. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 274 The American Florist. Aug. 22, Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AJFORDS. Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc. Horticultural Importers and Exporters JlO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914 Uliaiti Giganteums and Multinonuns, HOHMANNS LILY OF THE VALLIY, Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs, English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc. WRITE FOR PRICES New York. DULL BUSINESS CONTINUES. The business of the past week was but a repetition of the dullness of
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 274 The American Florist. Aug. 22, Our Motto: THE BEST THE MARKET AJFORDS. Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc. Horticultural Importers and Exporters JlO-92 WEST BROADWAY, NEW YORK Place Your Import Orders Now for Fall Delivery, 1914 Uliaiti Giganteums and Multinonuns, HOHMANNS LILY OF THE VALLIY, Paper White Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths, Dutch Bulbs, English Golden Spur, Azaleas, Palms, Roses, Etc. WRITE FOR PRICES New York. DULL BUSINESS CONTINUES. The business of the past week was but a repetition of the dullness of the previous weeli, only more so. Large lots of stock did not sell at all and what did sell went at sacrifice prices. Though there were plenty of orchids, the de- mand was very light. Roses, by the middle of the week, were selling at 50 cents per hundred on the slips. It was hard to get $ per 100 for lilv of the valley and $ for lily blooms. As for gladioli and asters, the condi- tions relating to them were unspeakable as to getting money out of them. We noted a wholesaler offering gladioli for 50 cents per 100 and the buyer refused to pay it. The market is simply over- loaded with these last named stocks and thousands will go into the "dead ; The European war has caused a serious disarrangement in the florists' supply business, and we learn that sev- eral dealers who had taken space for the Boston exhibition will not exhibit. They had ordered large stocks, but do not know where the goods are, and have slight prospect of finding out. NOTES. The following from the New York Globe of August 12 will show the un- certainty of sending or receiving ship- ments : "The United States govern- ment will confer a service upon the entire civilized world if it takes this' opportunity of insisting upon its im- memorial claims regarding contraband of war. For one hundred years it has been the contention of this country that belligerent nations have no right to distu
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