. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fanoy Iiaoe Bridal Bonqnet No. 4—Straisht Rim. Kneellnr Btool. 1129 Arch Street, PhUadelphia, Pa. Shepherd's Crook. In peonies they have a gorgeous dis- play, which includes the choicest varie- ties, new and old. The show is at- tracting large crowds of interested visitors. NEW YORK. The Market. There seemed to be a complete har- mony of opinion in the wholesale cut flower market Saturday, and that was that no such disappointing Memorial day had been known in the market's history. Not only were values at their lowest average, but even the
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Fanoy Iiaoe Bridal Bonqnet No. 4—Straisht Rim. Kneellnr Btool. 1129 Arch Street, PhUadelphia, Pa. Shepherd's Crook. In peonies they have a gorgeous dis- play, which includes the choicest varie- ties, new and old. The show is at- tracting large crowds of interested visitors. NEW YORK. The Market. There seemed to be a complete har- mony of opinion in the wholesale cut flower market Saturday, and that was that no such disappointing Memorial day had been known in the market's history. Not only were values at their lowest average, but even the expected clean-up was not in evidence, even with Mention The ReTlcw when you write. prices at the mercy of the retailers. You can imagine, therefore, the mid- summer conditions of the entire week. The present one begins with accumula- tions in all lines, and, apart from the weddings, there is nothing on which to build any uplift or improvement, un- less it be the lower temperature, the 95- degree heat having been sidetracked during the closing days of May. Memorial day, as usual, proved a har- vest for all the florists located near the cemeteries, but in the city itself there was no evidence of any unusual de- mand. Shipments to out-of-town flo- rists were limited, and of every variety of flower there was "enough and to spare.'' Enormous shipments of roses have been arriving; most of them have sold, in all sizes, at $10 per thousand, just as they arrive in the shippers' boxes. Only a few American Beauties touched $15 per hundred. Jacqueminot will be in this week. A few Brunners are still arriving, and of tea roses, especially Killarney, there seems to be no limit. It was lamentable to note the depres- sion in the carnation values. Few in- .deed, even of the selected Wards and whites, brought over $ per hundred, and even these were offered Saturday as low as $10 per thousand. For any- thing at all, in the older kinds, from this price down to 25 cents per hundred was t
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