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The Florists' Review 



Januaht 21, 1015. 



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siderable increase in their sales during 

 the last few days, but in the majority 

 of cases total receipts are not yet quite 

 up to last ypar. 



While there has been a sharp reduc- 

 tion in the aggregate quantity of stock 

 coming to marnet, there still are enough 

 flowers to go around. The possible ex- 

 *■ ception is short roses. At this time ot 

 year no large percentage of the cut is 



■■ Bhort. At the same time, to an unusual 

 decree the demand is for stock tor 

 work The result is that short roses 

 always sell at this time of year at 

 what seems to be above their real value 



■ as compared to the price of fancy long 

 stock. The buyer who goes out late in 

 the day to find 500 short roses at 4 

 cents will have more trouble than the 

 one who wants 500 long roses at 8 



( cents. In the first case, a buyer will 

 find the market bare, while in the sec- 



: ond case he will find many an icebox 

 with stock likely to be earned over to 

 the next day. KiUarney is unusually 

 good for this season of the year and 

 KiUarney Brilliant leaves little to be 



desired. 



Cattleyas continue to be among the 

 most plfentiful of items and valley is 

 pressing for a sale. Stevia, which has 

 been in heavy supply all season, is ap- 

 proaching the end; some growers have 

 stopped shipping. There has been a 

 considerable increase in the receipts of 

 bulbous stock. Easter lilies are less 

 plentiful, but there are many times 

 last week's supply of tulips and jon- 

 ; quils also are more abundant, with the 

 tesult that the price has dropped per- 

 haps twenty per cent. The light sup- 

 ply of Bomans is a subject for com- 



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ment, in view of the supposedly large 

 sale of bulbs last autumn. Paper 

 Whites continue in large supply. 



There are all the violets the market 

 can use. A great deal of the stock is 

 of excellent quality and there is no 

 complaint save of lack of demand. 

 Sweet peas are coming in more plen- 

 tifully, but not enough so to have much 

 effect on the sale of violets. Some of 

 the Spencer peas are so fine that it is 

 no wonder the public buys them in 

 preference to other flowers. 



Business continues erratic; one day 

 will bring a rush while the next may 

 see almost complete stagnation. On 

 the average, results are better than 

 they have been and there is a much 

 better feeling in the market. 



Various Notes. 



James Hancock, who is right-hand 

 man for Frank Oechslin, thinks the 



SWFET 

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VIOLETS 



Paper While Nircissi, Roses, Carnations and 

 Ail Kinds of Greens. 



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trouble many have had with their aza- 

 leas this year is due to the longer time 

 the plants were en route from Belgium 

 via Holland. Shipments via Antwerp 

 sometimes have reached Chicago in 

 twenty days, but this year none got in 

 under a month, and many were six 

 weeks in the cases. Under the circum- 

 stances it is no wonder some of the 

 foliage yellowed and fell after the 

 plants were potted. 



At Maywood, H. Duedtke has been 

 doing nicely since Christmas with a 



