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The Florists^ Review 



Febbuaey 15, 1917. 



Efficient Houses 



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modern houses. The best equipment and labor-saving devices, combined with strict economy, 



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NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



The i)rices of flowers continue high as 

 a rule. Easter lilies now coming in, of 

 excellent quality, bring $3, $4 and more 

 per dozen retail. Roses are good and 

 the better blooms bring $2, $2.50 and up 

 per dozen. Valley sells at $1 a dozen. 

 During the last week potted tulips be- 

 came more plentiful, but they are of 

 good quality. Jonquils are plentiful and 

 of good quality. Both tulips and jon- 

 quils sell well. Carnations are good and 

 retail at 75 cents to $1.50 per dozen. 

 Sweet peas are coming more plentifully, 

 with the Spencers leading in popularity. 

 Violets are abundant and good, and sell 

 at retail from 60 to 75 cents per hundred. 

 Business in general is good. 



Various Notes. 



Philips Bros, report a great deal of 

 funeral work during the last two weeks. 

 Transient work has been quiet. 



John Blakeley, of Elizabeth, finds 

 business good and is optimistic as to the 

 future. R. B. M. 



HOLYOKE, MASS. 



The regular meeting of the Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club was held at the G. H. Sinclair 

 establishment, Holyoke, February 6, 

 President George Strugnell presiding. 

 E. J. Canning, who recently attended 

 the convention of the New England 

 Nurserymen's Association, aroused keen 

 interest by an instructive talk on the 

 proposed bill to prohibit plant importa- 

 tions. It was felt that such a drastic 

 measure, if allowed to pass, would se- 

 riously hamper nurserymen and florists, 

 without achieving the purpose of the 

 bill. 



President Strugnell exhibited a splen- 

 did specimen plant of cyclamen. It 

 would have been hard to beat anywhere 

 and deserved the certificate of merit 

 awarded. G. H. Sinclair had a good 

 display of carnations, sweet peas, snap- 

 dragons, mignonette and forget-me-nots. 

 D. J. Gallivan showed a vase of Car- 

 nation Gorgeous. H. E. D. 



Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. — A greenhouse 

 business with a capital of $210,000 has 

 been incorporated here by W. F. Eomer 

 and E. H. and P. M. Pierson. 



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 We feel tliat it lias saved qui- crops 

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Our cares do not cease with the mere 

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