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The Florists' Review 



May 12, 1921 



Montgomery's Priscilla 



That's the name of the new pink rose! The name will be Priscilla probably after the public has had it a while, 

 but we have had to add the prefix to cover the rules of nomenclature. 



In order to get someone who knows more about roses than we do to give an unbiased, honest opinion on the merits of 

 this rose, we have placed 12 plants of it with each of the following rose growers: 



E. G. Hill Co.. 



Kiclimond, Ind. 

 Dailledouze Bros., 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Albert F. Amlingr Co., 



Maywood, III. 

 Uuckhain-PierHon Co., 



Madison, N. J. 

 Rowayton Greenhouset*. 



Rowayton, Conn. 

 Miller Floral Co.. 



Farmington, Utah 

 Weilworth Farm Greenhouses, 



Downerg Grove, III. 



A. S. Bums, Jr., 



SprtnK Valley, N. Y. 

 Robt. BlmpBon, 



Clifton, N. J. 

 Chas. H. Totty Co., 



Madison, N. J. 

 Noe-Buzicka Co., 



Madison, M. J. 

 Wm. H. Killott Co.. 



Madbury, N. H. 

 Antliony Buslcka. 



Aladison, N. J. 

 W. .1. Pilchftr. 



Kirkwood, Mo. 



Jos. Heacock Co., 

 Roelofs, Pa. 



Weudland ft Keimel Co.. 

 Elmhurst, III. 



Joy Floral Co., 



NashTlUe, Tenn. 



Roberts Rose Co., 

 Denver, Colo. 



Geo. C. Weiland, 



Evanston, III. 



I.akeview Rose Gardens, 

 Jamestown, N. Y. 



Ask them about it. if you will, at any time. They have our permission to tell the truth, 

 rose sell itself! We shall be s mply order takers. 



Bassett & Washburn, 



Hinsdale, 111. 

 Hurry O. May, 



Summit, N. J. 

 F. R. Fierson, 



Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 L. B. Coddlngton, 



Murray Hill. N. J. 

 Jos. H. Hill Co., 



Richmond, Ind. 



Stephen Mortensen, 



Southampton, Fa. 



We are going to let this 



A. N. PIERSON, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



Top cuttings, well established in 23^-inch pots, ready to ship 



lO-inch $30.00 per lOO 



8-inch 2S.OO per lOO 



ORDER EARLY- STOCK LIMITED 



BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, New Jersey 



FICDS ELASnCA 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



The Market. 



The local wholesale market was in 

 such a condition, especially the early 

 ])art of last week, that neither the 

 wholesaler nor the retailer knew where 

 he stood. Stock suddenly became 

 scarce and advance orders were taken 

 only with the proviso as to amount and 

 price. From all appearance of the 

 market in general, it looked as though 

 the local growers were all off crop with 

 anything seasonable at the same time. 

 There has been plenty of dark, rainy 

 weather the last ten days and the 

 scarcity of stock shot up the prices, 

 especially on carnations. These, of 

 course, were in greatest demand for 

 Mothers' day and everybody wanted 

 carnations. The price of $15 per hun- 

 dred for fancy stock and $20 per hun- 

 dred for Laddie caused the retailers to 

 switch and push plants and other cut 

 flowers. The public must be educated 

 to the fact that any kind of flower or 

 plant is used for ^[others' day, for tlie 

 great majority of the buyers are under 

 the impression that only carnations are 

 used for the day. 



Roses, too, have shortened up, al- 

 though Friday and Saturday, May 6 

 and 7, there seemed to be plenty, but 

 the great demand placed them on ad- 

 vance orders and by Saturday after- 

 noon the market was cleaned up of any- 

 thing good. 



Sweet peas were many, but were ad- 

 vanced in ]irice. Snapdragons had a 

 big week and a great qu.-intity of extra 

 fine stock came in all week. Peonies, 

 too, had a heavy call, but the stock re- 

 ceived was not any too good and some 

 of the blooms looked as though they 

 had suffered from the recent frosts. 



Valley, yellow daisies, pansies, mig- 

 nonette, tulips, irises, lilies, calendulas 

 and some fine delphiniums cleaned up 

 in good shape. 



The wholesalers report a heavy de- 



Special Offer, Surplus Stock 



10,000 Carnations 

 Matchless 



From soil, ready for field or bench. 



Nearly all have been topped and iiave 



from two to live breaks. 



$4.00 per 100. $35.00 per 1000 



BREITNEYER FLORAL CO. 



MT. CLEMENS, MICH. 



ASPARAGUS PLUNOSDS 



3-inch pots, $12.00 per 100 



ASCHMANN BROS., 



Second and Bristol Stt. ud Rising Son Ave. , 



PHILADKI.PHIA, PA. 



H€adquartmrs for 



CYCLAMEN 



and other Pot Plants 

 ZETLITZ FLORAL PRODUCTS CO. 



DAYTON. OHIO 



mand from out of town and say that 

 shipping orders were heavy all week. 

 Flat ferns are becoming scarce. Aspar- 

 agus plnniosus and Sprengeri met a 

 heavy demand and so did all other 

 greens. 



Various Notes. 



The St. Louis County Growers' Asso- 

 ciation held its regular monthly meet- 

 ing May 4, at the greenhouses of W. A. 

 Rowe, Kirkwood. When the president, 

 Martin Ude, called the meeting to 

 order there was a large attendance, 

 which included all the officers. After 

 disposing of the regular preliminarie_s. 



Abundance of Spring Stock 



Liberal Extras for early orders. Packing free. 



Per Per 



Size of Pots 100 1000 

 2'/i-in. Ageratums, light or dark 



blue $3.00 $ 27.50 



Zyi'm. Alysaum, double 3.00 27.50 



2-inch Alyssum, Little Gem 2.25 20.00 



3- inch Cannas, red or yellow Hum- 

 bert 10.00 90.00 



2Ji-in. Centaureas, Dusty Miller... 3.00 27.50 

 2^-in. Chrysanthemums, 28 varie- 

 ties, early or late 4.25 40.00 



2^-in. Coleus, red or yellow 2.75 25.00 



3-inch Cyclamens, 8 varieties 12.50 100.00 



2^-in. Fuchsias, 12 good varieties. 3.00 27.50 



2^-in. Fuchsias, Little Beauty 5.25 50.00 



3V^-in. Geraniums, standard var 12.50 115.00 



2^-in. Lantanas, Orange Queen... 8.00 75.00 



2^-in. Marguerite, white 4.00 j'5.00 



2y2-\n. Salvias, Bonfire or Splendens 5.00 45.00 

 2'/i-in. Snapdragons, white, pink or 



yellow 5.25 50.00 



2'4-in. Stocks, Alice or Nice 3.25 30.00 



2^-in. Verbenas, fancy assorted... 2.75 25.00 



2J4-in. Vinca Variegata 5.00 45.00 



4-inch VInca Variegata 13.00 125.00 



Cabbage Plants 90 6.00 



Lettuce Plants, any variety 50 4.00 



Tomato Plants, any variety 1.25 10.00 



Potted Tomato Plants 2.25 20.00 



Also abundance of other Stock. 

 Correspondence Solicited. 



Alonzo J. Bryan 



Wholesale Florist 



Washinsrton, N. J. 



CHAS. D. BALL 



GROWER OF 



PALMS, ETC. 



Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa. 



the secretary announced that the 

 subjects for discussion were the 

 St. Louis district branch of the 

 National Flower Growers' Association 

 and its cooperative buying and the 

 formation of an Allied Florists' Trade 

 Association to take the .place of the 



