. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Street. City and SUte. 5^-pmtcu Retiili 25c Mention Tke B«Tlew when yon wrtt«. ;ilso I'l'ding the piiii'h of frost. To one well known florist in another (state, Mrs. J>urbee wired: "Stock scarce, frostbit- ten, c:in't sliip. " The reply came back jironiptly, ''Shiji ; V. C. Jaeger & Son say they have been ])lanning some new and stsirtling window dis])lays, but they cannot stage these dis])lays until the i)resent shortage of stock This firm finds that business is good in spite of the high prices. E
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Street. City and SUte. 5^-pmtcu Retiili 25c Mention Tke B«Tlew when yon wrtt«. ;ilso I'l'ding the piiii'h of frost. To one well known florist in another (state, Mrs. J>urbee wired: "Stock scarce, frostbit- ten, c:in't sliip. " The reply came back jironiptly, ''Shiji ; V. C. Jaeger & Son say they have been ])lanning some new and stsirtling window dis])lays, but they cannot stage these dis])lays until the i)resent shortage of stock This firm finds that business is good in spite of the high prices. Enonioto & Co. have quite ;i fair amount of freesias and carnations and they are expecting good crops of roses as soon as warmer weather sets in. At pr(>sent the weather is s\niny, V>ut there are sharp frosts at night. T. Honda states that Enomoto & Co. are only able to handle one-third of their aver.'ige violet shipments. Domoto Bros, are fortunate in a gottd many roses coming from their nurseries, including I'remier, Prima Donna, Kussell, Oplielia and Hoosier. They also h;ive freesias ;ind a good many ])otted plants. .1. Okumura. of tlie United Flower & Supply Co., says that the killing frosts h;ive jiractically doubled the ])rices of roses and The young sweet ])eas were nip])ed on the vines, with the j)rol)al)le result of .a late sweet ))ea crop this season. What is stated to have been the larg- est sliipment of rose ever sent in one consignment from California has safely reached its destination, at Kiver- ton, N. J. The shipment, which weighed 129,300 pounds, occupied four specially heated cars. It was moved from Mon- tebello, Cal., over the Southern Pacific railway New Orleans and took twelve days en route. Frank Thatcher, of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., says that they are greatly dis- appointed because they cannot supply the usual amount of potted azaleas this year to the Chinese trade. It is an an- nual custom to use az
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