. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 30 The American Florist. Feb. /, CUT FLOWERS OR DESI6NS will be Delivered for the Trade on Wire er Mail Orders in Best Qvalities and Priccj. BBTROIT. JOHN BREITMEYER'S SONS . Car. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES. DETROIT, MICH. »«.Artis»» High Grade Cut Blooms> W« cover all Micblgan points and good sections ' of OhiOn Indiana and Canada. Mention fhe Ainerican Florist when writing Kansas City. TItADE GOOD. Since New Years, trade conditions have varied considerably. One day will see everjiihing cleaned out and in the next


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 30 The American Florist. Feb. /, CUT FLOWERS OR DESI6NS will be Delivered for the Trade on Wire er Mail Orders in Best Qvalities and Priccj. BBTROIT. JOHN BREITMEYER'S SONS . Car. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES. DETROIT, MICH. »«.Artis»» High Grade Cut Blooms> W« cover all Micblgan points and good sections ' of OhiOn Indiana and Canada. Mention fhe Ainerican Florist when writing Kansas City. TItADE GOOD. Since New Years, trade conditions have varied considerably. One day will see everjiihing cleaned out and in the next couple of days piles of stock are available with no buyers at hand. The general run of stock at present is far above the average, both in quantity and quality. Roses are in excellent condition, owing to the splendid growing weather prevalent for the last few weeks. There seems to be no end to the im- provement in Killarney, which in our community is a verj"^ close rival of American Beauty. Rich- jnond is no less worthy of note, some being dis- played with 5-foot stems and with flowers as large as American Beauty. Carnations are in the same healthy condition and the demand is unuFually good, especially in the lighter colored varieties. The prices as a irule are not so good as they might be. Bulb stock is fairly plentiful but meets with poor sale. Easter lilies are in good demand. While somewhat belated, it is well to say that, judging from a consensus of opinion gath- ered at random, the Christmas and New Years trade this year was far ahead of that of last year. The results indeed were surprising to most of the trade, who were expecting about the same amount of business as was done last season. In many respects conditions differed from those of last season, more particularly the volume of business handled at the very last. The outlook for future business seems good and indications point to a swift recovery from the panicky conditions which have been notice- . able. We


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