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The Florists^ Review 



Januaby 11, 1917. 



MRS. SARAH YEATS 



At Last an Ideal Red Rose 



Productiveness unsurpassed. 



Color a real red, velvety texture. 



Buds 2 to 3 inches long, opening 

 into a large, evenly petaled flower. 



Foliage abundant, of a rich green 

 color. 



Steins 18 inches to three and one- 

 half feet, without pinching. 



Needs little or no supports. 



Have shipped blooms to Connecticut, without ice, which were 

 received in good condition. Only 40,000 to be sold this year. 

 Orders filled in rotation. 



35c each $32.50 per 100 $300.00 per 1000 



J. E. YEATS 



302 East Springfield Ave. 



CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 



Mention The Bgylew when yon write. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The January carnation glut is on in 

 full blast. Tliis year the situation is 

 rather peculiar; the glut came earlier 

 than usual; sonic carnations bring $4 on 

 contract price, but the finest carnations 

 can be bought for $2.50 per hundred. 

 Poorer ones can be had as low as $7.50 

 jier thousand. Roses, too, are somewhat 

 abundant, but not to the degree of car- 

 nations, good stock making from $3 to 

 $10. The supply of eallas is ample and 

 these are readily sold at 10 cents each. 

 Easter lilies are not plentiful at $1.50 

 per dozen. A few poinsettias still lin- 

 ger, but there is no large demand for 

 them. 



Sweet peas are coming in more satis- 

 factorily and are of excejitional qual- 

 ity. On account of the unseasonably 

 bright, warm weather, the old comj)laint 

 of dropping ])uds has not Ijoen heard 

 this season. Violets, which are becom- 

 ing more consj)icuous, are in fine shape. 

 Valley and orchids still are scarce. 

 Narcissi, Paper Whites, are plentiful at 

 $2.50 and $3. A few tulips have made 

 their appearance, but as yet they re- 

 ceive little attention. Roman hyacinths 

 are a fair substitute for valley. Bud- 

 dleia Asiatica has made a place for it- 

 self and pussy willows are here and sug- 

 gest the spring. Azaleas and good 

 cyclamens are now in fine shape and 

 are readily sold. 



Chills and Fever. 



SCENE I. 



Time: Holiday week. 



Place: City market. 



Public pricing carnations at $1 and 

 $1.50 per dozen. Cold chills run up 

 and down the backs. 



SCENE II. 



Time: One week later. 



Place: Same. 



Public pricing carnations at 35 cents 



Carnation Cuttings 



If you want early delivery, place your order now. 



Arawana. Our new crimson seedling. 



Rooted Cuttings: $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



Alice Coombs. Light pink Nancy. Shell-pink 



Aviator. Intense scarlet Nebraska. Bright scarlet 



Belle Washburn. Scarlet Red Wing. Scarlet 



Rooted Cuttings: $().00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 

 Enchantress Supreme. 



Rooted Cuttings: $3.50 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 



Champion, Good Cheer and Miss Theo. 



Rooted Cuttings: $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. 



Alice Eureka White Enchantress 



Beacon Matchless White Wonder 



Benora Mrs. C. W. Ward 



Rooted Cuttings: $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



per dozen. Blood boils to fever heat 

 when thinking of hold-up week before. 

 This shows that the florist is his own 

 enemy-^he cuts his own throat. The 

 contrast between mediocre stock at 

 Christmas time for $1.50 and best qual- 

 ity stock the following week for 35 

 cents is too great for the public to 

 swallow. The people feel that the flo- 

 rists are taking advantage of them and 

 are hold-up men. The January carna- 

 tion glut is an annual occurrence, and, 

 unfortunately, this year it was a little 

 earlier. Would it not be much better 

 to have held carnations from 60 to 75 

 cents per dozen, according to quality, 

 than to have created this mistrust, even 



Bobbink & Atkins 



NURSERYMEN 

 FLORISTS and PLANTERS 



RDTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 



though one disposed of only half the 

 stock? Various Notes. 



One would be well paid to spend a 

 few hours at the establishment of B^ur 

 & Steinkamp; to see a range kept up 

 to the notch; to examine a luxuriant 

 mass of carnation blooms, including a 



