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The Florists' Review 



July 6, 1916. 



WASHINCHON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The dull business period is here with 

 a vengeance and there is little doing in 

 the market. The business this season 

 has been more satisfactory than it has 

 been for several years, and the rush 

 kept up well through the month of 

 June. Prices are holding their own, be- 

 cause of the shortage of good stock. 

 This is particularly true of carnations, 

 which are bringing $2 per hundred, an 

 increase of fully fifty per cent. They 

 are selling well in the better grades, 

 with hardly enough last week to go 

 around. 



Another shortage is in valley, which 

 at present maintains a standard price 

 of $6 per hundred. Last week many 

 large orders came in from southern 

 points, but the local wholesalers found 

 it impossible to supply the valley de- 

 sired. It will be more plentiful now, 

 or at least more easily available, as the 

 June wedding season is at an end and 

 a large part of the demand ceases. 



There were hardly enough white roses 

 to meet all calls where good quality 

 was desired. The top price is $8 per 

 hundred, but the quality must be ex- 

 ceptional to bring that sum. Local 

 roses are going downhill fast, in qual- 

 ity. Northern roses also are showing 

 the effects of the lateness of the season. 

 Thus there is a live market for good 

 stock. 



Among the gladioli, Halley, America 

 and Augusta are the best sellers and 

 are in fair demand. There is some call 

 for hydrangeas for decorative work. 

 These make a big showing for little 

 money and come in handy when there is 

 a scarcity of other stock. This year 

 has witnessed the introduction of a 

 number of flowers usually moved only 

 as potted plants in cut flower decora- 

 tive work. 



Various Notes. 



Traugott Malbranc, of Johnstown, 

 Pa.,' last week motored to Washington 

 with a party as a part of a vacation 

 of several weeks, which will include 

 long automobile trips. 



Although workmen are busy getting 

 the store at 1206 H street, northwest, 

 in shape, the Leo Niessen Co., now at 

 1214 H street, will probably not be able 

 to take possession until about August 

 15. The new establishment, according 

 to Manager Albert Schnell, will be one 

 of the most modern in this section of 

 the country. Mr. Schnell is pleased with 

 the change soon to be made, as he 

 feels cramped in his present quarters, 

 due to the growth of the business. 



C. D. MiMs, of Jacksonville, Fla., per- 

 formed a sad mission last week when he 

 accompanied the body of his sister to 

 a last resting place at Pittsfield, Mass. 

 She had been confined to the Garfield 

 hospital for about three weeks, having 

 undergone a serious operation from 

 which she failed to recover. Mr. Mills 

 was in the city during the entire period 

 of her illness. Death occurred June 29. 



Frank Weaver, with the Leo Niessen 

 Co., is at Chesapeake Beach enjoying 

 a two weeks' vacation. 



Miss Jessie Windsor, employed in the 

 office of the Gude Bros. Co., is away 

 for the month of July. She intends 

 spending a part of the period at Atlan- 

 tic City. C. L. L. 



Shaxon, Pa.— D. W. Lohr & Sons are 

 starting in the greenhouse business here. 



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