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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Tlie inai 

 E. Tost. ( 

 September 



■ Tho 

 week i 

 quality 



riilier, 1804, 

 iiiul contiiii 

 close nf (lie 

 «e of Air. .- 

 I'ainesvill,.. 

 18(18. 



PHILADELPHIA. 





Tlicy are 

 hite 

 tliat good 



and jiiiik. \\ <■ 'i i | i '' 

 reds and fancies will apiiear in a few- 

 days. To sliow that these ehoice blooms 

 are appreciated it is only necessary to 

 say that they bring from" $2 to $2.50 a 

 dozen readily. The finest yellow. Miss 

 Florence Harris, a seedling variety of 

 \Vm. K. Hairis, is bringing .$:{ a dozen 

 and is ea>il.\ ilir lipir,i sort coming 

 in at presi'iil I.. II<h.|mi I'carson, J. E. 

 Lager, Ootnlin Sun-liinr .irid Mrs. Whill- 

 din are otln-r " nJ yilb'«s. 



Various Items. 



lence and the other 



ve given away theii 



ints to many eager amateurs, 

 in nunibeis and carried oil' 

 and oilier plants in baskets. 



islu-d and tlie city forester will now 

 phmt the bed witli bulbs. It may inter- 

 est our readers to know the varieties 

 and quantities used. All the bulbs fur- 

 nislied are named sorts and nf good 

 quality. Here is (lie li-t: Uni.li IIvm 

 cinths— 3,r)00 Cnn.hlr. l,-.iin (:,,i,i,| 



Maitre, 4,o00 Alii.. Su|.... l.-mi,,.i ' 



t'harles Dickcii-, : i .ii I'-i. < -m^!- 



bulU^ air H-.. „,l,.|„.„.|r,M-.. ^,,u;,,.■. 



the rcnui.nl,. rlMuhere. The firm of 

 Henry F. Mi.lirll has tilled this entire 

 order, anil aNci an order from Baltimore 

 for 198,000 bnlbs. In Baltimore also only 

 the best named varieties are used, the 

 cheap mixtures being found unsatisfac- 

 tory. 





£mi^ 



f"" Specimen Latania Borbonica, Exhibited by A. Hcrrington at the New York Show. 



• best white is Mrs. Henry Robm- 

 ,vhich is superb. Leo Niessen had 

 It many of this variety on Monday 

 could have sold nianv more 



W 



My are most frequently seen. The 

 dium and poorer grades of chrysan- 

 ■mums do not sell as well as the fancy 



i.ini-; ."0 ,,iits to $1 a dozen will buy 

 - ~( i I il -lock anywhere. 

 III.' Ill hi. . I.anges noticed since last 

 .k .11 1 l.c \.iv heavy shipments of 



The An 

 ton, D. C, 

 twenty-fivi 

 to be shov 

 bitii.n .if I 



n i> |..-. 

 ill II. li- 

 st aged at 

 November 

 A local 

 statement 

 trade tba 

 the Phila. 



time with them than 

 only point in favor 

 rnent is that the ccn 

 quantities of cut IIij\ 

 depression in times 



noon on 



in prizes for 

 11 Gate ro.se 

 licnium exhi- 



following da 



> la 



jioor 



stock bccuiiic^ Ic.-s ami 

 after year and is und. 

 a loss. The market is 

 only good flowers pa.\ 



iter is authority for the 

 wii from a member of the 

 ■11' i> something wrong in 

 lia I lit flower market. The 

 .(•^ 111! to say that the era 



il.li' 



of 



>tedly grown at 

 ore critical and 



y: but good stock 



it u.sed to. 



f Wilmington, Del., 



ket with quantities 



L.I.. 1.- authority lor a curious bulb story. 

 His firm once .sold a lot of Murillo tulips 

 W'hich the buyer flowered under 



they ca 

 thcV «.' 



OUtsiiir 

 dU.'( 



pink. - 

 was Ml 



l.il 



sted that 

 cd them 



time 

 iriety 



~ilay, Friday and Saturday of 

 last week were the three heaviest ship- 

 ping days in the history of the Dreer 

 place at Riverton. The freight shipping 

 season is nearly over. It is an interest- 

 ing fact that this firm systematically go 



ini; iiH .Mill -I'll I iii-afe for freight 



A^ an ilhi-i I ai lull .ii llie appreciation 



in uhirh J 1 -lull I- licid, one of the 



vli,.,-i n |,,..ii .~:; I . .mc dozen chrys- 



aiilliriiiiiiii Ml-- Hiiiriii-i- Harris this 



Trade Conditions. 



t'lirysanthemunis: FIcntifnlaTi 



kinds 



vding 



lose be- 



st now than colo 



nut and 

 hind. 



Roses: Plentiful enough and cheap 



cn.iii"li nllb..ii-h nearly all erowers are 

 ,.,itlniii al..Mil a- tew ,'.- {]u■^ .'vpect to 

 al Aux lii.i.' .1... 111.1 III.' -.'a-.m. A few 

 he, I r.iaiii 1.'. air \Miiili St |ii'r dozen 

 an. I ai.' II. 'a I l\ I I.I.'.' t.'.'i liiiiL.. Smaller 

 ,',.,1 1.1-,'- .111,11,111.' I.I li.' >.'rN -mall in- 

 ,|,','il. lull ai.' 'J ml iiii III. 11 -izc. Ex- 

 trcuH' pink .ni.-- liaM' l,i .iii,l;Ii1 .$1.50 per 

 dozen, but it takes a very gnnd rose of 

 any kind to command half that sum. 

 There is also a grade that sells at only 

 ;■;() cent- per 10(1. All kinds and colors 



ikets. 



I'ink-: -lii-t al. Ill I'lii.icjli to keep 

 lliiiii;> ali.iiL;. I'.."-! Laws.iii-. li cents, 

 and 'the financial procession of prices 

 has been filled all the way down to 1 

 cent or less. 



Violets: This modest little atom of 

 fiai'iaiii.' Iia> I., .ii .piil.' ii'iin'ssive, sell- 

 i„o" lallii'T til.' l..'-l .it airMliiii- lately. 

 Tliirt\ IIm'. -'.II an. I ''< .■'■111- |..'i' 100 and 



Candytuft still only a weed. Dahlias 

 still coming in. Old Jack still being 

 very dainty in his touches. Outdoor pan- 



si<.s and other quite hardy blooms quite 



