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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 6, 1919 



can only wish that those who have lost 

 their breath shall regain it in time, and 

 I have no doubt they will succeed if 

 they only consider things in fair way. 



Allow me to give you one or two hints. 

 Before the war the surplus of bulbs in 

 Holland had reached the top, with the 

 consequences that prices came down be- 

 low low watermark; in fact, we deliv- 

 ered bulbs at most ridiculous rates, and 

 not sufficient with that, we started to 

 cut one another's throats by offering 

 f. 0. b. Eotterdam, and not sufficient 

 even with that, some went so far as to 

 deliver bulbs free destination, includ- 

 ing all packing charges free. 



"Every business man will admit that 

 only the overproduction brought things 

 to such a state. 



"Now, since the war broke out, one 

 has to see matters in another light. La- 

 bor forty per cent higher, while manure, 

 which is used in tremendous quantities, 

 has reached a price which one never 

 thought possible. To give an idea: Be- 

 fore the war we paid 7 shillings ($1.68) 

 per square yard; present price, 30 shil- 

 lings ($7.20). So if prices of bulbs had 

 not been raised in proportion, we might 

 just as well have closed our doors. 



"Another matter is that tremendous 

 quantities of miscellaneous bulbs and 

 plants, and also large quantities of cro- 

 cus, narcissi, hyacinths and the cheaper 

 kind of tulips, have been sold. Tulips 

 for baking powder, while hyacinths and 

 narcissi were turned into starch. This, 

 together with the high costs of exploi- 

 tation, has reduced the stock to such an 

 extent that if the demand will be only 

 half as large as before the war, consid- 

 erably higher prices will have to be paid 

 for the future. 



"I now turn to the heading, packing 

 charges. The writer put this in a light 

 as if we were trying to 'do' our friends 

 in the trade. It is for that reason that 

 I will try to take such impression away. 

 What are the present prices in Holland t 

 Docs a bulb grower, by charging $3, 

 make a profit! By no means. 



"Before .the war an ordinary bulb 

 case cost about three and sixpence (84 

 cents) ; present price, 9 to 10 shillings 

 ($2.40), while paper bags were raised in 

 price from 3d per pound to 1 shilling per 

 pound (from 6 to 24 cents). This, with 

 the absurd high price for buckwheat, 

 makes $3 a price by which a bulb grower 

 has more chance to lose than to gain. 



"We further wish to remark that 

 where the cases from France are 

 charged at $1, our substantial cases, in- 

 cluding the first-class packing material, 

 are selling cheap at $3. We invite the 

 writer in The Florists' Eeview to come 

 and have a look in our books and we will 

 convince him further." 



CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Everette R. Pesicook Co., Chicago. 111.— "M«r- 

 ket Gardeners' Wholesale Price Llat" of seeds, 

 bulbs, nursery stock, tools and sundries: illus- 

 trated, forty-eight pages, in a distinctive and 

 artistic colored cover of the ofTset style. The 

 cental system is used In quoting prices. 



Peter Hendenon ft Oo,. New York, N. T. — 

 "Henderson's Farmers' Manual," an Illustrated 

 catalogue of field seeds, arranged in the interest- 

 ing, typical Henderson fashion; sixteen pages 

 and cover. The index, at the end of the cata- 

 logue. Is more than an index; It serves the extra 

 purpose of stating the right quantities of seed 

 per acre. 



Xav&n Kurseries, San Bernardino, Cal. — Illus- 

 trated catalogue of roses, ornamental plants and 

 shmbs, evergreens, palms, bamboos and fruit- 

 bearing stock; a neat 8-page booklet. 



8. 8. Pennook Co., Philadelphia, Pa.— "Orig- 

 inal and Exclusive Designs in Florists' Fancy 

 Basket*," also one or two items of stock from 



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