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The Florists' Review 



May 4. 1916. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



With the sunshine roses have become 

 abundant again, with the exception of 

 Beauties, which, while they may be had, 

 are of inferior grade. Ophelia and Bus- 

 sell roses continue to clear daily, but 

 White Killarney and Killarney are drag- 

 ging. The supply of carnations is nor- 

 mal again, although at the first of the 

 week they were scarce, because of the 

 Easter clean-up. They are of good 

 quality and the percentage of splits is 

 small. "^ 



Sweet peas clear rapidly one day; 

 the next day the sale is druggy. The 

 weather, of course, rules the sweet pea 

 situation, as the majority of the peas 

 are used in corsages, that is, outdoors. 

 Sweet peas are being used in the place 

 of roses and violets for that purpose. 

 Valley has not recovered from the tre- 

 mendous Easter demands, and as for 

 cattleyas, there are none to be had at 

 any price. Gardenias are sufficient, of 

 good quality and move at a reasonable 

 price. Of Easter lilies there is a lim- 

 ited supply. Callas did not experience 

 a large demand and are more plentiful. 

 Of miscellaneous stock there are 

 some items that are quite plentiful, such 

 as yellow and white dai£^e3, pansies, 

 calendulas and mignonette. Bulbous 

 stock is not abundant and is of rather 

 .poor grade. The supply of greens is 

 sufficient for all needs at present. 



Various Notes. 



Although the supply was heavier this 

 year than ever and the stock good, W. 

 J. Palmer & Son had to stop selling 

 flowers of all kinds at 7 o'clock April 

 22. There was such a tremendous de- 

 mand that it easily exceeded the supply. 

 Plants also sold out; by closing time 

 there was not a presentable plant left. 



Saturday, April 29, Miss J. Schultz, 

 of Tonawanda, N. Y., was married to 

 Mr. Ard, of Buffalo. The ceremony was 

 performed at Lancaster, N. Y. The trade 

 wishes the couple happiness and success. 



Galley Bros, had a splendid Easter 

 and had no difficulty whatever in de- 

 livering orders. 



S. A. Anderson reports 4Q»e of ihe 

 busiest Easters of many years. There 

 is not a florist £a the dty whose Easter 

 business was not just as good as in pre- 

 vious years and it is saftf to say that it 

 was better with many of them. 



Every florist now is looking forward 

 to Mothers' day. The market promises 

 to be good at that time, especially in 

 sweet peas, carnations and roses. There 

 also will be good seasonable plants 

 available. A. E. 



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