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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 24, 1019. 



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tailed for $3 to $6 each. Dwarf rambler 

 roses brought $3 to $5 each and climb- 

 ing ramblers sold for $6 to $10 each. 

 Spiraeas and deutzias sold for $3.50 to 

 $5 each. Fine calceolarias, cinerarias, 

 begonias, marguerites^ yellow daisies, 

 Martha Washington geraniums, Easter 

 Greetings, heather plants and bulbous 

 stock, including tulips and hyacinths, 

 were in the variety of offerings in 

 plants. 



In cut flowers, almost every variety 

 was equal to the demand, with the ex- 

 ception of orchids and carnations. 

 Some fine Cattleya Mossiae were on the 

 market, but the demand was much 

 greater than the supply. Carnations re- 

 tailed for $2 per dozen. Roses in gen- 

 eral ranged from $2 to $6, while Colum- 

 bia and Russell sold for $5 to $8 per 

 dozen. Snapdragons were leaders on the 

 cut flower market. They were of hand- 

 some proportions and retailed for $2 to 

 $4 per dozen. Double violets sold at $3 

 per hundred. They were rather scarce 

 and of only mediocre quality. 



Sweet peas were in excellent demand 

 for corsage work and were the most 

 popular flower for this purpose. Lilies 

 of the valley, tulips, jonquils, forget- 

 me-nots, sweet alyssum, yellow daisies 

 and other small flowers were in good 

 demand for corsages. 



Spring flower bunches had a splendid 

 call. 



The Fort Wayne Florists' Club used 

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many firms independently advertised in 

 the daily papers. Mothers ' day stickers 

 were used on all Easter packages by 

 some of the florists. 



A large amount of corsage work is 

 booked for this week for the various 

 dances and other social affairs, and 

 decorations are causing a good demand 

 for flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Margaret Vesey, who has con- 

 ducted the Hostess House at Camp Tay- 

 lor, Louisville, Ky., during the last year, 

 will leave soon for overseas, to take up 

 Y. M. C. A. work in France. Miss "Vesey 

 spent Easter in this city with her father, 

 Judge W. J. Vesey, and family. 



A fine lot of Cattleya Mossiae was cut 

 at the Vesey greenhouses for Easter, but 

 not nearly enough, by thousands, to 

 supply the demand. Calceolaria plants 

 also were specialized in by this firm, 

 as well as several varieties of roses. 



George W. Doswell & Son report the 

 biggest Easter in their history. They 

 were sold out to the last plant, but had 



plenty of cut flowers. This firm adver- 

 tised special Easter corsages and had a 

 good business in this branch of the 

 trade. 



E. C. Wenninghoff reports Easter 

 trade unusually good. His lilies were 

 sold out Saturday. Hydrangeas and 

 rambler roses took the lead at Wenning- 

 hoff 's and there was a heavy demand 

 for corsage and Easter novelties. 



Marguerites and the larger plants 

 went well at the store of the Flick Floral 

 Co. This firm had some handsome hy- 

 drangeas and Baby Eambler roses. 



A. J. Lanternier & Sons report that 

 they were all sold out Easter. 



The Freese Floral Co. sold everything 

 in sight for Easter. The call for cut 

 flowers and blooming plants was about 

 equal here. 



Mrs. Clara Shoaff, recently one of the 

 force of the Freese Floral Co., is leav- 

 ing this week for Washington, D. C, 

 where she will reside permanently with 

 her daughter, Miss Kate Shoaff, who has 

 a government position in that city. 



The Knecht-Freese Co. has cut a heavy 



