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The Florists^ Review 



JaNUART 6, 1921 



•juantities. Many of the stems are long 

 and the flowers remaining on them are 

 fine, but most of the stems show some 

 of the buds had fallen before the sun 

 came out. There is a general belief 

 that there will be a good supply of sweet 

 peas from this time on and the shortage 

 of violets therefore becomes of no conse- 

 quence. There is plenty of valley. 

 Cattleyas are more abundant or less in 

 request. 



Jonquils have arrived to reinforce 

 Paper Whites, Solcil d'Or and Eoman 

 hyacinths. Stevia is not in as large 

 supply as in recent seasons. There are 

 only moderate supplies of Eastor lilies 

 and callas. They sell steadily. 



There is nothing new in the green 

 goods situation. The sujiply is fairly 

 .steady and demand ditto. 



Various Noties. 



The death of Daniel Branch, one of 

 the oldest florists in Chicago, is recorded 

 in this week 's obituary column. 



C. L. Washburn comments on the con- 

 dition of the rose plants in this section 

 and suggests that it may upset the cal- 

 culations of growers and wholesalers. 

 Mr. Washburn says it has been an un- 

 usually favorable growing season al- 

 most continuously from the time the 

 young plants were benched and that 

 they have been in January in a more 

 vigorous growing condition than at any 

 time in his experience. He predicts 

 that at the end of the season growers 

 will find they have cut a higher average 

 of flowers per plant than ever before. 

 Mr. Washburn does not look for a repe- 

 tition of the acute shortage which ex- 

 isted last winter. 



The directors of the Allied Florists' 

 Association had a meeting December 29, 

 at which nearly the full membership 

 was present, to consider the results of 

 the 1920 publicity effort, which w:is con- 

 cluded with special advertising for New 

 Year's. It was the consensus that the 

 publicity campaign to date has been of 

 material benefit to the trade, a view in 

 which all the larger supporters of the 

 work concur. It will be continued dur- 

 ing 1921 with the enthusiastic sup])ort 

 (if all except a few of the smaller re 

 tailers and growers. The smaller a 

 man's business is, the more diflicult it 

 is to make him see the benefit nf ailxcr 

 tising the things he has to sell. 



Fearing that the <leflation of iirico 

 which has hit so many lines of business 

 will soon be felt in this trade, a num- 

 ber of growers met last week to con 

 sider means by which they could kccii 

 from being ground between the mill- 

 stones of high production costs and hiw 

 selling prices. Most of the growers are 

 in a position where their costs CMUiiot 

 be reduced this season unless it is by a 

 reduction in wages. A number of the 

 growers already have reduced their jiay 

 rolls about ten per cent by cutting the 

 working time one hour during the short 

 days of the winter. 



Peter Pearson began cutting his an- 

 nual crop of jonquils last week. Sam 

 Pearce had some in tlu> last djiys of 

 December. 



H. N. Bruns rc]>orts that the new 

 crop of valley is ready .-muI says it is 

 the best in five years. 



Eric Johnson c<immeiits s])('<'ially on 

 the burst of activity in the city demand 

 on the last day of the year. He says it 

 indicates that New Year 's trade was the 

 strongest Chicago has had in a long 

 time and that whatever influence has 



STOP! 



There is Safety 



in ordering 

 Pyfer^s Flowers 



Remember Pyfer's 



Have Flowers Every Day 

 at Lowest Market Prices 



NOTICE: Lower Prices 



ROSES 



Premier^ Columbia, Russell and Milady 



6c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 15c and 20c 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst, Montrose 

 Maryland, White Killarney and Hoosier Beauty 



5c, 8c. lOc, 12c and 15c 



Per 100 

 CaroatioDS . . . .$4.00, $6.00 to $8.00 



Sweet Peas 3.00 to 4.00 



Narciiii, Paper Whites. 6.00 to 8.00 



Violeli, Single 1 .00 to 1 .50 



Violets, Double 1.50 to 2.00 



Calendala, per 100.. .$6.00 to $8.00 

 Dwarf Baby Boxwood, 



per lb .30 



Asparagus and 



Sprengtri, per bunch, .35 to] .50 



Ferns, per 1000 4.00 



Galax, per 1000 2.00 



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been depressing city business will be 

 soon overcome. 



R. Rehefflor, of Wheaton, .-ut the last 



of his pompons for New Year's. He 

 grew far more this year than ever be- 

 fore and has had a good season. He 



