. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 882 The American Florist. fune 2, Chicago. BUSINESS BRISK. ' In direct contrast to the poor stock and still poorer business of last week, comes the hurry and bustle for the holi- day business. Everything on the mar- ket, including prices, has improved greatly during the past fortnight and present conditions give great promise. Wholesalers are well supplied with stock of all sorts save carnations and roses. The demand and scarcity of the former has had the effect of inflating prices considerably and in many in- sta
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 882 The American Florist. fune 2, Chicago. BUSINESS BRISK. ' In direct contrast to the poor stock and still poorer business of last week, comes the hurry and bustle for the holi- day business. Everything on the mar- ket, including prices, has improved greatly during the past fortnight and present conditions give great promise. Wholesalers are well supplied with stock of all sorts save carnations and roses. The demand and scarcity of the former has had the effect of inflating prices considerably and in many in- stances making carnations practically unobtainable. Wherever seen, however, they are of excellent quality with firm centers and in every way up to the standard. Roses of all varieties are al- so very scarce and bringing excellent prices, while the stock is unquestionably of the best quality anywhere obtainable. The cold weather of the past few days was instrumental in bringing about this agreeable condition. Stock which had been looking soft and almost ready to be thrown away brightened up under its influence. Peonies are arriving in large quantities. The quality is good and the demand excellent. They are bringing good prices. A few Easter lilies were seen although bulbous stock in general is not very plentiful. Green goods are not arriving in very large quantities. In fact the scarcity has caused a decided increase in prices and a shortage seems almost certain. Good smilax sold for as high as $ per doz., while large lots of Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri were disposed of for 35 cents per bunch. The market was short of sweet peas, for which there was an excellent de- mand. Everything considered, wholesal- ers are inclined to think that they are more than compensated for the poor Easter. The market was crowded with prospective purchasers all week and shipping orders came with greater free- dom than expected. A good deal of buy- ing back and forth between the different houses
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