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The Florists^ Review 



Ddcbmbxb 5, 1918. 



ILUNOIS OUTLOOK BRIGHT. 



While the season of 1917-18 was not 

 so good as expected because of the short- 

 age of help, the outlook for the next 

 three years is bright for the nursery- 

 business, declares J. W. Griesemer, pro- 

 prietor of the Hopedale Nurseries, Hope- 

 dale, 111. Help will be easier to obtain, 

 prices -will be better and the demand 

 will be excellent, says Mr. Griesemer. 



"The season of 1917-18 was not what 

 we had hoped it would be," says Mr. 

 Griesemer. "Owing to inability to get 

 enough help to do the planting, many 

 large buyers had to cancel their orders. 

 This season, however, the prospects for 

 getting help are much brighter and I 

 look for a reduction in the high wages 

 the nurserymen have had to pay. 



"All fruit stock in this section is in 

 extremely short supply and none of the 

 nurserymen I know about have a surplus 

 in any of the fruit items. The many 

 nurseries near Bloomington, in Stark 

 county, have no surpluses at all and 

 several have turned down even retail 

 orders for fruit stock this fall. Apple 

 and peach trees are especially scarce, 

 while small fruits are in better supply. 



' ' In ornamentals there is a fairly good 

 supply throughout this section. Prices 

 are advancing steadily, as they should. 

 For the last five years there has been 

 no material advance until now, while 

 the cost of production has more than 

 doubled during that time. 



"My advice to nurserymen is to place 

 their orders now for stock needed in the 

 spring, as prices surely will advance on 

 both ornamentals and fruits, especially 

 the latter. I fear that there will not be 

 enough apple and peach trees to supply 

 the demand next spring. 



"Prospects for increased business 

 next season are excellent. Orders are 

 larger, while there is a scarcity every- 

 where. The last five years have been 

 nightmares to nurserymen, but the out- 

 look is splendid for the next three years, 

 as it takes that time for stock to grow." 



PEOTEST IMPORT BAN. 



At the conference of the New Eng- 

 land members of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners, held at Horticul- 

 tural hall, Boston, November 22, J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar was asked by the chair- 

 man to speak on the effects of plant 

 import restrictions on American horti- 

 culture. After telling of his several vis- 

 its to Washington to protest against the 

 proposed restrictions and the evident 

 disposition of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board to put the proposed restrictions 

 into force, Mr. Farquhar stated that 

 American nurserymen are already grow- 

 ing plants, some of them of better qual- 

 ity than the foreign product, of varieties 

 that it was believed a few years ago 

 could not be produced in this country, 

 and that in time other varieties would 

 be produced. The speaker agreed that 

 while it might even be a good incentive 

 to increase production among American 

 nurserymen, the time limit of the plant 

 importation restrictions should be ex- 

 tended to give American nurserymen an 

 opportunity to prepare to meet the de- 

 mand for their stock that will be occa- 

 sioned by closing the doors to foreign 

 plants. 



Leonard Barron, of New York city, 

 said that he had been endeavoring to 

 discover just how American nursery- 

 men stood on the question of plant im- 

 portation restrictions, and that his in- 

 vestigations proved that they were some- 



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what divided on the matter; that he was 

 disposed to believe in the long run it 

 would be a good thing for American 

 nurserymen, though he believed that 

 more time should have been given them 

 to prepare against the restrictions. In 

 the discussion which followed, it was 

 claimed that if American nurserymen 

 would turn to the cultivation of our na- 

 tive plants, it would be possible to de- 

 velop truly American gardens. The 

 opinion prevailed, however, that until 

 the nurserymen can furnish such plants, 

 there should be some modification in 

 the restrictions on foreign plants, and 

 the secretary was instructed in a mo- 

 tion, duly carried, to learn if it is not 

 possible to have some action taken to 

 have the proposed restrictions deferred 

 for at least three years. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



Tlie Market. 



Business for Thanksgiving was good, 

 but there was not enough stock to sup- 

 ply the demand, as there was a good 

 deal of funeral and wedding work at 

 ihe tiiM. The stock of plants was good. 



Polnscttlas. 2^-in.. $7.50; 3-in., $10.00; 4-in.. 

 $20.00; 6-in.. $35.00 per 100; 6-in.. 50 and 75 

 cents each; 7-in., 75 cents and $1.00 each; 8- 

 in.. 11.00 and $1.50 each; also a few 10-in„ 

 $2.00 each. 



Celestial and Clutter Peppers, 2ia- in.. $5.00: 

 3-in., $7.50; 4-in.. $10 00; 5-in.. $25.00; 6-in., 

 $60 00 per 100. 



Cyclamen, 4-in., $25.00 to $35.00 per 100; 5-in., 

 50 to 75 cents each. 



Primroses, Malaooides, Obconica and Cbinen- 

 sis. 219-in., $5.00; 3-in.. $8.00; 4-in.. $12.50 

 per 100. 



Begonias, nice lot Luminosa, and Chatelaine. 

 2»fl-in,. $5.00; 3-in., $7 50 to $10.00; 4-in,. 

 $25.00 per 100. 



The above are all budded and blooming stock. 



Spiraeas, will have white and pink, nice bushy 

 plants, at 75 cents tu $1.00 each. 



Get orders in early. Shipments of all 

 bloominK plants should be in not 

 later than the 20th of December. 



Cash or Reference 



GEO. A. KUHL 



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ORCHIDS 



Best commercial varieties collected, imported 

 •nd irrewn by JOHN De BUCK. 710 Chestnut 

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however, and plants were used in place 

 of cut flowers in many instances. 



Boses and carnations are improving 

 rapidly, as the weather is bright and 

 cool, but there is a shortage of all 

 grades. Prices of flowers and plants 

 are higher than formerly and still they 

 seem to sell as readily. We have had 

 no snow as yet. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. J. C. Elspermann reports a severe 

 shortage of plants and cut flowers. She 

 has had to refuse many orders of late 

 for this reason. 



Karl Zeidler has been cutting a nice 

 lot of roses and carnations, but the de- 

 mand is so heavy that they do not go 

 far to fill requirements. He has dis- 

 posed of one crop of lettuce and is re- 

 planting for another crop. He also had 

 to refuse many orders for Thanksgiving 

 for lack of stock to fill them. 



Royston & Fenton have had many 

 calls for cut flowers, all of which they 

 turned over to other florists. 



Emil Niednagel returned November 

 30 from the Officers' Training Camp at 

 Camp Taylor. E. L. F. 



