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The Florists^ Review 



December 5, 1918. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



The Market. 



As anticipated, tlie (ii'iiiand for flow- 

 ers for Thanksgiving day was greatly 

 in excess of the supply. A complete 

 clean-up of all salable stock is reported 

 and tiie shortage is estimated at twenty- 

 live per cent of the demand. Mums 

 naturally occujiied the stellar role for 

 the occasion and, despite the unusual 

 })rices asked and the apparent abun- 

 dance of sujijily, were sold out coin- 

 jiletely by November 2(5. The demand 

 centered on the larger sizes, wliicli re- 

 sulted in early exhaustion of the avail- 

 able supply. In consecpience, the small 

 and meiliiim sizes assiuned \aiues be- 

 yond their intrinsic riglits and the bur- 

 den of the condition that resulted was 

 jjlacetl on tlie eleventh-liour jiurchaser. 

 Trices ranged fi-oiii .fl' per dozen to 

 .$0 for specials, with the popular call 

 at $o and .t4. J'ompons won a i)lace in 

 diversified demand that is projihetic of 

 a sharp contest in the years ahead for 

 an equal if not sujjerior position in pub- 

 lic favor with their relatives of grosser 

 ])roi>ortions. Abs()i])tion of the sifjiply 

 at 75 cents ])er bunch satisfied but fifty 

 per cent of the demand and not a single 

 salable bunch was to be seen the morn- 

 ing of November 1*7. 



Eoses and carnations were equally 

 balanced in sup])ly and demand. (Jar- 

 )iations sold easilv at $(> i)er hundred 

 and roses at $<5, in, .$1U and .$12. The 

 call for adiantum was strong and other 

 decorative material met with a satisfac- 

 tory demand at good prices. 



Various Notes. 



John Kirchner, of Cleveland, accom- 

 panied by his son and chief aide, Nor- 

 man Kirchner, paid a characteristic visit 

 to this market last week and, before 

 the dust created by the sjjeed of tlieir 

 arrival had subsided, had consummated 

 terms covering tlieir season's recpiire- 

 ments from here and were off again, 

 homeward bound. Mr. Kirchner reported 

 business as being far beyond normal 

 and states that from all apjiearances 

 this conditinii will continue for the rest 

 of the season. 



.Strange things lind their way into 

 the average greenhouse. The range of 

 diversity iiins from stray cats to dead 

 soldiers. The I^akeview Hose (Jardens 

 ]>erhaps can claim the distinction for 

 novelty in this respect, as the latest find 

 there was a real honest -to goodness 

 bomb of true Bolshevik character. 

 I'lanted in a most advantageous position 

 for facility of functioning, ailjacent to 

 vital steam mains, it crcateil consider- 

 able commotion among the employees 

 of Latin lineage. ]t consisted of a 

 fair-sized bag of blasting jiowder, 

 wrapj)ed Avith three thicknesses of gal- 

 vanized tin an<l equipjied with a fuse 

 two feet long. The fuse has burned 

 down two inches and was extinguished 

 bv sonu> benign agency. Otherwise — 

 well, "all's well that ends well." 



C. N. C. 



No loss if you 

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 carnations with 



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