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The Florists^ Review 



JCNB 4, 1014. 



OINOINNATI. 



The Qateway to the South. 



The roses and other flowers in the 

 gardens cut a tremendous hole into the 

 Memorial day business this year. The 

 midsumnHSr weather that lasted through 

 the entire week forced all garden flow- 

 ers into full bloom and the people used 

 these instead of patronizing the florists. 

 Wholesale prices started out at the 

 usual Memorial day level, but before 

 more than a few hours of May 29 had 

 passed had dropped to fifty per cent of 

 the opening figure and by the time the 

 afternoon was around buyers' prices 

 governed. It was simply a case of get- 

 ting whatever the wholesaler could. 

 After the day 's business was over great 

 quantities of stock still were on hand, 

 with no possible outlet. The growers 

 were greatly to blame. Hardly any ef 

 them would give the wholesalers any 

 definite idea of the prospective size of 

 their cut. All insisted that their ship- 

 ments would be light. The result was 

 that the wholesalers booked orders only 

 from regular customers and turned 

 down many prospective buyers. The re- 

 ceipts turned out to be a half dozen or 

 more times the quantity that was anti- 

 cipated. Furthermore, the extremely 

 hot weather made the handling and 

 shipping of flowers rather difficult and 

 quite a few lots of blooms that came in 

 were absolutely unsalable. One florist 

 says he never saw a Memorial day like 

 this one in the thirty-eight years of his 

 experience in the trade. 



The market this week is so glutted 

 with stock of all kinds that it is utterly 

 impossible to predict for it for the bal- 

 ance of the week. The demand for cut 

 ferns is good. New eastern ferns are 

 in the market and are fine. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists ' Club will meet Monday, 

 June 8, at the usual place. The nomi- 

 nation of candidates for club offices and 

 discussion of the annual outing will be 

 in order. 



C. E. Critchell received the first of 

 his new eastern ferns this week. 



Joseph Hill and party were down 

 from Richmond, Ind., May 31, to see 

 the double header between the Reds 

 and the Pirates. C. H. H. 



Lexington, Ky. — The laying out of a 

 new park of six acres, known as Dun- 

 can park, is being rapdly completed 

 under the supervision of Richard 

 Tacke, city park superintendent, whose 

 work throughout the state as land- 

 scape gardener is noteworthy. Mr. 

 Tacke has carried on his labor in this 

 line here for the last twenty-five years. 



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