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The Florists' Review 



Dbcihbkb 28, 1916. 



Save from 25^° to 30?° on 



Size CYCAS Per lOOO 



8x12 $15.00 



12xlG 18.00 



16x20 21.00 



20x24 25.00 



24x28 30.00 



28x32 37.00 



32x36 46.00 



36x40 65.00 



40x44 63.00 



44x48 70.00 



BASKETS 



Tumblers Princess (9 sizes) 



Pot Baskets (5 sizes) Vases 

 Window Boxes Fancy Baskets 



Etc. 



OUR GUARANTEE 



If goods are not to your liking, return 

 them at our expense. 



WAX GOODS Per 1000 



Roses, large size $16.00 



Roses, small size 8.00 



Carnations, large size 15.00 



Sweet Peas 4.00 



Crosses 50c up each 



Crescents 50c up each 



Hearts 50c up each 



Wreaths 50c up each 



Etc. 



We manufacture everything right in our own factory, at 347-357 Cambridge Street, so when you buy from 

 us you buy direct from the manufacturer, saving from 25c to 33c on every dollar. Inquiries gladly answered. 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY CO. 



347-357 Cambridge St., BOSTON, MASS. 



Manufacturers of Cycas Leaves, Baskets, Wax Flowers and Designs. Unknown customers please give reference or cash with order 



. ^ Mention Tbs.R«Tltw wbsn yon writs. 



The price for other colors was 6 cents to 

 ^ cents, now and then 10 cents. Mrs. C. 

 "W. Ward continued a prime favorite when 

 •well grown. Stores that wish to avoid 

 trouble do not accept orders for red car- 

 nations at Christmas. There was an over- 

 supply of white carnations, an almost in- 

 variable rule at this season. 



Sweet peas were in heavier supply than 

 usual at Christmas. They came in pink, 

 ivhite, a few lavender and some other 

 ■colors. The drohid-flowered peas were so 

 "fine that they brought $2.50, $3 and even 

 $4 per hundred. The grandiflora peas 

 ►brought $1 to $2; these were mostly 

 •Christmas Pink. 



Violets brought from $1 to $1.50 per 

 hundred; the fancy singles bringing as 

 much as tl e New York doubles. There 

 'was trouble with delayed shipments from 

 the Hudson river; some of these did not 

 :arrive in time to go out on orders. Valley 

 was in fairly good supply at from $4, $6 

 to $8 per hundred. There was not enough 

 •of the best, but rather too much of the 

 lower grade. 



Poinsettias were in brisk demand at 

 from $2 to $4 per dozen bracts. Easter 

 lilies sold well at 15 cents. Cattleya 

 TriansB brought $9, $10 and $12 per 

 dozen. Cattleya Percivaliana was $6 per 

 dozen, cypripediums $15 per hundred. 

 •Gardenias brought $2 to $4 per dozen ; 

 the best sold well. Snapdragons were in 

 fair supply at $1.50 to $2 per dozen, with 

 good support for anything nice. Mig- 

 •nonette brought* $4 per hundred, with 

 more for fancy stock. Yellow daisies 

 made $2 per hundred. Paper Whites 

 brought $3 and $4, but were in oversup- 

 ply. Stevia brought $1 per hundred. 

 There were few chrysanthemums. 



Unfortunately, there were a lot of 

 Asparagus plumosus sprays and strings 

 •of smilax unloaded on the market at 

 •Christmas. Nobody wanted them ; nobody 

 •ever wants these greens at the holidays. 

 Why throw them away? The holly, ly- 

 copodium, boxwood, mistletoe and good- 

 ness knows what else are quite enough 

 •without them. Greenhouse greens are 

 Isadly needed later. 



It will be a couple of weeks before the 

 plants left after Christmas will be in 

 bloom and ready to appear, so close was 

 the cleanup. The fact that begonias held 

 their own this year is due to the first ap- 

 pearance of Mrs. Peterson. All the plants 

 •offered of this variety were quickly taken. 

 Araucarias were just as popular as ever; 

 ■nice plants were quickly sold. Anything 

 like an Otahcite orange was wanted for 

 combination baskets and boxes. Small 



THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANBE 



All kinds of ROSES, VIOLETS, CARNATIONS, 

 ORCHIDS and GARDENIAS 



1615 RANSTEAD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Msatloa Tbm Bsvlsw whm ywi writs. 



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ii 12 Sooth Moto stTMt, PHILADELPHlAi PAs 



Snapdrasfons — Carnations — Mignonette and Stevia 



MsBttan Tks Bertow ^ 



EUGENE BERNHEilMER. WHOLfSAlEnORIST 



Roae Orowera : Order your plants now . Best light pink rose in the market, Sept Morn. 

 153! RANSTEAD STREET, PHILAPELPHIA, PA. 



Kentlon Tlw B«Tlgw whii yon wrtt». 



crotons and Adiantum Glory of Mor- 

 drecht were freely used for this purpose. 



To sum up, while nobody has figures 

 ready yet, the general impression is that 

 Christmas has been satisfactory, both in 

 plants and in cut flowers. The genertd 

 feeling is that the volume of business 

 was equal to or slightly exceeded that of 

 any previous week at the festive season. 

 There have been differences with the ex- 

 press companies because of delay and 

 loss, but these are only clouds in the 

 bright sky. 



December 26 found the cut flower mar- 

 ket bare of everything except leftover 

 white flowers, Paper Whites, white car- 

 nations, white roses, stevia, etc. Fresh 

 roses soon came in; other flowers followed 

 slowly. Business was light, at prices 

 about twenty-five per cent below those of 

 December 23. Poor flowers, always an 

 incident to a holiday, were unloaded for 

 what they were worth just before 

 Christmas, this leaving the market in 

 fairly good shape for the closing of the 

 year. It is a wise policy, for what is the 

 use of shipping poor flowers at any time, 

 least of all at the holidays? 



Just One Note. 



I hope you will have a prosperous and 

 happy New Year. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



It has become somewhat of a hack- 

 neyed phrase to say, "Business again 

 broke all records," hut this Christmas 

 unquestionably went well ahead of any 

 of its predecessors in volume of business 

 and as regards satisfactory prices. Buy- 

 ing was good several days before the 



Orchid Peas 



CARNATIONS 

 Yellow Daisies 



Extra Long-stemmed 



Prima Donna 



and all kinds of Roses 



Phikdelpliit Cut Flower Co. 



in? Sum Stmt, miMmt,n. 



McBtloa TlM lt«Tl#w wkfv r*" writ*. 



B. E. & J. T. COKELY 



Everything in 

 Florists' Supplies 



SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 



Mention Tha Brlew wh«n yon writ*. 



holiday and December 22 seemed t i 

 have more real snap to it than December 

 23. Christmas morning arrivals were 

 not heavy, as many growers have a largo 

 and lucrative home retail trade. 

 Weather conditions, except on Decen - 

 ber 22, when it was dark, wet and fogg.^ . 

 were satisfactory, it being cold but n( t 

 unseasonably so. 



Roses cleaned up woll. America! 

 Beauties, select, made $75 to $100 pt r 

 hundred; other grades $8 to $i50 per 

 hundred. Hadley and Russell sold from 

 $6 to $32, some select flowers goiniT 

 higher. Cardinal, Francis Scott Key, 



