. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1195 eyed cutting. They can be made with two or more eyes, but we prefer to have a heel or an eye left at the base of the cuttings. Figure nine repre- sents the usual method of making a cutting of American Beauty. This is a one-eye cutting. They can also be made with two eyes when one has plenty of wood, and we prefer the two- eyed cuttings to any other when work- ing up Beauties. E. HOLIDAY TRADE. Fkedericton, N. B.—The increase in the total sales this Christmas, states John Bobbington
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igii. The American Florist. 1195 eyed cutting. They can be made with two or more eyes, but we prefer to have a heel or an eye left at the base of the cuttings. Figure nine repre- sents the usual method of making a cutting of American Beauty. This is a one-eye cutting. They can also be made with two eyes when one has plenty of wood, and we prefer the two- eyed cuttings to any other when work- ing up Beauties. E. HOLIDAY TRADE. Fkedericton, N. B.—The increase in the total sales this Christmas, states John Bobbington & Son, will show an advance of 25 per cent over the pre- ceding one. The quality of the flowers was no better than usual with the ex- ception of lily of the valley which was never so good, but the prices were much higher for we never had to pay so much for stock either in Boston or Toronto and consequently had to sell at higher values. The local supply was short and we had to buy heavily. American Beauty roses we could not get at any price. The demand for bulbous flowers was less than usual. Paper White narcissus were used for church decorations. There was an in- creased demand for flowering plants, but little call for palms and decorative stock, and violets more called for than in previous years. The demand at Christmas is for red, there being a craze for poinsettias and red carna- tions, the latter selling for $ per dozen. If we are in existence another year we intend to be better prepared in these two lines. The weather could scarcely have been worse on Saturday afternoon, for it poured, but Sunday was much improved. Raleigh. N. C.—J. L. McQuinn & Co. state that the Christmas sales are larger than last year, but there has not been a chance to figure out the percentage. There were not enough carnations and violets to supply the demand, and the retail prices were consequently higher, the supply and prices of roses about the same as be- fore. There were enough
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