. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 28 The Florists^ Review Afbil 24, 1919. Florists' Wire Nos. 18 to 22 12 and 18-inch cut $ per box Asparag:us Sprays $ and $ per 100 PERCY JONES Inc. 30 EAST RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO Magnolia Leaves Best in country $ per carton Toothpicks Good QualifSr $ per case of 100 boxes Best Quality Chiffon All colors 4-inch, Plain, 6c a yd. 6-inch, Plain, 9c a yd. Imported Waxed Pink Cape Flowers $ per 1000 Corsage Pins 5 inches long All colors $ per gross Meyer's Siikaline 8 spools to box $ per 1-lb. box No. I Baby Ribbon 50-Ya


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 28 The Florists^ Review Afbil 24, 1919. Florists' Wire Nos. 18 to 22 12 and 18-inch cut $ per box Asparag:us Sprays $ and $ per 100 PERCY JONES Inc. 30 EAST RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO Magnolia Leaves Best in country $ per carton Toothpicks Good QualifSr $ per case of 100 boxes Best Quality Chiffon All colors 4-inch, Plain, 6c a yd. 6-inch, Plain, 9c a yd. Imported Waxed Pink Cape Flowers $ per 1000 Corsage Pins 5 inches long All colors $ per gross Meyer's Siikaline 8 spools to box $ per 1-lb. box No. I Baby Ribbon 50-Yard Spools $ per doz. Spools. Cut Flowers FERNS GALAX LEUCOTHOE Sphagnum Moss Burlapped Bales $ per Bale. M«Btlon Th» B«Tl«w wh«B yon writ*. Easter color. The larger rhododendrons sold quickly in the better stores, but of course there were not many. What bulbous stock there was sold quickly at excellent prices and all the miscellaneous pot plants went well. It was com- mented on in several large stores that the call came earlier than usual and that earlier deliveries were wanted; large numbers of plants were delivered on Good Friday. Saturday, April 19, because of warm, bright weather following a week of cold rain, was perhaps the biggest day Chi- cago flower stores ever have experienced. They were thronged from early morning until late at night. After the last plants were sold, cut flowers were pushed and a big business done. The retail prices of cut flowers, because of the limited variety, were considerably above those of recent years; it usually amounted to the customer spending a little more than usual and getting a little less than at other Easters. The Sunday morning corsage business was large in the outlying stores and on the whole the retailers are well satis- fied with the results obtained. The Victory Loan. L. R. Bohannon, chairman of the Flo- rists' Trade Committee, and A. R. Mer- rick, secretary, opened headquarters at the store of the A. L. Randall Co.,


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