. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. THE RETAIL TRADE Cut Asparagus plumosus most liked by the New York trade is that which is grown naturally in fronds and not trained on strings. The best retailers have little use for cut up pieces of the latter. Helpful Hints. For baskets or jardinieres of mixed plants Aralia elegantissima makes a very efifective center. In a dark green willow basket daffodils look their best. Cover the soil with sheet moss. It adds twenty-five per cent to the selling power of a pot plant. Erica cu
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1904. The American Florist. THE RETAIL TRADE Cut Asparagus plumosus most liked by the New York trade is that which is grown naturally in fronds and not trained on strings. The best retailers have little use for cut up pieces of the latter. Helpful Hints. For baskets or jardinieres of mixed plants Aralia elegantissima makes a very efifective center. In a dark green willow basket daffodils look their best. Cover the soil with sheet moss. It adds twenty-five per cent to the selling power of a pot plant. Erica cupressina in any size, from three inches to a foot high, stands close to the top of the list as a florists' plant. Lady Hume Campbell is the violet for spring pot-plant sales. The Floral Muff. Among the new departures in gifts for bridesmaids is the flower muff, says the Washington Star. It forms a pretty as well as a serviceable present, for it is by no means the fragile thing it seems. The flowers are fixed on a foundation into which the real muff is slipped, and this may be of sable, ermine, moleskin or, in fact, whatever the generosity or means of the bridegroom may suggest. Some of the frillings to the flower muffs are of real lace, so that altogether the dainty token is by no means inexpensive, often, indeed, costing lar more than a piece ot jewelry. * • » New York. On all sides gratification over the Eas- ter results is heard. Few complaints are made by either wholesale or retail deal- ers. Plant and cut flower trade thrived equally well. In the retail stores a few plants are left unsold, but they amount to but little as compared with the num- ber sold and no one is disposed to pro- test. The varieties were, as a rule, the same as we have seen in former years and the demand did not vary materially as to choice from that of last season. Ericas were seen in much greater variety and better quality than ever before and were duly admired for their beauty, but their price wa
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