. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 1115 Chicago. TRADE CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTEDLY— AGGREGATE OP SALES IS LARGE ALTHOUGH PRICES ARE NOT HIGH.— PROSPECTS FOR BASTES.—A COMMISSION MAN COMES TO FINANCIAL GRIEF.— CHOICE VALLEY FROM HOME-GROWN I'IPS.—DOINGS OF TUB RBINBERGS.— VARIOUS NOTES OF PERSONAL AND TRADE INTEREST. This has been a fairly satisfactory week in the Chicago market. The sup- plies of stock have been considerable and prices low but demands have been fairly neavy and the aggregate of sales has been large, while
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoi. The American Florist. 1115 Chicago. TRADE CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTEDLY— AGGREGATE OP SALES IS LARGE ALTHOUGH PRICES ARE NOT HIGH.— PROSPECTS FOR BASTES.—A COMMISSION MAN COMES TO FINANCIAL GRIEF.— CHOICE VALLEY FROM HOME-GROWN I'IPS.—DOINGS OF TUB RBINBERGS.— VARIOUS NOTES OF PERSONAL AND TRADE INTEREST. This has been a fairly satisfactory week in the Chicago market. The sup- plies of stock have been considerable and prices low but demands have been fairly neavy and the aggregate of sales has been large, while stocks have been pretty well cleaned up. The Beauty crops are rather low and qualities poor, so that calls for the better grades have not always been easily met, but there is a prospect for excellent supplies for Easter Brides and Bridesmaids are both plenti- ful and good and the buyers, especially those who have not been very particular as to quality have manifested a disposi- tion to make the price. This has held good, also, with carnations although the lancy stock has moved well at firm prioes. Violets are still plentiful and cheap but bulbous stock is doing a little better than when the weather was very CO d, although the principal outlet is through the street fakirs and funeral work. Greens are rather short, aspara- gus, smilax, ferns and wild smilax, the latter having made a considerable advance in price. As to Easter the pros- pect is for fair supplies of roses, a good cut of carnations but no great quantities of lilies. The cry of shortage is raised annually at this time but it seems to have more foundation than usual this year and, although some orders have been booked at $10 per hundred, most of the growers and wholesalers expect higher prices to prevail and are declining advance orders except at market rates day of shipment. George Piepgras, who has been doing a commission business at 3-1 Randolph street, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, scheduling lia
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