. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 630 The American Florist. April 21, VICTORY We do not need to advertise Victory aggressively any longer. We are making prompt delivery of Cuttings daily and are giving universal satisfaction. ENOUGH SAID! Grand Rapids, nicb. Easter business was • rushing—fully one-fourth larger than the previous year. The weather was changeable but plants could be delivered nicely without being wrapped. Enormous quantities of lilies, hydrangeas, roses and marguerites were disposed of. Fully 50,000 lilies were sold in and shipped o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 630 The American Florist. April 21, VICTORY We do not need to advertise Victory aggressively any longer. We are making prompt delivery of Cuttings daily and are giving universal satisfaction. ENOUGH SAID! Grand Rapids, nicb. Easter business was • rushing—fully one-fourth larger than the previous year. The weather was changeable but plants could be delivered nicely without being wrapped. Enormous quantities of lilies, hydrangeas, roses and marguerites were disposed of. Fully 50,000 lilies were sold in and shipped out of town; moderate sized plants took the lead, but there was quite a call for large plants. The de- mand for plants for Easter seems to be ''growing larger with each year. Cut flowers were cleaned up close. Eli Cross sold 10,000 lilies, besides rambler and hardy roses and other plants. In cut flowers, carnations sold the best. Wm. Cunningham never had a better Easter. Lilies had the lead in plants, and in cut flowers, carnations. James Schols shipped 70,000 violets three days before Easter, and reports a good business. Henry Smith reported the best Easter trade he ever had. He sold extra large lily plants. Crabb & Hunter reported everything cleaned up close, and they^are well satis- fied. The Park Floral Co. reported all plants sold well. N. Davenport, la. Spring has opened up in earnest, and every florist has his hands full trying to keep up with the orders that are coming in. Everything points to a record-breaker this year, and many orders are already booked for May de- livery. For the Easter trade there was plenty of flowers with the exception of Easter lilies which were rather scarce. The monthly meeting of the Tri-City Florists' Club was held on April 10. A paper by George Wittbold, of Chi- cago, on "Mechanical Watering of Greenhouses" was read by G. H. Bryant, the secretary. John Temple, the presi- dent, appointed a committee of three, Emil Boehner, Wm
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