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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKR 2, 1919. 



BMIL SCHLOSS, 



Pre*, and Trcas. 



MILTON SBLINKA. 

 Secretary 



THE RIBBON HOUSE 



ScHLoss Bros., Ribbons ,jnc. 



31 and 33 East 28th Street, N EW YORK 



HEADQUARTERS 



For Florists' Ribbons, Chiffons and Novelties 



the streets as much as possible and re- 

 tailers are now feeling much more opti- 

 mistic. 



Rains and, more recently, frosts have 

 spoiled many outdoor flowers, and in- 

 door flowers are once more coming into 

 their own. Roses went sluggishly until 

 September 27, when they cleaned out 

 well. Prices on hybrid teas vary from $3 

 to $16 per hundred, with select Amei;^can 

 Beauties at $4 to $5 per dozen. Carna- 

 tions are much improved in quality and 

 most growers of these popular flowers 

 have started shipping. The best flow- 

 ers realize $3 per liundred, but many 

 are cleared at half these prices. Chrys- 

 anthemums as yet are largely confined 

 to Golden Glow and Smith's Advance 

 and sell up to $3 and $4 per dozen. A 

 few pompons have already appeared. 

 Some single violets are arriving, but the 

 quality is not yet of the best. 



Gladioli never appeared in greater 

 abundance or of grander quality at the 

 end of September. Prices have im- 

 proved to $3 to $(5 per hundred. Indoor 

 asters are cleaning up well, but the 

 remnants of the outdoor crop are sold 

 cheaply. Bachelor's buttons, a former 

 favorite, are now largely in the discard 

 Cosmos is plentiful and there are some 

 nice scarlet pentstemons, dahlias, gen- 

 tians and everlastings. 



Lilies are practically nil, but a little 

 valley is offered, with few buyers. Some 

 good Cattleya lahiata is arriving and 

 sells at $18 ])er dozen, with cypripedi- 

 ums going at $2. A few oncidiums and 

 vandas are also seen. Bouvardia is seen 

 in small lots. A rather better call ex- 

 ists for adiantum and asparagus. 

 Among pot plants cj'clamens have ap- 

 peared, also .1 few ericas and begonias, 

 in addition to the general line of foli- 

 age plants and ferns. 



Orchid Display at Horticultural Hall. 



The annual fruit and vegetable show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held at Horticultural hall 

 September 2.'5 to 28 and, considering the 

 unfavorable weather experienced for 

 some weeks, the display was an excel- 

 lent one in both (le])artments. The T. 

 J. Grey Co. once more made a large and 

 comprehensive display in over 100 vari- 

 eties, arranged most tastefully, which 

 was a silver medal feature of the show. 



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 Prices 





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 Prices 



The Meyer Florists' Green Thread is 



different from any other make. Every 

 spool contains 2 ounces of actual thread, 

 16 ounces to a pound. See that you get 

 the Meyer Florists' Green Thread and 

 you will get the very best thread in the 

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Artificial Flowers 

 Waxed Flowers 



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Albert C. Burrage, of Beverly Farms, 

 who lias got together an immense and 

 valuable collection of orchids, put up a 

 snj)erb group in the lecture hall, cover- 

 ing over .lOO square feet of space. The 

 arrangement, with large cibotium ferns 

 well elevated at the back, with dozens 

 of grand spikes of Oncidium Rogersii, 

 ]ihala'nopsis and other graceful vari- 

 eties, could hardly have been improved 



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upon. Cattleya labiata was shown, 

 carrying many hundreds of flowers, and 

 among other good things were Vanda 

 Sanderiana, Phala?nopsis amabilis, 

 Brassocattleya Thorntonii, the charm- 

 ing Cattleya Adula, Cattleya Mantinii, 

 C. Hardyana, C. gigaa, C. Dowiana, C. 



