. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 370 The American Florist. Mar. r?. St. Paul. Trade continues very good with the help of lots of funeral work. Stock is about plentiful enough to go around, excepting greens. Bulbous stock, which is usually plentiful, is now being held back. Baster lilies are being sought by smaller out-of-town growers who have not had the facilities for forcing them for the early Easter. A good many of the growers here are having the hardest kind ofa pull to get their lilies in, but if the weather is at all favorable the most will
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 370 The American Florist. Mar. r?. St. Paul. Trade continues very good with the help of lots of funeral work. Stock is about plentiful enough to go around, excepting greens. Bulbous stock, which is usually plentiful, is now being held back. Baster lilies are being sought by smaller out-of-town growers who have not had the facilities for forcing them for the early Easter. A good many of the growers here are having the hardest kind ofa pull to get their lilies in, but if the weather is at all favorable the most will come in all right. Mr. Graver, of Fargo, North Dakota, passed through St. Paul Sunday on his way to take unto himself a helpmate. We extend our congratulations to_Mr. Graver. Robert Topel, who has had charge of E. F. Lemke's University avenue houses, also has a position with L. L. May & Co. Wm. Speth has accepted a position with L. L. May & Co., where we all wish him success. Gust Colberg lost nearly everything in his home by fire recently. ; Recent visitors were Messrs. Mc- Hutehison, Van Zonneveld, W. E. Pera andH. E. Philpott, O. Made Her Own 6arg:aln. There were three of them, and they were charming young things of the matinee girl variety. They had bright eyes and rosy cheeks, and they were all talking at once, as is characteristic of their type. A Greek florist poked a bunch of violets under the nose of the prettiest. "Fina violet," he cooed. "Looka nice on lady ; "They are pretty," said the young thing. "How much?" The Greek smiled with courtly grace. "To lofely lady a-twenta ; "Three for seventy-five?" asked the girl with lightning calculation. "Three fora-seventy-five if my lady say so," said the Greek with humility. The bargain was clinched, and the three young things were arranging the blos- soms among their furs when one, who had been wearing a puzzled expression f
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