. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 896 The American Florist. Jan, 2, Dallas, Tex. CHRISTMAS TRADE EXCELLENT.—PRICES ARE HIGH AND DEMAND IS GOOD, SUR- PASSING PREVIOUS YEARS.—WEATHER WARM AND SPRINGLIKE.—RAILROAD MAN PLANS BIG GROWING ESTABLISHMENT. The last week has been a busy one with the trade, the demand for flowers being far ahead of any former season. Prices for tea roses ranged from $2 to $4 a dozen; Beauty from $2 to $3 each; car- nations, good flowers $2 and ordinary $ a dozen; violets 75 cents per hun- dred. Bulbous stock was none too
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 896 The American Florist. Jan, 2, Dallas, Tex. CHRISTMAS TRADE EXCELLENT.—PRICES ARE HIGH AND DEMAND IS GOOD, SUR- PASSING PREVIOUS YEARS.—WEATHER WARM AND SPRINGLIKE.—RAILROAD MAN PLANS BIG GROWING ESTABLISHMENT. The last week has been a busy one with the trade, the demand for flowers being far ahead of any former season. Prices for tea roses ranged from $2 to $4 a dozen; Beauty from $2 to $3 each; car- nations, good flowers $2 and ordinary $ a dozen; violets 75 cents per hun- dred. Bulbous stock was none too plenty and moved well at good prices, Roman hyacinths and narcissi selling from 50 cents to $1 per dozen, according to quality. Stevia was scarce and vallej' plenty, but not in very large demand. Flowering plants of all sorts were very scarce and what few there were sold quickly. Palms and ferns found a ready sale and many were disposed" of at good prices. Greens of all kinds were in evi- dence and finer mistletoe you never saw than that sold on the street corners at any price the farmer could get. The weather Christmas day was fine and the whole population turned out in celebra- tion. The sun shone brightly and the air was more like a warm May morning up north than Christmas day, yet the Texans called it ideal. E. H. R. Green, the railroad magnate of Terrell, Tex., is building a large range of houses to grow cut flowers for the southern trade. He will erect some twenty houses the coming summer. There will also be a government experi- ment station conducted on his place. Mr. Green has several hundred acres of rich loamy soil, and an abundance of water. F. W. Beach, manager for the Haskell Avenue Floral Company, has resigned his position. Lone Star. Cleveland. GOOD NEW year's PROSPECTS.—DECORA- TIVE WORK IN FORCE.—SOCIETY DEBUTS MAKE BUSINESS. Everything looks propitious for New Year's trade. The weather is cold and steady and the demand for cut flowers and plant
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