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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 7, 1918. 



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Qalax Boxwood Sprengeri Plumosus Leucothoe Adiantum Ferns Mexican Ivy 



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with a comparatively small supply of 

 strictly high-grade blooms. Conse- 

 quently, the strictly fancy stock is com- 

 manding double last year's prices, with 

 the lower grades showing up less well. 

 But they all clean up and for the small 

 stuff to bring better prices than last 

 year is remarkable when it is consid- 

 ered what great extra quantities of 

 mums are being grown all over the mid- 

 dle west in houses it is planned to close 

 when the crop is cut. 



Pompons are in heavy supply and are 

 the cheapest flower on the market to- 

 day. An enormous business is being 

 done with them, for it is the one item 

 in which the buyer's idea of price can 

 be met. 



It is a matter for comment and con- 

 gratulation that the prices of other 

 flowers have held up so splendidly dur- 

 ing the height of the chrysanthemum 

 season. Beauties have been somewhat 

 affected, but the price is stiffening 

 again. Other roses are selling at much 

 better figures than the market has been 

 accustomed to during chrysanthemum 

 season and carnations also are bringing 

 unheard-of prices for this time of year. 

 It is all the more remarkable when one 

 considers the blow the city trade suf- 

 fered when the health department put 

 on its "flu" quarantine, now happily 

 withdrawn. 



The retailers are doing a business 

 above normal and are well satisfied, 

 everything now being in their favor and 

 most stock plentiful enough to go 

 around. Funeral work with them con- 

 tinues good and, although not so heavy 

 as it was a few weeks ago, it is above 

 normal. Shipping business continues as 

 heavy as ever and there seems to be no 

 let-up in the demand for flowers out- 

 side the city. Present indications point 

 to a record-breaking Thanksgiving 

 business and the wholesalers seem wor- 

 ried that there will not be enough stock 

 for all needs, although everything will 

 be in good supply. 



All varieties of roses in all lengths 

 of stems are about equal to orders and 

 the quality of the stock arriving con- 

 tianea excellent. An excellent grade of 

 calendulas continues to come in, but the 

 supply is short of the demand, Pansies 

 are in heavy supply and meet with & 



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steady call, but the call is not quite 

 large enough to absorb the supply. 

 There are plenty of single and double 

 violets, rather more than the demand 

 calls for, as the violet has not its old- 

 time popularity for street wear. The 

 quality of the stock is good. Gladioli 

 have finally disappeared from the mar- 

 ket, but asters still hang on. Carnations 

 are coming in larger quantities. A bet- 

 ter quality of stock comes in each week, 

 but as the supply increases, so does the 

 demand and there are not enough to 

 answer present needs. The shortage, 

 however, is not seriously felt, as it is 

 made up by the big supply of pompons. 



There is a supply of valley sufficient 

 for the demand. The quality of the 

 stock is good and it brings a satisfac- 

 tory price. Orchids are in increased 

 supply, but do not fill the demand. 

 Prices, however, have dropped, which is 

 one of the reasons for the extremely 

 heavy call for them this week. Easter 

 lilies, as for many weeks, continue on 

 the short side, the steady demand keep- 

 ing up. The quality continues excel- 

 lent and the price remains stiff. Eu- 

 brum lilies are in good supply and answer 

 the demand. There is a Ught supply of 

 calla lilies and sweet peas, but there is 

 no special demand for them at present. 



