288 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



January 23, 1902. 



^ong Distance Telephone 



CHOICE 



Leo Niessen CARNATIONS 



In Any Quantity, 



— OFFERS.... 



Open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. 



Wholesale 

 Florist. 



N. W. Cor. 13th & Filbert Sts. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Seasonable Florists' Flower Seeds, new crop. 



AJyssum Little (iera trade pkt., 10c ; oz., 2.Sc 



Aster. Queen of the Market, white, blue. rose, crimson. " 20c : oz., 60c 

 Aster. Scrapie's Branching, shell piuk. crimson, white. }4 oz.. 20c ; oz., 75c 



Aster, (I'omet, carmine, pink, white, yellow trade pkt.. 20e : oz.. $1.00 



Cyclamen. England's Prize Strain 50 seeds. 40c: 100 seeds, 7.5c 



Oobea Scandens trade pkt.. 10c : oz., ."iOc 



Lobelia, Evan's Crystal Palace Compacta ',oz..i5c: oz.. $1.2.5 



Mention The Review when you write. JOHNSON & STOKES, 217 and 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA 



Salvia Splendens (Floracroft Strain) }i oz.. 25c ; oz., $1.00 



Salvia Clara Bedman and Bonfire trade pkt, 40c : oz.. 2.00 



Salvia Silver Spot }i oz., 50c ; oz., 3.0O 



Stocks Princess Alice (cut and come again) 'soz.. .30c: oz., 2.00 



Verbena. .T. & S. Mammoth Mixed 1'200 seeds. ■2.5c : oz.. 1.00 



Pansv. .1. & S. Kingly Collection K trade pkt. UOOO seeds), 30c: 



■2000 seeds. -jOc : oz., $.5.00. 



ONONNATL 



The Market. 



Stock of all kinds is scarce save Ro- 

 mans, narcissus and valley. The demand 

 for these flowers is on the increase, and 

 the past week showed much larger sales 

 and well up to quoted prices, Romans 

 are now selling at from 2 to 3 cents; 

 narcissus, 3 cents; valley, 3 to 4 cents. 

 The demand for Harrisii lilies is es- 

 pecially active and there are not nearly 

 enough to fill all orders. They bring 

 $15 per 100, Callas, too, are selling well 

 and bring $1 to $1,50 per dozen. 



There are scarcely any Beauties to 

 be had in this market, and those obtain- 

 able arc not of very good quality. 

 Brides, Maids and Meteors are all in 

 short supply, with price at from 4 to 

 8 cents. Some extra stock reaches 10 

 cents. Good Liberties bring as high as 

 12i cents, with shorts ^t 4 to 5 cents. 



Carnations are also short of the de- 

 mand, but there me more of them in 

 proportion than there are roses. White 

 is the scarcest color, with red a close 

 second. Ordinary grades bring $1.50 to 

 $2 per 100 and fancies $3 to $4 per 

 100. 



Violets are about equal to the demand 

 and there is a fair supply of them. 

 Doubles bring 50 cents to $1 per 100; 

 singles. Princess of Wales, 75 cents to 

 $1.50 per 100. 



Shipping trade is very lively and it 

 is this factor that helps to make flowers 

 so scarce. 



There is considerable funeral work be- 

 ing done by the retail stores and conse- 

 quently white flowers are in best de- 

 mand. 



The weather is very moderate and all 

 .kinds of stock in greenhouses is doing 

 well. With the thermometer at about 40 

 degrees at noon every day and the sun 

 shining brightly there ought to be an 

 increase in the supply of stock coming 

 in. In all the houses of carnations I 

 have seen lately there have been thou- 

 sands of buds in sight and they must 

 open sometime and this weather is cer- 

 tainly the kind that will turn the trick. 

 With roses it is difi'erent, as there were 

 but few buds to be seen, so I believe it 

 will be some time before there is an- 

 other over supply of roses in this mar- 

 ket. 



Business was rather quiet in the 

 flower market last Saturday. Quite a 

 number of the stand holders were pres- 

 ent, as the weather was mild, but the 

 hoped for business failed to materialize. 



Mr, W. C. Nolan, who is now with 

 Mr, Yarrington, Lexington, Ky,, was in 

 this city last week to attend the funeral 

 of his sister. 



ilr. .T. il. Gasser of Cleveland was a 

 caller here last Saturday. He was on 

 his way to Florida for his health. 



C. J. Ohmeb. 



DETROIT. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, held on January 15, a 

 most interesting paper on the "Duties 

 of a Trade Paper's Correspondent" was 

 read bj' E. A. Scribner, who made some 

 good points, one especially, being the 

 advertising of something cheap by some 

 unreliable party and thus doing the 

 party up who bought on the strength of 

 the ad in the trade paper, Mr, S. claim- 

 ing that all ads should pass through 

 the hands of the correspondent or be 

 reported upon by him as to their re- 

 sponsibility, thus securing the purchaser 

 in some measure from being done up, 

 A very animated discussion was held on 

 the question "Why do carnations go to 

 sleep?" But after it was closed no one 

 was the wiser. 



A Visit to Mt. Clemens. 



The writer took a trip to Mt. Clemens 

 lately and visited all the growers and 

 found Taylor's Lawsons the best he had 

 seen in a long time. Klagge was just 

 finishing the 13,000 violets to close out 

 one picking in one house, and thev were 

 beauties. The florists of the Bath City 

 have been having a strange experience 

 with the new water furnished by the 

 city, which is procured from wells from 

 25 to 40 feet deep, and contains some- 

 thing that seems deleterious to roses, 

 those in Breitmeyer's new plant seem- 

 ing to be very badly afl'ected, but im- 

 proving now, as this firm is now pump- 

 ing its own water from the Clinton 

 river. They have also bought glass for 

 another new house. 35x300 feet, and 

 bousht cheap, too, at $3.30 per box, 16x 

 10 D. S. A. glass. 



A delegation of fifteen or sixteen will 

 attend the carnation meeting in Feb- 

 ruarv, if all is well. Rag. 



YouKCSTOWN, O. — E. C. Gething, re- 

 ceiver of the firm of Hood & Cox, of 

 Hubbard, says the appraisement of the 

 partnership property amounted to 

 $2,508.36. 



I AM very much pleased with the Re- 

 virw and would not be without it. — Paul 

 BoDKXHOFER, Salisbury, Md. 



The Review is all right. Could not 

 do without it. — D. W. Moshee, West- 

 field X. Y. ■ 



GEORGE IV1.M0SS 



Wholesale Florist, 



MIDWINTER SPECIALTIES 



Beauties --- Carnations --- Violets --- Valley 



Lonf; DlstAiice Telephone. 

 32 S.17th St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you wrltg. 



EDWARD REID 



|rli]|HOI.ESAI.i: 

 HVi| FI.OBIST. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Valley, Violets, Carnations and Roses 



1526 Kanstead Street. PHILADELPHIA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FRED. EHRET, 



ri^nOLESALE 



IaI florist. 



1403-05 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia. 



Specialties: Bridesmaids, Brides and Beauties. 



Fairmount Ave., Phil 



Long Distance Telephone 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



Eugene Bernheimer, 



WHOLESALE FLORIST, 



Specialties-Carnations and Roses. 



Lont; DistancL' Telephone. 

 1604 I.adlow St.. FHILADEI.PEIA. FA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



P 



ITTSBURG CUT 

 FLOWER CO. LM. 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS, 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



Pansics Worth Raising. 



(HO MOBE SEED.) 

 Good Plants, $4.00 per 1,000; $2.50 per 

 500, f, o. b. express bere. Cash with order. 



CHR.SOLTAU,^^^j?;s-e";^Tt,.N.j. 



You can take Newark and N. Y. R. R. or West 

 Side Av. trolley. 



CHAS. D. BALL, 



GROWER 

 OF 



Send for 

 Price list. 



jlj alffls, Etc. 



HOLMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

 Mention The Review when yoa writ*. 



