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The Florists' Review 



FsBBDAax 20. 1920 



BNIL 8CHLOSS, 

 lui^ Pras. and Ttmm. 



MILTON SBLINKA. 

 8»cft>ry 



THE RIBBON HOUSE 



ScHLoss Bros., Ribbons, inc. 



31 and 33 East 28th street, NEW YORK 



HEADQUARTERS 



For Florists' RibbonSi Chiffons and Novelties 



high, no matter what the cost of pro- 

 duction might have been." 



Various Notes. 



Henry F. Michell returned from 

 Summerville, 8. C, February 20, in 

 splendid shape for the coming season. 



W. B. Girvin will erect one rose 

 house, 60x218 feet, on his place near 

 Lancaster. Mr. Girvin *s plan is to 

 build a second house of the same size, 

 also for roses, in 1921. These two 

 houses put end to end will appear, 

 when completed, as one house, 60x436 

 feet. 



Alexander Mcllwee spoke at the 

 February meeting of the Germantown 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. Mcllwee, 

 who is lanscape gardener of Fairmount 

 park, talked chiefly on the exhibits. 

 There were six entries of primulas, 

 mostly obconica. 



George Aeugle has happily recovered 

 from the influenza. It was pleasant to 

 see him lovingly displaying some par- 

 ticularly fine sweet peas at the store of 

 the Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



The genial Walter Mott, represent- 

 kig Benjamin Hammond, of Beacon, 

 N. Y., was here February 20. Mr. 

 Mott was looking well. 



J. Otto Thilow will deliver an illus- 

 trated lecture on the roof garden of 

 the Hotel Adelphia Tuesday evening, 

 March 2, at 8 o'clock. It will be 

 ladies' night. 



The death of Charles Wiegel, of 

 Frankford, February 19, is recorded 

 in this week's obituary column. 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Winter continues to hold us in a tight 

 grip and the snow, with recent accumu- 

 lations, now lies deeper than ever. Rail- 

 road and street-car traf&c is more near- 

 ly normal and, with the increasing 

 power of the sun, it is hoped that the 

 worst of winter's terrors have passed. 

 Additional comfort for those short of 

 fuel is derived from the fact that water 

 shipments of coal are now coming in 

 more freely, although the outlook is far 

 from good. 



Thanks to seme clear, sunny days, 

 eut flowers are more abundant and 



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 as the improved appearance of the plant 

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A Time and Money Saver. Compared 

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For adapting with the varied colors and tints of blossoms and foliage these cove rt 

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Ever-Ready Covers are readily obtained of the leading dealers in Florists' Supplies 

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prices, as a consequence, are weakening, 

 particularly in the case of roses. Good 

 short-stemmed flowers have dropped to 

 $6 and on some of the better grades the 

 decline has been as great as $20 per 

 hundred. From $25 to $30 is now the 

 limit on fancy hybrid teas. 

 ' Carnations are coming down, but 

 more slowly than roses, and most of 

 them still realize $8 to $10. Violets are 

 not the popular flowers they were a few 

 years ago and go rather slowly at $1 

 to $1.50 per hundred, although $2 is ob- 

 tained for some fancy stock. Sweet 



peas are abundant and much cheaper. 

 Lilies are in oversupply, since quanti- 

 ties of formosums are now available. 

 Callas are somewhat lower. Arrivals of 

 tulips and daffodils are much heavier, 

 but prices hold up fairly well. Pansies 

 are arriving freely and are popular for 

 selling in large bunches. 



Freesia is overdone. Much of it is of 

 inferior quality. Some remarkably fine 

 bunches have sold at $10 per hundred. 

 A good supply of such miscellaneous 

 flowers as marguerites, calendulas, 

 bachelor's buttons, forget-me-nots, 



