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The Florists' Review 



Mat 14, 1914. 



PERNS 



Fancy Southern . . 1000, $2.50 

 Fancy Eastern . . . 1000, 3. ")0 



GAIAX 



Per 1,000 $1.00 



Per 10.000 7.50 



GREEN SHEET MOSS 



Per bundle $1.00 



5 bundles 4.75 



10 bundles 9.00 



SPHAGNUM 



Per bale $ 1.25 



5 bales 5.75 



10 bales 10.00 



WIRE HANGING BASKETS 



10-inch per dozen, $1.15; 



12-inch per dozen, 1.25; 



14-inch per dozen, 1.75; 



16-inch per dozen, 2.50; 



18-inch per dozen, IJ.OO; 



per 100, $ 7.50 

 per 100. 10.00 

 per 100. 12.50 

 per 100. 17.25 

 per 100, 22..50 



All kinds of cut flowers and florists' suppllos. 



WM. MURPHY, WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST 



329 MAIN STREET, L. D. Phono Main 980 and 98 1 



CINCINNATI, OHIO 



Mention The ReTlew when yog write. 



A visit to the nurseiy of Bobbink & 

 Atkins at this time i» a revelation. The 

 shipping is at its height and is enor- 

 mous, far in advance of any season in 



'the firm's history. A dozen immense 

 trucks are busy constantly carting boxes 

 to the trains. The force of workers hag 

 been doubled and night and day work 

 has become a necessity. It will be a 

 month before the spring shipments are 



'completed. J. Austin Shaw. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



The Market. 



- Business, during the early part of last 

 week was decidedly poor, but toward 

 the end it increased, bringing the entire 

 week up to the average for this time 

 of the year. Beauties were in good crop 

 and sold well at fair prices. Roses in 

 general are not so plentiful as they have 

 been, although enough for the demand, 

 fair prices being realized for good stock. 

 Lilies and callas still remain plentiful, 

 with little demand. Peas are moving 

 slowly and are deteriorating, owing to 

 the warm weather; short stems are in 

 evidence in the majority of shipments. 



Carnations are still holding up well in 

 quality, but have only a fair demand. 

 White was in good demand for Mothers' 

 day and, of course, the supply, while 

 large, was inadequate for the demand. 

 No special demand was experienced in 

 any other flowers other than the usual 

 Saturday one. This means the general 

 public did not observe this day to any 

 marked extent. Many of the retail 

 stores expected record-breaking sales 

 for this day, but while business was 

 good, nothing extremely unusual was 

 noted. Greens still remain scarce, with 

 no prospect of improvement. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club was held May 

 11. There was a fair attendance. The 

 committee appointed to arrange for the 

 trip to Boston in August reported prog- 

 ress. Prof. T. B. Symons, of the Mary- 

 land Agricultural College, extended an 

 invitation to visit the college May 30 

 in connection with the summer meeting 

 of the Maryland Horticultural Society. 

 Prof. Symons also gave an interesting 

 talk on aphis and other insects and 

 remedies for them. 



Some of the retailers reported having 

 been approached by the authorities in 

 regard to having traders licensed to do 

 business. After a general discussion the 

 matter was laid over until the next 

 meeting. The question box brought up 

 the matter of wholesalers selling plants 

 at retail at wholesale prices. It seemed 

 that some of the firms doing business 



Porch and 

 Window.... 



Baskets 



FOR PLANTS AND FLOWERS f 



Lamps Trays 



Scraps 



Decorative Baskets 



Pot Covers 



No. 789 Malon 



The Madison Basketcraf t Co. 



MADISON, Lake County, OHIO 



No. 922 Colonial 



Mention Tb» Rerlew whwi yoo writ*. 



in and around thie city have been doing 

 this, to the detriment of retail business. 



Various Notes. 



Forty florists of the city cooperated 

 in a quarter-page Mothers' day adver- 

 tisement in the Baltimore News, Friday 

 evening, May 8, using as a basis the 

 ideas published in The Review for April 

 30. These represented about one-third 

 of the florists here; the others preferred 

 to advertise separately. The publication 

 of the advertisement was preceded by 

 articles in regard to this day, got up 

 jointly by the florists and the paper. 



The wholesale houses are receiving 



some fine frame-grown valley from a 

 well known local grower. 



G. A. Lotze, of Glenburnie, recently 

 purchased a Ford automobile for pleas- 

 ure trips. As he is an ardent disciple 

 of Izaak Walton, the car will serve him 

 well on his numerous fishing expeditions 

 about the country. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 and Richard A. Vincent were visitors at 

 the New York Florists' Club Monday, 

 May 11, where the latter delivered an 

 illustrated lecture. 



With the coming of warm weather, 

 the spring planting season has begun in 



