The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jamiauy t!, ]!)(iS. 



Jiiuliii;^ tli;it tlic lii^ ci;nk Miir xinlct dt' 

 lihiiiilicik will sell :i1 ;i |iiiilit in s|iil(' ol' 

 lilt' Jo.^^ lit' its l'r;i'^r;iiii('. 'riic vinlrt 

 ^towels li,i\( ((.llllpl.-lilird fill- Veins tllMt 

 llli'ic \\:i-- IhJ liJll^rl ■,H\\ jilnlil ill tlir 



1 HIM iii'--s. Imt jii'^l till' s;iini' I licy ki'r|i nii 

 I Mr |-c;i^i h^ till' |irni|lli-l ii III. 



I,;isi ,-|iiiii;^ till' .\i \\ ^'lllk \iiilrt iii.-ir 

 kii \\:iv ' i\ ciiiinilril ;iii.| tin- wi'stnii mil 

 li'I \\:is -.(iiilIiI •'III'I 11 iii'-ii li'l liliU' ilrxi'l 



stiitrs :iiii| it rfsiiltcil in siiiily ovcitax- 

 iiiji till' (•.•ip.-iiil ii's 111' tilt' jii'i't'iilioiisos; 

 tlii'i'c \\;is lui iiiuiii III spiCMtl t)iit tilt' 

 sliirk :iiiil ;i Liit'iit ilrnl nf tlu^ iu;itori:il 

 snld \v;is licliiw the usuiii (|ii:ility, ;is a 

 iii[is('i|ut'iU('. W'lii'u s|iiiii<r finally fame 

 it )ia.ssc(l (iiiirkly iiitii siiiUMH'r and tlio 

 lai'j^c aniomit i>l' s|iriii<r luisiucss hat! tn 

 lie taken care nl' ill less than tlif usual 

 liiiir. \('\ citliilrss, tlicrc was little 



Bulbous Stock. 



«i|.r.|. ns ;. ii'Mill. SiiH,. ;uiii Hie ,|i>- | '-aiise i\,\- eninplaint incr the profits t)f 



,,i,|„,,| ,.,,nilitiiiii in ih,' e:i>t has i-aii-nl ■ I he season ; t he t rmililes were in llu> tlifli- 



iie,i\i, I ■ iiil. 1 sliipnnnis Nxe-i than e\er ( lailties of lianillin;^ stock ami sales. It 



i,e|nie |'lir.> linve lieell lielow tllnse 1 1 1' j a,iiaiii was lie ii-tiateil that all the 



.ili.'i >.:ii<. wliiie .,ii:ili;\ ha- lieeii sii \ ^"«"l ' "'i hii n^ iilaiits. ready at the rij^ht 



i„,il, time, wiinhl liinl a sale. In tact, tlitM-e 



was a shorlaee in many lines at the 



hei^lil ot' the seasiiii. | la I't icii larly of 



I'lie ^:i|e-. Ill liullinii-- --I'lvk ill ill;' LM'raiiinms, which later liecame iileuti- 



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-piiiiu >'.iie al a siiinew liiii luwer le\el I'lil. that pari ot' the stuck which pnnt'il 



! hah the \ear herore, liiit this iliil im; to lie surplus not liaNiiiy been in liloom 



pie\eiil ;i I i;i ii iier liUsiiie~- ill ImiIIi.s llii- ' ;it I he time it was waiiteil. 



-e.isiiii. riie stamlaril Inrrin;^ sorts nl' , A comlition specially nolewnrthy uas 



lilips wi ie (jiiickly cleaiieil nji aiiil. al'lii ; tie' spi'iny ileiiiainl t'or perennials. The 

 I suinewliat proloiii^eil --easdn, the lucl s.ale of lianlv stock for <iar(l(Mi jilantin^ 



■ iin^- •-Iiic'k ai^o ha- cliaiieil up nicely. 

 Tlie n •pint'- shiiw ilial raliier moie 



) I a I ri-i I a ihI Ioiil;! Ilnniiii ha\ e lieen 



pulled lip than a year a;^ii. and there are 



!ai^ii .|iiaiit ilies in cnM ^toram' tur 



!;i1er I'liMimiiiL;', m> tiiat we shall haxe 



hlii's ill c|ii;intity all the year arouiid. 



The 1 lit of i'reiich stlllV. I'apel 

 While- and li'oiiiai'.s. \>liich conies into 

 ilie market at the end of \o\eiiiliei, h.-i- 

 lieeii L;iiiiii: slowly at lower lati's than 

 la-l \e:ir and the piu-pei-t I'or a ;;oim| 



■-ea-iill iMl ihe-e i- Icit iiliirnillt. N 1 1 1 



ill 'I'.tii? was ereater tlian in any year in 

 trade histor\. The peony and the ])hlo.\ 

 siaml specially well in ]>ulilit' apprecia- 

 tion, hut many liorists are yrowiii<j to 

 handle llowerin^ shriilis and many nurs- 

 eries are taking up perennials. The 

 Liardeiiiiiif iii-tiint ajipears to he only 

 just awakeniny in the American peojile. 



Holiday Plants. 



Tho.^e |ilaiitsineii whose -jiecialty i- 

 holiilay siip|ilies. did a lay hiisiness I'or 

 I'iastei- and ayaiii tm Meniorial dav and 



Halloween Window of Seaman & Co. Washington, Pa. 



weie the iii>t Joiiipiils 111 cut tulips I for (hristiiias. In the spring they 

 )iMnnied uiion with iniditv I ly the Iniyers. | cleaned up e\ eiyt hi ii;^' at oood prices, al 



lliouijh soint' had their troiihles with 



The Spring Plant Trade. 



Tlie late -]iiiii;: ot' l'.m7 was a matter 

 • it' M'lioiis inoinent to tlm-e who i^iew 

 lieddiiiL,' I'lants. Tile ciiiiditiiiii was yen 

 'I il t hroliullout lllo-t of the liortlieril 



lilies. I'or ( hiistma.s, sales were ei|nally 

 ikhmI in \oliime, hnl prices wcie not ijiiite 

 lip 1(1 those of a ycai' hefore. The holi 

 ila\' ]ilant trade is steadily increasing, he 

 caii-e the possihilil ies of cut llowci pro 



duct ion ;^t'iieraily tliroiifjlitmt the coun- 

 try are not e(|ual to supply the liolitlay 

 demand for lilooiiis. The sales of lioli- 

 tlay arianf^cments of ])lants in haskets, 

 lianipeis or other recoptaeles are iiurcas 

 infif all (i\er the ctiuntry, not so niiieli, 

 wt' helit'\e, liecause of their novelty or 

 their eiidiiriuo' (jiiality as liecause a sup- 

 ply of fut lloweis adet]uate to e\ery-day 

 re(|airemenls falls fai' short of the needs 

 of a holiday. 



Summer Business. 



The exi'ellenc" of the summer hiisiness 

 is Avtirtli notino'. While there are locali 

 ties ill \vliich notliiiifi' is tloiny in suni- 

 iner, this condition no longer prevails 

 with the majority of the trade. Many 

 large giowers of cut flowers for the 

 wholt^sale market now find tlieir sum- 

 mer eroi)s amono- tlie most ])ro(itable for 

 the year. This docs not apply to asters, 

 yladioli. outtloor sweet peas, etc., which 

 ticnerally seem largely overdone, espe- 

 cially in 1h(^ jioorer qualities. There is, 

 however, a good summer sale for really 

 (irst-cljiss (Mit (lowers, and crojis of 

 Heauty, Kaiserin, Killarney, etc.. pay 

 ha ndsoinely. 



Increase in Glass. 



The greenhouse huilders and the deal- 

 ei's ill litiiticiiltural supplies tiad their 

 hanner season in 1907. It is dilhcult to 

 estimate with any tlegree of aecuraey 

 the extent cA' the y(\ar's increase in glass 

 area, hut it is o\' record that one maiiu- 

 factiirei' of material sujiplied eyjiress 

 milled for .SOU, (100 s(|uare feet of glass 

 ill the hist four inouths t)f the year. 

 With eight or ten firms making a sp(>- 

 ci.alty of this husiiiess, and a number of 

 smaller growers still unaware that the 

 spt'cialist can heat the local planing mill 

 at all idiints in the game, tlic total in- 

 j crease must have heen something ]iro- 

 digiiius. 



It is \\orlli wliile noting that the in 

 crease \\;is nut gi'eat in the enoniKMis 

 plants wliiidi are iitt^v supplying several 

 of the ( ut flower centers, hut rather the 

 inci(\i^e lay in the fact that almost e\-ery 

 growir who had one or more houses adil- 

 ed something to his place. In addition. 

 i|iiite a numher of new cstahlisliments 

 for cut flower glowing were started in 

 ili-^t lilts at some little distance I rom any 

 large eiil flower market. 



Effect of New Glass. 



The-e pl.-iiils ;ire doing a shipping hiisi 

 iiess III wholesale cut llowt'i's, supplying 

 only a few near hy customers, hut they 

 mu.-t 'iioiier or later he fidt in the ohh'r 

 wlioles;ile sections. To a greater or le.ss 

 extent they are lesponsihle fol' the sud- 

 den and violent lliictuations in wholesale 

 prices in the larger markets. These local 

 wholesale cut flower growers, with no 

 very large sujiply, take care of the needs 

 lit' .a limited nuniher of buyers during 

 times of normal production. In limes of 

 heavy crojis they can sujiply one or tw<i 

 mtire neardiy stores, but in times of 

 scartdty they fall short of meeting the 

 needs of their regular customers, who 

 tht^n fall hack tm the big markets and 

 boost the juices tlipy have to jiay. The 

 same thing results from the hiiililing of 

 glass by those whose outlet is at retail. 

 In times tif large supply they are con- 

 signors; in times of scarcity, buyers. 

 With many a wholesaler it is either a 

 feast fir a. famine, and the condition 

 promises to lieeonic more acute as the sea- 

 sons progress, hut fortunately so far 

 buyers have increaseil in numher and 

 neetis moit^ rapidly than locjil gla.ss has 

 increased, so that thus far suiijdy and 



