. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PLAN 96 It is at Sewickley, Pa. near Pittsburg, The straight gabled, curvilinear palm house with) its single curved bay and ornamental entrance is a decided break away from the general treatment. For attractiveness, uniqueness and balance, we doubt if it can be beaten. Wouldn't you like to know all about it? Our new catalog will tell you. 1170 BROADWAY NEW YORK sili^^^nJif^. Lord & Burnham Co. Irvington, N. Y. New Tork Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. James Bldg. TremontBldg. Heed Bldg. The Rookery Wichita, Kan
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PLAN 96 It is at Sewickley, Pa. near Pittsburg, The straight gabled, curvilinear palm house with) its single curved bay and ornamental entrance is a decided break away from the general treatment. For attractiveness, uniqueness and balance, we doubt if it can be beaten. Wouldn't you like to know all about it? Our new catalog will tell you. 1170 BROADWAY NEW YORK sili^^^nJif^. Lord & Burnham Co. Irvington, N. Y. New Tork Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. James Bldg. TremontBldg. Heed Bldg. The Rookery Wichita, Kans. The usual ante-Christmas condi- tions seem to prevail. Judged by trade conditions so far this month the holi- day trade will be up to the average at least. This is from a retail stand- point. In cut flowers the crop of lo- cally grown stock is of good quality but will be inadequate in quantity, es- pecially in roses and carnations. In Christmas plants the offerings are of wide variety and, generally speaking, of fine quality. In Christmas greens the produce commission merchants have finally taken a dip and as a consequence the grocers, meat mar- kets, news stands, and even the street wagons are offering Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe, wild smilax, etc., with the usual fakirs' inducements. While the quality of such stock is generally damaged somewhat, owing to the care it gets in such hands, yet it is bound to find some buyers, to the detriment of the trade of the florist. The weather still continues dry—no rain since early in October. While this does not suit the farmer, upon whose prosperity so much depends in this western country, yet it has given the florist lots of fine sunshiny weather for growing, and good weather in which to do business —and if the farmers will stand for it one more week we will then say "Let it rain" in all sincerity. C. A. Rose says the physical malady that bothers him mostly is getting hungry. Mr. Rose is in the market with a large
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