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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 20. 1922 







Stock You Need Now 



CARNATIONS 



All colors, $4.00 to $6.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000 



SWEET PEAS 



Plentiful at $1.00 to $2.00 per 100 



VALLEY 



Enough for all, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100 



SNAPDRAGONS 



All colors, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 dozen 



LUPINES 



-All colors, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 dozen 



DAISIES 



White and Yellow, $1.00 and $2.00 per 100 



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demand and the market was kept as 

 clean as could be expected in view of the 

 tremendous quantity of stock that was 

 handled. At the same time, no one who 

 was willing to pay reasonable prices was 

 compelled to go without flowers. It was 

 even possible to supply a few lilies right 

 up to the last minute. Roses, which con- 

 stituted the bulk of the staple supply, 

 were well cleaned up at quoted prices for 

 anything that had the requisite quality 

 and in most of the houses carnations sold 

 clean at quoted prices. There were 



large quantities of bulbous stock and 

 these moved freely, but there were 

 enough jonquils so tliat realizing a 

 profitable price for the growers pre- 

 sented something of a ])roblcm for the 

 wholesalers. 



During the height of the sliipping it 

 was ai)parent that the bulk of the orders 

 had been booked at distinctly moderate 

 prices. Buyers for wholesale houses 

 were scouring the market for roses at 

 not more than 12 cents; they could get 

 all they needed at 20 cents and up, but 



had difficulty in finding all the flowers 

 required at the lower prices. 



There proved to be rather more Easter 

 lilies than had been expected. This was 

 especially true in pot plants, all the local 

 retailers finding something in proportion 

 to the character of their demand; there 

 were good, tall lilies for the high-class 

 stores and quantities of short stock for 

 the popular-price specialties. The de- 

 mand for cut lilies was largely from out 

 of town. The supply was concentrated 

 in a few houses and the price was held 



