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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 1. 1019. 



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PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



The florists and greenhouse men have 

 been taking an inventory during the last 

 week, figuring out their returns from the 

 Easter trade and laying their plans for 

 Memorial day, which, like Easter, is 

 expected will exceed anything ever ex- 

 perienced in this city. Already there 

 has been an energetic preliminary skir- 

 mish by the provident ones, in search 

 of potted stock for May 30. It is be- 

 lieved that artificial flowers will be a 

 much larger factor this year than ever 

 before. 



According to all reports, the Easter 

 business was one of the largest, if not 

 the largest, ever known here, notwith- 

 standing the many handicaps and dis- 

 couragements. While there were not so 

 many plants handled as in some former 

 years, the higher prices caused the total 

 receipts to be considerably more. It is 

 estimated that the business, as a whole, 

 netted the florists at least twenty-five 

 per cent more than in previous years. 



During the last week business was 

 fair, funeral work furnishing the most 

 of it. The opening of a new $1,000,000 

 theater the first of the week called for 

 nearly 100 large designs. Prices took 

 a big drop, carnations bringing $4 to 

 $6; roses $3 to $15; sweet peas $1 and 

 $2. These furnished the lead and bulk 

 of the market. 



Various Notes. 



A sudden drop in temperature on the 

 night of April 24 caused thousands of 

 dollars' damage to the fruit trees, 

 shrubs, early vegetables and plants in 

 this section. Florists who had set out 

 their plants for propagation suffered 

 considerable loss. One of the heaviest 

 losers was Joseph E. Koppelman, who 

 had more than 5,000 carnation plants, 

 which had been pot-grown in the house, 

 all set out at his place on Pawtucket 

 avenue, East Providence. 



"Insect Pests and Plant Diseases" 

 was the subject of an illustrated lec- 

 ture by Joseph J. Pillsbury, of the 

 Rhode Island State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, at the regular meeting of the 

 Rhode Island Horticultural Society last 

 week. 



John R. Pee, of Fall River, Mass., 

 was a business visitor here last week. 



Joseph E. Koppelman, of J. E. Kop- 

 pelman & Co., was in New York and 

 vicinity last week. 



Charles Hunt has about 30,000 plants 

 for bedding purposes, which will be 

 ready for Memorial day. 



George Hunt was one of the prin- 

 cipal speakers at the annual banquet 

 of the Providence Permanent Firemen's 

 Relief Association, April 22. 



Ferns! Ferns! Ferns! 



NEW CROP NOW READY 



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Dagger, per 1000 1.50 



KNUD NIELSEN, Evergreen, Ala. 



