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The Florists' Review 



June 21, 1917. 



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been much less than usual. Only a few 

 have been put in storage, although it 

 has been possible to obtain only low 

 prices. The local cut is just beginning. 

 It does not promise to be large, and so 

 far as can be learned only two or three 

 growers and no commission dealers are 

 planning to put away the flowers. 

 Usually the fresh stock is all in by this 

 date and the freezer holds large quan- 

 tities. The peony has not been any- 

 where near so important a flower as 

 usual so far this season, and it looks as 

 though it would be of still less impor- 

 tance after another week. 



American Beauties remain in short 

 supply and clear readily. All other 

 varieties of roses are in greatly de- 

 creased supply and sell better than they 

 have been doing. Eussells still hold 

 their place at the head of the list. It 

 is true that the color has faded some- 

 what, as a result of the warm, bright 

 weather, but its keeping qualities at the 

 season recommend it to buyers. Eed 

 roses are in noxt active doinnnd, wjth 

 Sunburst and Ophelia following. 



There is a superabundance of carna- 

 tions on the market, but the quality is 

 deteriorating rapidly as a result of the 

 warm weather, and it is expected that 

 a few hot days will finish them for the 

 season. Carnations now are the most 

 unsatisfactory item on the market, there 

 being scarcely any demand for tliem. 



Easter lilies are ])loiitiful, but move 

 slowly. Callas are at the end of their 

 season. Orchids remain scarce. Good 

 valley also is less plentiful than in other 

 years, but the demand is not nearly so 

 heavy as last year at this time. Stocks 

 arc scarce, but in little demand. There 

 were plenty of sweet peas, but the qual- 

 ity is on the down grade except the 

 spring bloomers. Good peas found a 

 ready sale. Calendulas sold fairly well. 

 There is not much good mignonette 

 obtainable. Spanish iris is about fin- 

 ished. Gladioli sell well, Pendleton, 

 America, King\and Augusta jelling best 

 and in the order named. Baisies find 

 a fair market. Pansies are^t poor qual- 

 it and sell slowly. Dotlble poeticus is 

 out of the market. Candytuft arrives 

 in fair supply and sells readily. Good 

 snapdragons move well, poorer quality 

 dragging, however. 



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There is a marked scarcity of flat 

 ferns. Sprengcri also is proving a trifle 

 scarce. The supply of plumosus is sufii- 

 cient to meet the demand. 



Various Notes. 



At the monthly dinner of the Whole- 

 sale Cut Flower Association June 14 

 early closing was discussed. It appears 

 all the wholesale houses will close at 

 5 p. m. during July, August and Septem- 

 ber, but there is no chance that all will 

 remain closed on Sundays. While sev- 

 eral wholesalers who cater only to city 

 trade are anxious to stay closed on the 

 Sabbath and some may do so, the houses 

 that enjoy large shipping business feel 

 the need of being open seven days a 

 week. Some of them ship more flowers 

 on Sundays than on Saturdays. 



A tremendous quantity of bedding 

 plants has been sold in the last three 

 weeks. Evervone who deals in this 



class of stock has been on the jump, and 

 tlie occasional cold, rainy days, when 

 outside work could not be done, have 

 only given a chance to catch up with 

 necessary work inside. But there are 

 large quantities of bedding plants still 

 to sell, especially geraniums and cannas, 

 and some of the smallei* growers have 

 taken to peddling them at low prices. 



John Evert wants to sell out or lease 

 his place on Devon avenue and go to 

 farming. He benched carnations last 

 summer, the range accommodating from 

 50,000 to 55,000 plants, but he received 

 so little for the flowers that after the 

 holidays he threw them out and planted 

 lettuce and cucumbers. These have 

 given a little better returns, but not 

 enough to encourage Mr. Evert to wish 

 to stay in the business. 



A. J. Zech, of Zech & Mann, and A. C. 

 Kohlbrand, of the E. C. Amling Co., 

 went to Eagle lake in Wisconsin, on the 



