June 4, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



37 



Florists' 



of America 



idesmaids' Resting Baskets 



No. 3— Scallop l4p. 



Fanoy Iiaoe Bridal Bonqnet Holder. 



No. 4— Straisht Rim. 



Kneellnr Btool. 



1129 Arch Street, PhUadelphia, Pa. 



Shepherd's Crook. 



In peonies they have a gorgeous dis- 

 play, which includes the choicest varie- 

 ties, new and old. The show is at- 

 tracting large crowds of interested 

 visitors. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There seemed to be a complete har- 

 mony of opinion in the wholesale cut 

 flower market Saturday, and that was 

 that no such disappointing Memorial 

 day had been known in the market's 

 history. Not only were values at their 

 lowest average, but even the expected 

 clean-up was not in evidence, even with 



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prices at the mercy of the retailers. 

 You can imagine, therefore, the mid- 

 summer conditions of the entire week. 

 The present one begins with accumula- 

 tions in all lines, and, apart from the 

 weddings, there is nothing on which 

 to build any uplift or improvement, un- 

 less it be the lower temperature, the 95- 

 degree heat having been sidetracked 

 during the closing days of May. 



Memorial day, as usual, proved a har- 

 vest for all the florists located near the 

 cemeteries, but in the city itself there 

 was no evidence of any unusual de- 

 mand. Shipments to out-of-town flo- 

 rists were limited, and of every variety 

 of flower there was "enough and to 

 spare. ' ' 



Enormous shipments of roses have 

 been arriving; most of them have sold, 

 in all sizes, at $10 per thousand, just 

 as they arrive in the shippers' boxes. 

 Only a few American Beauties touched 

 $15 per hundred. Jacqueminot will be 

 in this week. A few Brunners are still 

 arriving, and of tea roses, especially 

 Killarney, there seems to be no limit. 



It was lamentable to note the depres- 

 sion in the carnation values. Few in- 

 .deed, even of the selected Wards and 

 whites, brought over $1.50 per hundred, 

 and even these were offered Saturday 

 as low as $10 per thousand. For any- 

 thing at all, in the older kinds, from 

 this price down to 25 cents per hundred 

 was the general quotation. Shipments 



