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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBEB 21, 1918. 



rORT WAYNE, IND. 



Tlie Maxket. 



The influenza ban, prohibiting public 

 meetings, has just been lifted, Novem- 

 ber 15, after having been in effect for 

 five weeks, and business in all lines is 

 showing a decided improvement, al- 

 though there is not such a heavy demand 

 for funeral work. Flowers for the sick 

 and for impromptu social affairs have 

 created an excellent demand, and busi- 

 ness in the shipping line has been good. 



Roses are not so plentiful as they 

 have been. There are practically no 

 Eussells to be had, and Columbia also 

 is short of requirements. Sunburst, 

 Ophelia and Shawyer are in larger sup- 

 ply, but carnations are noticeably on 

 the short side, while chrysanthemums 

 and pompons in quantities are coming 

 into the market daily. Many varieties 

 of mums which are supposed to be in 

 their prime for the Thanksgiving trade 

 are almost past their season now. 



It is expected, therefore, that there 

 will be few mums in this section for 

 Thanksgiving, and such as are offered 

 will be in the larger sizes and higher 

 priced blooms. A retailer remarked, 

 "Thanksgiving will be almost unthink- 

 able without chrysanthemums." The 

 outlook for the trade for this holiday 

 is especially encouraging. With peace 

 coming just at this time, a greater de- 

 mand is expected than usual. Violets 

 and sweet peas are coming slowly and 

 there is no noticeable increase in the 

 supply of lilies, but mums are being used 

 in their place for funeral sprays. There 

 is a plentiful supply of cattleyas at 

 good prices. The supply of green goods 

 is more satisfactory than for some 

 weeks. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Margaret Vesey, head of the 

 Hostess House at Camp Taylor, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., has just issued a report of 

 the work accomplished during the last 

 several months at this institution. Miss 

 Vesey is ably assisted in this work by 

 a number of young women, among whom 

 is Miss Catherine Vesey, who has re- 

 cently joined the house staff. She for- 

 merly was nursing at the same camp 

 during the influenza epidemic. 



The New Haven Floral Co. has had 

 an excellent local demand, in addition 

 to its out-of-town business, during the 

 first half of the month of November. 

 The local call was mostly for funeral 

 arrangements. The crop of Hoosier 

 Beauty, Ophelia and Mrs. George Shaw- 

 yer is in excellent shape and the <jj^ys- 

 anthemum crop has been exceptionally 

 large this season. 



A Victory window, with the dove of 

 peace the center of the arrangement, 

 was staged by A. J. Lanternier & Sons 

 last week. A handsome display of chrys- 

 anthemums in attractive basket arrange- 

 ments was shown in the window. 



The store force of the Flick Floral 

 Co. was on duty all day November 10 

 filling funeral orders. Some exception- 

 ally good chrysanthemum plants and 

 basket arrangements of pompons were 

 displayed here. 



The Freese Floral Co. had a partien- 

 larly attractive window last week, with 

 seasonable flowers, in which a large flag 

 of immortelles occupied a prominent 

 position. 



P. J. McCarthy, of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, Pa., called on the trade 

 last week. R. F. 



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I TO MOVE QUICKLY f 



E we offer the following stock at S 



25% less than market value | 



Bench Rotes of popular varieties, in fine shape for forclDg or s 



for pot plants. S 



Stevia, extra fine, 4-inch pots. S 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-inch and 4-iQch. s 



Asparagus Plumosns and Sprengeri» from bench. S 



Orchids, good commercial varieties. S 



Jerusalem Cherries. s 



Peonies, choice yarieties. S 



Pots and Pans, new and used, all sizes. s 



cases Lllinm Gigantenm, 7 to 9, in cold storage. S 



Galvanized IVire Stalces, 3 and 4 feet. S 



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300,000 



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80,000 



State your wants and we will make the price interesting. 



MIAMI FLORAL CO. 



i P. O. Box 225, 



DAYTON, OHIO i 



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Special Offer 



7-in. Boston Fens 



75 



Cents 

 Each 



Our stock of 7-inch Boston 



Feros is exceptionally large, and the plants are 

 fine for immediate sales or for potting on into 

 8-inch or 9-inch pots. 



They are pot-grown and wall astablishad 



Our ferns are all pot-grown and fine specimens 



Boston Pcms, 6-inch tO.Meach 



Boston Fonu, 7-'nch 76 each 



Boston Perns, 8-inch l.oo each 



Boston Ferns, 9-inch 1.60 each 



Whltnuuili Ferns, 6-inch $0.50 each I Whitmanil Ferns, 8-inch $1.00 each 



Whltmanll Ferns, 7-inch 75 each I Wbltnuuill Ferns, 9-inch 1.50each 



KENTIAS ARE SCARCE 



And every Florist who has facilities should grow on as many as possible. 



Kcntla Belmorr ana, 2k - inch Si .26 per doz. 



Kentia Forsterlana, 2'4-inch 1.26 per doz. 



Kentia Belmorcana, 6- inch, made up 9.00 per doz. 



We also have 20,000 Snudl Kentia*. Get our prices on large quantities. 



THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO. 



737 Buckingham Place 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Seasonable Offers stock now ready 



ROSES 



Tansendsclien, XXX forcing grade $28.00 per 100 



Excelsa (Red Dorothy Perkins), XXX forcing grade 22.00 per 100 



Lady Gay, XXX forcing grade 22.00 per 100 



Hiawatha, XXX forcing grade 22.00 per 100 



Hybrid Perpetual, assorted varieties, XXX forcing grade, 22.00 per 100 



Hybrid Tea, assorted varieties, XXX forcing grade 25.00 per 100 



Pot-grown Lilac, 7-inch, Marie Legraye 85.00 per 100 



" " 6-inch, Marie Legraye 60.00 per 100 



Genista, 5-inch, fine, shapely plants 25.00 per 100 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New York 



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