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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 13. 1919. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 

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Easter Pot Covers 



Something stylish and more than usually pleas- 

 ing. This neat pot cover is made to fit a 6-inch 

 pot of standard size. 



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runs from the fifth floor to the base- 

 ment, with connections at each floor. 

 It is intended to relieve the freight 

 elevator and expedite the moving of 

 heavy sacks from the upper floors to 

 the shipping room. 



George F. Christie, of Clifton, Pa., is 

 extremely ill. 



Charles J. Theis is with T. Neilson 

 Geiger. 



Alfred M. Campbell is rapidly empty- 

 ing the EUenwood Greenhouses, prepara- 

 tory to replanting. 



Baymond Brunswick, secretary and 

 treasurer of the M. Eiee Co., says that 

 the reports from all over the country 

 indicate great business activity among 

 florists. 



J, D. Eisele, vice-president of Henry 

 A. Dreer, Inc., is hopeful that the plant 

 embargo planned to go into effect June 

 1 will be repealed. 



Edward Eeid was the first to demon- 

 strate the value of wire rose stakes 

 when working for Charles S. Price, of 

 Lansdowne. Mr. Eeid straightened out 

 some telegraph wire and cut it into 

 suitable lengths for rose stakes, using 

 them in place of the old bamboo canes 

 then in vogue. Mr. Price was so pleased 

 with these wire stakes that he ordered 

 a lot from John A. Eoebling Sons Co. 

 They are now in general use. 



William Berger's Sons arranged so 

 magnetic a window display that they 

 were obliged to shut off the lights lest 

 the plate glass might not withstand 

 the dense crowd in front. Now, what 

 do you think was inside that window? 



The March meeting of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society was held in 

 the library of Vernon park March 10. 

 Dr. Adolph Miller spoke on the "My- 

 thology of Trees." " Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Up to date the arrival of Lent has 

 not unfavorably affected the flower mar- 

 ket. The weather has been clear and un- 

 usually mild for March and arrivals 

 have increased, but the demand has 

 been quite good and there has been 

 little surplus of anything. American 

 Beauty roses still are among the short 

 supplies and continue to realize high 



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prices, as do the best grades of Hadley 

 and Eussell. Columbia is coming in of 

 better quality, with warmer weather, 

 while Sunburst, Ophelia, Stanley and 

 Miller all sell well. The Killarneys go 

 more slowly, especially white. Carna- 

 tions are in much larger supply, but 

 prices hold up except in the case of 

 whites, which are difficult to clear. Vio- 

 lets are low in price and the quality is 

 declining with the continued warm 

 weather. They have bloomed sparingly 

 with everyone this season. Large sup- 

 plies of excellent sweet peas are com- 

 ing in. The finest make $2.50 to $3 per 

 hundred, other grades going as low as 

 75 cents. 



Callas were never so numerous as 

 this season. More people are growing 

 the Godfrey and are understanding its 

 culture better. The flowers continue to 

 sell well. Lilies are quite scarce. Good 

 freesia still comes in, but the season for 

 this is nearing an end. Daffodils are 

 more abundant, but the supply of tulips 



is somewhat meager. Small lots of 

 anemones and ranunculi are seen. Pan- 

 sies are abundant and lower, and there 

 are ample supplies of calendulas, for- 

 get-me-nots, marguerites, wallflowers 

 and centaureas. Cattleyas still are in 

 good supply, but prices hold up well. 

 Lily of the valley is better in quality, 

 but there are few calls for it. There 

 is a continued shortage of adiantum 

 and asparagus. 



Flowering plants are much more plen- 

 tiful and sell well. Among these are 

 quantities of Tausendschoen roses, 

 genistas, ericas, bulbous plants, various 

 flowering shrubs, French hydrangeas 

 and marguerites. 



Exhibited at Horticultural HalL 



The schedule of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society provided no 

 classes for a spring exhibition this year 

 in Boston, much to the regret of exhibi- 

 tors and the general public, who were 

 eagerly anticipating such a show, but 



