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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 13. 1919.*,/ 



THE BEST 

 QUALITY 



ROSES 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



CARNATIONS— Splits, $2.03 to $4.00 per 100. Choice Stock, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100. 



Special— Mrs. C. W. Ward, $8.00 per 100 



Choice Stock of Valley, Easter Lilies, Jonquils, Tulips, Daisies, Calendulas, 



Violets, Snapdragons, Iris, Calla Lilies, Sweet Peas, Paper Whites, 



Mignonette, Freesias, and all other Seasonable Stock. 



DON'T FORGET US ON GREENS. AS WE HAVE 



Mexican Ivy, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, Green and Bronze Leucothoe and Galax 



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For almost the first time since last 

 summer it may be said that there is an 

 adequate supply in all lines of cut flow- 

 ers. The one possible exception is Amer- 

 iton Beauty, good stock of which is not 

 always available except at pretty stiff 

 r^ites. Of other roses there is an abun- 

 dance, particularly of the fancy long 

 grades. Russell is not in such large 

 supply as it was last season and good 

 flowers command a ready sale. Milady 

 is more abundant than in previous 

 years. Killarney is dropping out. 

 Columbia is popular everywhere. While 

 prices have been easy, the price of the 

 best grade is easier, comparatively, than 

 the price of the shorts. 



There are enough carnations to go 

 around, but the price is holding up ex- 

 cellently under the circumstances, 

 though growers say it is not now as 

 much above other years as expenses of 

 running greenhouses have increased. 

 Mrs. Ward continues the most sought 

 variety, though Enchantress and White 

 Enchantress are the most abundant. 

 Excellent Matchless are offered, almost 

 too good to use in funeral work, where 

 most of the white carnations go. 



The market is well supplied with cat- 

 tleyas, but they are moving satisfac- 

 torily. Large quantities of iris are seen ; 

 tingitana is on the wane, but there are 

 increased supplies of filifolia. Bulbous 

 stock is more abundant than hereto- 

 fore, considerable quantities of early 

 tulips being seen, with moderate sup- 

 plies of jonquils and daffodils, not 

 counting the southern stock, which is 

 not wanted by the better stores if in- 

 door flowers are to be had at reasonable 

 prices. Darwin tulips are in request 



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and the supplies are not large. Purity 

 freesia is on the wane, as are Paper 

 Whites. Considerable quantities of 

 giganteum lilies now are offered, some 

 of the stock being such as to raise the 

 question as to whether or not the grow- 

 er can break even. Lilies of satisfac- 

 tory quality are selling fairly well. 

 Violets are not selling any too well, 

 the sweet pea being the popular cor- 

 sage flower and now in large supply and 

 of excellent quality. There are in- 

 creased receipts of snapdragon, but not 

 much is long-stemmed. Valley is avail- 

 able for all orders. Calendulas are more 

 abundant than they have been for the 

 last few weeks. 



The green goods situation is quiet. 

 While there are small supplies of Flor- 

 ida asparagus, quantities are coming 

 from California. 



Club Meeting. 



There were many interesting features 



at the meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 held at the Bandolph hotel March 6. 

 Peter Pearson read a long and interest- 

 ing paper which he had prepared on 

 "Home-grown Bulbs." It was so well 

 received that he was given a rising vote 

 of thanks. J. E. Dufifield, of the Chi- 

 cago Chamber of Commerce, addressed 

 the meeting in a most interesting way, 

 his main object being to urge florists 

 who are not members to join the as- 

 sociation. Morris Smith, of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., read a letter from his 

 brother, Frederick A. Smith, the war 

 correspondent, who was the first Ameri- 

 can to cross the Rhine and reach Ber- 

 lin, getting through by airplane. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. exhibited a 

 large table of baskets and novelties for 

 St. Patrick's day and Easter, for which 

 it received honorable mention. H. B. 

 Hughes turned the memories of many 

 old-<timerB back to the Chicago world's 



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