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Dbckmbkb 28. 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



31 



Edward Reid 



Offers for 

 New Year's 



BEAUTIES 



of usual 

 high standard 



ROSES ""s5:cTs!'?s;l*!i"« CARNATIONS 



ORCHIDS AND VALLEY Everything Seasonable In Cut Flowers 



1619-1621 Ranstaad Street, PHIUDELPHU, PA. 



Mention Th* Rrlew when yon write. 



ingly fine showing made by Hadley, in 

 competition with a heavy crop of fine 

 Beauties. The best Hadley roses sold at 

 $1 each. This was the more remark- 

 able because some Beauties sold at $9 

 per dozen. Under improving weather 

 conditions Beauties advanced to $12 per 

 <lozen. Of course there were far more 

 Beauties than Hadleys, and ever so 

 iiiany more of the dollar grade, but the 

 fact that some Hadleys were worth so 

 much is strong proof of the merit of 

 t'le variety. So many red roses were 

 cropped for Christmas that there was 

 an oversupply despite the heavy demand. 

 I'ink roses, on the other hand, were short 

 '^^ the demand. They did not bring the 

 ■incy prices of red roses, but sold quick- 

 1 " at good prices. The finer grades were 

 "uite scarce at times. Yellow roses were 

 -TPtive in a more limited way, at good 

 I nces. There was no great quantity 

 ■ f white roses offered. The demand was 



•est for the cheaper grades. 

 Carnations suffered terribly from the 



ibsence of sunshine. Every grower had 

 luds; few had flowers. Red and bright 

 .'ink were most wanted, but anything 

 -resh and nice was taken. 



Disappointment was linked with many 

 of the other flowers. The weather re- 

 duced the supply and the market was 

 too critical to take stock that would 

 once have been good enough. 



Beauties were undoubtedly the leading 

 roses. They were in heavy crop, with a 

 better supply of medium and short stems 

 at the last moment than was anticipated. 

 The bulk of the long Beauties were sold 

 at $75 per hundred; just a few brought 

 $1 each. The medium and short grades 

 brought from $50 to $20 per hundred, 

 according to quality. A good many 

 Beauties were used by the fashionable 

 shops; the plain, every-day florist took 

 few or none. 



Hadley, apart from the memorable in- 

 stance of blue-ribboners at $1 given 

 above, brought from 50 cents down. The 

 supply was fair. Richmond was in crop 

 with several growers and brought 8 to 25 

 cents; those held higher did not sell. 

 Ophelia wais in great demand at about 

 the same figures as Richmond; there 

 were not nearly enough Ophelia. Mrs. 

 Russell brought from 50 cents down ; the 

 supply was only moderate. There were 

 a good many Prima Donna; a few of the 



best brought 35 cents. September Morn 

 brought from 40 cents down, with offer- 

 ings limited. The most surprisingly high 

 prices were really found in the short 

 roses; 6 cents, 8 cents and 10 cents were 

 realized for extremely short-stemmed and 

 medium-sized Killarncy, White Killarney 

 and Maryland, while little Mrs. Ward 

 was worst of all in this respect; people 

 love the color of this little orange-tinted 

 bud, and from 6 cents for short stems to 

 20 cents for long stems was the price. 



It seemed as though Killarney was los- 

 ing in popularity. While the best brought 

 20 cents and 25 cents, 6 cents to 15 cents 

 was the common price, with the buyers 

 looking for Maryland and Shawyer and 

 merely taking Killarney to get a pink 

 rose. Of course there still ar6 many loyal 

 friends of Killarney, but it looks as 

 though their number is decreasing. 



Carnations were good, plentiful with 

 some growers and shy with others. The 

 general feeling in the stores is that car- 

 nations are not thoroughly satisfactory 

 at the holidays. The best red brought 10 

 cents, 12 cents and occasionally 15 cents. 



