11 
January, 1919 
t3t)e .flower (Brower 
The Uncertain Outlook 
for Commercial Florists. 
The situation in the flower business at the 
present time is quite out of the ordinary, 
and, in fact, unprecedented in a great many 
years and in its peculiar conditions of in- 
sufficient supply and uncertain immediate 
outlook, all over the country, is reminiscent 
to the older members of the craft, of former 
days when the normal production was far 
below the demands for the holidays and all 
kinds of expedients had to be adopted in the 
effort to meet the emergency. As one of 
the results of the situation, it is evident that 
prices will run on a higher level than at any 
corresponding time heretofore. Unfortu- 
nately the American public have been badly 
educated in the matter of winter flower values 
and may now prove reluctant to meet the 
prices which, for many reasons, seem inevi- 
table for Christmas. Time will tell, and much 
will depend upon the attitude which the re- 
tail florists themselves shall maintain in their 
dealings with the public, as to whether the 
florist will be met in a spirit of toleration or 
with a public resentment that might un- 
favorably affect the business during the 
whole season. Instead of throwing blame 
on other departments of the business let 
each one, through the local press and when 
called on by customers for an explanation, 
frankly place the cause where it belongs, on 
the commercial restrictions endured during 
the past two years, including the limited fuel 
supply, the embargo on supplies from abroad, 
the insufficiency of help, and other factors 
that have caused the compulsory closing up 
of a considerable portion of the greenhouses 
which have been a main dependence hereto- 
fore, and all of which has resulted in a very 
much reduced supply and enormously in- 
creased cost to produce. The habit of rail- 
ing at the practices of other departments of 
the business which has been all too common 
in the past should be avoided. Outside in- 
fluences beyond our control are largely re- 
sponsible for the situation which now exists. 
Pass that fact around. Horticulture. 
Munsell & Harvey, Ashtabula, Ohio, 
have sent us five corms of their new 
seedling, Ashtabula, illustrated on our 
front cover page this month. They 
are beautiful large bulbs and espe- 
cially clean and plump. They write 
that Ashtabula has exceptional vigor 
and freedom from disease. 
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING. 
Growers having surplus stock for sale will find 
this department effective in disposing of it. Five 
lines ( about forty words ) $1.00 per insertion. Ad- 
ditional lines 15c. each. 
'\X7ANTED— GLADIOLI— Will pay cash for large 
vv quantities of Gladioli, all sizes and varieties, 
immediate delivery. 
Address “BUYER,” 
care The Flower Grower. 
T ET ME SEND you a Flower Garden of 6 papers of 
■*-' Flower Seeds and my Book on where, when and 
how to plant, all for 25c. 
W. M. Stuart, Marshall, Mich., (Florist.) 
("'LADIOLI— Planting Stock and Bulblets. Over 40 
leading commercial varieties. Clean, healthy, 
plump stock ready for shipment. Write for prices 
and special discount. T H. Fuller, Gladiolus 
Specialist, 649 Marshall St , Battle Creek, Mich. 
CPECIAL OFFER — Francis King and Primulinus 
v -5 Hybrids, 25c. per doz., prepaid; half bushel bulblets 
of each: Francis King, Primulinus Hybrids and Chi- 
cago White. Best offer takes them. Send for my 
price list. F. M. Palmiter, Janesville, Wis. 
WANTED— Black Bulblets. State varieties and 
W quantities you have. Price must be reasonable. 
We have America, Augusta, Halley, Independence, 
Mrs King, Panama, Peace. Primulinus Hybrids. 
Would exchange any of these for other varieties. 
The Templin-Crockett-Bradley Co. 
Cleveland, .Ohio. 
OVER' STOCKED WITH KINGS.-About 8.000 1 Vi 
inches, up, sound, healthy No. 1 bulbs, at $12.00 
per thousand for quick sale. The Tennant Gardens. 
G. C. Tennant. Prop., Attleboro, Mass., R. D. 4. 
Write for particulars. 
''THE choicest of the choice Gladioli. All colors. 
A 1 America, 1 Europa, 1 Schwaben, 1 Evelyn 
Kirtland. 1 Mrs. Francis King, 1 Mrs. F. Pendleton, 
1 Niagara, 1 Myrtle, 1 Herada, $1 post paid. Above 
and others in mixture $1 per dozen, post paid. Gen. 
Pershing, something new, 50c. each. Mrs. Dr. Nor- 
ton, exquisite, $1 each. 
C. I. Hunt & Son, R. 12, Hunt, N. Y. 
Cf) 000 America Vi in. and less at $2.00 per 1000 
*J\J ,\J\J\J j n 10,000 lots; also a few thousand Mrs. 
Francis King. J. W. Seiler, R. D. 1, Ravenna, Ohio. 
PINE, MATURE BULBS, 1 in. up to iy 2 in. Mrs. 
1 Dr. Norton, 75c. each. Mrs. Pendleton. 10 bulbs, 
50c.; America, 10 bulbs. 25c. Also Pendleton and 
America bulblets, planting sizes. 
Fred Hornberger, Hamburg, N.Y. 
T'LADIOLI in all the leading varieties. Blooming 
'- J size, planting size and bulblets. Send for re- 
tail catalogue and price list and wholesale list by the 
hundred. Fred W. Baumgras, 423 Pearl St., Lans- 
ing, Mich. 
IRRIGATION GROWN Panama No. 1. $20. No 2, 
1 $16: No. 3, $12; No. 4, $8; No. 5, $6; No, 6. $3; 
Bulblets, $1 per thousand, 10,000 for $7. Also planting 
stock Pendleton. E. M. Hoyt, Arvada, Colorado. 
UAVING taken over the entire sales of the Gladiolus 
11 stock of Mr. Earl Edgerton, of Lansing, Mich., 
am now in a position to offer a larger quantity of 
planting stock and bulblets. Will also have small 
lots of Kunderd’s varieties in large and small sizes to 
offer. This stock is of the highest quality, young, 
clean and healthy. T. H. Fuller, 649 Marshall St , 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
GLADIOLI 
WHICH CATALOGUE WOULD YOU LIKE, 
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL ? 
John Lewis Childs, Inc. 
Flowerfield, L. I. 
GLADIOLI IN QUANTITY 
ALL VARIETIES AND SIZES. 
We control four growers’ output. Ask for prices. 
Also Modeiras, Dahlias, Paeonies, Caladiums and Tuberoses. 
G. M. REBURN & CO. 
172 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago, III. 
JOHN ZEESTRATEN 
GROWER OF CHOICE 
GLADIOLI 
Mansfield - Mass. 
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Booklet giving valuable culture directions free. 
A R Alt’ ill 
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B. HAMMOND TRACY, Box 27, Wenham, Mass. 
IVOTIPF AM CLOSING OUT all my 
stock of bulbs and bulblets. 
Mr. T. H. Fuller, 649 Marshall St., Battle Creek, 
Michigan, has taken over the entire sales. 
My previous Quotations are now void 
EARL EDGERTON, 
207 E. Mt. H >pe Ave. Lansing, Mich. 
The Glen Road Iris Gardens 
Grace Sturtevant, Prop. 
Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts 
GROWERS AND ORIGINATORS OF FINE 
VARIETIES OF BEARDED IRIS 
E. E. STEWART 
WHOLESALE GROWER OF 
GLADIOLI 
LIST OF 85 VARIETIES 
Brooklyn - - Michigan 
SULPHUR QUEEN 
1-2 Inch and under ‘ 
■ $1.55 for 250 ! 
; SEND FOR LIST 
JOHN B. HUMPHREY 
R. D. No. 3 LOGAN, OHIO 
Derby Gardens Gladioli 
LIST ON APPLICATION. 
WHOLESALE. RETAIL. 
John H. Umpleby, Lake View, N.Y. 
WILDFLOWERS The haunts, habits 
and uses of our native plants, their behavior un- 
der cultivation, and the origination of new forms 
by sports and hybridizing is the special field of 
THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 
$ 1 .25 a year 
SAMPLE FREE 23 VOLUMES ISSUED 
Willard N. Clute & Co.. Joliet. 111. 
GLEN P. HOWARD 
IOWA GROWN 
GLADIOLI 
Box 524 HARLAN, IOWA 
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1 A. B. de Groat, Bath, n.y.1 
1 successor to 
| de Groat & Stewart 1 
1 Growers of Choice Gladioli \ 
= We are offering Planting Sizes and Bulblets of several desirable varieties. = 
s We specialize in the choice American and French f 
= varieties. Catalogue on request. = 
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! W. F. SHEARER j 
1 Gladiolus Grower j 
J 504 South College Si. Angola, Ind. j 
U. Cemoine & Son 
nurserymen, nancy, Trance 
GLADIOLI 
Lemoinei and Nanceianus 
Catalogue, printed in English on application. 
