. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 86 The Florists' Review Dbcbubbb 30. 1916. EVANSVILLE, IND. The Christmas Trade. This year's holiday business was con- siderably greater than that of last year. The weather during the big week was fine until Friday, when we had a bad day for delivery. It rained most of the day and a strong wind prevailed. Plants of all kinds sold well at good prices. Poinsettias, Paper Whites, aza- leas, cyclamens and begonias were the leaders. Boses and carnations were in heavy demand. Sweet peas, snapdrag- ons, violets and cut poinsettias also sold nicely. Everyt
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 86 The Florists' Review Dbcbubbb 30. 1916. EVANSVILLE, IND. The Christmas Trade. This year's holiday business was con- siderably greater than that of last year. The weather during the big week was fine until Friday, when we had a bad day for delivery. It rained most of the day and a strong wind prevailed. Plants of all kinds sold well at good prices. Poinsettias, Paper Whites, aza- leas, cyclamens and begonias were the leaders. Boses and carnations were in heavy demand. Sweet peas, snapdrag- ons, violets and cut poinsettias also sold nicely. Everything considered, it really was the best Christmas the retailers ever had. Many were short on cut flowers and had to buy heavily. Various Notes. J. C. Elspermann had the best Christ- mas business he ever recorded. He had extra help, but still was rushed to get everything in shape and delivered on time. He had an extra fine lot of plants and sold out completely. His azaleas and begonias were especially good. Bulbous stock, especially narcissi, was in demand. He had eighteen cases of holly and used all of it. The holly was extra good, well berried and of dark green foliage. Julius Niednagel & Sons began work- ing overtime December 20 and worked every night during the week preparing for the rush. They had fine cuts of roses and carnations. Their stock of plants was excellent, especially the Cin- cinnatti begonia and the cyclamen. They had poinsettias with 6 to 8-foot stems. The William Blackman Floral Co. had an immense stock of Christmas plants and had just about enough left in the store at the finish to indicate that they had a flower shop. Business was far ahead of the usual Christmas trade. They were short of roses of their own and had to buy heavily. This stock was long-stemmed and had extra good flow- ers. The carnation crop was large, but extra carnations had to be bought to fill the orders. George Blackman has a bruised arm and shoulder as the result of a fall on the ba
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