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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKE 18, 1917. 



Revising the Figures 



Something we all have to do this year. We have always prided ourselves on quality of stock. 

 We are going to maintain that same good quality, but we cannot at the old prices under present 

 conditions. The coal man has passed the buck to us. We're passing it on and it will be con- 

 tinually moving for some time to come. 



Our new prices for 1918 are based on the increased cost of production. It is the time to count 

 cost— a day of reckoning. Won't you as producer or retailer do likewise? Keep our business 

 in line with others. Let us get out of it the extra cost of production. 



We shall offer our new prices for 1918 without more apology. We are simply passing the buck 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc., CROMWELL, CONN 



Mention The Review when you writo. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



The demand for cut flowers is re- 

 ported to be unusually brisk for this 

 time of the year, with a somewhat 

 limited supply of first-grade stock. 

 With few exceptions, early chrysanthe- 

 mums are disappointing as to quality 

 and the same may be said of carna- 

 tions. On some days it has been im- 

 possible to obtain suflficient numbers of 

 locally grown flowers to meet the de- 

 mand. Eoses are not up to the season- 

 able standard. However, better offer- 

 ings are daily expected. A feature of 

 the present conditions is the heavy de- 

 mand for orchids. 



Various Notes. 



James Hacking, of Central Falls, has 

 been reelected superintendent of the 

 Moshassuck Cemetery Corporation. 



Eobert Johnson, of Johnson Bros., and 

 Mrs. Johnson returned recently from an 

 8-day automobile trip through Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont and Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Samuel Kinder, of Bristol, left last 

 week for a fishing trip in the vicinity 

 of Block island, off Narragansett bay, 

 with other members of the Prudence 

 Island Fishing Club. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Luther 

 have returned from an automobile trip 

 to the Berkshires. 



Alexander Macrae, of F. Macrae & 

 Sons, last week tied the highest score 

 ever made at 300 yards at the rifle 

 range of the North Providence Rifle 

 Club. 



I^arge invoices of bulbs were received 

 through the local customhouse last 

 week for growers in this vicinity. 



Charles J. Nichols, of S. J. Renter & 

 Sons, Inc., at Westerly, is confined to 

 his home by a severe attack of the grip. 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting in the 

 lecture room of the public library 

 October 17. 



There is general complaint about the 

 scarcity of help, many of the green- 

 housemen being unable to secure nnMi 

 at any price. This and tlie coal ques- 

 tion are giving the growers considerable 

 concern. W. H. M. 



Eagle Grove, la. — John Buhner 

 opened his greenhouse to the public 

 October 1, and more than 800 people 

 visited the place. Each visitor was 

 presented with a flower as a souvenir. 

 The principal flowers grown are car- 

 nations. 



