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he Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBBIt 3. 1921 



COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. 



The Market. 



The trade has shown a steady im- 

 provement throughout the autumn sea- 

 son. Though business has been erratic 

 at times, some days busy and others idle, 

 the retailers as a whole feel happy over 

 their year's business. At the florists' 

 meeting last week the general senti- 

 ment was that the florists ' business was 

 the only business that had not taken its 

 slump, and many retailers claim their 

 business for 1921 is ahead of that of 

 1920. The only line that has fallen off 

 is the social functions, but even they 

 will come in more heavily as the winter 

 social season approaches. We have been 

 favored with wonderful weather thus 

 far. Some of the smaller ranges that 

 are not growing roses or poinscttias 

 have not started firing this season. 

 However, the outside flowers have given 

 way almost entirely to the inside flow- 

 ers, with the exception of cosmos, hardy 

 pompons and larkspur, and these are 

 grown on a few high points in this com- 

 munity. The general demand has 

 gradually increased, though some of the 

 wholesalers have all they care to handle. 



Chrysanthemums are reaching the 

 markets in heavy supply from the local 

 greenhouses and prices have been so low 

 that the California shippers are having 

 trouble in getting any of their stock to 

 Omaha. The express rates have been 

 against the California growers, and the 

 poor packing of mums has made most 

 of the local retailers a little afraid to 

 take a chance. As surely as one depends 

 upon a California arrival of mums, they 

 are bound to come through in bad order. 

 Pompons are in large supply at 75 cents 

 and $1 per bunch and it looks as though 

 the heavy cuts of chrysanthemums and 

 pompons will put a stop to the importa- 

 tion from other points, for the time be- 

 ing at least. Some wonderful Chryso- 

 lora and Oconto are coming in at $2.50 

 per dozen, also some Tiger and Pacific 

 Supreme. Golden Glow and Smith's Ad- 

 vance have had their day and soon Mari- 

 gold and Eager will come on. The sup- 

 ply of carnations is still limited, and, 

 though most of them are short-stemmed, 

 the market is cleared daily at $4 to $5 

 per hundred. 



Roses are plentiful and quality is 

 splendid, with prices at $12 to $14 per 

 hundred for the best and down as low 

 as $2 and $3 per hundred for the shorts. 

 Premier and Columbia are still the main 

 cut, with Ophelia a close third. 



Cattleyas are extremely scarce and 

 the few growers have no trouble in dis- 

 posing of all of their stock at $2 each. 

 Violets are coming on in unlimited quan- 

 tities and are slow to move. One firm, 

 which is cutting heavily, claims it was 

 impossible to move the crop at 50 cents 

 per hundred and has come down to 35 

 cents per hundred. While the violets 

 are exceptionally fine, the stems are a 

 little short. 



Various Notes. 



At the regular meeting of the Omaha 

 and Council Bluflfs Florists' Club, Octo- 

 ber 27, it was decided that no action be 

 taken upon the mum show for 1922 until 

 after December 3, at which date it will 

 be decided by the Iowa State Horticul- 

 tural Society where the 1922 show will 

 e held. Should the society hold its ex- 

 nibit in Council Bluffs, it is the plan 

 of the club to work in conjunction with 

 the horticultural society and hold the 

 mum show at the same time. 



Things That Count — 

 Yet Cost No More 



A FEW weeks ago we told you^ how 

 leaky gutters are a thing of the past 

 if the Callahan Easy-Splice V-Joint is used, 

 because this patented feature makes the 

 gutters adjustable to shrinkage. 



Callahan Cut-to-Fit 

 Greenhouses 



are distinsuished by other items reflecting more- 

 than-usual care in coastruction as. for instance, 

 the accurately placed side bars, which have a 

 tongue and groove joint on the under-side of the 

 gutter to insure an absolutely accurate glass 

 position. 



Then, too, where the side br rests on the 

 upper s'de of the sUl. it is boused over to form a 

 water-tight lap joint. 



We might mention, by the way, that Callahan 

 sills are t ed together longitudinally by the Easy- 

 Spiice V-Joint; are grooved on the under side to 

 receive the wall siding, and are cut on top to 

 aecommoda'e either ventilators or fixed glass. 



This is a photo of a sample 

 Callahan side bar showing 

 the method of joining with 

 gutter and with sill. The 

 sill has groove on under tide 

 to receive siding if wood 

 base is used. 



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At the weekly bowling contest, T. E. 

 Evans rolled high seoro of 214; Loo 

 Larnion second, with 208, and F. Swan- 

 son third, witli 200. Keen interest is 

 always shown at the bowling contests 

 and here is one bunch of florists that 

 always have a good time and no argu- 

 ment as to how the money is to be spent. 



Irwin Frey, of Lincoln, Neb., was a 

 visitor in the citj' October 27, trying to 

 dispose of some surplus English holly. 



The Omaha and Council Bluffs' Club 

 ordered the full quota of S. A. F. boards 

 to be shipped at once and they will be 

 taken care of to good advantage. 



A number of the local florists are 

 planning to attend the Iowa State Flo- 

 rists' meeting, at Ottumwa, la., No- 

 vember 9. T. E. E. 



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