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The Florists^ Review 



January 9, 1919. 



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THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



FOR ST. VALENTINE'S 



Our new folder describing novelties for St. Valentine's Day, for Washington's Birthday and | 

 for St. Patrick's Day is now ready. Write to us asking for it. 



Plenty of Flowers 



There is no scarcity of flowers with us. We can supply all you want at fair prices. Crepe 

 flowers in all varieties. They will earn you many a dollar while natural flowers are scarce. 



Replenish Stock Now 



Then you will be ready for any order, large or small. 

 For everything in Florists' Supplies 



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Branch Factory, 709 First Avenue, Telephone Vanderbilt 4976, New York 



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Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



Dr. I. P. Willits, Dr. Herman Burgin, 

 Stewardson Brown; secretary, George 

 Eedles; treasurer, E. F. Welsh. 



Porcelain flowers have quadrupled in 

 price. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The extraordinary conditions which 

 have prevailed in the cut flower market 

 were intensified during the last week, 

 which proved to be one of dark skies, 

 fog, snow and drizzle, with only one 

 clear day to relieve the gloom. Flowers 

 opened slowly and boxes were hardly 

 opened before their contents disap- 

 peared. It has not been a question of 

 selling the flowers with growers and 

 salesmen, but rather of doling them out 

 to regular customers as impartially as 

 possible. Not half the number of flow- 

 ers wanted have arrived and both 

 wholesalers and retailers have had to 

 turn down many orders entirely, or send 

 only a part of what customers ordered. 

 Prices are naturally high and nearly 

 everything is selling at higher figures 

 than for Christmas. The return of the 

 influenza epidemic is causing an in- 

 creasing death roll and new cases in 

 the city have .iiimped to 1,000 per day. 

 Fortunately, it is less violent than the 

 September and October wave. 



Koses are not at all abundant and 

 short-stemmed stock sells at from $15 

 to $20 per hundred, with other grades 

 making up to $40. The demand is best 

 for shorts. In the case of Hadley and 

 Eussell, specially fine flowers realize up 

 to $60, while the best American Beau- 

 ties are held at $18 per dozen. Killar- 

 ney Brilliant is now popular. Carna- 

 tions make $10 and $15, with $12 a fair 

 price for good blooms, Violets con- 

 tinue scarce at $3 and $4, and sweet 

 peas continue high. Bud-dropping, ow- 

 ing to the dark, damp weather, has de- 

 creased supplies. 



Lilies are in good supply and make 

 $25 to $30, with callas higher than a 

 week ago. Freesias make from $8 to 

 $12. Marguerites, calendulas, wall- 

 flowers, mignonette and Paper Whites 

 clean up quickly. Small lots of valley 

 are coming in and have sold as high as 



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LARGEST DEALERS IN HOME-GROWN 



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Full Line of Florists' Supplies and all Greens in Season 

 GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER 



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A full line of 



all seasonable 



Cut Flowers 



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$16 to $20 per hundred, a record price 

 here. Cattleya Trianse and Pereivaliana 

 are in better supply and have dropped 

 to $6 to $9 per dozen. Cypripediums 

 hold their own. Asparagus goes only 



moderately well. This is always the 

 case while good supplies of stevia con- 

 tinue to come in. There is a fair call 

 for pot plants, with no great supply 

 available. 



