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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 29, 1909. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Everything in the early blooming 

 shrubbery line is either in bloom or just 

 opening. Magnolias, peaches and cher- 

 ries are about done with, while narcissi 

 and other bulbous flowers are in their 

 glory. A light frost Saturday morning 

 did no harm. 



• The wholesalers generally are looking 

 down their noses, as they are experienc- 

 ing what is known as the spring glut. 

 Flowers of all kinds are coming in such 

 quantities that it would keep them busy 

 if they were giving them away, and sell- 

 ing all of them is out of the question. 



Boses of the finest quality and special 

 Beauties were selling at prices the whole- 

 salers were ashamed to mention to any- 

 one except the purchasers, and it was 

 hoped they would not give away the 

 prices at which they bought. Carnations 

 were just as bad, and with quantities of 

 outdoor narcissi, such as Emperor, Barri 

 and Mrs. Langtry, it was a serious ques- 

 tion how to get rid of their stock. As 

 every doorway on Fifth avenue held a 

 flower seller Saturday night, it is pre- 

 sumed they got rid of most of them, but 

 with violets selling for 5 cents a bunch, 

 and roses and carnations at 10 cents a 

 dozen, business among the retailers was 

 declared "rotten." This report was al- 

 most general. 



The shopmen all handle some seed, and 

 this, with people inquiring about spring 

 plants, gave the appearance of business, 

 but trade was far from right. 



Variouf Notes. 



James Mandes, who conducted the 

 flower stand on Penn avenue, east end, 

 went out of business early the morning 

 after Easter, and is under bail to answer 

 the suits of several wholesalers who want 

 their money. 



Frank Faulk, of Faulk & Bros., of 

 North Side Market, is confined to bed 

 and, his physician says, will not be out 

 for several weeks. His friends, however, 

 hope for a speedy recovery. 



Charles Peterson, of East Liverpool, 

 O., was here Friday and took in the ball 

 game. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. has 

 completed a new office in the front of 

 the store room, where the genial book- 

 keeper, Ray Page, is holding forth. H. 

 P. Joslin is supplying this firm with the 

 first outdoor flowers, fine narcissi in 

 variety. 



P. J. Demas, of the Pittsburg Florists ' 

 Exchange, is a sufferer from boils and 

 a glut of Beauties. 



Mrs. William Dittmanii. of New Cas- 

 tle, Ind., stopped off to visit the Pitts- 

 burg Rose & Carnation Co. Mrs. Ditt- 

 mann is on her way to visit her mother, 

 at her old home in Bavaria. She sails 

 Tuesday, April 27. 



The committee having charge of pro- 

 viding quarters for the carnation conven- 

 tion has made arrangements with the 

 new Fort Pitt hotel, which will be the 

 headquarters, and the large hotel hall 

 Mill be used for the exhibition. It is 

 said by those who have attended the 

 various conventions that it is the finest 

 hall ever provided for this purpose, from 

 the point of light, ventilation and con- 

 venience. It is on the first floor, and 

 the hotel is convenient to all depots, right 

 in the downtown section of th£ city, and 

 the rates are the lowest for a first-class 

 house. The banquet will be in the same 

 house. The committee expects to see al- 

 most every member bringing a lady, and 



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