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The Florists^ Review 



Jtxe 28, 1U17. 



DETROIT, MICH, 



The Market. 



With tlie advaiu-iiif^- season, cariui- 

 tioiis ami swcot poas are boeomiiifij 

 small and poor in (|iiality. I'eonie.s 

 are arriving? in quantities and are in- 

 eliued to drag in tiie market. Bach- 

 elor's buttons, swainsona and other 

 outdoor stock are in abundance. Koses 

 of all kinds are in demand and sell 

 readily. Durinji; several weeks the 

 market was without indoor valley, but 

 it is now arriving and finds a ready 

 sale. 



Various Notes. 



A number of Detroit florists under 

 the leadership of William Dilger went 

 on a fishing trij) to Algonac, Mich., 

 June 122. Tiie day's catch was good. 

 Home of the fishermen were out of luck, 

 however, and it is said they bought 

 some fisli to jjrove that they really had 

 been fishing. The outing was made 

 more jdeasant by an excei)tionally good 

 dinner. 



Philip Breitmeyer has gone to Mon- 

 tana for a long stay. 



William Dilger has returned to Chi- 

 cago, wliere he has a contract for land- 

 scape work. 



A. Edwin Washburn, of Blooming- 

 ton, 111., was a recent visitor in De- 

 troit. 



E. J. Warren, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, was in the city calling 

 on the trade last week. H. T. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The dullness of midsummer prevailed 

 in the market last week and, with the 

 temperature at 90 degrees, even the 

 street jjcddlers were inactive. Quan- 

 tities of stock remained unsold. 



Carnations were in large supjdy and 

 good stock did not sell above 50 cefits 

 2)er hundred. The bottom price was 25 

 ■ cents jier liundred. The supply seems 

 unlimited and $1 ])er hundred was the 

 top price for excellent stock. Peonies 

 are now coming out of cold storage and 

 shipments from local growers are heavy. 

 For choice, large flowers prices satis- 

 factory to the growers are realized. An- 

 other week is expected to see the end 

 of the ])eony season. 



Shipments of roses were heavy. One 

 wholesale house received sixty-four 

 boxes .June 22. In large lots short- 

 stemmed roses sold as low as 50 cents 

 ])er hundred. American Beauties are 

 improving in quality and bring good 

 ])rices. Hadley and Brunner still are 

 lield at good prices, but others left over 

 go into a general assortment which sell 

 at from $1 to $2 per hundred. 



Orchids remain at from $2 to $5 per 

 dozen, gigas selects bringing the latter 

 figure. The supj)ly is large and the de- 

 mand small. Valley sells at $4 per hun- 

 dred for the best and the June weddings 

 have held it there throughout the month. 

 There is not an oversupply. Longi- 

 florum lilies were selling as low as $2 

 ])er hundred June 2;{ and $;{ per hundred 

 was the top ])rice. Callas are cheap, as 

 there is no call for them. The usual 

 shipments of sweet peas, daisies, irises, 

 gladioli and stocks continue. Bunches 

 and branches of outdoor roses, ramblers 

 especially, are arriving. 



The demand from Newport, R. L, has 

 not come up to expectations, although 



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