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The Florists' Review 



Mauch 3. 1«'J1- 



market, duo to too strong a desire to 

 unload a possil)lc surplus. 8ueli buyers 

 may easily find, when they come to 

 cover their short-list, that tliere will bo 

 sonie items which are practically unob- 

 tainable. Reports of retail nurserymen 

 who are handling commission men, 

 through this section of the country at 

 least, show that sales can be had by 

 anyone who goes out after them; in fact, 

 many nurseries are reporting business 

 as good as, and in some instances even 

 better than, a year ago and last year 

 was with almost everyone the best year 

 nurserymen ever had. Of course," we 

 shalj have to grant that there are other 

 sections of the country whose economic 

 condition is not so good as ours. This 

 is especially true of the south, which 

 is in some ways in pretty bad shape, 

 but we all know that a sur|)lus of nurs- 

 ery stock .suitable to the southern trade 

 can have comparatively little effect on 

 the northern market at best and, any- 

 way, the southern nurserymen say that 

 conditions there seem to be much better 

 now than they were several months ago. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Business last week was most encour- 

 aging. Stock was plentiful, but, never- 

 theless, the greater ))art of it was 

 moved, in some cases being sacrificed 

 to make the clearance. TJnfortun;itely, 

 the stock of ))ulbous flowers has come 

 all at one time and from every source; 

 daffodils and joncjuils have b(>cn ]i;)rtic- 

 ularly jdentiful. These liave, naturally, 

 b(>en harder to move than other blooms. 

 .Varcissus jioeticus and I'ajier White, cut 

 hyacinths and tuli])s were jilenliful and 

 of excellent (juality. There was a good 

 quantity of carnations, the (nullify of 

 which was fine, but ])rices were low. 

 Sweet j)eas were fairly |ileiitif'ul and 

 were in good demand as to the better 

 grades. Short-stemmed stock did not 

 sell so readily. CabMidulas were in fair 

 suj)])ly and the dem:ind was quite good. 

 .Mignonette was of good (piality aiiil sold 

 well. The cut of freesi;is was not so 

 heavy last week, but the dem:nii| was 

 good. 



Roses were in good croii .-iiid iiu-lnded 

 about the best selling \;irieties. The 

 prices on these were about normal again. 

 Large cuts of Columbia reached this 

 market daily and s(dd readily. Oplieli:i, 

 Hoosier Heauty, Montrose, Sunburst, 

 Maryland, Dunlo]i, Kaiseriii .-ind the 

 Killarneys were in large supply. .Sweet- 

 hearts were fine, with an cNcn demauij. 

 There was a liea\v cr((|> of call;is last 

 week. Easter lilies arrixcd in fair sup- 

 ply. Violets were ])leiitiful and of gooi] 

 quality, but the demand was not .■ictixc. 

 Orchids, gardenias anrl cypri|iciliums 

 were plentiful and moved fairly well. 

 There was :i good sujiply of ixiftcd stock 

 on hand, which included a fair (piaiitity 

 of bulbous stock, cinerarias, Al])ine 

 \ i<dets. ]irimros('s and lilacs. There was 

 ■A goocl ilenr;ini| for all kinds of ]>:il)ns 

 .•uul ferns. 



Various Notes. 



Most of the uptown florists rejiorted 

 a good business for Washington's birth- 

 day and suitable window decorations in 

 the various stores, with photographs 

 .and flags, were consj)icuous. 



William L. Keller, a member of the 

 firm of J. B. Keller Sons, left Rochester 

 last week for a trip to Denver, Colo., to 

 visit his son Wilfred, who has been 

 living there for five years. 



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Cannas from Headquarters 



RED SHADES - loO 1000 



Dragon. 3 ft. Deep ox-blood red, rich color $7.00 $60.00 



Duke of Marlboro. 4 ft. Dark velvety crimson 6.00 50.00 



Lafayette. 4 ft. Most Intense scarlet 7.00 60.00 



Meteor (Wintzer's). 5 ft. About the best crimson 7.00 60.00 



Nokomls. 5 ft. New vivid crimson, bronze foliage 8.00 70.00 



The President. 4 ft. Best red In commerce 15.00 125.00 



Wm. Saunders. 4 ft. Bright scarlet, bronze foliage 8.00 70.00 



PINK SHADES 



City of Portland. 4Vi ft. Salmon-pink, continuous bloomer. . 12.00 100.00 



Hiawatha. 3 ft. Kosy pink, bordered cerise 5.00 40.00 



Morning Glow. 4 ft. Rich pink, bronze foliage 7.00 bO.OO 



Mrs. W. Wilson. 4 ft. More pink than Mrs. A. F. Oonard 12.00 100.00 



Wabash. 4 ft. Bronze-leaved rosea glgantea. 6.00 



Wawa. 3 ft. Very beautiful .«>oft pink 6.00 aO.OO 



YELLOW SHADES 



California. 4 ft. Kich orange gold 5.00 40.00 



Gladiator. 5 ft. Bright yellow, spotted red 7.00 60.00 



Golden Gate. 4 ft. Pure gold with apricot center 6.00 aO.OO 



Queen of Holland. 3 ft. Orange-yellow 8.00 70.00 



WHITE SHADES 



Flag of Truce. 4 ft. Cream white, erect and fine 15.00 125.00 



VARIEGATED 



Gaiety. 5 fl. Reddish-orange, edged yellow, showy 7.00 (»i).oO 



GIANT ORCHID FLOWERING 



King Humbert, 4 ft. Orange-scarlet, bronze foliage 7.00 60.00 



Queen Helene. 5 ft. Yellow King Humbert 8.00 70.00 



Uncle Sam. 7 ft. Brilliant orange-scarlet 5.00 40.00 



Wintzer's Colossal. 5 ft. Immense vivid scarlet flowers 8.00 70.00 



Wyoming. 7 ft. Orange flowers, purple foliage 7.00 60 00 



Prices F. O. B. West Grove, Pa. 



^^ CONARD • ROSES 



& JONES CO. WESTGROVE, PA. 



ROBERT PYLE, President ANTOINE WINTZER, VicePre*. 



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ROOTED 

 CUTTINGS 



CARNATIONS 



HAPPY DAY 



Our New Scarlet Carnation for Season 1920-1921 



There are Reasons for All Growers Wanting this All-Purpose 



Scarlet Carnation. 



1— Because it has the most brilliant color of all Scarlet Carnation.s. Col. r n \»r fades 



under any conditions. A true Christinas color. 

 2— Size, full three to threr; and one half inches. 



3— Early and e.vtreniely free-BowerinK. Comes into crop with any of the ear.ier varieties. 

 4— Perfect calyx -no splits at any time. 

 5— Perfectly straight, stitf stems. 



fi— Growth is all that is desired in a commercial carnation. 



7 -An ea.sy propagator. .Mallei strong plants that transplant without any severe check 

 Price, $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000. Delivery early iu March. 



F. DORNER & SONS CO., Lafayette, Indiana 



Hardy Old-fashioned Plants 



Our Speciulijr 



Specially grown for Florists. Nursery- 

 men and Landscape .-Vrchitects. Prices 

 on request. 



WILLIAM TOOLE & SON 



Hanir Ptaat ■»! Pun Firm BAR \ BOO. WIS. 



Holliir (lay was ohsi'rvcd last wcuk 

 ;iiiil M'vcral of tlic ii]pt()Wii flori.sts took 

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Bobbink & Atkins 



Nurserymen and Florists 



RUTHERFORD, N. J. 



titles of liullx.us stock and ]ilant- at *1 

 were sold. 



<'liarl<s H. \ ilk, of Hart & Vi.k, Inc.,. 



