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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 2, 1014. 



being good. Pot roses, French hydran- 

 geas and spiraeas have sold well for 

 Easter. This plant is operated entirely 

 as a wholesale establishment and this 

 year they are handling about 8,000 lilies 

 and other plants and bulbs in large 

 quantities. 



Eecent visitors in town have been C. 

 V. Hike, of Cortland; G. C. Perkins, of 

 Newark, and Mr. Blankman, of Can- 

 ton. L. S. B. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The usual glut of flowers is with us 

 and, if anything, is worse than it was 

 in 1913. The market is badly over- 

 crowded with everything. While a few 

 of the specialties are bringing fair 

 prices, in many instances the popular 

 flowers can be bought at whatever the 

 buyer wishes to offer. However, there 

 is little business, even at the low prices, 

 and in many of the retail stores a fall- 

 ing off of twenty-five per cent and 

 more was noted over the previous 

 week's business. 



Although the temperature climbed to 

 the 75-degree mark last week, Easter 

 lilies did not come into the market in 

 large enough quantities to break the 

 price and they have been holding out 

 well since Christmas at $12.50 per hun- 

 dred. On the other hand, the warm 

 weather is pushing narcissi, hyacinths 

 and other bulbous stock hard, with the 

 result that Easter will find the stock 

 sorely depleted. Their place will be 

 taken by the outdoor stock, which has 

 already made its appearance. Outdoor 

 jonquils of fine quality were offered 

 last w^ek at $10 per thousand, but the 

 price is dropping as the supply in- 

 creases. It requires but little in the 

 way of roses and carnations to fill the 

 demand and these flowers are moving 

 slowly. Sweet peas are so largely 

 grown by gardeners and farmers, who 

 place their sale in the hands of the 

 street men, as to make it almost im- 

 possible to move them at a profit. The 

 same statement applies to pansies and 

 arbutus. Lupines are plentiful and 

 good and meet with a ready sale. Snap- 

 dragons were never better and take 

 precedence over other flowers where 

 something fine is wanted. 



The outlook for Easter, from the 

 growers' standpoint, is exceptionally 

 good. There seems to be enough local 

 stock in promise to meet all demands 

 and a majority of the growers will hit 

 Easter just right with lilies, of which 

 there seems to be no limit. It is ex- 

 pected that roses in 5-inch pots and 

 larger will be extra good at the ap- 

 pointed time. Spiraeas, azaleas and rho- 

 dodendrons will be as good as anyone 

 could desire. 



Various Notes. 



Geo. H. Cooke, the Gudes, H. Pritch- 

 ard, J. H. Small, Jr., Fred H. Kramer, 

 Henry Pfister and Z. D. Blackistone 

 were among the Washingtonians who 

 attended the New York show and they 

 all express themselves as well pleased 

 with the exhibition. Wm. F. Gude 

 states that he believes this year's show 

 eclipsed the previous one and that it 

 was gratifying to note the increased 

 interest being taken by the retailers. 

 They brought back with them a number 

 of prizes. 



Kichard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 



Md., delivered a lecture April 2 at the 

 First Baptist church in Hyattsville, 

 Md., on "Dahlias and Other Flowers." 

 His lecture was illustrated with stereop- 

 ticon views. 



Mr. Leapley, of the firm of Leapley 

 & Meyer, met with the sad loss of a 

 younger brother last week. C. L. L. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade was fairly good last week. 

 Funeral work was light, but counter 

 trade was brisk. The weather continues 

 cloudy, which does not help the outlook 

 for Easter. Stock is none too plentiful 

 and is cleaned up daily. Home-grown 

 roses are of fair quality. Beauties are 

 scarce and not of the best quality. 

 Carnations are in fair supply. Easter 

 lilies are more plentiful and there is a 

 good supply of callas. Sweet peas are 

 finding a ready market. Valley, lilacs, 

 orchids, snapdragons, freesias, migno- 

 nette and forget-me-nots are also find- 

 ing a ready sale. A number of local 

 florists have had considerable trouble 

 with the bulbous stock coming blind 



igVERY now and then a well- 

 l>9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of btiDf^ng a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. "We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



this year, and this has created a better 

 market for this class of flowers. 



The recent cloudy weather will short- 

 en the Easter crop of blooms. We have 

 had almost continujously cloudy weather 

 for the last ten days, which is extremely 

 hard on those florists who are behind 

 with the lilies. The indications are 

 that the lilies will be a trifle behind 

 the demand this year and that the 

 stems will be short. However, there 

 will be numerous other plants to take 

 their place. Some fine rhododendrons 

 and azaleas are to be had, as well as 

 numerous varieties of pot roses, such as 

 crimson and baby ramblers, Dorothy 

 Perkins, Erna Teschendorff, Mrs. Cut- 

 bush and Baby Tausendschon. There 

 will also be plenty of hydrangeas, lilacs, 

 genistas, spirajas, daisies and bulbous 

 stock. 



Various Notes. 



W. W. Coles, of Kokomo, was in this 

 city last week, attending the ceremo- 

 nial of the Shriners. 



Adolph Baur attended the flower 

 show in New York. 



E. A. Nelson has his usual lot of 



good spiraeas for Easter. He is repaint- 

 ing his office and will have things in 

 tiptop shape for Easter. 



The Pahud Floral Co. gave an open- 

 ing at the new store last week and 

 presented roses to the many callers. 

 This firm has added a new Ford auto to 

 the delivery service. 



Elmer Schrader, of Wiegand's, sur- 

 prised his friends by slipping off and 

 getting married last week. He has the 

 best wishes of his friends. 



A. W. Harrie, of the A. L. Eandall 

 Co., Chicago, and Frank Farney, of the 

 M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, called on the 

 trade here last week. 



Fred Hukreide has announced him- 

 self as candidate for county commis- 

 sioner on the Democratic ticket. He has 

 our best wishes. 



The Smith & Young Co. will have a 

 good cut of roses for Easter. 



A. Wiegand's Sons Co. will have a 

 good lot of blooming plants for Easter. 



H. Li. W. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market. 



With Easter only two weeks off and 

 the March weather the most change- 

 able and unfavorable the local florists 

 have experienced in many years, it 

 can be stated that some of the Easter 

 stock, such as lilies and Spiraea Alex- 

 andra, will be about a week too late 

 with some growers. Hydrangeas and 

 rhododendrons are fair and enough to 

 fill the demand, especially white and 

 pink. Several growers have had suc- 

 cess with some of the new French va- 

 rieties of the former and are sure the 

 public will take a liking to those large- 

 flowering novelties. Our orchid and 

 rose specialists have some extra fine 

 stock on hand, which is bound to find 

 ready buyers among the wealthier class 

 of people. There is an abundance of 

 flowering bedding plants, and although 

 the prices are much lower than in for- 

 mer years, the large quantities dis- 

 posed of help to make a satisfactory 

 profit. Although we now have a night 

 temperature of 60 degrees and above, 

 what the majority of florists wish for 

 are sunny days, which would help a 

 great deal to bring some of the back- 

 ward stock in bloom for Easter. The 

 preparations made are as great as ever 

 and all are looking forward to fair 

 weather and the customary big busi- 

 ness for that day. 



Various Notes. 



Chas. Eble has a pretty stock of sea- 

 sonable plants and is doing his cus- 

 tomary good business, both at his store 

 and the nursery. 



H. Doescher's place is packed with 

 all kinds of flowering and foliage plants 

 and his ferns will soon be ready for 

 the wholesale market; everything looks 

 fine. 



Peter Kaul, growing big lots of plants 

 for the retail market, disposes of them 

 as fast as they are ready for sale. 



J. A. Newsham's place is ready for 

 the coming Easter rush. Most of his 

 giganteums will be in time and the 

 orchids are the finest ever seen here 

 for that occasion. 



Mrs. Carrie Rehm's nursery and 

 store look always neat and trim. She 

 reported a most satisfactory . business 

 during the season. 



The Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. has 

 an immense stock of all kinds of flow- 



