. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 486 The American Florist. April i8, Albany, N. Y. EASTER BUSINESS GOOD. — VIOLETS THE PRINCIPAL SHORTAGE.^NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE DEALERS. Reports of Easter trade are encoura- ging. All tbe dealers did an increased amount of business. There was an extraordinary demand for violets, which the majority of the dealers were whoUy unable to supply. Next to, violets, the call was for carnations and Harrisii; The demand for roses was very small. In potted plants the salable items were lUies, azaleas, hydrangeas and Crimson
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 486 The American Florist. April i8, Albany, N. Y. EASTER BUSINESS GOOD. — VIOLETS THE PRINCIPAL SHORTAGE.^NOTES OF DOINGS OF THE DEALERS. Reports of Easter trade are encoura- ging. All tbe dealers did an increased amount of business. There was an extraordinary demand for violets, which the majority of the dealers were whoUy unable to supply. Next to, violets, the call was for carnations and Harrisii; The demand for roses was very small. In potted plants the salable items were lUies, azaleas, hydrangeas and Crimson Ramblers, but the demand for azaleas fell ofif considerably from years past. F. A. Danker had every day sales ahead of last year. Whittle Brothers had the largest Easter business in twenty-two years; 10,000 violets received Sunday morning were cleaned out in short order. H. G. Eyres reported the sale of 54,000 violets in two days. W. C. King & Com- pany had the decorations in nine churches and were short 30,000 in orders for violets. Eyres had the decorations for the Ten Eyck-Dederick wedding on April 15. The homeof the bride was decorated through- out with Scotch heather and southern smilax. On Tuesday evening the bride's parents gave a dinner .at the Hotel Ten Eyck. The main feature was a table ' centerpiece, three by six feet, oval in shape, made up of Lawson carnations and asparagus Samuel Goldring has given up his store at 11 South Pearl street. R. D. Providence, R. I. PLENTY OF STOCK AND GOOD BUSINESS.— ALL KINDS OF STORES HANDLE LILIES. Easter was preceded by a series of rainy days," but when at last the great day arrived it was perfection. • Roses were alDundant and brought $5 to $15 whole- sale. Carnations were not in crop and brought $2 to $5, with an average of $3. Violets were 75 cents and $1 per hundred and the quality was something unmen- tionable. Tulips and daffodils experienced the usual glut, from $1 to $3 being the growers' price. Plants sold
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