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The Florists^ Review 



JANDAKT 8, 1920. 



FANCY FERNS 



$3.00 par 1000 



Finest stock in the country 



$3.00 per 1000 



Subject to Ch&nce Without Notice. 



Green Leacothoe, 100 $1.00. 1000. . .v $ 7.50 



Wild Smilaz* 50-pound cases, $6.00; 25-pound cases 4.00 



MatfnoUa Leaves, green and bronze, per carton 14(0 



Galax Leaves, green and bronze, per case of 10,000 10.00 



GREEN SHEET MOSS, very fine for basket work, trimming 



pots, etc., per bag, 15 lbs. to the bag 2.00 



Sphatf n«ni Moss, per bale 2.50 



FULL SUPPLY CUT FLOWKRS AT ALL TIMES 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 264266 Randolph St., Detroit, Nich. 



BALTIMOEE. 



The Market. 



The market during the week following 

 Christmas was a little short on all lines 

 of stock. First-class roses were fairly 

 plentiful, but all miscellaneous stock, 

 owing to the high prices that existed 

 for the holidays, had been cut so closely 

 that it has not yet recovered. Carna- 

 tions, which were quite scarce in the 

 early part of the week, remain in small 

 supply. Sweet peas are still on the short 

 side, but a few bright days will bring a 

 big pick on the market. Local violets 

 are hardly to be had. 



Prices immediately after Christmas 

 got down to a more moderate level, but 

 many entertainments during the week, 

 such as dinners, teas, etc., kept the de- 

 mand well up. 



Poinsettias, which were cleaned up 

 on Christmas eve, were in good supply 

 last week; indeed, I saw three large 

 shipments come in the Monday after 

 Christmas and the two succeeding days, 

 about 2,000, all good stock, which might 

 have been sold had it been on the mar- 

 ket at the proper time. It is hard to 

 conceive the idea for the grower in hold- 

 ing it back; there is no question but 

 that it was ready. 



On Christmas eve I saw some fine 

 chrysanthemums, perhaps 200, that some 

 one had held back, expecting, no doubt, 

 to make a "killing." The peculiar 

 thing about it was that they almost 

 went begging; they are not a Christmas 

 flower and except for the scarcity of 

 stock in general they might not have 

 been sold at all. 



Paper Whites have been scarce; in 

 fact, all bulbous stock is scarce. Every- 

 thing was forced in for Christmas and 

 was used up. 



The prices on holly and all greens 

 went to pieces Christmas eve. The 

 street men, who handle most of these, 

 had been holding prices so high the 

 early part of the week that the public 

 decided not to use them and, when the 

 prices broke, it was too late. Never, 

 in my experience, do I remember so 

 much of this stock being hauled to the 

 dump. 



Various Notes. 



James Hamilton, of Mt. "Washington, 

 had as fine a cut of roses for the holi- 

 days as one would wish to see. Besides 



Start the 



New Year right 



Use 



Bragues' Cut Ferns 



L. B. Brague & Son 



Established 1867 



HINSDALE, MASS. 



WILD SMILAX 



FRESH FROM THE WOODS 



50-lb. cases, $3.00 



Write, wire or phone. 



KNUD NIELSEN, EVERGREEN. ALA. 



what he used in his retail store, he had 

 5.000 on sale with the S. S. Pennock Co. 



His Ophelias were especially fine and 

 much sought after. 



