. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists' Review lOKB 9, 1921 ply Co., said, "While we shall still deal in cut flowers, the company is hence- forth to extend its cultivation of acro- clinium and helichrysum. Special drying houses for them have been built. Straw- flowers commend themselves to us, be- cause they are not so perishable as most flowers, and they ship as well in July as in December. For that reason we plan to specialize in ; Domoto Bros, have large stocks of roses and Japanese lilies coming from their nurseries. They say this is for- tunate, as th
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists' Review lOKB 9, 1921 ply Co., said, "While we shall still deal in cut flowers, the company is hence- forth to extend its cultivation of acro- clinium and helichrysum. Special drying houses for them have been built. Straw- flowers commend themselves to us, be- cause they are not so perishable as most flowers, and they ship as well in July as in December. For that reason we plan to specialize in ; Domoto Bros, have large stocks of roses and Japanese lilies coming from their nurseries. They say this is for- tunate, as the former are in demand for weddings and the latter for funerals, of which there have been a great many recently. Enomoto & Co. say that their Memo- rial day business far exceeded that of last year. The Growers' Cut Flower Co. is har- vesting strawflowers. Yukichi Noda, of this firm, says a number of plant tubs have been received from Japan re- cently. June weddings, coming on the heels of Memorial day, have prevented any- thing like a slump in the florists' busi- ness. Podesta & Baldocchi have three weddings coming off this month in the ranks of their .staff. A. F. Podesta, Jr., is to marry Miss Lillian Bowman; Emil Mangini is to marry Miss Alvina Kocliler, and Adolph Bacigalupi will be married to Miss Elda Dal Bon. All the brides are San Franciscans. J. A. Axell says that not only was Memorial day business good, but all orders were taken care of. "This year shipping orders showed a demand for higher-priced stock, especially roses, than ever before," said Mr. Axell. ''The reason is, no doubt, to be found in the prevailing high express rates. People can't pay high rates on cheap flowers.'' Fred Bertrand, of the Palace Hotel Flower Shop, says tliat the number of conventions to meet In San Francisco iluring Juno makes it safe to predict a good month for florists. Brown & Kennedy base their belief on a prosperous June upon the number of wedding decoration orde
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