. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. , ,, .r.^. ?•. ? -J. ^'r- •«•?•,^fy-™^(2^|r/Tr,<,iK 94 The Florists^ Review March 2. 191G. KANSAS OITY. i The Market. The condition of the market has changed considerably. Cut flowers are plentiful; in fact, the supply far ex- ceeds the demand. Business last week was good. Eoses are plentiful and some varieties are being sold as low as $4 per hundred. There was a heavy demand for tulips and jonquils. A glut of bulbous stock is expected this week. Freesias are gaining in favor, especially for use in boxes of cut flow- ers. Sweet peas are of excel
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. , ,, .r.^. ?•. ? -J. ^'r- •«•?•,^fy-™^(2^|r/Tr,<,iK 94 The Florists^ Review March 2. 191G. KANSAS OITY. i The Market. The condition of the market has changed considerably. Cut flowers are plentiful; in fact, the supply far ex- ceeds the demand. Business last week was good. Eoses are plentiful and some varieties are being sold as low as $4 per hundred. There was a heavy demand for tulips and jonquils. A glut of bulbous stock is expected this week. Freesias are gaining in favor, especially for use in boxes of cut flow- ers. Sweet peas are of excellent qual- ity, but the supply is too large for market needs. The same may be said of violets. Some fine double violets were sold at an extremely low price February 26. Carnations of every color are in large supply. Prices on these have declined. Although Easter lilies are plentiful, they still bring a fair price. Snapdragons and other miscel- laneous stock are in heavy supply. Paper Whites are clearing well, but the supply is somewhat small. Various Notes. The W. L. Rock Flower Co. displayed some well grown bougainvilleas last week. Butterfly sweet peas arranged in different styles were a feature of the window display. This concern reports a heavy run of funeral work. A. F. Barbe will start the erection of his new range of houses March 10. He now is busy filling his old houses with spring stock. The Eosery is showing some espe- cially well grown bulbous stock in pans, of which a large quantity is being sold. W. J. Barnes has excellent rhododen- drons, cinerarias and spirseas in bloom and finds a ready sale for this kind of stock. Mrs. R. E. Everett, of Pawhuska, Okla., was here last week buying sup- plies. She reports business satisfac- tory. The Alpha Floral Co. last week was busy both day and night on funeral orders. A large order for wirework was placed by this company with a local wholesale house. Biedermann & Son are busy filling their greenhouses with spri
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