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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Utica, N. Y.— C. F. Baker & Son say 

 their Easter trade was 75 per cent bet- 

 ter than ever before. It was most decid- 

 edly a plant Easter. This was partly 

 due to the weather, it bein" rainv and 



st( 



lips, valley. 

 Roses were 



(lallodils. violets in pots 

 fine and plenty. The same as to cirna- 

 'lions, except the plenty. Violets scarce 

 and poor. Lilies good and abundant, 

 stock of same going mostly to churches. 



FoXD Df Lac, Wi.s. — E. Hacntze re- 

 ))orts that Easter trade was probably 

 10 to 20 per cent larger than last year. 

 The demand for good (lowering plants i^ 

 iindonbtedlv ^n.nnn.j. ,-|.,ci;iIl\ inv HI- 



YouXGSTOWX, (t. — Walki'v & M.LcMii 

 report: "Easter ti^i.lc in ilii- rin ],.i- 



been fully up to oiu ,-\]..'.\ n -, 1.. in- 



about thirty per niii in :i,h: ,,i hi-i 



year. The'best .-cilinj; llnwn- »,ir ..,i- 



ei.-sus. in order n.iiiied. In plants — lilies, 

 s])ireas, tulijis, liyaeintlis. Ramblers, aza- 

 leas, narcissus, lilacs, in order named. 

 This being our first Easter in Youngs- 

 town we are unable to make any compari- 

 son with former years, but feel sure that 

 tlieie lias been a decided increase in the 

 sale (if pot plants, and also feel satsfied 

 that the increase in plant trade is due to 

 our having an unusual number of plants 

 in fine condition at the proper time." 



Peoria, III. — Easter trade was the 

 lieaviest ever experienced. Lilies were 

 short in siqiply and (he demand for cut 

 Cowers could not be met. Cole Bros, re- 



iiiperb and sold we!!, 'j. f" :\liirray 

 ri'|"irts a very heavy tnidc^ mi r\('i\- 

 Ihiiig. His fancy tea'roso -..1,1 m ,i;.lit 

 It $2.'M a dozen. Crane uii.l Mai.iuis 

 larnations were e.\tra fine and sold at 

 fancy prices. Lilies were all that one 

 could ask for and .sold rapidly at good 

 prices, also spirea. Loveridge had the 

 finest specimen Easter lilies ever .seen 

 in this market; his stock was extra fine. 

 .Ml the stock that could be had was 

 bought and the florists arc smiling. The 

 weather was perfect. 



I>orisviLLE, Kv. — ]1. I, 



On Siitur.lnx it rained and it hurt the 

 (1 11.1. I.. -..Ml.- extent. But take it all in 

 all it wa- -lit i, factory in general. Prices 

 were about the same as last year. Lots 

 of bulbous stuff was sold. Harrisii lilies 

 were scarce and there wcie not enough 

 to go around. Callas so'd well. There 

 was a good demand for sagns and palms 

 and ferns. Roses in pols sold well. In 

 cut Howers the call was for carnat'ons 

 and roses, hyacinths and narcissus. .Some 

 very fine az,aleas, hydrangeas and gera- 

 niums were to be seen in the stores. All 

 the florists ie)..,rt good -ale. for Easter. 



Easier Plant Ar 



ngcr 



L-nts. No. 4. 



We are having too much cloudy weather 

 here for this time of the year." 



Lowell, Mass.— "Patten The Florist" 

 reports: "A whole week of rain. Satur- 

 day n'ght the heavens opened and kept 

 open until after closing time on Sunday 

 and as a result our late receipts of roses, 

 carnations and violets, to the extent of 

 thousands, were left on our hands, which 

 wipes out most of the profits. Lilies ran 

 from good to jioor mushy stuff which one 

 of our department stores sold for IS cents 

 per bud and flower. Also a growei' who 

 has a store sold his for the same price. 

 Our sales of lilies increased. No call 

 for callas. Good call for roses and car- 

 nations but there was a pinhibitive pr'ce 

 on them; >iiii;l.' .lull' <lil-. Iiili|i- and 

 pansies in biun In - -..M wli. il\ .li nn^'cas 

 and azaleas sul.i w.ll. [.ik. it iiliMi^ni her 

 it was a very uusali-laclui.v La.-ler.' 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — Wm. Clark 

 reports: "The Easter trade in this city 

 started in brisk early in the week, and 

 although it received a check in the way 

 of a heavy snow fall on Thursday, it was 

 resumed on Friday and continued lively 

 until Sunday noon. The increasing pop- 

 tilarity of llowering plants was quite evi- 

 dent, and wh^le the lilies went readily, 

 the demand for other varieties was very 

 strong. Azaleas, hyacinths and dalfodi s 

 followed lilies very closely, but hydran- 

 geas were slow. In (he cut flower line. 

 carnati..n- ,.,iii.-,l ..IV (li-t |.ii/.- n- usual 

 of bit.'. -.nniL' m 1. 11^, .iMiinHli.- This 

 has brrii |,i iM I II .,]]<. 1 li,- 111 -1 -,M -.111 for 

 fancy f.rii Imll- li.i.'. l.iii iln'\ liinc in- 

 troduced tliciii-el\e> in go.jd shape and 

 will take their place on the list for East- 

 er gifts." 



Syraci-.se. X. v.— L. E. Marqui.see 

 reports: "Sales for Kaster greater — some 

 local florists rejiort sales as double last 

 year's — all a -iili.fii.torv increaie. 



I'lices alMiut as former years' except on 

 carnations, which were higher, fancy 

 varieties, svich as Mai(|uis and l-awson, 

 ranging from $\.r>i) i.. ■*_' p. i .1 v.. Vio- 



florist ran short. I li. ■!• m mi! l.n ro-cs 

 was hardly up t.. iln injli »ai.r mark 

 of former years. Tulips sold well, both 

 as cut flowers and in pans. DatTodils 

 went slow. Lilies were in usual demand 

 but short crop. Nearly all potted iilants 

 sold well, especially roses in bloom. 

 There is from vear to vear a noticeable 

 increase in flic demand for blooming 



both got 



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ports: "1 1111 1 •-•!». V" ■'"> 'I'liuif.' n- 



port at t 111- .a I l> .111'- ■.- it i- 1 at li.'l' 



early for in.' u< \\a\:- iii\ 1 k- -tiaii;lit- 



ened up. 'im I k lia.!.' \\a- - .-wliiit 



heavier than last year, and our cash 

 business about ten per cent greater, al- 

 though it rained here from Thursday 

 morning until Sunday morning. The 

 greater demand seemed to run to potted 

 plants more this year than ever before, 

 lily plants selling well with azaleas, hy- 

 drangeas, violets in pots. Scotch heather, 

 primulas and crimson Ramblers. Rambler 

 lilanls with us were rather poor, so did 

 not meet with great demand. The prin- 

 cipal demand was for azaleas, and violets 

 in pots. There was a very strong de- 

 mand also for cut violets, we alone sell- 

 ing 4,000 more violets thi-^ y. ir than last 

 year. The ra'n was teniti. n il iiu .1.- 

 livery verj' bad and un.iiiain i m \m' 

 consider under the cireumsian. . - t hat we 

 came out of it rather well, not meeting 

 with nuich loss. There was not very 

 much in the line of nove'ty for the regu- 

 lar run of trade but for oiir fine trade 



