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The Florists^ Review 



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JUNC 10, 1920. 



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ROSES and CARNATIONS 



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cutting in quantity and weather con- 

 ditions have been so favorable that there 

 are extremely large receipts of first- 

 class stock, affording, at the prices, ex- 

 ceptional values. There are many spe- 

 cial retail sales, in flower stores and in 

 other places where the public can be 

 reached in larger numbers. There are 

 good supplies of fine Beauties from two 

 or three sources, but the market's prin- 

 cipal offerings are Premier, Columbia 

 and Russell. "White and red are com- 

 paratively scarce. 



Although there has been no great in- 

 crease in the cuts of carnations, prices 

 have gone down along with those of 

 other flowers. A good many of the car- 

 nations are beginning to show the ap- 

 proach of the end of the season and are 

 unsalable except for the cheapest work. 



Sweet peas also are nearing the end 

 and the supply is much smaller than in 

 recent weeks; also, the average quality is 

 deteriorating. It would take only a few 

 hot days to finish off most of the indoor 

 crops and the outdoor peas, of course, 

 are not yet ready. There is a wide 

 range of prices. 



Cattleyas are scarce, all the principal 



growers being off crop at present. Out- 

 door valley never has been so plentiful 

 and never better than within the last 

 few days. The market receives con- 

 siderable supplies of snapdragon, but a 

 large part of the stock shows the effect 

 of the scarcity of greenhouse labor. 

 There still are considerable quantities of 

 Godfrey callas, but the supply of Easter 

 lilies is not large. Yellow daisies sell 

 rather well. 



Green goods are in small supply and 

 the list is more limited than usual. 



The Peony Situation. 



This has been a most unusual season 

 for peonies. The cuts are about two 

 weeks late. Since Memorial day the 

 central Illinois arrivals have been heavy. 

 There has been a notably good Bale, 

 considering all conditions, but it has 

 been necessary to send to cold storage 

 a considerable part of the arrivals. The 

 Gould cut at Onarga is off. Klehm's 

 Indiana crop is in. Local peonies will 

 be ready this week and the crop close 

 to Chicago seems to have suffered less 

 from the backward spring than was the 

 case in any other section. According 



to all reports, there will be many hun- 

 dreds of thousands of local peonies to 

 be absorbed next week. 



Pink Boses Predominate. 



Pink roses will predominate to a nota- 

 ble degree in the Chicago market next 

 season. Growers' replanting operations 

 are nearing an end and it is apparent 

 that the list of varieties grown in quan- 

 tity for next season will be the shortest 

 in many years. Almost without ex- 

 ception the growers have increased their 

 plantings of Premier and Columbia, at 

 the expense of Russell, Killarney, Killar- 

 ney Brilliant, White Killarney and Eich- 

 mond. Killarney has been discarded by 

 most of the large growers. If Whit» 

 Killarney remains, it is in extremely 

 small quantity, and the same can be said 

 of Richmond. Ophelia also has givon 

 ground to the newer pink sorts and Sun- 

 burst is joining Mrs. "Ward in the limbo 

 of forgotten things. Many growers will 

 have nothing but pink on Sheir places. 



Growers' Banciuet. 



"The Big Event" in 48-point type 

 heads the announcement of the annual 



