. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo8. The American Florist. 509 St Louis. I BUSINESS IMPROVING. | The weather has cooled off and somi' refreshiiif; sliowers have somewhat im- proved the situation. A few weddings have done a little to increase the demand but trade in general continues very dull and it is a hard matter to induce the re- tailers to purchase stock other than what they need to fill orders. All stock is daily becoming more plentiful. Car- nations, especially Enchantress, show the most improvement both in color and length of stem. Chry
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo8. The American Florist. 509 St Louis. I BUSINESS IMPROVING. | The weather has cooled off and somi' refreshiiif; sliowers have somewhat im- proved the situation. A few weddings have done a little to increase the demand but trade in general continues very dull and it is a hard matter to induce the re- tailers to purchase stock other than what they need to fill orders. All stock is daily becoming more plentiful. Car- nations, especially Enchantress, show the most improvement both in color and length of stem. Chrysanthemum Opah (white) has appeared but the flowers do not bring any price as they are not in some instances as large as asters. Dahlias are in but sell slowly, violets have made their appearance but the blooms a»e so small that there is no demand for them. There is a good demand for smilax. As- paragus Sprengeri and A. jjlumosus. American Beauty roses are coming in fine and sell well; in fact they are. with but few exceptions, cleaned up daily. Killar- iiey and Richmond arrive in most in- stances too open. Saturday's business in tlio wholesale district showed improve- ment. Everything was sold at slightly increased prices. Mrs. Rebecca Wilson, formerly Mrs. Rebecca Edom. for 25 years housekeep- er for Henry Shaw, donor to this city of Shaw's Botanical Gardens, committed suicide Saturday night by hanging her- self in her home at Pittsfield, 111. Her body was found by her relatives Sun- day morning. She was liberally provid- ed for through the will of the late Henry Shaw. The Ellison Floral Co. has been busy and Mrs. Ellison, who was on a visit to her daughter at Cleveland, was wired to come up to superintend. This company is about to erect on a lot west of its present location a greenhouse and store room where they will keep on hand a fine stock of decorative and flowering plants. Henry Ostertag. as chairman of trus- tees of the Florists' Club, is trying to organize a bowling
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