. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 876 The American Florist. Mar. 16, florists' club notes. Peter Bisset showed eight splendid primroses of the newer type at the club meeting, March 5- James L. Carbery exhibited a vase each of Enchantress and Flamingo carnations but they were not favorably received. NOTES. One of the most unusual weather phe- nomena ever witnessed here took place in the evening of March 5- In about one hour conditions changed from a mild generally. From this must be excepted American Beauty roses and greens, which are still decided
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 876 The American Florist. Mar. 16, florists' club notes. Peter Bisset showed eight splendid primroses of the newer type at the club meeting, March 5- James L. Carbery exhibited a vase each of Enchantress and Flamingo carnations but they were not favorably received. NOTES. One of the most unusual weather phe- nomena ever witnessed here took place in the evening of March 5- In about one hour conditions changed from a mild generally. From this must be excepted American Beauty roses and greens, which are still decidedly short m sup- ply. The market men, who have been out of sight for weeks during the m- clement weather, have put in an appear- ance and the usual display of flowermg plants made the vicinity of Eutaw and Lexington streets gay and fragrant, but they have retired again to their retreats. On Sunday we had the snow of the win- ter, something like eight inches falling, rendering locomotion impossible, delay-. them, but so far no considerable losses have been reported. NOTES. The Florists' Exchange has added a new branch to its business and will hereafter sell plants as well as cut flow- ers. Its basement floor is light and airy and well adapted to this use and doubt- less a considerable traffic will be built up. The new quarters of the exchange seem to invite trade, the amount of sales for February, as for every previous month since their occupancy, showing a very handsome increase over last year s figures. Quite a number of the representatives of the trade here will be in attendance at the rose show this week in Washington. S. B. EXHIBITION OF THE ST. LOUIS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY See last week's issue, page 318. Cleveland. TR.'\DE BRISK, STOCK PLENTIFUL. Business the past week' has shown . quite an improvement over the previous one. Stock did not come in as freely and the demand was better. Roses are more plentiful, the only shortage being on the shorter grades; American Beauty is
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