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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 29, 1»1». 



THE BEST 

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LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



CARNATIONS are in good supply, with prices reasonable 



VALLEY for your June Weddings. 

 PEONIES, 60c, 75c and $1.00 per dozen. 



17 17 1^ IVTC We have plenty of good ferns to offer, $6.00 

 r JLIViXO per 1000; case lots of 5000. $4.50 per 1000. 

 Leucothoe, 75c per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 

 Galax, Green or Bronze. 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 



Clioic* Stock of Lupinea, Sweet Peas, Peonies, Tulips, Stocks, Daisies, Calendulas, Vallej, Calla Lilies, 



Snapdragons, Pansies, Mignonette and all other Seasonable Stock. 



DON'T FORGET US ON GREENS, AS WE HAVE 



Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Aiiantum, Green and Bronze Leucothoe and Galax 



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principal difficulty was with sweet peas, 

 which were in larger supply than at any 

 previous time this season. These and 

 certain miscellaneous items, like the 

 double poet's narcissi which come in 

 quantity each year from an Ohio ship- 

 per, and some outdoor irises. Paper 

 Whites, valley, etc., had to be sold 

 cheaply in order to move them. The 

 average return to the growers for car- 

 nations and roses also declined, but re- 

 mained considerably above the usual 

 level for the penultimate week of May. 

 Usually the market is loaded with stock 

 at this time of year. Ordinarily peonies 

 are coming in a flood and the majority 

 of them are put in cold storage because 

 there is no possibility of selling them 

 as they arrive. Last week the peony 

 arrivals were light and comparatively 

 small quantities went into cold storage. 

 Three houses received enough peonies 

 so that they were able to put a few 

 in the cooler against this week's big 

 demand, but orders piled up as fast as 

 the peonies did and at the opening of 

 the present week some of the largest 

 dealers had stopped taking out-of-town 



orders for them, a condition never be- 

 fore known in this market. 



The market opened strong May 26 

 and there seems no possibility of any- 

 thing except a general shortage of 

 flowers up to Decoration day. The de- 

 mand is greater than ever before, prob- 

 ably because of the season's general 

 increase in business and partly because 

 flowers are in smaller supply than usual 

 at this date over the whole middle part 

 of the United States. Orders are com- 

 ing in from many buyers who are not 

 usually heard from at this date and, 

 while there seems to be a limit to the 

 prices the buyers will pay, there does not 

 seem to be any limit to the quantity 

 of flowers they will take if they can 

 get them at what they consider they can 

 afford to pay. 



The quality of flowers has suffered 

 during the last few days. Roses are 

 good and some of the Beauties are fine. 

 The only fault to be found with the 

 rose supply is that there are not enough 

 of the lower-priced grades. While car- 

 nations are less plentiful than usual at 

 this date, because so many growers 



dropped out last fall, the quality is 

 above the usual May average, except 

 in the case of a few growers who have 

 been holding back too strongly. The 

 peonies are neither so plentiful nor so 

 good as usual. Sweet peas of the win- 

 ter-blooming type are beginning to 

 show the approach of spring. There is 

 extremely little bulbous stock, including 

 Spanish iris, outdoor Darwins, callas, 

 Easter lilies and gladioli. Cattleyas and 

 valley are not in special request for 

 this holiday; their time comes next 

 week. 



Smilax is almost out of the market 

 and Florida plumosus is scarce. Ferns 

 have not arrived in the quantities ex- 

 pected and some of the dealers are out. 

 Geraniums. 



When a reporter meets a florist from 

 the residence districts the talk at once 

 turns to geraniums. At this season of 

 the year there is nothing so important 

 to the man who does bedding work as 

 the supply of the great bread-and-butter 

 item. The supply of geraniums this 

 year is smaller than in any recent sea- 

 son, due principally to two or three of 



