Ai'lur, Ki, lt)H. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



EASTER TRADE 



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Mansfield, O. — The I'.ciiio Flower 

 Sliop states tli;it l^aster was aliead of 

 last year. Wliilc ])ot jilants sold u]) 

 (liiickly, cut stock ne\'er was in siicji 

 (lomaiid. 



Meadville, Pa.- IIimhv Kluxer ((nild 

 not liaiidle tlie l']aster rush witlioiit as- 

 sistance i'roin tlie veterans, Au<iiist 

 Kruf^er and Mrs. l\v\\o;vv, who said it 

 was like ohi times to <n'\ in the swim 

 a«ain. 



Poutiac, I11.~W. J. Miller & 8011 re- 

 port that Kaster sales footed nji twen- 

 t>-(i\e per cent more than a year •.\*X(), 

 the only shorta;i(' lieinji Ljood lilies. 

 They made a j^reat hit with .sweet peas, 

 Itein^ in full crop. 



Hartford, Conn. — .John ('((omlis opened 

 his new store at 711 .Main street, with 

 its splendid ecjuipment, just in time 

 for the K.Mster rush, maintaining;' also 

 the old store at 7')-2 .Main street to li;m- 

 dle the business for this sjiecial day. 



Oconto, Wis.— .1. Syl\ ester says tiie 

 Kaster trade was lietter than nsn;il, in 

 sjiite of cold weather and hi^h wiinls, 

 which made deliveries ditlicult. Lilies 

 were in moii^ re(juest than ever hefoic. 

 lint such sni;ill plants as jnimroses, cal- 

 ceol.'irias and pelarjroniums, whi<'h are 

 amon^f liis specialties, were most in re- 

 (piest with him. 



Columbus, O.— .1. l;. llellentbal re- 

 jiorts that his Kaster trade was doulile 

 that of th(! early Easter last .year. All 

 the I'etail stores did a Id^' Imsiness. 

 The market was lloocled with hyacinths 

 and tulips in ]iots. which were sold at 

 low prices. The better class of bloom- 

 iiijr ])lants s(dd exi-ellently. Ther«' was 

 a notable increase in the call for cor- 

 sage IxHKjuets, sweet jieas and \ ioiets 

 beiii;; most in demand for this jiui-pose. 



Malta, O.— W. ('. Scovell says he 

 never before had so larj,u' a stock of 

 cut llowers, but it was not enoujih to 

 meet the demand. lie also sold a larjre 

 (piantity of pot plants, lie has fitjuroil 

 it out that his .March business was 

 twenty-(d«;ht ]ier cent better than 

 M;ir(h of last year, wliicli included 

 Kaster. and that the lirst twelve days 

 of April j;ave him '.i2i\ per cent more 

 Imsiness than the same twehe days of 

 I'.H.!, or seventy-live jier cent more than 

 the entire niontli of April last year. 



Clyde, O.— Speakinj.' for tlie W. K. 

 Hall Kstate, E. K. Hall says: "Kaster 

 was the first brifjht day in two weeks, 

 with a chill wind blowiiii;. Business 

 really w;is better than expected. Hulb- 

 uus stock was poor sale, :is usual, al- 

 though wt> think we came out bettor 

 than most id' tluise in this \icinit\-, for 

 many li:id i|u;int it ies of tulips, dalVodils 

 and hyacinths. While we had only a 

 little bulbous sto(d< tliis s(>;ison, it will 

 lie handled still more lightly in the fu- 

 tuie; nothiii;; outside of I'.-iper Whites 

 and dafTodils, whiidi cnme in handv for 

 funeral work. Pot jdants of all kinds 

 are poor property fiu' us durinj; the 

 winter months, as ninetyti\e per cent 

 of our letail oiders are received over 

 the tidejdione ami ]ieople w.ant to see 

 the Jilants before they buy thorn. Sev- 

 eral business failures ami an epidemic 

 of smallpox have hurt business recent- 

 ly, but the jirospocts for spring trade 

 never looked bettor." 



Easter Basket from the Store of " F. T. D." Pochelon. 



Clarksburg, W. Va. The llavman 



( i reenliouse ( 'o. opened ii bralndi ^tnrc 

 on West Main street to --linw iln- Ka-Ici 

 stork to better ad \ ;i ntagi'. 



Gettysburg, Pa. A. I', ('mil-dn re 

 ports the llaster tr;ide a- e\li.i i^.Mid. 

 the demand excei'ilirig the su|iply. buth 

 for' cut tlowers ;ind pot ]d;int^. 



Princeton, 111. The W . K. Tnmlde 



( i rcerdioiise ( 'o. re|ioit-^ a ^ 1 Kaster 



iiiisiness, not wit hst.a rhli rig tlie ^jdnriiy 



outlook caused b\' the ab^erh-e iil' the 



jiresident, W. K. Tiiriiide. wlm \\a^ 



called to the lied-ide of an e\e liiiL:l\ 



>icl\ liiiither' in l>en\er. aiel ihi' -eiimis 

 nine'-- III' the foicriian"^ ynuri'j sun. 

 which made it tieee^^;ir\ liM ii.^ wile In 

 Lake the eliihl tO a speci,i 1 i-l in I'lii 



ea ei). 



BULBS THAT DID NOT FLOWER. 



Will you kindly tell me w liet her- it 

 would pay to |darit tulip bulbs, that 

 li;i\e not idcis-^oniecl. '^ut in the liidd .' 

 I h;i\f .about l.onit tii.-it went blind thi- 

 year- ;ind 1 thought that if they were 

 jd.anteil out and giowri on foi' two years 

 the\' might be good lor forcing again. 

 I also ha\i' aboirt .".Oiiu daffodils that 

 went blind. .\riy ad\ ice will be .-rpi'ic 

 dated. ('. A. 



The tuli|i" and n.'ircissi that failed to 



lldwcr' were [■riib.-ibly heated in tr.ansit 

 Irnrii 1 1 (p| l;i rid. a-- weic nian\ niiire last 

 -ea^iOi. If |i|;irite.l uiitdnipr- the ma 

 .icirit\ lit tlie>e Wdul'l prnl,;ildy llnwer 

 ariutliel vc;|-,(j||. but It WllIlM IKit |.a\' 

 ViMl to .-itteiiiipt to I'oii-e ;irii of tlielil 

 aLiaili. I\ee|. the biilbv in the ll.ats 

 .•Mid lei theiii -o to le-l ii;i 1 11 r;i llv : then 

 'le.iii out the bnllp> and -lore them in 

 a eo(d. di\ r (lorii until t he eroi of ( )cto- 



bei. Il |.l-efeired. \ ou rollhl |d;illt tlieill 



out now. but III.' other- plan would gi\-e 



be-t re-ult-. All\ .-lltempt to force 



bulb- ;i:;airi will end in failiii-e. ev I'u if 

 they are i^iciwn .a ron|de of -M-on- in'- 



toic teforcinu. Th.'-i' bulb- .-an be 



bought ^o ehea|.|\ that it would ne\er- 

 pa\ to tr\ foi-ririg a -im-oii,| time. 



<■. W. 



POCHELONS EASTER BASKET. 



All l-ia-ter- b;i-Ket with ;i touch of 

 the secul;ir- that is not coriiinon to suidi 

 b.askets is shown in the .acorripa n ving 

 illii-'i.'ition. Lilies .-III,! roses are the 

 '■''i''' tloial corii|ionents and no doubt 



contribute the U|difting spint ueees- 



^ar\ to ,-1 basket for the holy d;i\. .\ 

 toiieli in keeping with the se.ison of 

 the year- is the j.air rd" h.ares .March 

 hares, no .loubt- which are fasteneil to 

 I'l'' h;iridle. The basket was made up 

 i'l ' ■ I-'- T. I ». ■ ■ I'oidielon's store, the 

 K. iiemb Floral Co.. Utjtioit, Alich. 



