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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBU 7, 1920 



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 Pna. Mid Tfsaa. 



MILTON SBUMKA 



THE RIBBON HOUSE 



ScHLOss Bros., Ribbons, inc. 



31 and 33 East 2gtii street, NEW YORK 



HEADQUARTERS 



For Florists' Ribbons, Chiffons and Novelties 



per dozen. Lilium longiflorum is in good 

 supply and sufficient colored" speciosums 

 come in for all needs. The outdoor aster 

 crop is nearing the end and gladioli, 

 while seen in fair numbers, are not 

 likely to last much longer. Such flowers 

 as cosmos, calendulas, gypsophila, candy- 

 tuft, etc., are of inferior quality. Small 

 lots of mignonette and snapdragons are 

 seen, but have not much sale. 



Cattleya labiata is beginning to as- 

 sert itself j and no orchid scarcity is now 

 probable until near Christmas. Some 

 nice Bouvardia Humboldtii is useful for 

 weddings, while valley keeps prohibi- 

 tive in price. Pansies are abundant and 

 of fine quality. The average price is $1 

 per hundred. Cooler weather has gal- 

 vanized some activity into plant trade. 



Among the Growen. 



The Leominster Floral Co., of which 

 Bobert L. Edgar, formerly of Waverley, 

 is the courteous and efficient manager, 

 has 40,000 feet of glass, the bulk of 

 which is devoted to the culture of pot 

 plants. The stock at present is in excel- 

 lent shape and a great credit to the firm. 

 One house is planted with 9,500 Golden 

 Glow mums, two flowers per plant, and 

 good shipments of excellent flowers are 

 being sent to Boston and surrounding 

 towns. Another house contains 12,500 

 plants of late varieties for the Thanks- 

 giving trade. The leading sorts are 

 BonnafFon, Harvard, Roman Gold, 

 Seidewitz and Eager. A house of 3,000 

 Melior, Cincinnati and Peterson be- 

 gonias are in fine shape. These had no 

 artificial heat until September 8, when 

 a little was turned on. They are cer- 

 tainly a thrifty-looking lot. A large 

 house of cyclamens looks well. The 

 sizes vary from 3% -inch to 6-inch pots. 

 While the aim of many growers is to 

 produce big specimens, Mr. Edgar says 

 that, while people will pause and ad- 

 mire these and ask the price, they in- 

 variably purchase the smaller sizes. In 

 addition to flowering plants, Boston and 

 other ferns, rubber plants and other 

 old decorative stand-bys are grown. If 

 retailers will but develop the same op- 

 timism as Mr. Edgar, the coming sea- 

 son's business is bound to be a banner 

 one, as a diminished supply and in- 

 creased demand surely portend it. 



H. J. Borowski & Son, of Roslindale, 

 have a neat and compact range. They 

 produce pot plants only and of splendid 

 quality. One large house of ferns, all 



FRAT-M'S 



Frat-Ms are a great help to florlBts who make funeral work. They are exact 

 reproductions of the official emblems emboaeed In sold and the different colon aa 

 required by each Fraternal and Labor organization. 



The florist Is saved time and worry in the nuisance of lettering, aa well as the 

 keeping of such a stock of wire frames, and difCerent colored flowers. Just use such 

 flowers as you have and then attach a FRAT-M with paste to the chlfCon. or by the 

 hanger that comes for each, as a card, and that Is all there Is to it. excepting the 

 comment and commendatory talk for the florist. 



Just pick out a dozen of the most used, from the list following, enclosing $2.00 

 per dozen, and if they don't make you ten times their coat, return those unused and 

 get your money. 



Square and Compass, Chapter, Commandery, 32nd Degree, Shrine, Bastem Star, 

 Royal Neighbors, M. W. A., Maccabees, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Knights of Columbus, 

 K. of p.. Mnone. Jr. O. U. A. M.. B. of R. T.. B. of R. Clerks, B. of L. E.. Br. of 

 Blacksmiths and Helpers, Eagles. 



Just give Frat-Ms a trial, ynu don't have to keep them. We are willing to send 

 them to you and return the money If they don't pay you ten times their cost. Address 



STATE FAIR FLORAL CO., SEDALIA, MO. 



GOLDFISH 



BUY FROM THE BREEDER 

 107 Acres of Ponds this Season 



Write for Big, New Catalogue 



GLOBES, AQUARIUMS, AQUARIUM SUPPLIES, Etc 



BERT J. PUTNAM, Scientific Aqvtrist 462 WukingteR St, BUFTALO, N. Y. 



