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The Florists' Review 



Mat 27. 1915. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The last two weeks have been rather 

 humdrum weeks, but there has been a 

 pretty good demand for both cut flow- 

 ers and pot plants. There have been a 

 few small commencements and other 

 functions that have helped to create a 

 demand. A nice rain the last of the 

 week put things in good condition out- 

 doors. 



Peonies are gone or practically so, 

 and the same thing may be said of 

 Spanish iris. There is a small supply of 

 peonies in cold storage, but it is doubt- 

 ful if there is much profit in these, as 

 there is no Memorial day trade. 



Carnations are about gone and the 

 few remaining are not good, Boses 

 are reasonably plentiful and of good 

 quality. Peas are not so plentiful as 

 they were a few weeks ago. Outdoor 

 valley is gone, but the supply of in- 

 door-grown stock is good. Bedding 

 plants are about sold out, but the de- 

 mand continues good. Business was 

 never better in this line than it is 

 this spring. 



Propagating is well along, and most 

 of the stock that goes into the field is 

 already out. There is little change 

 from last season in the quantity 

 planted, except that there is a larger 

 proportion of the better quality roses 

 and carnations. Dahlias will go into 

 the field this coming week. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Lewis, who has been so active in 

 the interests of the florists of the city 

 and state during the last winter, is ad- 

 vocating the celebration of Memorial 

 day here. He is doing good work in 

 the daily press, and if the effort were 

 well seconded by the trade, there is no 

 reason why this day might not be put 

 on the calendar here. Mr. Lewis de- 

 serves great credit for getting the 

 Mothers' day bill through the legisla- 

 ture and securing a repeal of the state 

 florists ' tax of $30 per year, in so far as 

 it applies to agents who handle flowers 

 and plants on commission. As most of 

 our florists have agents in the towns 

 nearby where there are no growers, this 

 relieved them of a heavy burden. 



Mclntyre Bros, have been showing a 

 model cottage and lawn planted with 

 bedding plants in their window for the 

 last fortnight or so. As the season has 

 advanced, they last week placed palms 

 on the lawn. These suggestions are 

 practical to the public. 



Geny Bros, report that they are sold 

 out of practically every kind of bed- 

 ding plant and that they have never 

 had a better trade in this line. They 

 have received a line of the best pre- 

 served wreath material from Germany 

 that I have seen for many a day. 

 Though it is somewhat out of season, 

 they are selling it readily. 



J. F. Corbett is shipping a great deal 

 of bedding stock to the north at pres- 

 ent. He has cleaned up all of his early 

 stock in the home field and is rapidly 

 doing the same with the later stock, 

 grown for northern trade. 



Lem Savage is to be numbered with 

 the smaller Nashville growers in the 

 future, I understand. 



The Joy Floral Co. has had an enor- 

 mous sale of hanging baskets this sea- 

 son, averaging better prices than ever 

 before. They plant their baskets for 

 next year in June or July and hang 

 them in the peak of the fern houses. 



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 adding tomatoes and potatoes as side 

 lines to help over the dull summer 

 season. 



Haury & Sons have cleaned up close- 

 ly this spring on bedding plants and 

 have perhaps the smallest stock of ferns 

 they have had for a long time. 



The Mt. Olivet Greenhouses have 

 done a more general business this sea- 

 son than usual, selling much stock that 

 was not for use in the cemetery at all. 

 The hanging baskets and porch boxes 

 they sent out were particularly good. 



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