. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The American Florist. April 10, Chlcas:o. ADVANCE EASTER DEMAND STRONG. The market has been affected by the Easter demand. The old fashioned habit of holding stocls back caused the prices of carnations to advance so that by Sun- day and Monday the regular Easter list was in effect, especially for white. All orders could not be filled in full for white even at the Easter rate. With roses, in- plvding American Beauty, the advance has not been so sharp as the supply has been large and the quality run good. Medium
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 544 The American Florist. April 10, Chlcas:o. ADVANCE EASTER DEMAND STRONG. The market has been affected by the Easter demand. The old fashioned habit of holding stocls back caused the prices of carnations to advance so that by Sun- day and Monday the regular Easter list was in effect, especially for white. All orders could not be filled in full for white even at the Easter rate. With roses, in- plvding American Beauty, the advance has not been so sharp as the supply has been large and the quality run good. Medium length American Beauty and ex- tra long Killarney and Richmond have bepn rather scarce. The heavy demand for Easter lilies took a slump when on Monday the thermometer began to soar, and indeed lilies have been much more plentiful than was expected. There has been a very heavy call for potted lilies. This feature of the Easter trade seems each year to be growing and large growers are catering to it by packing at the greenhouses ready for shipment direct to customers. Orders for hyacinths can- not be filled. Other bulbous stock has been about equal to the demand. Violets have been in good supply with prices unchanged. The price of common ferns has advanced to $ per 1,000. HAIL AT BOWSIANVILLE. A severe hail storm swept through the Bowmanville greenhouse district Tuesday afternoon. Some houses were entirely de- stroyed while others near by entirely es- caped. Probably the average damage will run close to panes to the house as it did at the J. A. Budlong establishment. At the Guardian Angel'sOrphanase green- houses. 401 Devon avenue, 1,000 panes were broken. Strangely enough the near- by places of Wietor Bros, and Matt Evert suffered very slight damage. Anton Then, 143 Winnemac avenue, lost about 700 panes of glass, the houses on the southwest comer getting the brunt of the storm and being nearly entirely destroyed. He also suffered a serious loss among his stock plants, i
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