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The Florists^ Review 



JuNB 7, 1917. 



PITTSBUBGH, PA. 



The Market. 



General trade conditions are excel- 

 lent. Memorial day business was not 

 what it would have been had the 

 weather been agreeable. March 29 was 

 a cold, rainy day that hurt the plant 

 trade considerably. The retailers were 

 somewhat busy, as the customers who 

 would not plant stock on account of the 

 rain bought cut flowers with which to 

 decorate the graves. Funeral work, too, 

 was quite heavy and a few good wed- 

 dings helped to keep the forces busy 

 at the stores. 



The wholesalers had little to com- 

 plain about; there were no local peonies 

 and few outdoor flowers to interfere 

 with the sale of greenhouse stock. Lilies ' 

 were quite plentiful, as were roses. 

 Carnations jwere on the short side. A 

 few southern peonies came in, but they 

 were in a bad condition. There were 

 quantities of irises and sweet peas, but 

 the latter were soft and did not realize 

 much. Greens of all kinds continue 

 scarce. June 2 brought in an avalanche 

 of roses, most of them open, and the 

 street boys had a big inning. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Davidson, of Martins Ferry, 0., 

 formerly of Davidson Bros., called on 

 the trade while on his way to one of the 

 training camps. 



Word has been received of the death, 

 June 1, of M. I. O'Brien, of Sharon, 

 Pa. Mr. O'Brien was one of Sharon's 

 oldest florists and was well known 

 among tlie trade here, although he had 

 retired from the business. He grew 

 many orchids for the trade of this city. 



The funeral of George W. Guthrie, 

 ambassador to Japan, brought many 

 handsome orders to this city from 

 various representatives at Washington, 

 D. C. A. Krongold is proud of an order 

 for a floral tribute which he received 

 from Vice-President Thomas Marshall, 

 to be executed without regard to ex- 

 pense, for the funeral of Mr. Guthrie. 



Clarke. 



New Orleans, La. — Members of the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society, 

 many of whom are florists, at a meet- 

 ing last month decided to assist those 

 who are fighting the proposed law 

 against the importation of foreign 

 plants, trees, bulbs and seeds. Secre- 

 tary Kichard Eichling spoke on the 

 stringent quarantine law of Louisiana 

 and the many hardships it forced on 

 the florists. It was decided to hold 

 the society 's annual outing in July at 

 one of the resorts across the lake. 



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