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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Afbil 28, 1008. 



APRIL 18 WE CUT 1800 LONG-STEMMED 



The 



-winning Kind 



And we are now cutting 800 to 1000 a day. Also the finest crop of Roses 

 in our history. The host crop of Carnations we ever cut. 



PRICES ARE DOWN 



so we can ship Long-stemmed Beauties at $3.00 per dozen; Roses at 

 2 to 8 cents; Fancy Carnations 2 to 3 cents. 



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Bassett & Washburn 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



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the new front from th«.-fecond. story up. 

 They were not prepared for Easter, but, 

 •with their usual energy, they cleaned 

 up, and with the assistance of some tall 

 plants, to hide the unsightly things, made 

 a wonderfully good appearance. They 

 report that they found all the old cus- 

 tomers right there with their orders. 

 They also received many congratulations 

 on their success in securing such a good 

 location. While they have only been in 

 the location one week, they already have 

 the evidence that it is in the right place 

 to catch the shopping public. 



But the poor plantsmcn in the mar- 

 ket and the men who do business on 

 the street suffered, as people would not 

 stop in the rain to buy, much less try 

 to carry dripping wet plants, and Satur- 

 day night one could buy plants in the 

 market for less than half the wholesale 

 price. 



tn the Allegheny market the stands 

 were beautiful and, as they display every- 

 thing they have for sale, their show 

 was even more gorgeous than at many 

 of the stores. 



E. C. Ludwig, who has the only store 

 on that side of the river, was right up 

 to date with both his display of plants 

 and cut flowers. 



There was a time when bulbous stock 

 was considered the proper thing for 

 Easter, but that time is past, as the price 

 at which such stock must be sold to 

 move it, even at Easter, should convince 

 everybody that there is nothing in it. 

 And then the wholesale houses are al- 

 ways glutted with greens of all kinds 

 and there is never the same demand for 

 it on a holiday as there is at other times. 



Charles Koenig supplied the Pittsburg 



Cut Flower Co. with th% finest lilies 

 which came into this market and it just 

 kept one wagon busy for three days haul- 

 ing them in. 



The Easter shows at Schenley park and 

 Allegheny park were well patronized 

 on Sunday. It required a force of police 

 at both places to keep the people in 

 line. Hoo-Hoo. 



^TJEWYOEK. 



The Market 



Jupiter Pluvius managed to lay a wet 

 blanket on the closing hours of the 

 Easter rush. Up to Saturday afternoon 

 the weather was perfect. Then came 

 the rain and with it went the promise 

 of a complete distribution of all the 

 plants and cut flowers in the city. Rain 

 Sunday morning also interfered with the 

 fashionable Fifth avenue parade, which 

 has usually absorbed all the cut flowers 

 remaining. "Better than Christmas" 

 was freely acknowledged by all, and it 

 was a better Easter than the times had 

 led the trade to expect and, all things 

 considered, we should not complain. 



With the exception of lilies and some 

 of the tulips, narcissi and hyacinths, cut 

 stock, everything sold at some price. Cut 

 lilies fell to 5 cents late Saturday. Mon- 

 day they were offered at 4 cents and 

 even 3 cents, one of the greatest sur- 

 prises of the year. What looked like a 

 shortage three weeks ago, turned into 

 a flood. Orchids took the cake. Not one 

 was to be had for love or money when 

 the sun went down. I heard a buyer 

 from Fifth avenue offer any price de- 

 manded for 100 cattleyas at 11 o'clock 

 Saturday night. There was a good sup- 



ply in the market early in the week, of 

 a dozen fine varieties. 



Beauties found their top at 40 cents, 

 where large quantities were sold. A few 

 touched 50 cents in dozen lots, selected. 

 This week they have fallen to 25 cents. 

 Brides and Maids fluctuated between 8 

 cents and 12 cents for the best, and so 

 on down to 2 cents, and they were all 

 sold except the pickled stuff, and I never 

 saw so little of it. Eichmonds sold well, 

 as did Brunner, Chatenay, Killarney and 

 Uncle John. Any novelty in roses went 

 on sight. 



Carnations were too heavy to lift far, 

 even for a holiday. I saw nothing sell 

 over 5 cents, and 4 cents was top for 

 the general run of novelties; 2 cents 

 was the bottom and many fine ones were 

 cleaned out at that, when the bells an- 

 nounced Easter morning. 



Gardenias were not too abundant and 

 held well. Valley did not go above 3 

 cents and little of it got there. But 

 the despised violet once more lifted up 

 its head; 75 cents was easy. Some extra 

 fine bunches sold at $1. They were 

 mighty scarce before Sunday morning. 

 Saltford sold a quarter of a million. 

 Several other violet handlers claim as 

 good a violet Easter as they can remem- 

 ber. Hard to say how many reached the 

 New York market, but over two millions 

 were shipped somewhere from Rhinebeck 

 Friday and Saturday, and I think we got 

 the bulk of them. At any rate it was 

 a pleasant ending to the violet season, 

 and 80 we speed the parting guest, 

 hoping another fall, with its big grain 

 crops and new president, may mean pros- 

 perity for all and the violet growers 

 among them. 



The less said of callas, smilax, mignon- 



