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TheiFlorists' Review 



N«VBMB>B 17, 1921 



They all say it\l 



SOME CATALOGUE 



Did ybu get yours? 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



A^M FLOWERS "at their best" h^ From Grower Direct ^^ 



wEiiAND-rascn <0. 



w^t. FIOHKER CROWERS 



CHICAGO 



view, was the outcome. Prominent ad- 

 vertisements in all the Boston dailies 

 advised the public of the fact. So far, 

 while a number of additional visitors 

 have come into the market, they have 

 not made much impression on the sur- 

 plus, but it is too soon to form a decided 

 opinion on the innovation. 



The growers naturally feel aggrieved 

 that the retailers have done nothing to 

 meet the situation by lowering prices or 

 announciag to the public in any way 

 that flowers are cheaper and should be 

 bought. The retailers state that they 

 do not mind if retailing is made public, 

 as it will not affect them and as it has 

 been done privately right along both in 

 the wholesale markets and by the com- 

 mission mem. The salesmen, and they 

 are quite a numerous body, are suspi- 

 cious that the whole scheme is one grad- 

 ually to oust them, and a number of 

 them, at least, do not take kindly to re- 

 tail selling. The wholesalers and com- 

 mission men, who secure most of their 

 supplies from the two wholesale mar- 

 kets, are optimistic and think that re- 

 tailing will help their wholesale busi- 

 ness and gradually stabilize prices. Each 

 element is suspicious of the other, and 

 there you are. One patent fact is that 

 flowers are unprofitably low and are 

 daily going to waste. The present plan 

 may or may not prove effective, but the 

 growers are holding other plans in 

 abeyance, some one of which may solve 

 the present perplexing problem. 



The growers, on this question, seem 

 determined and absolutely united. The 

 retailers are and always have been 

 helplessly divided. So absurd are some 

 of their jealousies that some decline to 

 use the slogan, "Say It with Flowers," 

 at all, because another progressive re- 

 tailer started it. Out of this whole agi- 

 tation will gradually be evolved a bet- 

 ter and more economical method of 

 wholesaling flowers than now exists. 



Various Notes. 



Harold J. Patten, of Tewksbury, car- 

 ried a lot of his high-grade carnations 

 to Providence, November 12, and cap- 

 tured first prize in every class in .which 

 he competed, winning the gold ^edal 

 for best display. In cut chrysanthe- 



FINBST QUALITY NEW IMPORTATION 



MINIATURE VELVET PANSIES 



$3.60 per gross 

 SAM SELIGMAN, 1 16 W. 28th St., New York 



Thanksgiving Price List 



EifectiTe November 80, 19!81 



Subject to cliangc without notice. 



Shobt Medium Lono 



FANCY CANDLES 



for 



Decorating and Profit 

 WM. T. USINGER 



Century Building PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



mums, carnations, roses, retailers' bas- 

 kets and bouquets, the Providence show 

 was far ahead of Boston. 



The hour of voting for the annual 

 meeting of the Massachusetts Horticul- 



'it Pays To Boy From The Grower" 



Cut Flowers 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Subject to change without notice. 



ROSES 



Short Med. Long Select 

 Francis Scott Kejr, 12c ItJc 20c 25-30c 



Premier 



Colombia 



Milady > 6-8c 10-12o 16c 20c 



Butterfly 



Ophelia 



Doable White Kil- 



lamey 8c 12c 



Cecile Brmmcr.. . 3-5c 



MISCELLANEOUS 



PerlOO 



Carnations $ 6.00 



Easter Lilies $20.00 to 25.00 



Calla Lilies 20.00 



Valley 8.00 to 10.00 



Sweet Peas 1.00 to 2.00 



Violets 1.25 to 1.50 



Paper Whites 6.00 



Chrysanthemums, doz., $1.50 to $4.00. 

 Pompons, per bunch, 50c to 75c. 



GREENS 



Asparagus Plumosus, per bunch, 75c. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 75c. 

 Smilax, per dozen, $3.00. 

 Adiantum, per 100, $2.00. 

 Oregon Ferns, per 1000, $6.00. 



ELITCH GARDENS CO. 



Wholesale Florists Denver, Colorado 



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 writing advertisers. 



