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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 15, 1920 



SAI.T LAKE CITY, UTAH. 



Easter Business. 



The trade reports record-breaking 

 Easter sales, but business would have 

 been much better if it had not been for 

 the stormy weather. It snowed every 

 day during the week preceding Easter 

 and a foot of snow held business down 

 Saturday, April 3. 



Easter lilies of excellent quality were 

 in good supply, but the demand equaled 

 the supply and all that were ready 

 cleaned up. A few growers failed to 

 get their stock in. Hydrangeas, ram- 

 bler roses and spiraeas were of excellent 

 quality, but the supply was small and 

 they cleaned up early. Bulbous stock, 

 such as hyacinths, tulips and daffodils, 

 was fine, with plenty for everyone. 



Cut flowers were in good supply and 

 all orders were taken care of in full. 

 Rose prices ranged from $10 to $30 per 

 hundred, with Hoosier Beauty and Co- 

 lumbia demanding best prices. Carna- 

 tions cleaned up well, selling at $5 

 to $10 per hundred. The sweet pea 

 supply was short of the demand, selling 

 at $2 per hundred. Cut Easter lilies 

 cleaned out at $4 per dozen, wholesale. 



Various Notes. 



Some particularly fine Easter win- 

 dows were in evidence in Salt Lake 

 City, including those of the Huddart 

 Floral Co., E. A, Lambourne, B. C. 

 Morris and the Miller Floral Co. 



J. Ginsburg, formerly manager of 

 the American Florist, at the American 

 theater, sold his interest to Mr. El- 

 dridge, who operated the Utah Florist 

 Shop. Mr. Ginsburg has now organized 

 a company and has opened a store on 

 Broadway, known as the Greenhouse. 



The Miller Floral Co., at 10 East 

 Broadway, used four trucks delivering 

 Easter flowers. Besides the four ma- 

 chines, this company had about a dozen 

 boys busy from Friday morning until 

 Sunday afternoon. Some of the finest 

 rambler roses ever grown in the state 

 came from this company's greenhouse, 

 but the supply was inadequate for the 

 demand. 



E. A. Lambourne was well pleased 

 with Easter business, as he had about 

 all he could handle. G. J. B. 



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