. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 68 The American Florist. Aug. /,. L. D. Phone RandoiDh 5449 176 \i(j8j\ Ave. -^ CKicGw^o Buffalo. TRADE CONTINUES QUIET. Ideal weather nearly every day the past week was conducive to all ex- cepting trade which is still wraped in -summer quietness. Stock is still equal to all calls. Taft and Maryland are fine, Beauties fair and Kaiserin not as good as they should be. Gladioli are coming good, America and King selling the best, while carnations are scarce and inferior. Sweet peas are showing the effects of wa


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 68 The American Florist. Aug. /,. L. D. Phone RandoiDh 5449 176 \i(j8j\ Ave. -^ CKicGw^o Buffalo. TRADE CONTINUES QUIET. Ideal weather nearly every day the past week was conducive to all ex- cepting trade which is still wraped in -summer quietness. Stock is still equal to all calls. Taft and Maryland are fine, Beauties fair and Kaiserin not as good as they should be. Gladioli are coming good, America and King selling the best, while carnations are scarce and inferior. Sweet peas are showing the effects of warm weather. Asters are improving daily and with the rain today will be still better. Many are on their vacation from each store and the greenhouse men are taking advantage of the Saturday half holidays and are enjoying their much needed rest. CLUn OUTING. The event for the Buffalo florists last week was the annual picnic which took place at the Bedell House. The committee did everything to make it a success, but unfortunately the only rain last week fell on Thursday. The day opened fine but about 11:30 a heavy rain set in which lasted until about 2:30 and prevented many froon going who would have gone with their families had the day been good. As it was about were there and en- Joyed the ball games, running races, dancing and many other events on the programme. Messrs. Streit, Sang- ster, Brucker and President Eiss were kept busy looking out for the pleas- ure of all and L. H. Neubeck was there to represent the first picnickers of the B. P. C, which only he can do. S. A. Anderson. W. J. Palmer, "Will- iam Legg and H. Long, the first set- tlers, were conspicuous by their ab- sence; even the postmaster was un- able to be there. NOTES. The florists of this vicinity and the Buffalo Florists' Club lost one of their oldest members by death last Friday when Thomas Mansfield of Hawley street, Lockport, N. Y., one of the oldest florists in Lockport, in fact the' first to do ret


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