The Florists' Review 



May 12, 1921 



Z" Tb » florist* who«« cazft* avPMtf on the paeos carrytiiK thl* toaad* are pr«p«r»d to ffll ord«rs 

 —- — from otlMT florists for local deUvcnr on tli« osnal basis. 



BALTIMOKB, MD. 



The Market. 



l''i'i(l;iy, April 129, the market was de- 

 mural i/cd through overproduction; just 

 one week later it was again in the same 

 state, liut, contrary to that condition, 

 there were simply no flowers on the 

 market On the eve of the largest Moth- 

 ers ' day business known in the history 

 of the trade. Every retailer in the city 

 reported more orders booked for this 

 holiday than ever before; the problem 

 with most of them was how to get the 

 orders filled. Tlie oldest men connected 

 with the market say they never saw a 

 situation to equal it. Stock became 

 scarcer each day during the week. The 

 retailers were frantically using the 

 telephone and telegraph to nearby 

 flower centers, but no relief was forth- 

 coming. The same situation seemed to 

 exist along the entire Atlantic sea- 

 board. Prices on all lines of stock 

 soared sky-high and, strange as it may 

 seem, there was no grumbling about 

 prices. Any -price would have been sat- 

 isfactory could tho stock have been pro- 

 cure<l. 



All the small towns throughout the 

 state, where local greenhouses are gen- 

 erally sufficient to supply the demand, 

 were piling orders into the market. 

 These orders were for stock for funeral 

 work rather than Mothers' day orders. 

 A considerable business was done in 

 artificial flowers, magnolia and galax 

 leaves. A peculiar instance was the 

 manner in which asparagus piled up, 

 this being plentiful and. coming in nor- 

 mal supply, but there was not sufficient 

 cut stock to use it up. 



Last week was a rainy one. As most 

 of the growers had stopped firing and 

 expected it to clear off each day, the 

 houses were standing full of buds that 

 a day's sun would send on the market. 

 Outdoor stock was in the same condi- 

 tion. I'eony buds were ready to burst 

 into bloom; a few days of sun would 

 flood the market with outdoor stock. 



It was an off week with bedding 

 plants, as it was so wet that nothing 

 could be planted. However, those who 

 are fortunate enough to have this stock 

 are not worried, for they know the state 

 of the market on plants. 



Various Notes. 



Albert G. Fiedler has an unusually 

 large funeral demand, and last week 

 was a particularly heavy one. His 

 Mothers' day orders were also heavy. 



Mary Johnston had a heavy week of 

 funeral work, and her Mothers' day or- 

 ders broke all records. Never in the 

 history of this firm have so many tele- 

 graph orders been sent. 



Samuel Feast & Sons were booked to 

 the limit for Mothers' day and had a 

 busy week in all branches of the busi- 

 ness, getting the supply from their own 

 range and what they could pick up 

 from the wholesale houses. Charles 

 Feast was just able to take care of all 

 the orders om hand. 



The supply from John Cook's range 



was not more than twenty-five per cent 



of normal. Mothers' day orders were 



the heaviest this store has ever known. 



At Bobert L. Graham's, the taking 



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A Memorial Day Thought 



it is a sacred duty to honor the memory of the dear ones gone before, upon the 

 only day in the year that is dedicated to them, and to honor the Soldiers and Sailors 

 ^vho gave their lives for us. 



Beautiful flowers for Memorial Day. Orders by wire promptly and attractively 

 carried out. 



Member F. T. D. 



Hth and H. Sts.. N. W. 



Wgishington, D. C. 



WASHINGTON, D. C 



Louise Flower Sh 



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Connecticut Ave. at N St, N. W. 



Miss liOulHo W. DauRhcrty, - - Proprietress 



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GEO. C. SHAFFER 



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A J. WOODWARD 

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