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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 3, 1913. 



caused some trouble with eastern ship- 

 ments. 



P. L. McKee, of the John C. Moninger 

 Co., has been in receipt of many mes- 

 sages of sympathy this week, because 

 of the death of his father. The vener- 

 able gentleman was buried April 1. 



S. A. Jamieson has returned from 

 Minneapolis. 



Visitor — John Stuppy, St. Joseph, 

 Mo. 



SPBINGFIELD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Ideal weather at Easter served *»io 

 increase the volume of business and 

 facilitate deliveries. Without excep- 

 tion the florists here report their Easter 

 business to have been good. Killarney 

 roses in pink and white were plentiful. 

 Red roses of all kinds were scarce and 

 Beauties were out of the question en- 

 tirely. Fortunately, there was little 

 demand for them. Taft roses brought 

 a big price, but there were few to be 

 had. The supply of Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 roses was short. The carna^on crop 

 was short, but the supply is increasing 

 daily. Violets are beginning to thin 

 out and the quality is inferior. Eng- 

 Ha(i primroses are in demand for cor- 

 sage purposes, and sell well to take 

 the place of violets. Bulbous stock, 

 such as daffodils. Narcissus poeticus, 

 tulips and hyacinths, were plentiful. 

 Hydrangeas were scarce. White lilacs 

 did not sell well this year. Bamblers, 

 such as Taft, Jessie, Dorothy Perkins 

 and Tausendschon, were good sellers 

 and brought good prices. Easter lilies 

 were scarce and nearly every florist 

 was sold, out by 3 o'clock on the Sat- 

 urday preceding Easter. Spiraeas went 

 well and rhododendrons kept moving. 



Various Notes. 



E. B. Seals' Easter trade was con- 

 siderably better than last year. Cin- 

 erarias and cyclamens sold best of all 

 his plants. His Easter lilies were ex- 

 hausted by Friday. 



T. F. Sheehan is displaying an at- 

 tractive new sign, which may be seen 

 from Main street. His Easter business 

 was good, his supply of plants being 

 exhausted. 



J. W. Adams & Co. are supplying the 

 trade in this vicinity with good formal 

 box trees, both standards and pyramids. 



Meacham & Hassell report their 

 Easter business as having been brisk. 

 They have a large stock of jardinieres. 



The Flower Mart, on Main street, 

 was open for business during Easter 

 week, and trade was excellent. 



Osterman & Steele had Scotch heath- 

 er of good quality and potted valley, 

 which sold well. They arranged a num- 

 ber of church decorations and had to 

 employ extra help. 



Wm. Schlatter & Son report as large 

 business as last year during the spring 

 rush. ^ X 



Nelson F. Higgms had a good Easter 

 trade. ..Qe furnished ,^ba|Eible decora- 

 tions for a luncheoirgivCTr in honor of 

 Vice-President Marshall at the Nyas- 

 sett Club on Easter Sunday. Mr. Hig- 

 gins says his Easter violets were poor 

 j this year. 



: Several of the department stores han- 

 dled Easter plants this year. Street 

 fakers sold daffodils and violets. 



F. J. Sullivan & Co. had an '^nnex 

 on Worthington street for their Easter 

 business, which was good. 



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Harry Bradt has re^tiurned to New 

 York »tate for the summer, 



Mark Aitken had a fine lot of lilies 

 for Easter and disposed of all of them, 

 both wholesale and retail. His violets 



were good. , His Easter trade was ex- 

 cellent. He oisposed of a number of 

 large fancy filant baskets and rhodo- 

 dendrons. 



L. D. Eobinson had the decoration of 

 the new auditorium for the policemen's 

 ball on Easter Monday, and also the 



