. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PATENT APPLIED FOR. Ideal Pipe Clamp For Ruit Holes and Split Pipes. Will stand any pressure. Always ready to use no nuts and bolts required. Manufactured by WIM. MIOI-U, 1661 Columbns Rd., CLEVELAND O- Montreal. Tlip carnival week was i-esponsilile fur a good trade in tliis city, the hotels be- ing crowded with visitors and numerous banquets and other functions called for decorations, both for table and hall. The weather was mostly too severe to allow any flowers to be worn outside but never- theless the amount o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PATENT APPLIED FOR. Ideal Pipe Clamp For Ruit Holes and Split Pipes. Will stand any pressure. Always ready to use no nuts and bolts required. Manufactured by WIM. MIOI-U, 1661 Columbns Rd., CLEVELAND O- Montreal. Tlip carnival week was i-esponsilile fur a good trade in tliis city, the hotels be- ing crowded with visitors and numerous banquets and other functions called for decorations, both for table and hall. The weather was mostly too severe to allow any flowers to be worn outside but never- theless the amount of sales recorded was .Ereater by far than the previous weeks. Roses are still scarce but of improved ; Killarney is still a .!;reat favor- ite with Richmond a close second. Some regard Canadian Queen as their favorite, but it is doubtful if it holds good with the public. American Beauty is considered by many florists, »s a ganible : they are never sure of a iirolit on it, as the flowers are often left on their hands: evidently the people of this city are not always inclined to pay the hiaii price which they command. Carnations are not over plentiful liut iust fill the de- mand. Enchantress is well liked, also White Perfection and Lady Bountiful. The Lawsons seem to be dwindling away before their superiors. Easter plants are coming along nice- such as good lilies, but some poor, mixed lots have again been dumped on the growers this year. Hydrangeas will be nice this year. Growers who listened to Prof. Lochhead"s lecture will know a remedy for the yellow foliage so com- mon in forced specimens. The remedy, the professor said, is a lack of iron in the soil. Iron makes green lea\-Ps as well as blue flowers. Hyacinths and other bulb- pus stock sell well this season. NOTES. Hall & Robinson, during carnival w-eek, had some blocks of ice in front of their store with tulips, daffodils and other flowers frozen inside of it, a suitable novelty for the occasion admir
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