. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 112:^ The American Florist. [line 21^ Worcester, Mass. It was the same old story Memorial Day, more stuff than ever before, atd we would have sold twice as much; all tbe florists (oftheprogressiveorder) reported a much larger business than in 1S93. There was an unusually large demand for carnations, and although we handled a good many we stopped booking orders the 2Sth. Roses ofcourse werealso short, in fact everything was short, but the de- mand for carnations and roses was the most noticeable. Lange had a hundre
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 112:^ The American Florist. [line 21^ Worcester, Mass. It was the same old story Memorial Day, more stuff than ever before, atd we would have sold twice as much; all tbe florists (oftheprogressiveorder) reported a much larger business than in 1S93. There was an unusually large demand for carnations, and although we handled a good many we stopped booking orders the 2Sth. Roses ofcourse werealso short, in fact everything was short, but the de- mand for carnations and roses was the most noticeable. Lange had a hundred foot house of pink and white stock, and rive hundred longiflorums, that helped to fill the aching void, also his insidepocket. The trade did not differ much from that of last year, the rail being mostly for loose flowers, boucjuets and baskets. Small hydrangeas, etc., in pots disap- peared early in the game. The regular trade is very fair; we are handling large lots of first-class stuff, and regular prices are still holding firm; we are also doing considerable funeral work of the best clasf. The first lot of outside hybrid roses were brought in the 9th of June, which is as early as I have ever seen them; all we need now is a good crop ol June weddings to use them up. Most of the churches decorated quite extensively June 10, Children's Sunday, and gave to each child a potted plant. Florists who handle bedding stuff report fairly good sales. Seedling. San Francisco. Mr. Robt. Armstrong, for some years manager for Timothy Hopkins, Esq., at Sherwood Hall (Sunset) Nurseries, has commenced business on his own account at Mountain View, Santa Clara Co., and is going to grow cut flowers for the San Francisco market. He Has commenced building four greenhouses, one for roses, one for chrysanthemums, another for carnations and one for violets. He is a thoroughly competent floiist,attentive, obliging and has the respect and good will of all who know him and has every chance of a successfu
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