. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jonquils Tulips Freesias Valley Orchids Calendulas Pansies Pussy Willow ^r NEW CROP GALAX BBONZ B-OBKKM Mexican Ivy Asparagus Sprengeri Asparagus Plumosus Huckleberry Ferns Diyarf Baby BoxMrood Salal Woodwardia Deer Tongue Ferns FANCY ROSES Premier, Columbia, Russell, Ophelia, Hearst, Sunburst, Pink and White Killarney FANCY CARNATIONS. AX^^r« empawy- OUR MOTTO: "Nothing is too much troubtm to pUtum a cuatommr " 164 N. Wabash Ave, L. D. Phone, Central 3373 CHICAGO SPRING FLOWERS ROSES and CARNATIONS JOSEPH FOERSTER CXD. Wholesale Deal
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jonquils Tulips Freesias Valley Orchids Calendulas Pansies Pussy Willow ^r NEW CROP GALAX BBONZ B-OBKKM Mexican Ivy Asparagus Sprengeri Asparagus Plumosus Huckleberry Ferns Diyarf Baby BoxMrood Salal Woodwardia Deer Tongue Ferns FANCY ROSES Premier, Columbia, Russell, Ophelia, Hearst, Sunburst, Pink and White Killarney FANCY CARNATIONS. AX^^r« empawy- OUR MOTTO: "Nothing is too much troubtm to pUtum a cuatommr " 164 N. Wabash Ave, L. D. Phone, Central 3373 CHICAGO SPRING FLOWERS ROSES and CARNATIONS JOSEPH FOERSTER CXD. Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 160 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO of roses or carnations and not so high as the December and January prices of cattleyas, but perhaps the prices of these flowers have been so long maintained they no longer seem out of line. In this connection it is interesting to note that, while the forcers of bulbs are doing well, their receipts are not all sub- jeet to the income tax. For instance, take the experience of Sam Pearce, known as among the most successful of bulb forcers. Mr. Pearce does not fur- nish these facts, or speak of the matter at all, but they are well known to many. In the first place, this grower invested $30,000 in bulbs four months or more before he cut a flower. How many re- tailers would have been willing to com- mit themselves to that extent under the conditions which prevailed last summer and autumn f The quarantine which took effect last summer shuts out bulbs of Iris tingitana, which the retailers have found extremely useful in recent years. So Mr. Pearce took a chance; just before the quarantine went into effect he brought in $1,400 worth of these bulky bulbs. He gave them space and the best of care for seven months and then he gave them up—he did not cut a dozen flowers. Nor did he cut a flower from any one of 20,000 Yellow Prince tulips. Many of the Paper Whites were blind, the first batch of jonquils ditto. On the other items the loss has
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