The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



653 



Easter Plant Arrangements. No. 3. 



Ogdexsbueg, N. Y. — Mrs. Thos. Law- 

 veuce reports: "Easter trade in cut flow- 

 ers was ten per cent licttor tliaii l;i«t year. 

 The demand was rlin ilv in lilir^. roses, 

 carnations, violets :iihl l.iH.i.lil- I'lant 

 trade was heavy, fuli\ liliy per rent bet- 

 ter than last year. Azaleas, liyacnths, 

 lilies, daffodils and tulips in pots and 

 pans, and Rambler roses, all sold well. 

 Plenty of mud, rain and wind both Sat- 

 urday and Sunday." 



Rochester, N. Y. — F. Schlegel & Sons 

 report: "Cut llower sales were about 

 the same :i- last year, but more carna- 

 tions i.>uKl liave been sold if to be had; 

 there was a shortage of them. In bloom- 

 ing plants there was an increase of 10 per 

 cent over last year, azaleas, lilies, H. P. 

 and Crimson Rambler roses takini; the 

 lead. Good rhododendrons also found 

 ready buyers. More small plants could 

 have been disposed of. 



Hamilton, O. — Theo. Bock says that 

 Easter trade was very good. He had 

 a large lot of flowers, but ran short in 

 carnations and somewhat so in roses. 

 Sold clean out of Murillo, LaReine and 

 Cottage Maid tulips, of which he had 

 a large lot. Had daffodils and Romans 

 to spare. Lilies in pots could have been 

 largely sold, but there were none to he 

 had in quantity. Volume of trade was 

 fully up to last year. 



L.\xsiN-G, Mien. — Robert Mann re- 

 ports: "Easter trade was very good. All 

 the florists report the best trade they 

 ever had. The call was mostly for pot 

 plants, roses, carnations and lilies; also 

 a good demand for bulb stuff. Trade 

 was fully 25 per cent better than last 

 year. AH stock was well cleaned up. 

 The Industrial School had a very elabo- 

 rate decoration and pretty exercises, 

 which are to be repeated next Sunday." 



PiTT.sriELD, Mass. — John White re- 

 ports Easter sales equal to those of 

 previous years. Had not the weather 

 conditions been very unfavorable double 

 the quantity of stock could have been 

 sold. In cut flowers, carnations led 

 with roses second. Violol- ^nld will. 

 In plants lilies were in -n-ii.-t .Irnuml. 

 azaleas, second. Appanntly, lil...iiiiiii;j 

 plants are in greater demand each x r,n , 

 Anything that is well grown tan be 

 sold. 



Jackson, Mich. — Lee & Co. report 

 that stock was pretty well cleaned up, 

 although on account of rain most of 

 the orders came by telephone. Lilies, 

 roses, etc., were all in good shape and 

 as good in quality as ever seen here. 

 Prices ranged lower than last year — 

 Daftodils, 40 to 75 cents a dozen; roses, 

 $1.00 to $1.25; carnations, 50 cents to 

 $1.00; violets, 25 cents; lilies, 20 cents 

 a flower. All the florists report a good 

 trade. Violets sold exceptionally well. 



Davenport, Iowa.- — Otto Klingbeil 

 reports a very good Easter trade. Lilies, 



i;riii-t:i-. yi.ii i;iii 1 il. -, calla lilies, rho- 



(I.Ml.ihliMii-. \/.il. I His, lilacs and lots 



of ..ili.'i Mm iiiu ]il,iMts sold like hot 



lal^r^. 1;.>m:- ami laiiuitions were rather 

 scarce and poor on account of the cloudy 

 weather for the preceding two weeks. 

 Violets, lily of the valley and bulb 

 goods were "plentiful and sold at higher 

 prices than last year. Altogether we 

 had a very satisfactory Easter trade 

 and pretty good weather for delivering 

 our plants. 



Berlin, Ont. — A. II. Ewing says: 

 "Easter trade about 50 per cent larger 

 than last year, and more spread 

 over from Thursday to Monday instead 

 of being mostly on the Saturday. Roses 

 plentiful, selling retail at $1.50 to $2..50. 



Carnations very short; the people wanted 

 them badly, and many would not take 

 other flowers in place of them. Flower- 

 ing plants and ferns sold well. Palms 

 were not in demand. Violets and valley 

 were of good quality and sold well. 

 Tulips and daffs were a drug and not 

 much wanted." 



Drri HI. Minn. W. \\'. Scekins re- 

 |M,il- tliat iiMluilli-ian.iing that it 

 i;iin.Ml all (la> .ill >AU,tA.<\. he did the 

 largi'~l JOasliT lni-iii.-^ iiL liis experi- 

 iiirc. Trade in phinls was double that 

 i)f a year ago; cut flower trade about 

 ci|iial to last year. He made a fine dis- 

 play, as dirl other florists, and this no 

 .Inula -I iiiiiilal i-.l I lade, as the effect 



\va- 11 li |.i,.i-..l. Duluth people are 



liiuiiij iiai.- il.m.i^ every year and are 

 rci|uiring mure decorations from the 

 lliirist, where formerly they did their 

 own decorating. 



O.sKALOOSA, Ia. — The Kemble Floral 

 C'o. reports: "The business done here 

 (his Easter was fully 25 per cent larger 

 than last year, and the demand larger 

 than the supply, owing to dull cloudy 

 weather. The demand for plants was 

 very light, Iiut I attribute that very 

 larL. 1> "I'l til. > i ii' ' 1 It lained almost 

 colli iniiall\ liiii .1 ' -1 1 iirday before 

 Kasi.i. -<i ilii' ; ! [II iiple got out 

 aii.l iiHi-i I I ilii Ill-Ill.-- was done by 

 ■phone. I liii.l il \ery hard to sell plants 

 o\.T I ho 'phone. People like to see 



Champaign, III. — J. E. Yeats reports 

 Easter trade as away ahead of last year, 

 prices ranging about the same. Carna- 

 tions retailed at 75 cents to $1.00 a 

 dozen, common roses $1.50 to $2.00, 

 Beauties $1.00 each. There seemed to 

 lie more call for sood carnations than 

 .iiiMh n- el-e. I,a«-.iii- -old at $1.50 a- 

 .|.,/.ai l.ilie, «.T.' x.a> -earce. Lots of 

 .le,..ianim \\.i- .1..1I.-. .Mr. Yeats had 

 .jx churches to decorate. Business is still 

 keeping up well with good prices. We 

 want more sunshine. Can't get enough 

 flowers. 



Mariox, Ind. — Gunnar Teilmann re- 

 |)orts Easter trade about the same as 

 last year. Everything in cut flowers was 

 cleaned up and many carnations were 

 shipped in. All went at good prices. 

 Plants went well. too. Hyacinths and 

 dair.i.Iil- ill ]...N aii.l pans, roses, spi- 

 rea-. :: i .i ii i u in-. .1 . Mt lilies there was 

 a |ii.ii,\ L"..i.l -"ppl,^. all local grown, 

 and Ih. ii. wnr a l.w I. It. over. He had 

 a good crop of Kaiscriu roses in and cut 

 nearly 2,000. The weather was unfavor- 

 able, cold and cloudy, which hampered 

 trade or there wouhl have been a good 

 increase. 



Auburn, X. Y. — Geo. PobUs i Son re- 

 port: "The i:,i-i.n tia.l. \v.i~ fully as 

 good as last K.i-i.i I >.i\ihinj in the 

 cut flower lin.' ^^.l- -.1.1. ih i.^ li.nng no- 

 where near enough earn.n i..ii- t.. -upply 

 the demand, as every one was short on 

 them. Roses sold well. There was a nee 

 supply of them, too. Lilies all sold, but 

 there was not a very good supply of 

 them. Plants did not sell quite as good 

 as last year, the weather being the cause 

 of that, as it was a very dull and rainy 

 Easter and several days preceding it. 

 Prices were the same as other years. Tak- 

 ing it altogether trade was good and no 

 one can complain." 



