Jim; 17. I'.iHit. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



liici'ii (if tilt' iiiniiiiiii tliiwcis, or llir lily, 

 ii'.'nlt'i' of iitiicr white tldwcrs I'm- wcil- 

 liiiji licrMint inns, ciiii ('(iiii|i;in' with liic 

 licuiiy wliiTC stl'lkillfi' clVcct is to lie oli 

 '.iliH'il ii|iiiii ;i hirfic S'jilc. In tlic si'jisun 

 'f .luiU' wcdiliiiys. wlicii the rctiiil flutist 

 •iKist (it'tcn is lallt'il u|i()ii to ilci-iH^tc 

 l:iii;(' filiticcs. rlicrc is iidtliinjj wiiicli can 

 III' coiisidi'icil as a i'i\al ut' the jicoiiy. 

 riic .lime wcililiiio ilt'i-oiator would hi' 

 iost witliout it. Its coloi-s arc so \ari('d 

 IS to coiiiliiiic with any setting and the 

 -ize of tiie flowcf not only makes it tlie 

 iiest tliiny on the market in its season, 

 iiut at fhe same time its jiricc is so rea 

 -onai)l(' fliat it can lie \ised in (juantity 

 iiy those who niiyht not make e(|nal use 

 if other llowei's. 



I'or commencement |iur|ioses there is 

 HO flower in season to comjiare with tiie 

 iieiiny. either for the ilecoiations oi- for 

 i'lcsentation lioiKjuets. |-"or funeral pur- 

 iMises notliinii the skiilecl florist can use 

 Makes a finer sjiray than while or liylit 

 'ink peonies, witii S|irenjieri. and for tiie 

 Honey no otiier flower maKes iialf so 



.; I a -how. Indeeij. there is liar<lly 



my place where lloweis are used to wliicli 

 he peony is not sjdendidly adapteil. and 

 hose retaihrs who ;ire srttiiiy the tr;iiie 

 111' liest e\ani|de ;ile inakill;^ >i I Use 



■I the opportunity the Ijowci' of .Innc 



■I esriitv. 



For Storage ard Shipment. 



I'rom :i whidesaler"s point of \iew the 



iiy is I. lie of the importani si'asonal 



lops. It h;is one advantage o\er prac 



o-ally .■\ery oilier llowi'r haiiilleil in 



piantity 'ii llie wlinlrsaie niaikets: many 



'iiie \ari"ties ran lie cut in Inid and 



-ioied for wirk^ witlnnit losing sai;iliil 



A Peony Decoration by W. J. Smyth, Chicago. 



ily. The Ksalt is that the southern crop 

 is stori'il to meet the orcjit demand in 

 northern markets for flowers foi- 

 Memorial day, while the northern cinp is 

 stoi'ed to meet the reijuirements of late 

 .Inne, when roses and carnations are on 

 the downward ernde. The result is that 

 the peony not only realizes a profifalile 

 prii-e to growers, lint is a\ailalile when 

 without it liusiiu'ss wduld lie lost. There 

 is no lietter shipper than the peony when 

 handled rightly. 



It was the demanil for jieony lilooms 

 in wholesale markets that jjave rise to 

 the |irinci|ial demand for stock a few 

 years ajjo. 'j'liere have been many acres 

 planted for this one purpose. As rajiid 

 increase in the prmluction of any other 

 flower would mean that the supply weuid 

 (piickly iieconie unwieldy. With the 

 peony there are none too many of those 

 cut liy men who have jiiuie deeper into 

 the suliject than the mere sjiadiny u|i of 

 a plot of yronnd for the roots. The mar 

 ketiiii; of stock in its liest shape is no 

 less important than the oi'owiiiii. .Many 

 a orower has lost his p|-olil s(dely 

 tlirou;^li his carelessness in m;irketine. 



Those florists who urow for their own 

 retail tr.-ide find the peony doulily )irofil 

 aide. first, they li;i\e the lilooms for 

 their cut llower trade; ;ind, secoml. ,i 

 well cstaldislicil plant of any of the liel 

 ter sorts of peony, liloomin^ on a 

 lloiist's lawn, will irnarialily make Imy 



ers of' those w jio see it -the florist sells 

 llie lijoouis in spriiiji and liie mni-. in 

 an! limn. 



In the Nursery. 



Ten ye.-irs ayd the nursericv thai li.-o 

 aii\' coiisii leralde stock of | nic-- ronh 



lie counted on one's tinkers; tmlay thei'e 

 is no nursery of proniiiieiice in the line 

 <it proxidine de,-orati\i' material that 

 does not have its ]ieony ijepartmeiit. 

 P)otli wholesale ami retail lists are issued 

 for the mail trade, and the agents add 

 a few I ny roots to every oilier; no cus- 

 tomer lin\in<; for his home i;rounds re- 

 fuses to invest ;i iloliar oi' twe in |ieonies. 

 .\ few \ears a<io the wholesale luisi- 

 iiess \\as extremely he;i\y, for nurseries 

 were sto(d\in<; up. They were cleaniiii; 

 out the common sorts and puttiiie in 

 stock of the new and liest ohl v.ariefies. 

 The wholesale luisiness with the nurseries 

 is now no les> than it has been, liut it has 

 ch.aneeil ill (liaracter. When' foiinerly 

 the stock was wanteil for plantino by the 

 purchaser, il now eenei-;illy is wanted by 

 him for s.ile a^iain; in a j^reat many 

 cases he already has ids oicjers bv ones 

 :iiid twiis .•iiHJ (|o/.ens when he iiuys bv 

 hiiinlreils ;.nd tlionsands. 



In the Landscape. 



A use ot tile |ie(niy. wliicli has as \et 

 h.-irdly iie^iin to ih'\e|o|i, is in landsca|ie 

 work. l-"or mass effects there i- no llower 



I |iial '1. and tiiis iis,. will Ihm-oiiic im 



poitahl .Is s<i(iii :is (inanlilies of the best 

 ■-'Ills can bi' had .at re:!-.on:i blc li^^iires. 

 indci'd. ;il'e;id\ prices .-nc whcie l|ir\ ;iie 



iiol ; i:si,-i(d.' 1(1 those who apjireciale 



tiie I ii\ at its true worth for Landscape 



elfect. The iiomeiicl.atiirc i^ a inaltei of 

 imporlaiicc to tin' l:i ndsc;i pi' man. be 

 cause if i I Ids n\\\i iiiii'scrv hi' h.-is not 



eliolieh .if the \,'il'ii't\ needed, he W.'ints 

 to know 1 hat he will ;^e| | he idi'llt ic;i| 



sort when i ders elsewhere. This mat 



Ii'i I- erai|iial|\ bein;; ^1 i,-i i^lil eiied out. 

 'Concliirlcrl on iiaf.e ii.' 



