. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Lightest Strongest MOUSES of this type constructed with both curved glass eaves and straight glass eaves. Least amount of shadow. Least amount of wood. No drip. Greatest durability. JOHN A. PAYNE, Greenhouse Designer and Builder, 260-274 Culver Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J. Nashvil'e. SCHOOL EXERCISES CAUSE DEMAND. We have been having a busy time for the past two weeks with the various school commencements. In addition to the many city schools, there has been a splendid demand from surrounding towns, which have contr
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Lightest Strongest MOUSES of this type constructed with both curved glass eaves and straight glass eaves. Least amount of shadow. Least amount of wood. No drip. Greatest durability. JOHN A. PAYNE, Greenhouse Designer and Builder, 260-274 Culver Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J. Nashvil'e. SCHOOL EXERCISES CAUSE DEMAND. We have been having a busy time for the past two weeks with the various school commencements. In addition to the many city schools, there has been a splendid demand from surrounding towns, which have contracted the sweet girl graduate bouquet habit. Not one can be launched out into the world without her armful of beautiful bou- quets or handsome baskets and it irf quite the thing for the trade. The de- mand has been so good that the fioral stores have kept their clerks busy far into the night. This week there will he two decoration days. May 31 the Na- tion Decoration day and June 3 the Confederate. There is one large na- tional cemetery near this city, at Madi- son, but soldiers who died or were killed during the war are buried here and few if any have living relatives here, therefore but few flowers are pur- chased or laid upon the graves. Each grave is decorated with a United States flag, speeches are made, songs are sung, but there are very few flowers used. On June 3, when the Confederate graves are decorated, wagon loads of flowers find their way to Confederate circle at Mount Olivet, but few of them are pur- chased at the florists. If the latter wishes to retain his popularity he will empty his yesterday's roses and pour out his surplus stock as a gift to aid in the decoration. Stock has been very good and in the main abundant. Some shipped in flowers were used while the biggest commencement demands were on. The Joy Floral Co. has plenty of rosesstill, American Beauty leading in quality, being now the best rose to be had; Killarney grows smaller as the heat increases; Bri
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