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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



House for Grafted Roses of A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



I'^jister has deinonstrated with addi- 

 noiial ioree that pot plants are what 

 tlic public wants for this great floral 

 festival. The sale of them was tre- 

 Jiiendous, breaking all previous records. 

 < >n the other hand, cut llowers were a 

 secondary coTisideration. A few sorts' 

 ■^old well, but others were a per- 

 i<'ct glut and hard to move. The 

 'lays preceding Easter presaged a poor 

 • ut tlower market, as supplies were 

 •leavy and demand light for a week, 

 with little animation, even April 15. 

 Weather conditions were almost ideal, 

 the temperature well above freezing 

 :iiid no wind, rendering nundi wrapping 

 •|i'itc unnecessary. 



Lilies, of course, were the leaders in 



jiants, and, tontrary to some predii-- 



'ions, there were enough to go around. 



'I'he quality was fairly good, prices 



!"'iiig $1(1 to .fli.aO per hundred buds. 



''robably nine-tenths were gigantoums. 



\/.aleas were seen in great numbers 



lid sold well, especially the white and 



i^lit jiink varieties. The deep [links 



'o\ed more sluggishly, .\zalea mollis. 



lii'n well llowered, sold well. K'oscs of 



'■'■ rambler tyi>e had a big sale. Tau- 



■ iidsi hoii was immensely popular. Oor- 



'liy I'erkins also sold heavily. White 



''•rothy was seen in considerable num- 



' rs and cleaned out well. Hiawatha 



*as the most popular single scarlet, 



Idle Paradise, Lady Gay and other 



■irieties were seen. Mignonette, Clo- 



iilde Soupert, hybrid perpetuals. such 



^ Frau Karl Druschki and Brunncr, 



lid lieauties all had a good sale, ('rim- 



'II Kambler was little seen, and the 



d linby Rambler sold poorly as com- 



Ted with the pink and white. Genis- 



■'^ had (|uite a call. Acacias were chief- 



armata. In ericas, cuprcssina and 



meiaiitliera liad the leail. There were 

 also some good ytdlow ones of the 

 waxy ty|ie. Boronias at -t'l to $li) eai-ii, 

 I'ctail. had a fair sale. 



I'xtugaiiivilleas, botli larye and small 

 I'lants. had an excellent sale. In spi- 

 la'as. (Jiadstoue and astilboides wer<> 

 the favorites. .\ limited number only 

 of (^uceri Alexandra ajipeared. Mar- 

 guerite (^uet'ii .Mexandra was a tavor- 

 ite. Kor bulbous \m\\s the demaml was 

 strong, (leianiums in lincli and "i ini h 

 pots, carrying two or thref trusse^^. 

 >^old in consideraide numbers. Khodo 

 "lendrons of liylit shade>, csiiecially 

 pink and white Pearl, went iiuickly. 

 Hydrangeas were extra Ihif and sold 

 better than a year ago. II. hortensis 

 in blue, pink and white i>ro\ed a favor 

 ite. Apart from llowering [dants, the 

 demand was not great. Small ferns, 

 palms, ne|diroK'pis and i-oi'ired-leaved 

 stoidv, such as crotons and dracienas. 

 were somewhat neglected. .Ml In all, 

 I'^astcr busitu'ss in plants was good, 

 iioth for growi'rs and retailers. 



<'oming to cut llowers. the report 

 must be less favorable. Never during 

 Kaster week have we seen business so 

 dead. An advance in prices did m.ate 

 rialize in a I'ew lines, bi:t .is a rule 

 even prices of a W(>ek previous were 

 i40t nifiintained. It was the same ob' 

 story— -those who tuarketed their llowers 

 each day are feeling much hajiider than 

 those who held back supijdies until Fri- 

 day and Saturday and then iloodcd and 

 ilemoralized an already jadr>d market. 

 Uoses were in heavy supply and jirics 

 ruled lower than usual. Killarneys 

 were favorites. The higher priced 

 grades were less wanted than more 

 moderate priced ones. Beauties were 

 good; so were Wards, Bon Silenes and 

 Safranos. Carnations were surely never 

 in such a deplorable condition at 

 Kaster. Some realized $?i per hundred, 



but many went at *1 and some less, 

 or not at all. Bulbous flowers sold 

 better tlian carnations, but were over- 

 aliuinlant. Sweet jieas in pink, white 

 and lavender of good ipiality sold well, 

 realizing .$1 per hundred. Such single 

 violets as ajipeared made .$1 to $'2; 

 douldes also sold out well. X'alley 

 moved moderately well, as did Fng 

 lish primroses, marguerites, \-ellow and 

 white, and Spanish iris. < 'ut, lilies had 

 a ydod sale, and I., candidum, if of 

 -Odd (|uality, sold well. 



'riieri- were lew cjittleyas, but the 

 demand was light, while gardenias 

 were largidy neglected. Stocks and 

 ant irrhinums were each druggy, al- 

 though of excellent quality. Paiisies 

 were overabundant. ('alias sold widl. 

 I'or .\sparagus Sprengeri and pluniosus 

 I he demand was good. 



Easter with the Retailers. 



\niold iV Metros cli.l nn excellent 

 liiiviness. They li:ic| extra good Tau 

 ^eiidxdion roses, a/aleas, lili<'s aiul jians 

 of bulbous stock and are well ple.-ised 

 with their first llaster business. 



• I. .1. < asev, at the K'osary, on ('l;iren 

 • Ion vtreet. had a great call for yellow 

 marguerites and Knglish firiTiiroses. 

 His specimen bougainv illeas and largi' 

 p:ins of liaster lilies were noteworthv. 



I". II. Houghton had excellent white 

 . .imeiliiis. a grand lof of ilw.arf azalea^, 

 k.almias, rhododeinlrons, liriia cupr"s 

 ~\i\u and ;iri excellent lot of pot plants. 



"'arboie's store, as usual, w.is a de 

 li,'ht to wall through -the arrange 

 meiit is so artistic ;ni(l so ditferent from 

 that of the n'gular tlower store. Stand- 

 ard ramblers, basket trained ramblers, 

 ericas in variety, cyclamens, Ghent aza 

 le.as and genistas were all extra fine. 

 Ta>isendschon was the favorite rose. 

 We noted fine v.ases here of the pereii 

 nial delphiniums, both light and dark 

 blue. 



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