 

 of seventy-six pins. E. M. P. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh had a hard freeze October 

 22, but there was nothing of any im- 

 portance to freeze. The supply of roses 

 and carnations is just about sufficient 

 for present requirements. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are arriving more plentifully each 

 day and it is noticeable that mum stock 

 is better as a rule than that of former 

 years. Pompons are arriving slowly but 

 surely, and they meet with a good sale. 

 The demand for Beauties has fallen off 

 since the large mums became more plen- 

 tiful. Cattleyas are in full crop and of 

 good quality. Valley continues the 

 scarcest article ou the market. 



The wholesalers find more work now 

 that mums are to be packed, but as 

 business is good no one complains about 

 the extra trouble. The chief difficulty 

 is to deliver orders promptly and with- 

 out any hitch. Errand boys constitute 

 a problem. If a wholesaler does secure 

 a good boy, in a short time he becomes 

 BO independent that he has to be handled 

 with silk gloves. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Evans, formerly of Cleveland, 

 now is associated with Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements. When last seen he was up to 

 his eyes in chrysanthemum bunches. 



John Koenig, who has been laid up 

 for some time with a broken leg, now 

 is able to get around on crutches. 



Howard Hook, auditor of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., is back at his 

 desk after a five weeks' illness. 



Randolph & McClements had the 

 decorations for the dedication of the 

 new Shriners' Temple. Clarke. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Market conditions have improved. 

 The demand for stock is stronger, a 

 good sign that fall business has com- 

 menced. Cut flowers are more plenti- 

 ful, especially chrysanthemums. The 

 large-flowering varieties are plentiful 

 and are of good quality. Pompons and 

 singles, too, are of good value, but there 

 are not enough of them to meet the de- 

 mand. Eoses are becoming more plenti- 

 ful, but still sell at a good price. Car- 

 nations are arriving in larger quanti- 

 ties, but they sell on sight. California 

 violets now are to be had and they 

 clean up quickly. Greens of all kinds 

 are in sufficient supply and move well. 



Various Notes. 

 The Elmhurst Nursery Co. has fin- 

 ished its new building at Forty-seventh 

 street and Mill Creek parkway. It is 

 of latest construction and will be used 

 for the nursery business. The building 

 is two stories high, with office, storage 

 and salesrooms. C. A. Chandler, who 

 at one time was in the employ of the 



NOTICE! 



To Subscribers whose address labels carry an 

 expiration number higher than 995 (Dec. 21, i9i6). 



EVERY florist knows through his own purchases what has happened 

 in the paper market the last few months — prices have doubled all 

 along the line. 



And it takes more than four tons of paper each week to print 

 The Review! 



Many readers have been so kind as to write that The Review is 

 worth considerably more to them than its subscription price. Well, the 

 tremendous rise in the price of paper makes it no longer expedient to 

 sell The Review at $1.00 a year. 



'The subscription price, therefore, will oe advanced January 1, 

 1917, to $1.50 a year. , 



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 or more years at the old rate of $1.00 a year. 



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Local Hums are More Plentiful 



Large size, $2.50 to $3.00 per doz. - 



Bronze and Yellow Pompons, - 50c per bunch 



Fancy Roses in quantity. 

 A regular order means first selection and no disappointments. 



Roses, all colors, 3c to 12c 



Beauties, extra long, . - . . $4.50 per dozen 



Few Carnations this week for shipping; 

 • fine crop beginning November 1. 



Florists' Supplies, Baskets and Artificial Flowers 



at lowest market price. 



T. J. NOLL & CO. 



1109 Grand Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MO. 



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