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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw22amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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1234 The American Florist. Mar. JO, certificate of merit to M. H. Walsh for rose Sweetheart, a cross between Wichu- raiana and Bridesmaid. As the warm days come on and the ground thaws out the damage done by the past winter becomes apparent in the lifeless leaves and blighted flower buds of rhododendrons and other susceptible subjects. It is much worse than had been anticipated, for at no time has the weather been excessively severe. Jackson Dawson attributes much of the trouble to the indirect tilects of the two dry summers preceding. W. R Smith,of Washington,isintown, the magnet having betn a concert on Thursday evening by the Burns Memo- rial Association at which an address was made by his friend Senator Hoar. The Horticultural Club met the same evening and Mr. Smith was their guest for a short time. Visitor: E. J. Harmon, Portland, Me. Chicago. LOCAL TRADE SUFFERS BECAUSE OF UN- PBOPITIOUS WEATHER —SHIPPING IIUSI NESS CONTINUES ACTIVE —DEMAND IS LARGELY FOR WHITE HOSES AND CARNA- TIONS —SCARCITY OF LILIES LIKELY FOR EASTER.—MANY LARGE ORDERS INSIGHT. —FEW EASTER PLANTS AVAILABLE — LILY OF THE VALLEY AND VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Trade conditions have not been thor- oughly satisfactory this week. The weather has been bad and it has had its eiJect on local activities and also on the production of stock, which has been con- siderably curtailed bj' the sunless skies. Shipping orders have been very numerous, although not large, and have served to fairly well exhaust the desirable grades in nearly all lines of stock. The principal demand has been for Bride roses and white carnations, and in both these items 'there has been a shortage, particularly pronounced in the line of first grade car- nations. Easter lilies have been coming in more plentifully and have sold well, and callas have moved to better advan- tage than heretofore. Bulbous stock, in general, has been doing fairly well, but violets have not improved in status. As to them, nothing more need be said than that during the week the street fakirs have been able to sell very decent bunches at a nickel apiece. The wholesalers are all experiencing a rush of correspondence with regard to Easter orders, which are coming in heavier than was ever before known thus early. All the big buyers are expecting to use more stock than usual, and it seems certain that the Easter trade will be unprecedented. There is, as yet, a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the supply of lilies, it having developed that some of the growers who counted on large cuts will get in but a small pro- portion of their blooms, but, neverthe- less, the large local buyers have expe- rienced no dilEculty in placing orders. There is a likelihood of a very fair supply of American Beauties and tea roses, but the chances are that carnations, as was the case last Easter, will be very hard to get in satisfactory grades. A journey among the growers discloses very little in the line of flowering plants for Easter. Well-flowered pot lilies are going to be a scarcity, and there seems to be a general lack of quality in the azaleas which are offered. They do not seem to be as well flowered as in previous seasons. There are very few Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, and Crimson Ram- blers are almost an unknown quantity, although largely in evidence in eastern
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THALIOTRUM AQUILEGIFOLIUM AT THE PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW. cities. There are, of course, large quan- tities of bulbous stock in pots and pans, and considerable quantities of primroses, cinerarias, cyclamens and a few hydran- geas, but whatever may be the case in other cities, cut flowers will have very little competition in Chicago at Easter. Andrew Miller, who recently retired from a partnership in the Central Floral Company, is now with John Mangel, at the corner of Washington and State streets, where Mr. Mangel has just renewed his lease for a five years' period. There are very Jew florists in the United States who pay as much rent as Mr. Mangel, his new lease being for $9,000 a year. Supplementing what H. N. Bruns had to say on lily of the valley pips for forc- ing, at a recent club meeting, August Jurgens remarked that much depends upon the handling of the pips, which should be placed in soil as soon as received to prevent the drying out of the roots. He says that good lily of the valley can only be expected by giving it plenty of time to develop and providing a cool temperature. His early lily of the valley is given from 85" to 90°, but the later stock is given from 75° to 80°. Mr. Jurgens claims that this market wants too long a stem, which necessitates hard forcing, and for this reason the color very frequently is poor. Mr. Buettner argued that a far larger amount of lily of the valley could be sold would the retailers only push it properly. He also stated that lilv of the valley should bring from $2 to $4 to be grown at a profit. George M. Garland has returned from Jamestown. N. Y., where he went to book the order for iron gutters for the big range of new houses to be erected by the Lakeview Rose Gardens. Mr. Garland shipped 3,000 feet of gutter from his foundry last week, and is turning out 400 feet per day. He is planning to fur- ther increase his facilities in order to keep pace with the demand. Prank Garland has taken the lease and bought the fixtures at the A. H. Poehl- mann place at 55 Wabash avenue and -»np

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