The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . white and green cn|-idium,with extremely large leaves, and verybushy in habit. Another is GlowingCoal, a red black, with britjht markings. A. Jaericke, the superintendent of thegreenhouse department, is very proud ofthe showing made of caladiums, andjustly so. Toronto. TRADE ACTIVE. Unusual activity prevails for the sum-mer months, and business especially withthe retailers is the best ever has been a number of good wed-dings, with the usual amount of funer-:ds, and the bi?ttcr grades of roses, car-nations and good stock have b
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . white and green cn|-idium,with extremely large leaves, and verybushy in habit. Another is GlowingCoal, a red black, with britjht markings. A. Jaericke, the superintendent of thegreenhouse department, is very proud ofthe showing made of caladiums, andjustly so. Toronto. TRADE ACTIVE. Unusual activity prevails for the sum-mer months, and business especially withthe retailers is the best ever has been a number of good wed-dings, with the usual amount of funer-:ds, and the bi?ttcr grades of roses, car-nations and good stock have been utilized to advantage. Being so nearthe gladiolus bulb center, there are somany flowers thrown on this marketthat from a wholesalers view, they arenot disposed of to very great advantage,but the last week some of the retailershave used as many as 1,000 a day, whichhas helped to make an inroad on thewholesalers supply. Asters, which ashort time ago were a glut, have short-ened considerably, the dry season notbeing favorable to the later varieties,. At the Toronto Mills, W. J Peak, H. G. Dillemuth. and at present there are only one or twogrowers who are bringing good stockinto town. The convention at Guelph and also theIndustrial fair have brought manyvisitors to the city, among whom wereMrs. and Miss Scrim, Ottawa, Ont.;Thomas Best and wife of Muirs, Chi-cago; E. E. Piser, Chicago; M. Skin-ner, of Mitchell Nursery Co; H , Winnipeg, Man.; W. Peak, Buf-falo, N. Y.; Jas. Mortimer, Boston,Mass.; Chas. E. Russell, of the GasserFloral Co., Cleveland, O.; A. J. Ste-phens, London, Ont.; W. Hall, Montreal,Que. H. G. D. St. Louis. THE MARKET. The weather during the early partof the week was cool, but at time ofwriting it has warmed up is nothing doing. The openings
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