. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 112 J» -<"' - f'T" The Florists' Review Afbil 23, 1914. KNOXVILLE, TENN. The Market. The weather was good and made de- liveries easy for Easter. The trade for that day showed a big increase over last year's. Cut flowers were great- ly in demand; roses, carnations and vio- lets were in special request and fell short of the demand. Plants had a good sale, but, aside from lilies, people were looking for novelties in this line. Since Easter the cloudy weather and rains have interfered with sales and delayed outdoor work. Stock has b
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 112 J» -<"' - f'T" The Florists' Review Afbil 23, 1914. KNOXVILLE, TENN. The Market. The weather was good and made de- liveries easy for Easter. The trade for that day showed a big increase over last year's. Cut flowers were great- ly in demand; roses, carnations and vio- lets were in special request and fell short of the demand. Plants had a good sale, but, aside from lilies, people were looking for novelties in this line. Since Easter the cloudy weather and rains have interfered with sales and delayed outdoor work. Stock has been fairly good, and the slump was not as big as was anticipated. Various Notes. C. L. Baum says this is his last year with bedding stock and he is trying to sell out clean. Early orders made de- livery easy for Easter and out of 600 deliveries there were only four com- plaints. The public was hunting for novelties and the supply of home-made birch-bark rustic baskets sold out com- pletely. Cut flowers were most in de- mand, and pot plants did not sell well, although lilies, azaleas, rhododendrons and pot valley sold out. A. H. Dailey found roses more in demand than carnations, with few calls for lilies. Addison J. McN^utt estimates his increase in Easter trade thib year as seventy-five per cent. He had a fine cut of white roses, sweet peas and snap- dragon. Carnations were scarce. Vio- lets were asked for by many, but the warm weather had cut them oflF. Spiraeas and potted lilies sold ex- tremely well, while cut flowers were in strong demand, with Mrs. Rosa Hall Ryno. Trade since Easter has con- tinued good. Getting out young stock keeps all hands busy at the Howell Nursery Co.* The season for shipping shrubbery is about over. "Business in seeds is getting back to normal," is the report of D. R. Mayo. The recent rains have retarded planting. B. F. Hensley, of Knightstown, Ind., who has a plant of about 75,000 square feet of glass, was a visitor here Easter week. He
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