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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEB 7, 1915. 



LESS LOSS 



in your rose business if you buy here. Direct from 



the man that grows them, to the store man that 



sells them, without delay or re-handling. ,. ' * ' ' . ' ' 



We have all the new kmds that help boost business and. attract new customers, 

 Hoosid:^ Beauty, Shawyer, Russell, Ophelia, Sunburst, Ward and all the different kinds of 

 Killarney and the little baby roses. 



Attractive boxes, assorted, of the newer kinds in very liberal quantities at $5.00 and 

 $10.00 or by the hundred if you wish, as low as $?.00 and up to $6.00. 



South Park Floral Co. (Myer Heiier) New Castle, Ind. 



Mention Tb« Reriew wben you write. 



varieties was offered at from $2 down 

 to 50 cents. 



The dahlia market, after the dahlia 

 show ended, absorbed readily every 

 flower of size, novelty and quality that 

 arrived. Some extra fine stock sold as 

 high as $3 per hundred. Callas are 

 here again, and also plenty of tritomas, 

 daisies and large, splendidly colored 

 heads of Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 

 flora. Valley sold up to $3 and $4 last 

 week and down to $1, for the low 

 grades. Shipments are increasing. 

 Lilium longiflorum touched 8 cents oc- 

 casionally; 6 cents was the steady ask- 

 ing price for the selected flowers. The 

 supply is lighter. 



Gardenias are here again and im- 

 proving daily, the price for the best 

 being $1.50 per dozen. Single violets, 

 Herrick, arrived last week and the first 

 sales, were at 30 cents per hundred. 

 They are small and, as yet, unattrac- 

 tive. The long dry spell and excessive 

 heat have delayed the doubles badly. 



Orchids continue heavily in excess of 

 demand and quotations reflect the large 

 daily receipts. It was seldom last week 

 that more than 25 cents was asked for 

 the choicest flowers. I saw quantities 

 sold as low as $10 per hundred. There 

 are thousands of flowers in the green- 

 houses of the orchid growers, ready 

 for market. 



Carnations are improving in size and 

 quality. A few flowers have moved up 

 into the $2 and $3 classes. But the 

 majority, so far, sell at from 50 cents 

 to $1.50 per hundred. This week will 

 doubtless see the last of asters and 

 gladioli. The new roses continue to 

 improve in bud, in stem and in color, 

 and prices are slowly advancing. 

 Short-stemmed roses may still be had 

 in thousand lots as low as 75 cents, 

 and some at 50 cents per hundred. The 

 specialties'and novelties are constantly 

 advancing in public appreciation, as 

 the windows of the leading retailers 

 indicate. Mock is especially good, and 

 Shawyer and American Beauties are 

 bringing better prices for the selected 

 flowers — -as high at times as $20 per 

 hundred. This week opened clear and 

 cooler. Better business from -now on 

 seems to be anticipated by all, 



October 6, — The market had a sur- 

 prise at the opening of the present 

 week, for receipts were light, there was 

 a good increase in demand and almost 

 everything cleaned up. Monday, Octo- 

 ber 4, was the best day the market 

 has had in a long time. Valley has 

 turned scarce and can not always be 



Why You Should Boost the 

 National Florist Movement 



PVERYTHING that helps the 

 •■— ' love of, and use of flowers, 

 helps you. 



Any organized movement, like the 

 National Floral Corporation, that 

 will spend' its money in educating 

 people to think of flowers when they 

 think of presents, is going to help 

 you. So whether you have a florist 

 shop, or are a grower, it is to your 

 interest to boost the National Florist 

 movement. 



It is up to you to find out all about 

 it, so you can boost it effectively. 



National Floral Corporation 



220 Broadway, New York 



Send for booklet, and get posted. 



Mentloif The Reriew when you write. 



had, even if 4 cents to 5 cents is of- 

 fered. Good carnations brought $3 per 

 hundred early this week and roses were 

 sold out. Lilies were 8 cents and scarce. 

 Good mums brought from $1 to $2 per 

 dozen. Altogether, Twenty - eighth 

 street and Twenty-sixth street and the 

 "Halfway House" are encouragingly 

 optimistic. 



DISTlNCnVE BASKETS 



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The Beaitr of Flowers Liei in Their Arrangement 



Watch for our Patented Liner 



M. J. TILLMANN'S SONS 



224 W. Illinois St.. CHICAGO. ILL. 



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