. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. J4 The Florists^ Review JaNUART 6, 1921 •juantities. Many of the stems are long and the flowers remaining on them are fine, but most of the stems show some of the buds had fallen before the sun came out. There is a general belief that there will be a good supply of sweet peas from this time on and the shortage of violets therefore becomes of no conse- quence. There is plenty of valley. Cattleyas are more abundant or less in request. Jonquils have arrived to reinforce Paper Whites, Solcil d'Or and Eoman hyacinths. Stevia is not in as large supply as
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. J4 The Florists^ Review JaNUART 6, 1921 •juantities. Many of the stems are long and the flowers remaining on them are fine, but most of the stems show some of the buds had fallen before the sun came out. There is a general belief that there will be a good supply of sweet peas from this time on and the shortage of violets therefore becomes of no conse- quence. There is plenty of valley. Cattleyas are more abundant or less in request. Jonquils have arrived to reinforce Paper Whites, Solcil d'Or and Eoman hyacinths. Stevia is not in as large supply as in recent seasons. There are only moderate supplies of Eastor lilies and callas. They sell steadily. There is nothing new in the green goods situation. The sujiply is fairly .steady and demand ditto. Various Noties. The death of Daniel Branch, one of the oldest florists in Chicago, is recorded in this week's obituary column. C. L. Washburn comments on the con- dition of the rose plants in this section and suggests that it may upset the cal- culations of growers and wholesalers. Mr. Washburn says it has been an un- usually favorable growing season al- most continuously from the time the young plants were benched and that they have been in January in a more vigorous growing condition than at any time in his experience. He predicts that at the end of the season growers will find they have cut a higher average of flowers per plant than ever before. Mr. Washburn does not look for a repe- tition of the acute shortage which ex- isted last winter. The directors of the Allied Florists' Association had a meeting December 29, at which nearly the full membership was present, to consider the results of the 1920 publicity effort, which w:is con- cluded with special advertising for New Year's. It was the consensus that the publicity campaign to date has been of material benefit to the trade, a view in which all the larger supporters of the work concur. It will be continued dur- ing 1921 wi
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