. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MiCHIBAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANBE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. Mention The Review when you write. liun'lred. A few novelties occasionally rise a little higher, but these are not fairly quotable. Even Ward and Match- less joined in the retreat. In large lots the price was shaded to $20 per thou- sand. The lower grades sold at half this quotation. There has been no change in the price of gardenias or valley. Both are abun- dant. Lilies have not sold above $8 per hundred, and only a few command that figure. They will probably sell at $6 per hundre
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MiCHIBAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANBE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. Mention The Review when you write. liun'lred. A few novelties occasionally rise a little higher, but these are not fairly quotable. Even Ward and Match- less joined in the retreat. In large lots the price was shaded to $20 per thou- sand. The lower grades sold at half this quotation. There has been no change in the price of gardenias or valley. Both are abun- dant. Lilies have not sold above $8 per hundred, and only a few command that figure. They will probably sell at $6 per hundred before the week is over. Orchids are doing a little better, but are still far below their real value. Im- provement, however, seems certain. "There are many varieties offered. The market is well supplied M'ith bulbous flowers, especially daffodils. Freesias, narcissi and tulips are now unlimited. The variation in quality of these is extreme. The wholesale win- dows are filled with spring flowers— pansies, daisies, forget-me-nots, calen- dulas, antirrhinums and wallflowers. Sweet peas are much in evidence. Vio- lets fire steady at a lower average; 40 cents per hundred seems to be the high •quotation. Various Notes. At the international flower show, at the Grand Central Palace, the retail florists are expected to occupy fifteen Tjooths, at a cost of $150 each, where exhibits of artistic skill in floral dis- plays and decorations will be made, not for competition, but with a view to benefiting the retail trade of New York and Brooklyn. The death of H. Frank Darrow is recorded in this week's obituary •column. At Henry Brockman's greenhouses a man was shot dead in the act of stealing 100 carnations. Robert Wilson and wife, Brooklyn, are on a vacation trip to Bermuda. February 15 the stork called with a «on at the home of Philip Ditzenberger, ?foreman of H. E. Froment's force of salesmen. Wadley & Smythe have purchased the building and eight-year lease of it at thei
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