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The Florists^ Review 



FlBRnABT 10, 19,21 



W. D, Howard, the president-elect of 

 the American Carnation Society; C. 8. 

 Strout, S. J, Goddard and William Sim, 

 and a large attendance is looked for. 

 It will also be application night and a 

 large class of new members will be 

 admitted. 



Welch Bros. Co. are sole local agents 

 for the beautiful Scotch heather from 

 California, which is now a feature in 

 many of the better retail stores. This 

 erica comes in splendid condition and 

 proves to be extremely popular. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold a field day at William Sim 's 

 Cliftondale place, Saturday, February 

 19, to inspect his numerous fine houses 

 of carnations. 



The American Orchid Society, for 

 which temporary officers were elected 

 at the Boston spring show in 1920, will 

 be launched in proper form during the 

 week of Boston's coming spring show, 

 which will open April 6. Orchids and 

 roses will be the two notable features 

 of the great show. 



Janitcn & Kunan, of Arlington, Mass., 

 have 2,(M)0 cinerarias, many of which 

 are already in bloom, all excellent 

 plants. They have over 8,000 giganteum 

 lilies and large numbers of rosss, French 

 hydrangeas and bulbous stock in pans 

 for Easter, also a large quantity of Bos- 

 ton and other ferns. 



Interest in Boston's big spring show, 

 which opens April G, is steadily growing. 

 Eoses will be a great feature. For a 

 rose garden, prizes of $1,000 and $500, 

 with gold and silver medals, are offered, 

 while for a group of cut roses arranged 

 for effect there are prizes of $500, $300 

 and $200. In addition, there are nu- 

 merous other prizes for rose groups, 

 plants and cut blooms, orchids and other 

 plants. Illustrated lectures will be given 

 each day of the show. There will be 

 meetings of the American Rose Society, 

 .\merican Orchid Society, National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners and otlier im- 

 portant organizations during the sliow 

 week. W. N. C. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The surprise of the week lias been the 

 steady decline in the market at just the 

 time that it was expected to be most ac- 

 tive. The week opened well Monday, 

 January 31, became dull Tuesday, and 

 continued so until Friday, when there 

 was an improvement that continued on 

 Saturday at lower prices. There was 

 good business, but the volume was not so 

 large as was expected for the l.Tst week 

 of the festive season. 



Carnations continued in lieavy supply. 

 The decline in prices was marked. The 

 curious feature about carnations was 

 that Laddie maintained its price on a 

 falling market. Laddie brings $12 still, 

 while few of the other varieties bring 

 over $8. The carnation crop is expected 

 to go off soon. Golden Spur daffodils 

 were greatly overdone. Nearly all the 

 growers increased their planting of 

 daffodils for forcing in the beginning of 

 Feliruary. There were too many for the 

 market and the jirice was cut sharply. 

 They were worth from $8 to $10 a week 

 ago, but are now worth only $4 to $G. 

 There were quantity lots for special 

 sales, but still they did not seem to 

 exhaust the stock, so great was the sup- 

 ply. Freesia is coming in much more 

 freely. Some of it is now in true Purity 

 form, extremely fine stock. Here, too, 

 the price has declined. 



The Supply of Flowers 



Has increased sufficiently so that you will not 

 have any difficulty in getting all the flowers 

 that you need for your business. 



Beauties 



The supply is keeping up better than we had expected. 



Roses 



We particularly recommend to you Russell, Premier, 

 Columbia and Ophelia. These varieties we have in quantity, 

 and of a quality that will satisfy you. 



Carnations 



The supply of Carnations is double that of last year, and 

 the price just about half. Our Carnations have never been 

 better. Plenty of Ward carnations. 



Sweet Peas, Orchids, Lilac, Valley, Mignonette, are items 

 of which we have an ample supply. 



Now is your opportunity to do a profitable business 

 and you should take advantage of the favorable market 

 conditions. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



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PHILADELPHIA 



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High Grade Carnations, Roses, Sweet Peas 



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There are but few Paper White nar- 

 cissi. Valley is flecidedly on the back 

 track. Tulips are poor. There are more 

 roses. The market is takinjj them pretty 

 well at lower prices. A new crop is in 

 full swing that gives a good assortment 

 of grades. The short-stemmed flowers 



continue to sell best. There are Beauties 

 available, quite a lot of them, unusual 

 at this season. They sell at $1. Cat- 

 tleyas are slowly going off crop, but 

 there are enough for orders. Gardenias 

 are becoming quite scarce. 

 There is a good supply of sweet peas. 



