The Rorists* Review 



NOVBMBER 10, 1921 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



There is no improvement in conditions 

 in the wholesale flower markets and 

 prices on nearly everything remain un- 

 usually low. With the passing some 

 days ago of all outdoor flowers, there is 

 no competition from this source and, 

 while retailers seem to be doing a nice 

 business, the congestion in wholesale 

 quarters is bad and prices are discour- 

 agingly low for producers. All flowers 

 coming in could undoubtedly be sold at 

 a fair price if a better system could be 

 obtained and the sooner growers devise 

 a better way of clearing out surpluses in 

 times of stress like these, the better. 



Chrysanthemums, of course, dominate 

 the market and are in heavy oversupply. 

 While a few fancy blooms bring $3 to $4 

 per dozen, a great many sell as low as 

 $4 per hundred. Bonnaffon is now quite 

 abundant; so is Chieftain, Eager, Ram- 

 apo. White Bonnaffon and other stand- 

 bys. Bunch chrysanthemums, pompons, 

 singles and anemones sell better in pro- 

 portion than do the single blooms. Roses 

 continue weak, although Columbia, Mme. 

 Butterfly, Premier and other favorites 

 clean up well. On the other hand, the 

 Killarneys are quite druggy and Ophelia 

 moves more slowly than of yore. 



Carnations are in a bad condition and 

 many sales as low as 50 cents per hun- 

 dred have been made. Good flowers 

 have with difficulty made $2. Some 

 fancies are somewhat higher, but the 

 whole range is discouragingly low. Vio- 

 lets vary from 50 to 75 cents per hun- 

 dred. Pansies are overdone. For sweet 

 peas the demand has been poor. Most 

 of the flowers are short-stemmed and 

 poor and are hard to sell. 



Snapdragons are of improved quality 

 and the best sell well. There are few 

 lilies and small lots only of callas. 



Cattleyas remain in good supply and 

 cypripediums are coming in more freely. 

 Valley is in good supply and there is 

 enough Bouvardia Humboldtii to supply 

 the demands for wedding bouquets. A 

 fair number of gardenias come in and a 

 few nerines are seen. Demand is slow 

 for asparagus and is not as robust as 

 could be wished for flowering plants, 

 which are now abundant and good. 



Markets Sell at Betail 



By the inianiiiioiis vote of the direc- 

 tors it was decided both wholesale 

 flower markets would ojjcn for retail 

 trade daily after 9 a. m., beginning No- 

 vember 9. Retailers in Boston are 

 greatly agitated as a result. Newspaper 

 advertisements liavo been used to notify 

 tlie public of the decision. 



Various Notes. 



The members of the Boston Cooper- 

 ative Flower Market had their annual 

 dinner and meeting at Elks' hall Novem- 

 ber 5. Edward Wood acted as presiding 

 oflScer. John McFarland was chosen sec- 

 retary and Donald Carmichael treasurer. 

 The president and vice-president will be 

 chosen later by the board of directors. 



The many friends of James Nicol, of 

 Quincy, now an octogenarian, will be 

 grieved to learn that he is critically ill 

 at his home on Coddington street. Mr. 

 Nicol is a great lover of chrysanthe- 

 mums and at the mum show this week 

 his blooms were among the finest shown. 

 He has always made a specialty of that 

 grand white variety, Mrs. Jerome Jones, 

 which, however, was not more than half 

 developed for the exhibition this year. 



New Crop Green Galax 



By mail, postpaid per 1,000, $ 1.50 



By express, collect per 1,000, 1.25 



By express, collect half case (S.CiOO), 5.00 



By express, collect case lots (10,000), 9.00 



NEW CROP, FERNS AND LEUCOTHOE 



Ferns, Dagger and Fancy, $2.00 per 1,000 or $7.50 per case of 5,000. 

 Green Leucothoe, long, medium and short, $5.00, $3.50 and $2.00 per 1,000. 



PREPARED BRONZE GALAX 



B7 mail, postpaid per 1,000 $ 2.00 



By express, collect per 1,000 1.50 



By express, collect.. half case (5,000) $ 7.00 

 By express, collect. case lots (10,000) 12.50 



By mail, postpaid per carton, $ 1.75 



By express, collect per carton. 



PREPARED MAGNOLIA 



Green, Brown and Purple. 



By express, collect 



By express, collect 



1.50 

 4.50 



..50-lb. cartons, $ 8.00 



By express, collect ..100- lb. cartons, 15.00 



.25-lb. cartons, 



PREPARED OAK 



Tan, Bronce and Green. 



Short Oak, for wreaths, express collect, 5-lb. cartons, $2.00; 25-lb. cartons, 



$9.00; 50-lb. cartons, $17.00; 100-lb. cartons, $30.00. 



Lon^ Oak Sprays (36-inch to 40-inch), 25c per pound, any quantity. 



Medium Oak Sprays (20-inch to 30-inch), 23c per pound, any quantity. 



We absolutely guarantee our line of Prepared Decorative Greens 

 to be of the best both as to Quality and color. 



Best Quality. 



Best Service. 



Terms Cash 



ELK GALAX & FERN COMPANY, Johnson City, Tenn. 



Mentloii The Review when 70a write. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Cnean, dry. sood texture, larse borlapped bales, weisht about 25 lbs. each. 



10 to 50 bales, 75c each, F. O. B. City Point. 



Deduct S per cent if you remit with order. 

 Dealers: Qet our wholesale car lot prices; write. 

 Produced and guaranteed by 



A. J. AMUNDSON CO., 



CITY POINT, WIS. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



Natural Green Sheet Moss 



Per lO-lb. bag, $1.75 



Dyed Green Sheet Moss 



Per lO-Ib. bag, $3.50 



KNUD NIELSEN, Evergreen, Ala. 



LYCOPODIUM, chemically prepared, everlasting. 

 Cartons of 10 lbs.. $2.75; cartons of iS Ins.. $M.C: .5<i 

 or W) lb. cases, 23c per lb. Prompt Shipment. 



JOHN PERMAN, Catawba, Wis. 



The international textile exhibition, 

 which occupied the whole of Mechanics' 

 building, closed its doors November 5. 

 This great show attracted immense at- 



RESH SOUTHERN HOLLY 



OREST to 

 LORIST 



Per 40-lb. carton. $4.M 

 Per 25-lb. carton, 3.M 



F. O. B. Lockesbar^ 

 Wholesale and Retail 



L. F. KING 



LOCKESBURC, ARK. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



NEW CROP OP 



Fancy and Dagger Ferns 



Green and Bronze Oalax leaves. Laurel and 



all kinds of Evergreens in season. 



Write for prices, 



P. S. PULOS & BRO. 

 SO New St. NEWARK, N. J. 



