. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 22 The American Florist. /uly 2g, Kew York. VARIABLE PRICES. Having for several years been out cutting turf in other boglands, it was not only a pleasant but a deep mine full of complex modern conditions that presented themselves in the New York Uower markets July 24 when we started out to gather for the readers of THE American Florist something worth while. It is 5:45 a. m. at Twenty-sixth street when shades and ghosts and very live relics of the past may be seen as of yore, trun- dling along with their (to them)
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 22 The American Florist. /uly 2g, Kew York. VARIABLE PRICES. Having for several years been out cutting turf in other boglands, it was not only a pleasant but a deep mine full of complex modern conditions that presented themselves in the New York Uower markets July 24 when we started out to gather for the readers of THE American Florist something worth while. It is 5:45 a. m. at Twenty-sixth street when shades and ghosts and very live relics of the past may be seen as of yore, trun- dling along with their (to them) most precious baskets of flowers that bloom in July. Wideawalve speculators seem to know for a certainty what each basket contains. At six a. m. bang goes the gong, and all the treasures are uncovered. Then there occurs a grabbing and scurrying off with all that is presentable, and between the aforesaid speculator and the omni- present Greek there is given an at- mosphere of false activity, a penny balloon aviation of prices, which bene- fits only the (in this case) most vital party concerned, that is the poor grower who grubs along year after year and not only carries but sells his own stock. But there is another side to this which seems rather sharp to us, and that is, the stock thus spec- ulated in often drops from two to six cents in value in the course of a few hours. The man who comes from the suburbs, or the early order man in the city who cannot wait, is taken advan- tage of—but ah! well, what's the use? Of course it's the old story that Sat- urdaj's and Mondays are stocking up days and in the majority of cases the rest of tlie week are retrenching days, and it is not fair to give quotations only for the average, for instance, Harrisii and longiflorum lilies brought as high as ten cents on Saturday. Eight cents was asked this a. m. at •5 o'clocl< and at nine they could be had for Ave and six. Gladioli from three to five cents; roses, such as Killarneys, pink and
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