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The Florists^ Review 



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is good clearances are not difficult, al- 

 though the demand at times weakens. 



Carnations are not so plentiful as 

 usual at this time of the year and prices 

 are maintained at 6 cents for the best. 

 The quality of some of the blooms seen 

 is remarkable for the time of year with 

 some growers, more like what one would 

 expect to see in February. The lower 

 grades are as customarily seen, with 

 small flower heads and a worn-out ap- 

 pearance. Prices continue as reported 

 last week, 6 cents for the best grades. 



The supply of orchids fully meets the 

 demand, which is anything but excep- 

 tional. Some extra fine Cattleya gigas 

 is coming in and moves well. Spray 

 orchids, such as Phalsenopsis amabilis 

 and the odontoglossums lag somewhat 

 and growers arc cutting to anticipate 

 requirements rather than to furnish a 

 supply. 



Lilies are plentiful and meet a steady 

 demand at a price which insures clear- 

 ances, 10 to 12 cents. Inferior flowers 

 close out at as low as 8 cents. Lily of 

 the valley is in good supply and in the 

 better grades moves well. Outside 

 stock is much in evidence, growing con- 

 ditions being in favor of a splendid cut. 

 Sprays bring as much as 4 cents each, 

 and are taken in preference to the lower 

 grades of glass-grown stock. 



Tulips and daffodils have about passed 

 for the season, excepting occasional 

 shipments of outdoor stock, which is 

 poor in quality. There still is plenty 

 of Spanish iris, and German iris from 

 outdoors is arriving in large quantities. 

 Early varieties of peonies are strongly 

 in evidence, especially the old officinalis 

 varieties, and are taken mainly for win- 

 dow display. 



Miscellaneous flowers continue abun- 

 dant, but their movement is not par- 

 ticularly active. Some fine delphinium 

 is coming in and clears out well. Sweet 

 peas are in great quantity and move 

 slowly. It is possible to get $1.50 per 

 hundred for the best. The return for 

 the rest is a matter of clearance. 

 Daisies, snapdragons, many of them 

 poor in quality; wallflowers, pansies, 

 candytuft, calendulas, myosotis and 

 stocks form the bulk of arrivals. 



Various Notes. 



Tlie strike of employees in the rail- 

 way express service ended May 12, but 

 the service shut down for two days 

 more, until congestion of freight was 

 relieved. Conditions are now normal, 

 much to the relief of wholesalers, who 

 y^ehs badly hampered by the temporary 

 abandonment of service. 



The sympathy of the trade goes out 

 to Jack Trepel, of Brooklyn, whose 

 wife died May 13. Death followed a 

 severe attack of pneumonia, from which 

 she had suffered for some time. 



The preliminary schedule of the In- 

 ternational Flower Show has been is- 

 sued. , The liberal prizes offered should 

 draw an unusually fine array of ex- 

 hibits. The show dates are March 15 

 to 21, 1920. Assurance has been given 

 that the Grand Central Palace will 

 again be in the hands of the Interna- 

 tional Exposition Co. long before these 

 dates, although at present it is still 

 used by the government as a hospital. 



J. H. P. 



Sac City, la.— The Sac City Green- 

 houses have been purchased by C. H. 

 Hollied, formerly of Sedalia, Mo 



aLEN COVE, N. Y. 



There was an unusually large attend- 

 ance at the monthly meeting of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society held 

 in Pembroke hall May 14 Vice-presi- 

 dent Frank Watson presiding. Thos. 

 Richardson was elected an active mem- 

 ber and six petitions were received. It 

 was decided to hold a rose show some- 

 time in June, with all arrangements to 

 be left in the hands of the executive 

 committee. A tulip show was held in 

 connection with this meeting and a fine 

 display of blooms was on the exhibi- 

 tion tables. The Darwins were excep- 

 tionally fine, considering the inclement 

 weather we have had. Nearly all the 

 fourteen classes were keenly contested. 

 The prize-winners were James McCar- 

 thy, James McDonald, Thomas Twigg, 

 F. O. Johnson and Edward Harris. The 

 judges were John F. Johnston, S. J. 

 Trepess and Alexander McKenzie. 



The next meeting will be held June 

 11, at 7 p. m., when the competition will 

 be on twenty-four pods of peas, twelve 

 strawberries and a vaje of outdoor flow- 

 ers, not an annual or shrub. H. Q. 



QUICK ACTION. 



In spite of the shortage of all kinds 

 of stock earlier in the season, there will 

 be more or less surplus. The speedy 

 way to dispose of it is illustrated here: 



Discontinue our ad at once; we thought we ' 

 had quite a surplus, but it all went wlUi the 

 first day's mail after The Review came out.— 

 Stuhldreher Bros., Mansfield, 0., May 14, 1919. 



When you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



