. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 142 The American Florist. Feb. 3, For St. Valentine's Day single and Double Violets, Pussy Willows, Gardenias, Cattleyas. Lilac, Freesia. Daffodils, Tulips, Acacia, Pansies, Snapdragons, Cornflowers, Mignonette, Yellow and White Daisies. PREPARE FOR A GOOD SUPPLY OF SPRING FLOWERS FOR THIS DAY, AS YOU WILL FIND GOOD SALE FOR THEM. THE LEO NIESSEN CO., 1201-5 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. PhUadelphla. ROSE SUPPLY VERY LMITED. Roses have evidently not recovered from the severe test of last December, when under pressur
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 142 The American Florist. Feb. 3, For St. Valentine's Day single and Double Violets, Pussy Willows, Gardenias, Cattleyas. Lilac, Freesia. Daffodils, Tulips, Acacia, Pansies, Snapdragons, Cornflowers, Mignonette, Yellow and White Daisies. PREPARE FOR A GOOD SUPPLY OF SPRING FLOWERS FOR THIS DAY, AS YOU WILL FIND GOOD SALE FOR THEM. THE LEO NIESSEN CO., 1201-5 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. PhUadelphla. ROSE SUPPLY VERY LMITED. Roses have evidently not recovered from the severe test of last December, when under pressure they produced such enormous crops, as the supply of the past few weeks has been very meager, the shipments of the past six days being- extremely light. Growers say that by February 10, or thereabout, normal conditions will prevail, gradual- ly improving from now on. American Beauty is not so scarce as is usual at this time. One wholesale house reports average receipts of 300 specials per day. Several growers in the neighbor- hood of this city have been making a special study of this rose, and are suc- ceeding where many others failed. The medium grades in all varieties are most in demand. There are a large number of stores that cater to the middle classes; they are as 2a, to 1 of the bonton palaces, where American Beau- ties, cattleyas and the best of every- thing must be kept in stock. They are the bone and sinew of the business, the quantity buyers who should be cared for. Growers who are destroying two crops to make one will find it more profitable to have quantity rather than quality, particularly at this season when the demand for medium priced stock greatly exceeds that of the high- er grades, it is the same with carna- tions and sweet peas; the medium stocks move off quickly at far greater prices, relatively, than the higher grades. Formosum lilies have sup- planted the giganteum, the cold storage stock of which is about over. Many of them are coming In badly split, wh
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