. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 38 I'he Florists^ Review JUNB 17, 1920, A. C. Kohlbrand was taken ill during the heat wave last week and spent several days under the doctor's care. Visitors. W. Cleveland Johnson, of Memphis, spent two days here last week on busi- ness connected with the equipment of the new storo his concern will open in the late summer. It will be one of the finest in the south. Mrs. Minnie Lilley Copeland, pro- prietor of the Marion Greenhouses, Marion, 111., stopped in Chicago on her way home from a twelve days' trip through the east. Mr. Bromcil, representing
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 38 I'he Florists^ Review JUNB 17, 1920, A. C. Kohlbrand was taken ill during the heat wave last week and spent several days under the doctor's care. Visitors. W. Cleveland Johnson, of Memphis, spent two days here last week on busi- ness connected with the equipment of the new storo his concern will open in the late summer. It will be one of the finest in the south. Mrs. Minnie Lilley Copeland, pro- prietor of the Marion Greenhouses, Marion, 111., stopped in Chicago on her way home from a twelve days' trip through the east. Mr. Bromcil, representing the Jones- Eussell Co., Cleveland, was here last week on an errand connected with the new store to be opened in the autumn. He was specially interested in iceboxes and refrigerating machines and visited a number of florists here to examine their equipment and see what their ex- perience has been with it. Joseph Frisch, of Frisch Bros., Antigo, Wis., visited Chicago June 11, to get better acquainted with his source of supply and to exchange ideas with fel- low florists. PHTLABELPHIA. The Market. The week has been one of decided activity, with plenty of flowers at low prices. The height of the peony season is past. While they will never recover lost ground, they are commencing to sell at moderate prices. The market is changing rapidly now. The supply of carnations is declining. There are fewer good roses in proportion to the poor ones. Outdoor sweet peas, mostly frame-grown, are coming in more freely. Outdoor delphiniums have arrived; so have sprays of climbing roses. Weddings, commencements, children's day in the churches, occasions of joy and occasions of sadness have accelerated the wheels of business with a final whirl before they run slowly for the summer. There is no denying that the regular business is rapidly declining; it is only the sjiecial orders that keep things going. The peony has l)een at its best for weeks, putting I'vcrything else in the shade, carnations going
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