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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBK IS, 1921 



seasoa is opening up nicely, and the de- 

 mand appears to be even. The quality 

 of the bulbs received is good. 



H. J. H. 



PITTSBUEGH, PA. 



The Market. 



It does one good to be able to report 

 that again the wholesale houses are in a 

 position to dispose of the bulk of 

 the production each day. The gluts of 

 outdoor flowers are now over and the 

 demand for the production from the 

 greenhouses is getting heavier each daj. 

 The decreased supply has, naturally, had 

 a tendency to increase the demand and 

 some of the florists have reported large 

 weddings, which, naturally, cause a good 

 demand for the better grade of stock. 

 The Jewish New Year, also, during the 

 last week caused a large demand for 

 flowers, which assisted in helping daily 

 clean-ups. Now that there has been a 

 frost, the dahlia season will be over. 



American Beauty roses in the better 

 grade of stock are in constant demand; 

 in fact, in some instances the wholesale 

 houses are not in a position to take care 

 of the demand. Roses are arriving 

 daily in better quality and the quan- 

 tity is also increasing. Columbia seems 

 to be the best and is the rose that 

 is in demand. Of course other varieties, 

 such as Premier, Yellow Ophelia and 

 American Legion, are also being called 

 for daily. Carnations are improving 

 fast and some fine stock is to be seen. 

 Mums are not in abundance and the de- 

 mand last week far exceeded the sup- 

 ply. The wholesale houses, no doubt, 

 could have disposed of twice the quan- 

 tity they received. 



From all reports, chrysanthemums will 

 soon be the main factor of the business. 

 Lilies also are in great demand and the 

 supply is short. Valley and orchids are 

 in the market daily and the demand is 

 limited. There have been sufiScient in 

 the market during the last week to take 

 care of the demand. Yellow daisies 

 have also made their appearance in this 

 market and move out rapidly. The de- 

 mand for plumosus during the last week 

 far exceeded the supply. It was neces- 

 sary in some cases to look elsewhere for 

 this evergreen. Southern smilax is 

 again on the market and is used exten- 

 sively for decorating purposes. 



Various Notes. 



The Sewickley Horticultural Society 

 staged its dahlia show Thursday, Octo- 

 ber 6, and it has been reported that the 

 quality of the dahlias shown was the 

 finest ever exhibited. Suitable prizes 

 were offered and the show was a great 

 success. 



The monthly meeting of the Retail 

 Florists' Association was held at the 

 Chatham hotel on Thursday evening. 

 There was a small attendance, due, no 

 doubt, to the fact that a good many had 

 attended the dahlia show at Sewickley. 

 It is the hope of the association that the 

 members will bear in mind the next 

 meeting, which will be held the first 

 Thursday in November. 



The Pittsburgh Florists and Garden- 

 ers' Club held its monthly meeting Tues- 

 day, October 4, in the North Side Car- 

 negie library. The subject was "Dah- 

 lias. ' ' There was a fair attendance. 



George C. McGallum, of the McGallum 

 Co., is calling upon the trade in the 

 middle west, while H. B. Woods is call- 

 ing upoB the trade in the east. 



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