. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Makch 23, 1922 The Florists^ Review 41 jier hundred from No. 2 upward. Anier ican Beauty has declined a little, (juo- tations being $35 to $7") per hundred for specials. This may be due to the excellent offerings of Premier and ('o- Inmbia, showing now .exhibition form, at slightly advanced prices. Carnations are plentiful, and prices jockey from day to day. They move at $3 to $5 per hundred, while iSaturday, March 18, the range was not so good. Offerings, generally, are pretty good in (|uality, and selected flowers bring a lit- tle more than
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Makch 23, 1922 The Florists^ Review 41 jier hundred from No. 2 upward. Anier ican Beauty has declined a little, (juo- tations being $35 to $7") per hundred for specials. This may be due to the excellent offerings of Premier and ('o- Inmbia, showing now .exhibition form, at slightly advanced prices. Carnations are plentiful, and prices jockey from day to day. They move at $3 to $5 per hundred, while iSaturday, March 18, the range was not so good. Offerings, generally, are pretty good in (|uality, and selected flowers bring a lit- tle more than the range. Tlie orchid condition continues about the same, the range for cattleyas l)eing about $ to $75 per hundred," with hy- brids $1 to $ per flower. Spray orchids are not i)articularly abundant, but the demand for them is small. White lilies are plentiful, and good tlowers are available at $12 to $15 per hundred, with perhaps a few l)ringing $20. Lily of the valley is druggy, the supjily being larger than the demand, and the top jirice is $5 per hundred sprays. There is an avalanche of soft ma- terial, sweet i)eas being particularly abundant. Pansies, calendulas, stocks, cornflowers, irises, violets, inyosotis, bouvardia, buddleia, and many other items vie with tulips, narcissi and free- sias for sales, which, at best, are slow. Annual Banquet. The annual dinner of the New York Florists' Club, held at the Hotel Hilt- more Wednesday evening, March 15, was a gi»eat success, the company num- bering nearly 300, including about a dozen sj)ecial guests. The menu was a fine ont;, and the report was enlivened l)y music from an excellent orchestra. Dancing was the chief form of enter- tainment, although there was some vocal music from a professional on the Keith circuit. An elimination dance was a feature, the prizes, handsome pocketbooks presented by IMiilip F. Kessler, being won by Mrs. (J. E. M. Stumpp and Mrs. Edward Hrenner. Every lady received an interesting sou-
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