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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 20, 1920. 



on the graves of the soldiers buried in 

 France. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to 

 Mrs. Moore, and her committee, con- 

 sisting of the ladies of the club who 

 gave an excellent banquet to the 140 

 florists April 19. This committee con- 

 sists of L. Waters, E. Simmons and S, 

 A. Frost. 



The annual picnic will be held July 

 14 and a committee consisting of J. J. 

 Higgins, Mrs. Moore, E. Sanderson and 

 E, Simmons was appointed to arrange 

 for the grounds. The picnic will prob- 

 ably be held at Toronto island. 



The Hamilton members spoke on ad- 

 vertising and extended a hearty invita- 

 tion to the members to attend the Cana- 

 dian Horticultural Association conven- 

 tion at Hamilton in August. They were 

 assured that there would be a record 

 attendance of florists from Toronto. 



J. A. Neal was reported ill. 



J. J. H. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



It was circus week. It was also a 

 bad week in the cut flower market. 

 There was too much of everything. The 

 beginning and the end of the week 

 brought a fair amount of business. The 

 middle of the week was dull. Some of 

 the growers took the occasion to ship 

 their flowers to New York, believing 

 that the renewal of steamer orders 

 would create a better demand over 

 there. It was hard to sell flowers here 

 at times. Prices were so weak that 

 new buyers came into the market. Much 

 stock was carried over despite the fine 

 Saturday. 



Indoor sweet peas were plentiful 

 and good. Snapdragon is declining in 

 numbers; so are Easter lilies and callas. 

 There is some nice outdoor valley. 

 Greenhouse-grown gladioli have come. 

 Outdoor lilac is pretty nearly over. 

 There are some nice ten weeks' stocks 

 in three colors and a little delphinium. 

 Laddie continues to bring a better 

 price than other varieties of carnations. 

 Eoses are becoming plentiful. 



Miss Jarvis and the Flag. 



There are a good many of us who do 

 not understand what Miss Anna Jarvis 

 means by advising the wearing of a 

 little American flag instead of a flower 

 on Mothers' day. They know that Miss 

 Jarvis originated the pretty custom 

 here of wearing a flower in Mother's 

 honor. Why, they ask, has she changed 

 to a flag, which seems rather foolish f 

 The published explanation, that flow- 

 ers are so expensive, hardly seems to 

 explain, because flowers are not expen- 

 sive. It is only white carnations. The 

 answer to the question is simple; Miss 

 Jarvis is mercenary. When Miss Jarvis 

 originated the custom here, which was 

 the revival of an old English idea, she 

 did it from motives that were wholly 

 unselfish. When the custom grew in 

 popular favor to an extent that neither 

 she nor anyone else had imagined, her 

 ideas changed. Miss Jarvis felt that 

 the florists were reaping a harvest. She 

 wished to share in it. Miss Jarvis 

 asked that the florists raise a fund 

 sufficient to yield her a handsome in- 

 come for life. The florists generously 

 gave Miss Jarvis a handsome present, 

 but they felt that her request was ridic- 

 ulous and they did not grant it. Then 

 Miss Jarvis advised the wearing of the 



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MARYLAND 



HADLEY 



richmond 

 McDonald 

 sunburst 



OPHELIA 

 AARON WARD 

 CARNELIA 

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We will have a fine lot of Roses of all the above varieties. 

 Good roses will be inexpensive. The medium grades rep- 

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 If you place your order with us, you have every assur- 

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PHILADELPHL\ 



Branches: 



BALTIMORE 

 WASHINGTON 



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PHILADELPHIA 



Roses 

 Carnations 

 Snapdragon 

 Sweet Peas 



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and Greens 

 of all kinds. 



flajT. So far her advice has had little 

 pffeet. The real root of the matter is 

 that Miss Jarvis does not understand 

 the laws of supply and demand. She 

 proposed wearing a white carnation. 

 When ten people want white carnations 



and there is only one white carnation 

 the price will go up. You can't stoj' J*- 

 The remedy lay in the general use 01 

 flowers, Mother's favorite flower, ^^i^' 

 Jarvis could not see this. She thought 

 the florists were mercenary. So she 



