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TheWeeidy Florists^ Review* 



roBEU 3, 1301. 



Tliis flower is a great shipper that our 

 out-of-town brethren should certainly 

 use wherever possible; $1 per 100 buys 

 _i,'00(l ordinary, while select bring $2 

 jfcr 100, aiid fifticies with two-foot 

 stems and lots of foliage bring $3 and 

 even $4 per 100. 



Eoses are improving in quality and 

 quantity, with prices about the same as 

 a week ago, possibly a little higher on 

 select stuff. Carnations are scarce and 

 in demand at $1.50 to $2 per 100. Vio- 

 lets want a breath of cool air for a few 

 nights to be a factor in the market. 

 Asters are still to be had, though an- 

 other week \\ill make a difference in 

 their number, which is steadily dimin- 

 ishing. 



September was a good month when 

 compared with the Septembers of pre- 

 vious year.s. 



John Burton's Place. 



Many florists have seen the picture 

 of the president-elect of our national so- 

 ciety, and most of them have read 

 sketches of his life, and I know that all 

 of them would like to know how his 

 place looks. John Burton has a beauti- 

 fully situated piece of ground on the 

 Willow Grove pike in the village of 

 Wyndmoor, near Chestnut Hill. The 

 house and office are in front, divided 

 from the road by a well-kept lawn. The 

 greenhouses are just back, all running 

 parallel to the road, east and west, sys- 

 tematically arranged in two sections, 

 with boiler sheds and open spaces be- 

 tween. 



The houses are mo.stly filled with 

 roses for cut flowers, although there are 

 a few other things — smilax, Asparagus 

 Sprengeri and plumosus and Gypriped- 

 ium insigne. The place is remarkably 

 well balanced. Beauties are the main 

 crop; there is also Maid, Meteor, Kai- 

 serin, Bride, Liberty and a few small 

 roses. Bon Silene, La France, Isabella 

 Sprunt, Pierre Guillot and Madame Ger- 

 ard. One house is waiting for Ulrich 

 Brunner to be brought in for Christmas 

 in boxes. There is one new house here, 

 after which the houses at the new place 

 were modeled. 



The new place, half a square off, con- 

 sists of six houses 150x25 feet. Each 

 house contains three low benches and 

 four walks. Four houses are planted 

 with Beauty, one with Maid and one 

 with Beauty and Golden Gate. All six 

 houses are practically even span, with 

 certain variations in pitch and height 

 of wall and with front glass. All are 

 heated by steam and have practical look- 

 ing air valves made by the new valve 

 company on the Cresheim road near- 

 by. They are also fitted with a roller 

 to prevent friction between pipes and 

 pipe rests, an idea of Edwin Lonsdale's. 

 The houses were built and fitted up by 

 Mr. Burton and his own men. They are 

 well done, so well that it is doubtful 

 whether skilled mechanics could have 

 done much better. 



The stock at both places is in fine 

 shape without exception; it is wonder- 

 ful how well it has been managed while 

 the building was being done. 



Various Items. 

 Julius Wolff, Jr., has just completed 

 a new house for boarders. He is foi-- 

 tunate in having both summer and win- 

 ter boarders and can make the best use 

 of such a house. Hot water under pres- 

 sure is found to be admirably adapted 

 to the requirements of this place. 



VV. r. Peacock, Atco, N. J., is now 

 sending some wonderfully line dahlias 

 to S. S. Pennock. C. VV. Bruton is a 

 yellow with color, size and stem almost 

 equal to a good chrysanthemum; A. 1). 

 Livoni is a fine pink; Storm King and 

 several other whites are pure in color, 

 of fair size and stem. There is a very 

 fine crimson, the name of which I did 

 not get. Mr. Peacock is going to cover 

 a half acre or more of the late planted 

 dahlias witli muslin supported on up- 

 rights to keep off frost, so we may have 

 /iowcr-s from this great farm for six or 

 eight weeks yet. 



J. J. Habermehl & Sons have had a 

 very good summer business and antici- 

 pate a ru.sliing fall and winter trade. 



George Craig has put in a new tiled 

 counter and window, which adds greatly 

 to the attractiveness of his store. 



John Devlin, 63d and Buist streets, 

 has some very fine Ethel Crocker and 

 Flora Hill carnations. 



Thomas Foulds, of Gwynedd, has 

 opened a store at 13th and Columbia 

 avenue. It is understood that he in- 

 tends to wholesale much of his stock. 



W. T. Christ, of E. Washington lane, 

 Germantown, has an early lot of cosmos 

 in bloom. There is some speculation as 

 to how it was done. 



E. Weiss, of Hatboro, is cutting some 

 very fine Brides. 



The growers downed the storekeepers 

 some days ago on the club alleys. The 

 latter felt that it was a case of knowing 

 the kinks and curls in the alleys more 

 than one of superior bowling, so a match 

 was arranged on the new Academy alleys, 

 9th and Gerard .avenue, for Friday of 

 last week, the losers to pay all expenses 

 and stand a lot of jollying. The two 

 teams lined up as follows: 



The storekeepers won after a rattling 

 good game, by 122 pins. The growers 

 have challenged them to a return match, 

 w-hich will take place at the same alleys 

 on Thursday of this week. 



The October meeting of the club was 

 held on Tuesday evening. The officers 

 elected were: President, Wm. K. Har- 

 ris; vice-president. John Westcott; 

 secret,ary, Edwin Lonsdale; treasurer, J. 

 Wm. Colflesh. 



C. J. Rennear gave a: practical talk 

 on steam fitting, showing just how to 

 make connections, which was greatly ap- 

 preciated by the members. PniL. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business seems slow to assume any- 

 thing like steadiness, and therefore not 

 much can be said regarding it. The 

 early part of the week there was quite 

 a lot of funeral work, also some counter 

 trade, but since then trade has been 

 very quiet. The supply of carnations 

 has improved, also the quality; there is 

 more pink and red in than last week. 

 The rose supply is quite large — that is, 

 taking it all together. The supply of 

 Al stock is fnr from heavy. Plenty of 

 second-grade stock is sold very cheap, 

 so cheap that some stores have out their 

 usual signs, "Eoses, 25 cents per dozen." 

 The supply of Beauties has slackened 

 somewhat, still plenty of them are in 

 for the demand. First-class long Beau- 



ties are always in demand in this mar- 

 ket. Ellis received a fine lot of Cole's 

 KaLserins the past week, which sold at 

 sight. 



Prices. 



The prices the past week on Brides, 

 Maids, Perles and Meteors were from 1 

 to 4 cents; Kaiserins, $3; Beauties, 

 from 50 cents to $2.50 per doz. Carna- 

 tions have liad a good call all week. The 

 bulk of the stock which is still short- 

 stemmed brings $1 per 100; anything 

 like a long stem brings $1.50, and some 

 extra fine stuff goes at $2 ; the latter has 

 quite a demand, but as yet is scarce. 

 Fillmore's Flora Hills at Kuehn's had a 

 big demand. A few fine asters are still 

 coming in, which bring $2 per 100. Val- 

 ley sold slowly the past week at $2 

 and $3 ; quality very good. Cosmos, 

 usually so plentiful, is not to be had. 

 Dahlias are too scarce to be quoted. 

 Tuberoses were also very scarce the past 

 week, with some demand. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are not yet in, but it won't be 

 long before this flower will crowd all 

 others out of the market. All kinds of 

 greens arc selling well at the same old 

 price. 



Notes. 



Miss Ida Schaffer has bought out the 

 establishment of Mrs. Lukin.smeyer at 

 the corner of 14th and Montgomery 

 streets. Miss Schaffer is entirely new to 

 the trade, not having had any expe- 

 rience; it don't seem necessary now- 

 adays. 



Mr. Andrew Meyer, on South Jeffer- 

 son avenue, has a fine lot of mignonette 

 Machet in 2-ineh pots ; also about the 

 best pot chrysanthemums seen in a long 

 time. These flowers are My. Meyer's 

 pets, and no one knows better how to 

 grow them. Mr. Meyer stated that the 

 classified list in the Review is a great 

 help to any one who has anything to 

 sell or wants to buy; it's so easy to find 

 what you want. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club will hold its reg- 

 ular monthly meeting on the first Thurs- 

 day in October, which will be on the 3d, 

 owing to the fact that the second Thurs- 

 day (our regular meeting night) will 

 be big Thursday at the Fair Grounds. 

 and all florists wish to attend the fair on 

 that day, as it is the day that is gener- 

 ally set aside for awarding the prizes on 

 plants and cut flowers. No doubt Sec- 

 retary Schray has notified all the mem- 

 bers of the change of date. 



Max Herzog and wife returned home 

 two weeks ago, and have kept them- 

 selves scarce since their arrival. Max, 

 no doubt, has plenty of work on hand 

 just now, and that accounts for his not 

 ha\-ing called on his friends. Max says 

 that each member of the club who at- 

 tends the next meeting will be entitled 

 to a handsome present, which he brought 

 from his old home abroad for this pur- 

 pose. The presents will be distributed 

 at the November meeting. 



Grinding Out Florists By The Dozen. 



Mr. Potts, who styles his establish- 

 ment the Eden Floral Co., advertises for 

 young ladies to learn the fiorist busi- 

 ness. He charges them a three-spot with 

 the promise of a good position when they 

 have learned the trade, which will take 

 them about two weeks. One of these 

 learned young ladies called on your cor- 

 respondent for a position and told of 

 how she had learned the business in two 

 weeks for $3. I asked her what she 



