. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Miss Margaret Vesey, Fort 'Wayne, Ind. Second \'ici-Prc^icii'nt Ladies' S. A. F. grower's experience, is able to main- tain good stocks on hand. Macnair holds a unique place in the trade, inasmuch as he occupies the same stand that he did 15 years ago, while all the others have moved and re- moved several times in that period. The retail greenhouse element is ably represented by Appleton, Sween- ey, David McCoid, McCarren, George Kelly, Geo. Johnson & Son, Miss Willard, W. E. Chappell, F. J. Sulli- van, J. Cra
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Miss Margaret Vesey, Fort 'Wayne, Ind. Second \'ici-Prc^icii'nt Ladies' S. A. F. grower's experience, is able to main- tain good stocks on hand. Macnair holds a unique place in the trade, inasmuch as he occupies the same stand that he did 15 years ago, while all the others have moved and re- moved several times in that period. The retail greenhouse element is ably represented by Appleton, Sween- ey, David McCoid, McCarren, George Kelly, Geo. Johnson & Son, Miss Willard, W. E. Chappell, F. J. Sulli- van, J. Crawshaw, J. Jensen, Fred Luther, Mrs. Wescott, Hunt, Dietz, Theodore Peterson, Thos. Curley, Mrs. Conley, Harry Clark, Canning, Wm. Butcher Estate, Miss Peckham and Mrs. Pollock. Regarding prices now and a quarter century ago, there is hardly anything in common; noth- ing that corresponds in quality. Truej. Omaha Florists' Club's Outing. some years ago good carnations were sold in winter at 35 and 50 cents per dozen, while nowadays the figure is 75 cents and $1; but it is to be re- membered that those were the days of William Scott and Mrs. Fisher, in- stead of Enchantress. As quality has advanced so have prices, and it seems at times as if the ordinary customer had retired in favor of his more pros- perous neighbor who has the where- withal to meet the extra cost of finer stock. Sometimes we feel that there is a great need for the smaller and medium-sized carnations to meet the call of the 35 and .50 cent man whose appreciation of flowers rests not merely on size. While some years ago violets were a novelty and scarce and poor, to-day we have a superior flower at a price that is no advance over former times, with a resultant prosperity for the violet. Roses are the flowers par ex- cellence. Formerly Bride, Brides- maid and American Beauty were the sole selection, but to-day we revel in kinds and colors, with perfume far and away finer than the standard sorts of other days. With
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