. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. fe38 The American Florist. April 26, Providence. BUSINESS RBUAINS BRISK AND ALL GOOD STOCK IS WELL CLEANED UP.—VAHIOHS lOTTINGS OF DOINGS AMONG THE CRAFTS- MEN. Business contiDnes good, with all avail- able stock finding a ready market. Carnations hold up well in price for p'ood quality, although roses have gone down a trifle. Violets are still good and bring 50 cents per hundred. Hoffman, J. Macrae and Williams bring in regular crits of tulips. The suburban florists are com- plaining of the "crape chaser&quo
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. fe38 The American Florist. April 26, Providence. BUSINESS RBUAINS BRISK AND ALL GOOD STOCK IS WELL CLEANED UP.—VAHIOHS lOTTINGS OF DOINGS AMONG THE CRAFTS- MEN. Business contiDnes good, with all avail- able stock finding a ready market. Carnations hold up well in price for p'ood quality, although roses have gone down a trifle. Violets are still good and bring 50 cents per hundred. Hoffman, J. Macrae and Williams bring in regular crits of tulips. The suburban florists are com- plaining of the "crape chaser" and it is probable the matter will be discussed at a meeting at an early date. It is reported that Mr. Svensson has withdrawQ from the management of the Shepard Company's flower department and that the company has discontinued that line. Theo. Peterson, of the Hogg Green- houses, is out with a new delivery wagon and also has a new cash register. Wm. Appleton complains of being too busy for comfort. A lot of lawn work is the canse. Macnair has improved the exterior of his store by painting it an olive green. Johnston Brothers are extolling the merits of their new $200 cash register. T. J. Johnston is debating the advisa- bility of resuming the use of arc lights. C. Wagner, the nurseryman, has been on the sick list for a long while. Martin Edmonds, of Bristol, is sending a fine cut of spiraea to the city. Howard Almy is out again after his long illness with rheumatism. M. M. St. Joseph, Mo.—The local growers are enjoying a brisk shipping trade to the small towns of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. It is a business constantly increasing and is estimated to be forty per cent ahead of last LOWEST RATES TO EASTERN POINTS will always apply via the Nickel Plate Road and its eastern connections to all points in New York, New England and the eastern states. Three daily trains to Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York and Boston. Standard equipment on all train
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