. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Boston, Massachusetts 143 Tromont Stroot The Centrally Located Florist Shop Ymr fir Redindtr. We cner AU Piiiti ii New E^luii llerUta' Talecraph - CARBONEi S4S BoTloton St., BOSTON Member florists' Tdegraph DdWcnr Asssdatioa BOSTON, MASS. HENRY R. COMLEY. riorist, • Pm* St. to years' experience in the florist ^"^f^^StF^u^^ efficiency to Uke care ol all orders. 20* aUowed. solutely unsalable and wagon loads of ruined flowers had to be carted away. A change to cooler conditions May 29 and 30 saved many flowers and pre- vented co
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Boston, Massachusetts 143 Tromont Stroot The Centrally Located Florist Shop Ymr fir Redindtr. We cner AU Piiiti ii New E^luii llerUta' Talecraph - CARBONEi S4S BoTloton St., BOSTON Member florists' Tdegraph DdWcnr Asssdatioa BOSTON, MASS. HENRY R. COMLEY. riorist, • Pm* St. to years' experience in the florist ^"^f^^StF^u^^ efficiency to Uke care ol all orders. 20* aUowed. solutely unsalable and wagon loads of ruined flowers had to be carted away. A change to cooler conditions May 29 and 30 saved many flowers and pre- vented complete disaster, but it is safe to say that growers, salesmen, retailers and wholesalers never have experienced such conditions for Memorial day trade and hope never to see such again. As usual, large quantities of pickled stock appeared and most of this went to the rubbish heap. Good carnations May 29 and 30 made $4 and $5. per hundred, a few fancies $6, but earlier in the week quotations were out of the ques- tion. Short and medium roses cleaned up moderately well the last of the week, but prices were low. The first half of the week many arrived blown fully open and unsalable. Sweet peas did not sell as well as usual. The intense heat had softened the flowers so that, while they looked fresh when received, if placed a few hours in the ice chest they were useless. The same held true of such flowers as stocks, snapdragons, fever- few, etc. For some of these prices could hardly be quoted. Valley from outdoors was abundant and good. This hurt the sale of the forced article. Lilac and other outdoor flowers were never more abundant, but all suffered from the heat. Some Darwin tulips and the old double white gardenia-scented nar- cissus rang the curtain down on the 1914 Dutch bulb season. Gladiolus Peach Blossom and other small varie- ties sold fairly well; so did America, but Spanish iris closed up with the heat. The sales of artificial wreaths and sprays reached tremendous propo
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