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Febkuarv 2, 1922 



Tte Florists^ Review 



45 



CIiEVEIiAND. O. 



The Market. 



FlowiTs are 8till extremely scarce, al- 

 though they became somewhat more 

 numerous the latter part of last week. 

 Roses are scarce, with the exception of 

 white ones. There is a large demand for 

 Premier, which is now arriving in good 

 supply. The demand is much larger 

 than the supply. Carnations are a little 

 more plentiful and there seems to be an 

 oversupply of white just at present. If 

 this oversupply could only hold out until 

 Ht. Patrick's day it would be useful. 

 Prices remain rather high, with an occa- 

 sional drop when some variety piles up. 

 Sweet peas are arriving, but not in large 

 quantities and the quality is poor. Frec- 

 sias, narcissi, Roman hyacinths, wall- 

 flowers and heather compose the list of 

 varieties. Buddleia is about done for. 

 Long-stemmed roses do not move readily, 

 but good shorts, in colors, find a ready 

 market. 



Various Notes. 



The oi)ening of the building owned by 

 the Cleveland Discount Co. here was the 

 cause for a large quantity of fioral work, 

 several exceptionally large pieces being 

 displayed at the opening. 



R. K. Blackshaw, of the Ove Gnatt Co.. 

 Laporte, Ind., was a recent visitor, as 

 was Myer Gottscliall, of the B. Shack- 

 iiian Co. 



Steven Berthold, of the Cleveland 

 Plant & Flower Co., is on a trip to 

 Canada. 



Edward Sargent has left the employ 

 of the McCallum Co. here and has taken 

 a position with the Park Flower Shop, 

 .•it the Public square. W. A. R. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There is no particular change in the 

 condition of the New York cut flower 

 market. There is a slight increase in 

 the volume of arrivals, but the demand 

 absorbs the suj)plies, although at a do- 

 crease in values. \'ast (piantities of 

 tuli])s are coming in, and these, in times 

 such as the present, must necessarily 

 make their own inroad, even at the ex- 

 ]ieuse of other things. 



Roses are in good supj)ly ;ind croj) 

 prospects are such as to indicate that 

 they will be a prime factor in the mar- 

 ket within a week or two. Prices in 

 the lower grades have receded a little, 

 No. 1 bringing only .$12 per hundred, as 

 compared with $15 two weeks ago. 



American Beauty is in sufficient suj)- 

 ply for the demand, at prices unchanged 

 in the higher grades. 



C.'trnations are not iu particularlv 

 good supply, but there is evidence of ii 

 wonderful crop from now on. The pres- 

 ent price range of ."(ilO to .$12 per hun- 

 dred has been fairly well maintained 

 for several days, and is practically the 

 range for this week, although clearance 

 concessions are to be reported. 



Cattleyas are in good supplv, arrivals 

 heing rather heavv. but their move- 

 ment is dull at $2.1 to $7."), hvbrids 

 occasionally bringing $100 per hundred. 

 Some shippers are sending in Ladia an- 

 ecps, but they might as well keep them 

 at home, as they go to sleep quickly after 

 arrival and, as an orchid grower said, 

 "It is the nature of the beast." 



White lilies are quite plentiful, per- 



haps in greater quantity than required, 

 but they are easily kept and prices 

 do not vary. The red s])eciosum is in 

 good supply, and moves fairly well with- 

 tii a range of $10 to $15 per huiulred 

 flowers. 



Tulips seem to dominate the market 

 and move at all sorts of prices, from 2.") 

 cents per bunch to $1.50. The (juality in 

 the top grades is good, fully up to the 

 average of jirevious years. Narcissi are 

 arriving in good <|uantity, but Golden 

 Spur is not up to its usual form, and re- 

 tailers kick at a price of 75c jxt bunch 

 for it. 



Violets are fairly plentiful, but prices 

 are hard to quote for record, as they 

 have to meet a day-to-day demand. 

 Sweet peas are ])lentiful aiul move with- 

 in a range of $2 to $4 })er hundred, with 

 select stock bringing as much as $5. 



Herbiiceous flowers are plentiful, the 

 list including pansies, iris, wallflowers, 

 cornflowers, acacias, snapdragons in 

 greatly increased (piantity, centaureas, 

 buddleia. myosotis, niignonette and 

 stevia, the latter nearing the end at 

 three hunclies for $1. 



Various Notes. 



A. M. Hensliaw, of tiie Henshaw 

 I'loral Co., sailed for Europe, January 2!t, 

 to visit his f.ather, who is advanced 

 in years. 



The greenhouse establishment of the 

 Richmond Floral Co., Richmond, S. I., 

 w:is burned out during the night, Janu- 

 ary 25, the loss of stock through freez- 

 ing being great. 



A company of fifty-five filled the spe- 

 cial cars of the New York Florists' 

 Cluh en route to the Hartford. Conn., 

 flower show, .January 25. J. II. P. 



Max Schling is advertising an art ex- 

 hibit of flor.'il work at his store, from 

 February 7 to 11, daily from 10 a. m. 

 to 5 p. m. .\bout 40,000 invitations will 

 be sent out and the visitors are ex- 

 jiected to increase the sales decidedly. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



An inijiortant announcement regard- 

 ing the sjiles tiix has been made from 

 Ottawa. It is as follows: "You are in- 

 formed that ])roducing florists must se- 

 cure a sales tax license and will lie held 

 accountable for sales tax at the rate of 

 one ami one-half per cent on all their 

 sales.'' This means that in future the 

 sales tax will be just half of the former 

 tax of three per cent. 



Another im])ortant matter is under 

 discussion; this is the formation of a 

 horticultural council for Canada. This 

 will include florists, vegetable and fruit 

 growers. The m.'itter has been uiiiler 

 consideration by the florists through the 

 eilucation.'il committee of the C.an.adian 

 Fruit Growers' Association, of which 

 W. W. Gammage. of London, is cliainiian. 

 .\tter his committee li.'ul discuss(>d a ten- 

 tative constitution for such a council, 

 lie apjiointed a small committee to deal 

 with the matter. This committee con- 

 sists of W. \X. (iammage, W. E. Groves. 

 E. B. Hamilton. A. Sim])sou and H. J. 

 Moore. This committee will report to 

 the executives ;it their meeting. 1o be 

 held at Montreal, in February. This is 

 to insure promi)t action, as the annual 

 convention will not be held until Au- 

 gust. 1922. In the meantime other asso- 

 ciations will take up the matter. There 

 will be a Dominion fruit conference, .'it 

 Ottawa, in February, at which meeting 



the matter mentioned above will be dis- 

 cussed. Other organizations in the dif- 

 ferent provinces will hold similar meet- 

 ings during the next montli. The edu- 

 cational committee of tin' Canadian 

 Fruit Growers' Association ajipointed 

 the above-mentioned committee to draft 

 a proposition for the establishment of a 

 medal of honor in horticulture. 



The demand for ilesign work has con- 

 tinued to be lieavy. -V gre.at many men, 

 jirominent in political ;ind business life, 

 from the age of 50 to <55, have ilied re- 

 cently. In si)ite of the fact that an- 

 nouncements in some cases said: 

 ''I'lease omit flowers." there were some 

 beautiful designs. Florists appear to 

 be taking a jiarticular jiride in tasteful 

 designs and many be.-iutiful ones have 

 resulted. In almost every case of the 

 men referred to above, se[)arate car- 

 riages have lieen necessarv to carrv the 

 flowers. ' J.J.H. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Absolutely correct w.'is the man who 

 answered the predictions of a January 

 rose crop by saying, "You can't make 

 roses from leaves.'' January went out 

 without a material increase in the rose 

 crojis, although the market h;id weak- 

 ened quite ])erceptibly. The decrease in* 

 the demand for roses was attributable to 

 the stiff prices produced by the post- 

 Christmas shortage and to the increase 

 iu the supi)ly of bulbous stock. The re- 

 cent weeks have ]iut emjjhasis on the 

 jioint l)rought out at Christmas, that 

 while the retailers can handle large 

 (piantities of medium-priced flowers, 

 they are not able to use more than lim- 

 ited numbers of long roses. Shorts still 

 are in active demand, but one by one 

 the buyers have made it clear that they 

 could not use the long stock in any quan- 

 tity; most of them have set a limit above 

 wiiicli they will not go except on spe- 

 cial order. The result has been that the 

 buyer who is willing to ])ay $25 per hun- 

 dred and u]) can get all the roses he 

 wants, while the one who can ])ay only 

 $10 to $20 receives only part of his 

 order. With the decrease in the demand 

 there has come, esjiecially in the last 

 few days of bright weather, a slight in- 

 i-rease in ]iroduction; the new crop is not 

 here yet, but it is apjiroaching. By St. 

 \'alentine's day roses should be fairly 

 jilentiful and ;ifter th.'it — the deluge. 



One reason for the decrease in the call 

 for roses is the increase in the supply 

 of other flowers, especially sweet peas 

 and bulbous flowers. Carnations, too, 

 are in increased su[iply and lower in 

 price, luit it is the bulbous stock which 

 has afl'ected the market. It is more 

 ])lentiful everywhere, which means that 

 out in the surrounding cities many flo- 

 rists have tulijts. jonquils and freesias 

 in their home greenhouses, the sale of 

 which they will push instead of sending 

 to Chicago for flowers. The local sup- 

 ])\y h.'is improved in quality as well as 

 increased in (piantity. Prices have been 

 shaded, which has been enough to keep 

 llie stock mo\ing. 



The greatest change has been in sweet 

 ]ie;is. The weather has been ideal for 

 these, cold but cleiir. with bright, warm 

 sun. No one ever saw finer jieas at this 

 season of the year ;ind the supply has 

 become large. Prices, of course, arc 

 lower. There are few violets this season, 

 (ContiDue on page 50.) 



