. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 42 The Florists^ Review Fbbbuary 9. 1922 table work. There are not many gigan- teum lilies, but a few callas are seen in nearly every wholesale house. Orchids are equal to the demand. St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's day demand seems to be growing rapidly and comes at an ex- tremely fortunate time. With normal weather conditions flowers always are plentiful then and good quality can be offered at moderate prices. Most of the wholesalers say they have booked more orders than last year, enough to insure a real special flower day. Most of the dema
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 42 The Florists^ Review Fbbbuary 9. 1922 table work. There are not many gigan- teum lilies, but a few callas are seen in nearly every wholesale house. Orchids are equal to the demand. St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine's day demand seems to be growing rapidly and comes at an ex- tremely fortunate time. With normal weather conditions flowers always are plentiful then and good quality can be offered at moderate prices. Most of the wholesalers say they have booked more orders than last year, enough to insure a real special flower day. Most of the demand is for corsage flowers, but roses will come in for a fair share of the busi- ness and spring flowers of all kinds are being ordered heavily. A considerable number of out-of-town buyers are asking to have their orders shipped Sunday, February 12, and all the houses that do a shipping business have arranged to be open that morning. There will be no delivery or pick-up serv- ice by the express company, but most of the wholesalers have trucks and all "Orders received by wire that forenoon, as well as advance orders booked for Sun- day shipment, will have attention. One Reason Why. A reason for the state of the market may be found in the monthly meteorolog- ical summary issued by the weather bureau. In January the sun is above the horizon at Chicago for 295 hours and eighteen minutes, but in an average January it is obscured by clouds for fifty-six per cent of the time. In Janu- ary, 1922, however, the obscuration was only twenty-seven per cent of the time and the growers had the benefit of the sun for 216 hours and twenty-four min- utes. Of course, an increase of about sixty-five jier cent in the sun in January has a marked effect on the production of flowers. Such favorable growing weather rarely is given us in the winter. There was only two inches of snow, where ten inches would be normal, but the mean temperature for January was almost exactly normal. The Allies. A meeti
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