. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 40 The Florists^ Review Jolt 16. 1920 a nice lot of Busscll roses, which are moving well. E. A. Forter has had some especially striking window displays during the last few weeks. E. G. Gillett received some of the first asters. H. W. Sheppard had a good week in telegraph orders, but local lousiness was not quite up to the standard. The Cincinnati Florists' Club held a meeting at H. W, Sheppard's establish- ment Monday evening, July 12; impor- tant business was transacted and an effort was made to get more members for the club. G. H. K. PHILADELPHIA
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 40 The Florists^ Review Jolt 16. 1920 a nice lot of Busscll roses, which are moving well. E. A. Forter has had some especially striking window displays during the last few weeks. E. G. Gillett received some of the first asters. H. W. Sheppard had a good week in telegraph orders, but local lousiness was not quite up to the standard. The Cincinnati Florists' Club held a meeting at H. W, Sheppard's establish- ment Monday evening, July 12; impor- tant business was transacted and an effort was made to get more members for the club. G. H. K. PHILADELPHIA. The Market. Last week was disappointing—June had been so active. July a year ago was so brisk that hopes for this month ran high. Perhaps these hopes had their effect on the supply. It certainly was unusually large. The demand, on the other hand, was light, lighter than the demand of a year ago. There were three strong features of the supply: The large number of lilies, the immense crop of roses and the un- usual number of carnations for so late in the season. A year ago there were hardly any lilies at this season. Now there are more than there ever have been before in July. Pretty nearly all of them sold, but at low figures. Just as roses were helped at Memorial day by the absence of peonies, so were they injured last week by the presence of lilies. The lily is a good warm weather flower; it is nice and clean; it gives pretty good value at present quo- tations. The roses, while good for the season, aie not at their best; so, when there was a choice, the lily was chosen and the rose was left. Carnations sold pretty well, every- thing considered, but of course a good many allowances must be made, for the carnation is not an especially good warm weather flower. With the door only a crack open on Monday and just opened wide on Tues- day, business was much better than later in the week. After stock had been selected for the orders, the quan- tity sales for the entire lot were h
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