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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



i-RIL 11. 1901. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Easter Report. 



The fore part of the week it seemed as 

 though wc were going to have a cold 

 Easter, the temperature going as low as 



14 degrees at night. The weather imli- 

 cations for Saturday were rain, wind and 

 gales. The rain ceased about 10 a. ni. 

 and the remainder of the day was fine, 

 helping to make the business good. De- 

 livery was easy, no plants having to be 

 wrapped. Carnations were scarce, and 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, the main 

 shipping days, all orders had to go out 

 short on some variety, white being the 

 most in demand and shortest in supply. 

 The quality of most of the carnations 

 bought was but medium. Roses were 

 good and some were extra fine quality. 

 Some extra fine blooms on strong, stifT 

 stems brought $2 per dozen, the regular 

 price being $1.25 to $1.50, with Beauties 

 from 15 to 75 cents each. Violets were 

 plentiful and bulb stock a glut; large 

 quantities were sold, but there was too 

 much of it. Lilies were none too plenti- 

 ful. The best grade sold out to a plant, 

 the second grade with small flowers and 

 short plants, sold well, but did not go as 

 quickly as the larger blooms. As pre- 

 dicted, a large percentage of the lily 

 crop missed Easter, there being plenty of 

 lilies now. 



In plants, lilies sold best and brought 



15 cents per flower and bud, everything 

 counted, and as there were many buds 

 to few flowers the price was profitable. 

 Cut blooms were $2 per doz. The de 

 mand for fine azalea plants was never 

 better, w'hile hydrangeas moved very 

 slowly. No matter how fine the plant, 

 no one seemed to want hydrangeas. 

 Palms and ferns also seemed to have 

 passed out of the list of desirable selling 

 Easter plants. Hyacinths, tulips and 

 daffodils in pans at 25 to 50 cents a piece 

 sold very well indeed. Spiraea did not 

 sell at all. 



The volume of trade was about the 

 same as last year. Everybody did a good 

 business and all are satisfied. More 

 good lilies could have been sold. Every- 

 thing salable in roses and carnations sold 

 out close. Carnations brought 60 to 75 

 cents per doz., and at a large dry goods 

 store they were sold at 40 cents per doz. 

 It is not known yet who furnished the 

 flowers or their quality. The weather is 

 now warm and sunshiny. 



Crabb & Hunter rented a down town 

 store, and did a heavy business in potted 

 plants, no cut flowers being offered. 



G. F. C. 



THE BEST IN THE U. S. 



Please take out my advertisement, 

 as I have sold all my pansies. You 

 have the best paper in the United States 

 to advertise in. I could have sold 50,- 

 000 more plants. Had to refuse lots of 

 orders. J. L. Elliott. 



Bethlehem, Pa. 



A NUMBEH of Easter reports that came 

 late are unavoidably crowded out and 

 will appear next week. 



Greenwich, Conn. — L. A. Martin, 

 formerly of Tarrytown, N. Y., is now 

 superintendent of the estate of W. H, 

 S. Wood, John Duncan having gone to 

 Boston, where he will be assistant su- 

 perintendent of the city parks. 



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