. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CRie. All orders carefully and promotiv filled. Hadley make $16 to $20 per hundred. Killarney and White Killarney have each sold well, but short-stemmed stock drags a little more. Carnations are doing better than they were, but $3 is about the limit on price. Few bring $4 and ordinary flowers go at $ to $2, which are not profitable midwinter prices. Violets continue comparatively cheap. In bulbous flow- ers there is a larger supply and more variet(y. Murillo tulips are in and Dutch Golden Spurs are plentiful. Freesia ia abundant and much
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CRie. All orders carefully and promotiv filled. Hadley make $16 to $20 per hundred. Killarney and White Killarney have each sold well, but short-stemmed stock drags a little more. Carnations are doing better than they were, but $3 is about the limit on price. Few bring $4 and ordinary flowers go at $ to $2, which are not profitable midwinter prices. Violets continue comparatively cheap. In bulbous flow- ers there is a larger supply and more variet(y. Murillo tulips are in and Dutch Golden Spurs are plentiful. Freesia ia abundant and much cheaper. Marguerites sell well; all the best flow- ers make $2 per hundred. There is a large supply of sweet peas. The grandi- floras drag, but the Spencers sell well. Callas are abundant, as are lilies. There is some extra fine mignonette in the market. Cattleyas go slowly; the best make $4 per dozen with difficulty. In the way of miscellaneous flowers there are wallflowers in good supply, snap- dragons, white buddleias, lilacs, pansics, dimorphothecas and plenty of stevia. Club Meeting. The Gardeiiers' and Florists' Club of Boston never had a larger or more en- thusiastic audience on any of its la- dies' nights than was the case January 28, in spite of the fact that a number of prominent members were at the Buf- falo convention. The attendance was 410, which'surpassed last year's record. As is usual on installation nights, regu- lar business was shortened as much as ])ossib]e. L. G. Van Leeuwen reported that the landscape class numbered twenty, the average attendance being seventeen. The question of the annual banquet was brought up. It was voted to hold one, date and details being left to the executive committee. It was voted to donate prizes to the amount of $50 for the coming exhibition of the American Rose Society. The president appointed D. Finlayson and .Tames "Wheeler a committee to es- cort the newly elected officers to the front, each being greeted with a round
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