. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. «?i«rs s- June 17, 1915. The Florists' Review 19 NEW YORK. The Market. Summer is here at last, and all the evidences of its arrival are especially- noted in the demoralization of the cut flower market. The shipments of peonies seem, if possible, greater than ever before at this date, and some of the stock arriving has never been ex- celled in quality. The sacrifice of val- ues on Saturday was phenomenal. Flowers well worth $1 per dozen in other years were selling as low as $2 and $3 per htindred. The June wed- dings are about exhausted. School comm
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. «?i«rs s- June 17, 1915. The Florists' Review 19 NEW YORK. The Market. Summer is here at last, and all the evidences of its arrival are especially- noted in the demoralization of the cut flower market. The shipments of peonies seem, if possible, greater than ever before at this date, and some of the stock arriving has never been ex- celled in quality. The sacrifice of val- ues on Saturday was phenomenal. Flowers well worth $1 per dozen in other years were selling as low as $2 and $3 per htindred. The June wed- dings are about exhausted. School commencements will soon be over. No steamships are sailing for Europe. One prominent wholesaler says that because of this last his total sales for May decreased $3,500 as compared with 1914. Special Beauties have been selling at $10 per hundred and under. This fact tells the entire story of roses of all kinds. Rose buyers who purchase in thousand and ten thousand lots have the wholesale market at their mercy. On Saturday the street men were out in force, and the peddlers loaded their carts with carnations at 25 cents per hundred. The best carnations did not sell above $1 per hundred, flowers of the same splendid quality that were selling at $4 and $5 a few weeks ago. Lilies could hardly be moved at $2 per hundred. There are large accumu- lations. Valley has fallen to half the quotations of a week ago. Fine stock sold on Saturday under $10 per thou- sand. Gardenias are about over. The market is well supplied with gladioli. Orchids are abundant and lower, the best on Saturday selling at $25 per hundred. There seems to be no special demand for them, and for the lower grades as low as $10 is the quotation. There is a sufficiency of sweet peas, callas, coreopsis, delphiniums, pansies and the other seasonable flowers. Club Meeting. Nearly 100 of the faithful attended the last meeting the Florists' Club will hold until September, when, so the essay committee announced, there will be an
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