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our business and by proper economy 

 and efficient management hold operat- 

 ing cost down, in order that our prod- 

 ucts, which are not usually classed by 

 the buyer as essential to his welfare 

 and life, may be offered to him at a 

 price that will no longer justify him 

 in denying himself of the beat of the 

 nurseryman's wares." 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



The market this week is much the 

 same as it has been for the last two 

 months, as regards both supply and 

 prices. It is just a matter of each 

 morning filling orders that have accumu- 

 lated from the previous day. Then 

 there is no stock left and the rest of 

 the day is spent in filing orders, subject 

 to procuring the stock, for the next 

 day's business. 



The last few days, which have been 

 bright and clear, have increased the 

 supply somewhat. Eoses, carnations 

 and sweet peas have been in a little bet- 

 ter supply, but not in large enough 

 quantity to relieve the shortage or to 

 alter prices. Calla lilies are coming a 

 little better, but all bulbous stock still 

 remains scarce. 



One reason given for the shortage of 

 bulbous stock is that it has been im- 

 possible to get it out of the ground, 

 where the growers have it buried, on 

 account of the extremely cold weather, 

 since it is frozen in so hard that it is 

 impossible to get it out. This may be a 

 good reason, but it would look as though 

 proper care had not been exercised in 

 burying the bulbs last fall. While this 

 winter has been cold, yet there has been 

 many worse ones and we have never 

 Ittard this excuse before. If bulbs are 

 buried in ashes, there should not be 

 much trouble in getting them out; the 

 writer has done it in much worse 

 weather than we have had this winter. 

 Some of the retailers are beginning to 

 think that the growers are following a 

 line of least resistance; that is, they 

 are deriving as much from their short 

 crops as they would from a normal one, 

 and are satisfied. 



St. Valentine's Day. 



St. Valentine's day should have been 

 one of the bit flower days of the sea- 

 son. Flowers had been well advertised. 

 Everyone was just as busy as he could 

 be and sold everything he could get. 

 But when it came to valentines, the 

 business was by no means what it should 

 have been; with violets at $4 and $5 

 per hundred and carnations at $3 and $4 

 per dozen, the public did not send floral 

 valentines. 



We advertised in the magazines that 

 a floral valentine is the "open sesame 

 to a woman's heart"; that it is the 

 smallest investment with the biggest re- 

 turns. But when we ask the man of 

 business instinct $4 for a dozen carna- 

 tions, to say nothing of roses, is it any 

 wonder he does some thinking before he 

 decides on flowers? February 14, 1920 

 was not what it should have" been from' 

 a valentine standpoint. 



A Chat with a Wholesaler. 



I called on the firm of Sieck & Glick 

 and found both of the partners on the 

 job after their recent illness. Mr. Sieck 

 is as well as ever, but Mr. Glick, who 

 had a heavy siege of sickness, is still 



The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbdabz 29, 1020 



EARLY STOCK 



CHBYSANTHSMUM CTTTTINOS. 



Ready for Shipment. Free foom Mldare. 



Cbrysolora, Early Frost, Golden Oleam, Harvard, Helen I<ee. Mistletoe, Nagoya, 

 Pacifle Sapreme. Richmond, Roman Gold, Seidewltz, Smith's Advanoe, Smith's Im- 

 perial. Tints of Gold, Cnaka, Bonnaffon, Bncklngham, Baby Yellow, Diana. 0«M«a 



Harvest. Golden Climax. 



$3.50 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 



Al8o A COMPLirrE UST of new and standard sorts. Ask for whatever else 

 you need. We can supply A-1 clean stock. 



CHRTSANTHRMTMS FROM FOTS. 



500 Major Bonnaffon 

 800 Sargent Youns 

 500 I^oulsa Pockett 

 500 Bob Pulling; 

 1100 Mrs. G. G. Mason 



Nice 2%-faich Stock. 



600 Bronze Unaka 

 900 IiiUlan Doty 

 100 Jeanne Nonln 

 700 Vermont 

 1000 Narlrroc 

 $6.00 per 100; $55.00 per 1000 

 White 



CYCI.AMEN SEEDLINGS AND 



POTS (Beady Now). 



Strong seedlings, no better stock 

 grown; 4 to leaves, $8.00 per 100, 

 $75.00 per 1000. Assorted colors 

 under label. Salmon alone, flO.OO 

 per 100. Excellent 2^ -Inch pot 

 stock, $15.00 per 100. 



2% 



BOSE PBEMIXS. 



Own Koot, Karly Delivery 

 ', $20 per 100; $176 per 1000. 



OPHELIA. 



Own root, 2%-lnch, $15.00 per 100, 



$120.00 per 1000. 



MME. 



BUTTERFLY AKS 

 H. BVNLOF 

 Own Boot. 

 $ 85.00 per 100 

 82.60 per 260 

 160.00 per 600 

 800.00 per 1000 



FBANK 



A.xa.i,ui, j»ouo Washburn, Boris, Benora, 

 Boiette, Beacon, Ward, Roper, PhiJadslpliia, 

 $6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



Nauoy, Alice, Katohless, $5.00 per 100; 

 $40.00 per 1000. 



0HRY8ANTHEXIT1C OVTTINOB. 



Of the scarce commercial vsrietles we 

 mention m ,few. Order eariy — they will sell 

 out before the season closes: 



Barham Davis, Whits and Golden 01isd< 

 wick, Ohadwiok Supreme, Golden Mistletoe, 

 Indian Summer, Yellow and White Tniaer. 

 Rooted cuttings, $6.00 per 100, $40.00 per 

 1000. From 2^-4nch poU, $7.00 per 100, 

 $55.00 per lOOO. 



Let us supply yon with any of the other 

 fancy and standard sorts, we have them 

 all. 



NEW P0XP0H8. 

 Seoky MoLans. — ^ThaaksglvinK Bronse. 

 Ohristmas Gold. — Golden-yellow button for 



Dec. 1st and later. 

 Oometa. — Dark rose, shaded magenta. 

 November PearL — ^A new November flowering 



daybreak pink. 

 Oniay. — Best early bronse. 

 Vvaloa. — ^A Urge pure white, maturing Oct. 



10th. 

 Vasoo. — Golden-yellow, flowering Oct. 16tb 



and one of the very best for spnys. 

 Whit* Gem. — Pure white button, very free 



and ready for cuttings Nov. 16th. 



All the above, rooted cuttings, $8.00 per 

 100; 2)4-lach poU, $10.00 per 100. 



Cash or satisfactory trade references. No C. 0. D. Shiomenta. 



i L. J. REUTER CO.,B.r^w^te^;SS.f.o. BostoB.Hass. 



Grafted. 

 $ 42.60 per 100 

 101.26 per 260 

 187.60 per 600 

 876.00 per 1000 

 012.60 per 2600 



CARNATION CUTTINGS. 



still supply the following 



We can 

 varieties: 



Per 100 



Ethel FUher $14.00 



Bemice 14.00 



Per 1000 



$115.00 



119.00 



Benora, 

 $65.00 per 1000. 

 Aviator, Belle 



2500 Elberon 

 600 Antique 

 900 Chrysoliwa 

 600 White Doty 



Rosalia, $7.00 per 100; 



DAHLIAS 



Strong, Undivided Field Clumps 



Per Clump 



Acgir, rich cardinal red, cactus lOo 



C. W. Brnton, canary yellow, decorative 10c 



Floradora, blood red, cactus — 12c 



Golden Gate, very large golden yellow, cactus 16c 



King Leopold, very large creamy yellow, peony-flowered 16c 



Lawlne, snow white, cactus 12c 



Queen Emma, soft rose, peony-flowered 16c 



Sequoia, gold bronze, cactus 16c 



Snowllake, single white. Century type 10c 



Andrew Carnegie, salmon pink with bronze shading, peony-flowered 30c 



John Wanamaker, violet mauve, decorative 40c 



TRITOMA PFITZERI, strong plants $15.00 per 100 



DELPHINIUM BELLADONNA, forcing size 9.00 per 100 



THE WAYSIDE GARDENS CO., Mentor, Ohio 



JULIUS ROEHRS CO. 



RUTHERFORD, N.J. 



ORCHIDS, PALMS 

 and plants of ever) variety 



weak. In talking over high prices and 

 the shortage of stock, this member of 



A. L. MILLER 



Easter and Christmas 

 Pot Plants a Specialty 



Jamaica, N. Y. 



the firm told me that all of their bnii- 

 ness was over early in the morning, that 



