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The Florists^ Review 



August 28, 1919. 



HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



Say it With Budlong's Flowers 



THE KIND THAT ARE BOUND TO GIVE SATISFACTION. * 



A WORD TO THE WISE 



Try Our Slock And Satisfy Yourself On This Score 



We have as fine a lot of Summer Roses of every variety as is coming into this market. We carry a 

 com*: lete line of Roses, we are exceptionally strong on Double White JCillarney, the only white 

 Killarney that stays "\\hite" during the hot summer months — once used you will want no other. 



Gladioli of quality stock, all colors, at reasonable prices. 



Asters— Heavy supply white, pink, purple and lavender of the large, showy kind, also plenty 

 of the commoner sorts. 



Harrikii Lilies are scarce. We, however, can supply Rubrum and Album Lilies. 



Choice stock of Daisies, Calendulas, Candytuft, Feverfew, Snapdragons, Cornflowers, Gypsophila and 

 all other seasonable stock. 



DON'T forget us on greens, as we have Asparagus, Sprengeri, Perns, Adiantum, Galax. 

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use; most of it has to be sold through 

 street boys. Then there is the stock 

 cut from old plants that have boen dried 

 oflF, rested and recently started up. It 

 is only a grade ahead of the first clip 

 from young plants and at present the 

 supply is fully as large. Finally, there 

 is the stock cut as a second crop from 

 plants benched early in the spring. 

 These roses are good, unusually good for 

 summer. There are stems up to thirty- 

 six inches, with flowers and foliage in 

 proportion, stock which would class as 

 top grade at any time in any market. 

 But there are so many roses of each 

 jjrade that even the best clean up only 

 occasionally, not daily, as we expect 

 them to. Columbia is far more plentiful 

 than any other variety, with Premier 

 second; for the moment Eussell is in 

 eclipse, although it probably is only be- 

 cause growers are resting plants from 

 which they have been cutting heavily 

 for months. Beauties also are in in- 

 creased supply. 



Gladioli have come in so heavily that 

 they have accumulated on wholesalers' 

 tables, but it is said by some that the 

 accumulation is in part due to the pub- 

 lic having become satiated; the gla- 



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diolus has been used so much this sum- 

 mer that people are fed up and want a 

 change. Of course prices have fallen. 

 Much of the stock is extremely good 

 and deserves to sell w^ll. 



Aside from roses and gladioli there is 

 little that calls for comment. Asters 

 are scarce. There have been so many 

 poor years for asters that not many 

 were grown this summer and the drought 

 brought moat of these to an early end. 

 The few good asters coming in sell well. 

 Other outdoor flowers are practically off 

 the market. There are a few Easter 

 lilies and more or less rubrums, but only 

 an occasional lot of auratums. Valley 

 is plentiful when there are no orders 

 and scarce whon three or four buyers 

 look for it. Cattleyas are negligible. 

 An occasional half dozen Golden Glow 

 mums is seen, harbinger of autumn. 



This is the final week of the vacation 

 season. Nearly everyone is resigned to 

 a dull, waiting market until after La- 

 bor day, but we all expect to see things 

 begin to pick up as soon as thia now 

 useless holiday is past. 



Various Notes. 



The commission houses have received, 

 from the Director of Agriculture, the 

 blanks for applying for license under 

 the new law, and for the bond, which 

 each licensee is required to put up. The 

 application is a rather formidable affair, 

 calling for a statement of the dealer's 

 business history and financial standing. 

 Like the law itself, the forms seem to 

 have been drafted to fit conditions on 

 South Water street rather than those in 

 the cut flower market. As affecting this 

 trade, the principal point in the law is 



