. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 104 The Weekly Florists^ Review* .1am AliV 11, li)12. BALTIMORE. The Market. At last ii ri'ul toiu'h of winter is on us, and the tluTnioinctcr is llirtinjf with the zero itoint. A l>liz/.ard came down on us January 5, with u heavy snow and hig:h winds, and continued low temperatures prevail. Trade still is holding; its own. Tliere has liceii a great deal of funeral work and this has kept everybody hustling. Eoscs have been a little off crop lately and the continued cloudy weather has made stock extremely soft. Carna- tions are coming in niccdy,
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 104 The Weekly Florists^ Review* .1am AliV 11, li)12. BALTIMORE. The Market. At last ii ri'ul toiu'h of winter is on us, and the tluTnioinctcr is llirtinjf with the zero itoint. A l>liz/.ard came down on us January 5, with u heavy snow and hig:h winds, and continued low temperatures prevail. Trade still is holding; its own. Tliere has liceii a great deal of funeral work and this has kept everybody hustling. Eoscs have been a little off crop lately and the continued cloudy weather has made stock extremely soft. Carna- tions are coming in niccdy, but the de- mand more tium equals the supjily, espe- cially in white, which has been in heavy request for work. Sweet peas are not any too plentiful and the demand is good. The sale for potted plants has been quite heavy and a nice lot of plants is moved right along. Azaleas, cyclamens and primroses are the favorites at jires- ent. There is also a good call for ferns, in which the Bostons, I'iersoni and Whitman! take the lead, (ireens have been a little scarce for the last few weeks, and it is hard to get enough to go around. Various Notes. }{. Yini-eiit. .Ir., i^ Sons Co., of ^Vhitc Marsh. Md., is contcmiiiating tlie erec- tion of a modern liuiidiiig for the stor- ing of dahlia and canna roots. It will be built so as to make it possible to drive t(>ams tiirougli the center. The company lias had difhculty in finding space to store 1 he enormous (piantities of bulbs and roots. The building will be 00x300 feet, witli a glass roof. The concern also will erect several new greenhouses. About forty acres of cannas will be planted next season. The demand has been excei)tionair'y heavy this fall. K. A. Vincent has been suffering from an attack of the grii>, but was well enough to go to Detroit this week. .lames Hoone, assistant superintend- ent of jiarks, was ])resented with a sterling silver fruit dish by the ]\Iary- land State Horticultural Society, as a token of appreciation o
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