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The Florists' Review 



Februauy. 24, 1921 



jicjis ;irc incrcasiuj; in (|n;tntity .•nid tlic 

 ipi.Tlity is good. I'ndcr tlicsc cuiidit ions 

 everyone scorns inclinecl to sidetijick 

 cMstcrn (l(iiil)lc violets iind [msli the 

 |ie:is. 



Paper Wliites iire )i:i.ssing, i)nt (dlier 

 bulbous flowers nre in the heiglit of 

 their se.-isnn. There ••ire gre:it (|ii;inti 

 ties of Jon(Hiils ::iid tiili|is nnd inoderatc 

 NU](]ilies of frecsi;is. The deniiind is not 

 strong enough to <-;inse cleariiiices nnd 

 the iiverage jirices do not enconvMgc the 

 plilcing of Inrge enrly orders for next 

 season 's bulbs. 



Of the luiscolliineous tlowers tliere .ire 

 not so many, hut more than enough for 



jireMMit needs, ('at th'yas .-md \;illey are 

 snfTeriiig for l;ick of demand. 



The tr;iile lias liegun to talk about 

 Ivistc r. The present indication is that 

 tlowers will lie in somewhat l(>ss tli.'in 

 the nsn;il suj)])ly, especially lilies, hut 

 there is no line on the |irofiahle demand. 



February 122, Washington's birthday, 

 the Chicago postoflico was closed as tight 

 ;is .'in erstwhile thirst piirlor .and the 

 market had no notice of it so that cns- 

 toniers could he warned. The result was 

 that (piitt" a few county buyers were 

 disappointed, their orders not being re- 

 eeive(l in time for shijiment as w.anted. 

 The express company gave service only 



until noon. Whcdesalors had to do their 

 own trucking to .aftomoon and evening 

 trains. 



Growers Hold Rose Night. 



Thursday evening, February 17, was 

 the occasion of a rose display .'it the 

 meeting of the Commercial Flower 

 (irowers of Chicago at the Hotel Ran 

 doljih. There were nuire than a score 

 of vases of fine blooms, including four 

 new varieties. The report of the judges, 

 August H. I'oehlm;mn, W. ,T. Keimcl 

 and Ernst .\mling, on the exhibits was 

 .'IS follows: 



<'<)liiintiiii. shown l).v .Iciscpli Knhoiil, well 



crown stock: nlso wcll-Krown vnso of rrcinit-r. 



Aini'Un (Jndc, sliown l).v Krcil II, T/omon A Co.. 



