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The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . experi-ence with a large personal connection. J. H. Dunlop has returned from Day-ton, O. The reception afforded the visit-ors and the trade exhibit were verycommendable in Mr. Dunlops opinion,but the weather was too hot to be men-tioned. Robt. Abbs has remodeled his entireplant. Roses which predominated here- tofore have been discarded and the en-tire place has been planted in carna-tions and a few chrysanthemums. Fred Griffin, of Cleveland, O., was avisitor, he has sold quite a number ofhis new flower stands, which met withsuccess wherev
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . experi-ence with a large personal connection. J. H. Dunlop has returned from Day-ton, O. The reception afforded the visit-ors and the trade exhibit were verycommendable in Mr. Dunlops opinion,but the weather was too hot to be men-tioned. Robt. Abbs has remodeled his entireplant. Roses which predominated here- tofore have been discarded and the en-tire place has been planted in carna-tions and a few chrysanthemums. Fred Griffin, of Cleveland, O., was avisitor, he has sold quite a number ofhis new flower stands, which met withsuccess wherever shown. The Bedford Park Floral Co. is cut-ting Bride and Bridesmaid roses of goodquality for new stock. The Dale estate, of Brampton, is ship-ping well grown American Beauty fromvoung stock. H. G. D. New Orleans. A BUSY WEEK. The past week was a very good onefor all those engaged in the cut flowerand design trade. Nearly all the flow-ers were used for funerals and by Sat-urday night not a flower could be hadat any of the principal flower stores on. The Late Wm. obituary. Canal street or vicinity. The shipmentsfrom Chicago arrived nearly threehours late, which means close to mid-night on Saturday. Nearly all of theflorists declare the past week the bestduring the last two months and itbroke the spell of the extreme dull sea-son. Although we have had severaldays with a temperature as high as 97°,we do not suffer half as much as thepeople farther north. In contrast to re-ports from other cities we had only oneprostration from the heat. The heavyrains have stopped and everything in-doors and outdoors is doing fine. Themajority of the tourists are still out oftown, but the brightest prospects pre-vail for an exceptionally good businessduring the coming season. Whereverone goes there is activity among thegrowers, both wholesale and retail, andall are well prepared for a big demandin all kinds of plants and the principalcut flowers. NOTES. Nearly a dozen of our local
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