. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. 021 Buffalo, MOST SATISFACTORY HOLIDAY TRADE.— INDIVIDUAL florists' REPORTS.—CARNA- TIONS NOT PLENTIFUL.—PAPERS READ AT FLORISTS' CLUB. Trade for the holidays was very satis- factory to all PoinsPttias had the call above all other plants, azaleas com- ing next. Primroses and Begonia Gloire de Lorraine sold well, the latter bringing from $ to $3 for good plants. Vio lets were sold by nearly all florists at $4- per hundred. The prices of cut flowers were nearly all as follows: Roses,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. 021 Buffalo, MOST SATISFACTORY HOLIDAY TRADE.— INDIVIDUAL florists' REPORTS.—CARNA- TIONS NOT PLENTIFUL.—PAPERS READ AT FLORISTS' CLUB. Trade for the holidays was very satis- factory to all PoinsPttias had the call above all other plants, azaleas com- ing next. Primroses and Begonia Gloire de Lorraine sold well, the latter bringing from $ to $3 for good plants. Vio lets were sold by nearly all florists at $4- per hundred. The prices of cut flowers were nearly all as follows: Roses, Bride and Meteor, $3 and $4 per dozen; Perle, $ to $3; Golden Gate, $3; carnations, $1 to $2; American Beauty, $15 to $18 per dozen; valley $ per bunch; nar- cissi and Roman hyacinths, 75 cents per dozen; poinsettias and pans and sin- gle flowers sold beyond all expectations and the flowers were good. The reason attributed for the gradual dropping off of the cut flower trade is the high prices and, in many instances, poor quality. Carnations were not plentiful and at the prices ofiered one would take a plant at $1 in preference to carnations at the same price. Bells of all kinds were a glut on the market, while the immortelle wreaths sold well. A call on the trade found the following reports on the Christmas business: Palmer & Son report an increase over last year; J. H. Rebstock's store trade from a cut llower point was not as good; plant trade far in excess of last year. R. M. Rebstock reports trade good in plants and a total increase of about twenty-five per cent; Byrne & Slattery's trade was beyond expectation. Plants and cut flowers sold well; L. H. Neubeck's trade was good, all stocks selling out; Wm. Scott's cash sales exceeded last year and charges fully as good; S. A. Anderson never had as good a trade. Plants sold far in advance of cut flowers. For New Year's the trade in Buffalo is limited. The old time custom of enter- taining is gone and the p
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