. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Indianapolis. TRADE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. The Christmas trade generally was exceptionally g-ood this year and the florists came in for a liberal share of it. The high holiday prices seemed to make no difference at all to the flower buyer. Stock was plentiful. A large part of the roses were supplied from New Castle. A sufficient num- ber of carnations were obtainable lo- cally. Sweet peas and violets and Paper White narcissus moved well, along with the other cut flowers. Cut poinsettias moved slowly. Pot poin- settia
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Indianapolis. TRADE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. The Christmas trade generally was exceptionally g-ood this year and the florists came in for a liberal share of it. The high holiday prices seemed to make no difference at all to the flower buyer. Stock was plentiful. A large part of the roses were supplied from New Castle. A sufficient num- ber of carnations were obtainable lo- cally. Sweet peas and violets and Paper White narcissus moved well, along with the other cut flowers. Cut poinsettias moved slowly. Pot poin- settias, however, moved fairly well. The azaleas and the cyclamens were favorites. Palms and ferns of all sorts were sold and even several sa- gos were ordered sent home. Car- nations sold from $ to $ per dozen; roses from $ to $5 per doz. American Beauty from $4 for 12-inch to $24 for 36-inch; violets, $5-$6 per 100. Sweet peas brought as much as $3 per 100. Good chrysanthemums were scarce but the call for them was quite frequent. The Christmas Eve .Spray chrysanthemum was a good seller, no doubt because it made the largest showing for the money. Local growers are warming up to this old number and we expect more of it on the market next year. NOTES. Those' who received shipments from Chicago during the week pre- ceding Christmas had difficulty in get- ting their boxes even after they did arrive in town. It was nothing un- usual to open a box of roses and find beautiful lumps of ice. The blame cannot be placed on anyone in partic- ular so that "the week before Christ- mas" will have to take all of our giumblings. Bertermann's were well equipped to make the Christmas deliveries this year. They had three automobiles and four wagons. At inidnight their force of 28 was feasted at the German house and then later sent back to wrangle with the orders until four o'clock Christmas afternoon. All the retailers, of course, had their extra delivery outfits. 'Wiegand purchas
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