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APBIL 4, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1587 



DETROIT. 



Easter Trade. 



Everyone enjoyed an exceptionally 

 1 cavy business. Bain set in the first 

 1 art of the week and it continued rain- 

 jug, on and off, until Friday noon, when 

 \]ie temperature dropped to just above 

 ide freezing point, 'ihe rain acted as a 

 damper on the business at first, but Sat- 

 urday morning many of the store men 

 could hardly handle the rush. The no- 

 ticeable feature, as in 1906, was the 

 large demand for plants. Lilies, lilacs, 

 rhododendrons, ramblers, azaleas, bulb- 

 ous plants, all went well. 



A spell of extremely hot weather a 

 week before Easter brought the stock on 

 too fast; therefore many azaleas, tulips, 

 daffodils, etc., were unsalable. "Violets 

 were good, considering the hot spell, and 

 sold better' than for some years. A 

 number of orchid blooms were disposed 

 of. Valley and sweet peas sold well. 

 Koses seemed to be a dead number, ex- 

 cepting Beauties, which went well. Car- 

 nations sold fairly well. Some kept 

 poorly, as a result of pickling. 



Those florists who had nice assortments 

 of blooming plants to offer no doubt 

 found that Easter, 1907, eclipsed all 

 previous Easter records. 



Although many made-up baskets were 

 disposed of, the sale nowhere near came 

 up to expectations. 



Variouf Notes. 



J. F. Sullivan rented a vacant store 

 adjoining his place and had both stores 

 packed with a fine assortment of plants. 

 Mr. Sullivan is wondering how they ever 

 got along without some extra room at 

 previous Easters. 



Both Breitmeyer and Schroeter sold 

 such a lot of plants that it was neces- 

 sary to send out a number of loads in 

 moving vans and carriages. 



The local commission men unite in 

 saying that the year beat all previous 

 records; in fact, it is so far in the lead 

 that it is doubtful if it will be equaled 

 in 1908. H. S. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market 



After an exceptionally mild winter, 

 wlien roses and other flowers have been 

 in abundance all the time, we cannot ex- 

 pect to find a great change around 

 Easter. Still the demand for flowers 

 has been good and large displays of 

 flowers are being made about the city 

 among the florists, an elaborate one be- 

 ing made at the department store of 

 •T. H. Holmes, who is one of the stock- 

 holders of the Metairie Eidge Nursery 

 Co. 



Business at the markets is still quite 

 fair, prices being rather low in the line 

 of ferns and flowering stuff. Small 

 roses coming from the north are dis- 

 posed of in quantity. They seldom give 

 satisfaction to customers and have only 

 the advantage of being cheap. In the 

 <?nd they come higher than buying our 

 one-year stock, well established and 

 raised here. 



Various Notes. 



U. J. Virgin has the front of his 

 greenhouses, on Canal street, adorned 

 by a fine carpet planting garden. 



At the last meeting of the New Or- 

 leans Horticultural Society the prize list 

 for the fall chrysanthemum show was 



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