. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 676 The American Florist. Oct. 26, retailers had also to be considered, par- ticularly those whose regular daily or- ilers were the mainstay of the market. H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have been taxed to the utmost to manage the im- mense volume of business thrust on them the past month. Everything in made up wreaths and other designs were sold out early, and their whole force worked over time to get out or- ders, with no chance to make up stock ahead. There was a slight falling off in the demand at the end of last w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 676 The American Florist. Oct. 26, retailers had also to be considered, par- ticularly those whose regular daily or- ilers were the mainstay of the market. H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have been taxed to the utmost to manage the im- mense volume of business thrust on them the past month. Everything in made up wreaths and other designs were sold out early, and their whole force worked over time to get out or- ders, with no chance to make up stock ahead. There was a slight falling off in the demand at the end of last week. Paul Berkowitz missed the F. T. D. meeting at Cleveland, as it was im- possible to get away. The Jas. Heacock Co. now gets its roses in by the "Pennsy," the shortened service of the Reading requiring this change which makes necessary four miles of auto service to get to the sta- tion. Exceptionally fine Columbias are features of their stock. Prices on spe- cials are being shaved in all varieties, btit lower grades are still in great de- mand. Robert Jamison, the manager at Roelfs, and his wife, have been down with the influenza, but ai^ now about again. The Robert Craig Co. helped out in the scarcity of flowers with cut cro- ton leaves and sprays, putting up bas- kets and boxes of $10 worth each. These met with a good demand from the leading florists in all the large centers, who found them of great as- sistance in all their choice work. S. H., son of S. S. Skidelsky, has joined the colors and is now^ at Camp Lee. in the officers' training corps. S. S. is very optimistic about the close of the war and wagered three boxes of cigars on Friday last that It would be over inside of a week from that time. John Berger had never seen anything like the business of the past three weeks. The dahlia men had a har- vest, which wotild be turned over to the cvhrysanthemtim growers when Jack Frost stepped on the dahlias. Edward Reid reported the business had broken all records f
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