. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 96 The Florists^ Review Fbbsca^t 17, 1916. imWABK, N. J. The Market. Now that the bulbous stock is coming into the market more freely, the prices of other flowers are dropping and most of them have reached the average for this time of the year. There is a slight scarcity of roses, however, and the price of these is high, though consid- erably lower than a few weeks ago. Calla lilies are more plentiful than a month ago and bring a good price. Easter lilies also are more abundant and of good quality. Stocks are be- coming more plentiful. Blooming pla
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 96 The Florists^ Review Fbbsca^t 17, 1916. imWABK, N. J. The Market. Now that the bulbous stock is coming into the market more freely, the prices of other flowers are dropping and most of them have reached the average for this time of the year. There is a slight scarcity of roses, however, and the price of these is high, though consid- erably lower than a few weeks ago. Calla lilies are more plentiful than a month ago and bring a good price. Easter lilies also are more abundant and of good quality. Stocks are be- coming more plentiful. Blooming plants have sold well during the last two weeks and there continues to be a good demand for ferns. The Valentine business was satisfactory, as a rule, but business is a trifle quiet outside of funeral work. There is less social work than usual this year. Vaxious Notes. Jacob H. Harvey, who has been ill with the grip for the last five or six weeks, has gone to Atlantic City for a couple of weeks, accompanied by Mrs. Harvey. Philips Bros, had a good week of funeral work and orders for wedding decorations. Special Valentine's day boxes and baskets sold well. Henry A. Strobell made a specialty of flower valentines and reports a good business. George Penek had a unique F. T. D. window display last week. In one corner of the window, near the front, was a small table upon which was a telegraph key. Seated in a chair was a doll, representing an operator. "Wires ran from this key to a telegraph pole about three and one-half feet high. Several other poles carried the wires to the opposite corner of the window, where there was another table, tele- graph apparatus and operator. Near the apparatus at the front of the window was a sign with these words: "Flow- ers delivered anywhere in the United States and Canada on two hours' no- ; E. B. M. Hancock, Mich.—Mrs. Oscar Ongie has sold her florists' business to the A. M. York estate, which does a large business in seeds, nurs
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