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The Florists' Review 



January u, 1922 



died it more easily and with more satis- 

 fiietion to customers than in the past. 

 Many of the orders were delivered as 

 early as December 22. Medium-priced 

 and less expensive stock was disposed of 

 first, while there was practically no call 

 for expensive stock. Preparations had 

 been made for exactly this situation, 

 however, and nothing was carried over. 



Plantin}^ kei)t up till Christmas and 

 the nursery force of the Chandler Land- 

 scai)e & hloral Co. had all the work 

 it could do. In the retail store, Christ- 

 mas business exceeded that of last yoai'. 

 There were not so many table decora- 

 tions as in 1920. All of last week 

 orders wore good and those of New 

 Year's day were heavy. 



Many more wreaths were sold this 

 year by A. F. Barbe. His location, just 

 across the street from the Elmwood 

 cemetery, was a feature in his favor. 

 Christmas business altogether was ahead 

 of that of a year ago. 



Boyd's (Jreenhouses cleaned up well, 

 perhaps a little better than last year. 

 A good supply of blooming plants was 

 disposed of. 



The Linwood Floral & Nursery Co. 

 reported careful buying by the public 

 and a decided preference for moder- 

 ately priced flowers. Corsages were 

 good sellers, but no extravagant orders 

 were made up. 



Augusta Oberg, 5-year-old daugh- 

 ter of Walter Oberg, of the W. L. Eock 

 Flower Co., was the star of a juvenile 

 review, at the Isis theater, last week. 

 There were eleven children in the re- 

 view, which was an added attraction 

 at the theater. Augusta, dressed in gyp- 

 sv costume, sang "My Gypsy Lady." 

 J. E. K. 



HAETFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



The old saying, after a storm there is 

 always a calm, holds true in the florists' 

 business. After the Christmas holiday 

 rush there was a dull, quiet spell, al- 

 though all of the florists in Hartford 

 have been unusually busy with funeral 

 work for the last few days. Others 

 have had good plant sales for table dec- 

 orations for New Year's parties, which 

 were held throughout the city in the 

 large hotels, clubs and private homes. 

 A good demand for made-up rose bou- 

 quets was noted here. Short-stemmed 

 roses are unusually scarce and are in 

 good demand for funeral work. Roses 

 are selling at from $.3 to $6 per dozen. 

 Carnations of all kinds are plentiful, 

 retailiug at $2 per dozen. Sweet peas 

 were in good demand for New Year's 

 bouquets, but are in short supply. Vio- 

 lets .are selling at from $2. .10 to $.3 per 

 bunch of fifty, while orchids are $2.50 

 eacli. After figuring up the Christmas 

 holiday business, the final receipts show 

 fli;it the trade this year was not up to 

 that of former years, although nil of the 

 florists are satisfied with what they got, 

 and are all smiling. Cherries seemed 

 to be a drug on the market and all the 

 florists liave carried over a good many 

 .after tlie Christm.os business. Some 

 carried over a few cyclamens, in the 

 smaller sizes, due to the fact that n 

 great many plants were not in flower. 



Various Notes. 



The W. W. Thomas Co., of West Hart- 

 ford, is furnishing all of the stores with 

 some extra fine stevia. Violets, at this 

 range, arc extra good, with a good de- 



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