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July 27, 1916. 



hundred, some extra choice etock touch- 

 ing $5, The inferior grade has sold at 

 $3. In orchids, 35 to 40 cents is top for 

 gigas. The supply is light. The prices 

 range from this high average down to 

 $12 per hundred for the other varietiss. 

 Sweet peas have been cast into the dis- 

 card. The weather has been too stren- 

 uous for them. The Spencers have had 

 a good season, but the inferior varieties 

 have proved almost unsalable at any 

 price, a lesson to the growers to plant 

 only the best hereafter. The Season- 

 able outdoor flowers are as abundant 

 and as little in demand as usual in mid- 

 summer. 



There is no surplus of the high-grade 

 roses. Shipments are lighter and any- 

 thing in first-class condition sells read- 

 ily at the quotations given. The supply 

 of American Beauties is small add any- 

 thing selected sells at $15 to $20 per 

 hundred. There still are some Prima 

 Donna and Brunner roses^ arriving; also 

 excellent Bussell and Ophelia blooms. 

 The lower grades, those with short 

 stems and open flowers, sell at 25 cents 

 to 50 cents per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



"the S. A. F. convention now is an 

 interesting topic in and around New 

 York, especially because of the general 

 desire that this city be chosen as the 

 meeting place of the 1917 convention. 

 A good representation will sail for New 

 Orleans August 9, on the Momus, one 

 of the finest steamships of the Southern 

 Pacific line. Ex-president Richard Vin- 

 cent and Mrs. Vincent have booked 

 their passage and it is hoped not only 

 Baltimore members but also Philadel- 

 phia and Washington members will join 

 the New Yorkers in the 5-day water 

 trip. The rate will be $80 to $83. Five 

 different routes are listed for the return 

 by rail. All intending to go to Hous- 

 ton by boat, via New Orleans, should 

 write to J. E. Lewis, the secretary of 

 the transportation committee, at 448 

 West Thirty-seventh street. New York. 



The holiday season is at its height 

 and employees and employers are tak- 

 ing advantage of it to the full extent. 

 Many of the wholesalers close at 4 p. m. 

 and few open Sundays. The retail 

 florists generally are in favor of the 

 early closing. 



President Bowe, of the joint retail 

 associations, says the new society will 

 not meet again until September. He 

 is enjoying his vacation at Asbury 

 Park and says he does not fear the 

 sharks there as much as the sharks of 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



George J. Polykranas, the wholesale 

 florist of 104 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, is installing one of the largest 

 iceboxes in the wholesale district. It 

 occupies the entire back of the store. 

 His son still is suffering from the ef- 

 fects of blood poisoning several months 

 ago. 



Bonnet & Blake have added another 

 delivery automobile to their facilities 

 and are prepared for a big fall season. 

 Mr. Blake is enjoying a month 's holi- 

 day at his old home in Rochester. 



Joseph Trepel's daily purchases for 

 his six Brooklyn stores are no small 

 help to a heat-dominated market. His 

 order some weeks ago for half a million 

 bouquets was a record that undoubtedly 

 will stand. The last letter from his 

 brother. Jack, who is motoring with his 

 wife to California, was postmarked 

 Omaha, but that still is a long, long 

 way from San Francisco. 



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