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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



ilAV in. 1004. 



fo« MEMORIAL DAY 



CHOICE ROSES 



Onr Beauties are the talk uf the town 



VALLEY 



The Extra Select Brand 



CARNATIONS 



Headqaarters for Hig-li-srade Flowers 



SWEET PEAS 



I am Still the Sweet Pea Kin? 



COMMENCEMENTS 

 SNDJUNE WEDDINGS 



Best of everything in the market. Shipping flow- 

 ers is my specialty. Once a customer, always 

 a customer "the secret of business success. 



EDWARD REID, 



1526 Ranstead St., ^eYe^^SnI PHILADELPHIA 



Mfiition The Review when you wrttr*. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The market is iu a very depressed 

 state, there being a heavy glut of almost 

 everything. Some flowers are carried 

 home again and others disposed of at 

 absurdly low prices. There is no pros- 

 pect of betterment before Decoration day, 

 when a heavy trade will be done. 



Best quality Beauty ros?s bring $lo 

 with difficulty; first-class i^toek briugs 

 $10. Carnations are getting smaller, al- 

 though some very fine stock continues tu 

 come in. Few fancies exceed $2, while 

 ordinary grades have go*ie as low as 2o 

 cents per 100. Gladioli are quite plenti- 

 ful and outdoor lily of the valley of fine 

 quality has appeared. Other " outdoor 

 slock includes Iris Germarica, Narcissus 

 pceticus in quantity, late flowering tu- 

 lips and lilac. Sweet peas are lower, best 

 blooms being sold at 50 cents. Quite 

 a number of orchids are seen in the bet- 

 ter class of stores. Cattleya ilossis, C. 

 Jlendelli and C. Skinneri, L^lia purpu- 

 ra ta and Dendrohium thyrsiflorum. 



Decoration day prospects are one of 

 the prime topics just now. A first-class 

 trade is anticipated. There will be prob- 

 ably more outdoor stock than usuallv 

 available, but a few hot days will change 

 all this. An immense quantity of out- 

 door flowers are usually available, such 

 as lilacs, snowballs, German iris, oriental 

 j)oppics, pyrethnims, Pa'onia oflacinalis. 

 Narcissus poeticus, late tulips, lily of the 

 valley, etc. Some of these are already in 

 bloom, including the first four, and un- 

 less the weather continues fairly cool f'M- 

 the next ten days, they will not be avail- 

 able. An early season is the be=t f(!r 

 sale of greenhouse stock. 



Various Notes. 



At present all orchards and gardens are 

 a glorious picture, with their wealth of 

 fruit blossoms. Apples, pears, plums and 

 cherries are sheets of bloom. Peaches 

 are nearly all killed outright, the ex- 

 ceptions being those growincf at high ele- 

 vations. Quite a number of the .lapan- 

 e.se plums are also badly killed back. As 

 trees and shrubs come into leaf the full 

 extent of the damage sustained from 

 the severe winter becomes more apparent. 



WHITE RIBBONS 



For June, the days of Graduations, Commencements 

 and Weddings. No other mill can show a greater 

 range of WHITE RIBBONS — Taffeta, Grosgrain, 

 Satin, Mousscline qualities These White Ribbons 

 are the Right Ribbons for your use, and sold 

 from the mill, " you save all between profits." 



Slt^ f m^ 5fr^^ g^tlk MxUb Qlnmpang 



Write for Samples Now. All Widths. 

 The prices and qualities will be a surprise. 



MONARCH— Satin Taffeta— CLIMAX, 



CONQUEROR — Metillique Taffeta — CYCLONE. 



OFFICE AND SaESROOMS: 



806-808-810 ARCH ST. 52-54 NO. EIGHTH ST. 



\lMittlnn Thp R.ST1PW when yon write. 



But for the heavy snow protection man>' 

 shrubs would have been killed outright. 

 Viburnum plicatum and V. tomentosum 

 are cut down to the suow line. Halesias 

 and exochordas have suffered similarly. 

 Deutzia crenata for the first time in 

 many years is cut to the ground. Ligus- 

 trum vulgaris is the only privet un- 

 scathed. L. ibota has suft'ered badly in 

 some places. Ij. ovalifolium has proved 

 its worthlessness in this latitude and will 

 be generally discarded. The fine New- 

 port hedges mentioned by Mr. Scott in 

 vour last issue are of California privet 

 and have suffered badly the last two win- 

 ters. The syringa family with the laui- 

 ceras have again ]>roved themselves the 

 most reliable of our shrubs. 



Climbers have suffered severely. Wis- 

 tarias have all flower buds and many 

 growth buds killed. Honeysuckles are 

 cut to the snow lire. English ivy, even 

 where well protected, is badly killc ', 



Amjielopsis Veitchii has suffered more 

 than ever before. Euonymus radieans 

 has wintered finely. Clematis paniculata, 

 which usually kills back considerablv, is 

 cut to the ground, but is coming up vig- 

 orously as usual. Aristolochias, bignouias, 

 akeliias and other climbers are ."11 right. 



The new houses projected by N. F. 

 ilcCarthy & Co., at Jlelrose, Mas^.. prom- 

 ise to be among the largest of their kind 

 in the country. The dimensions of 60 

 X 900 will no doubt cause some other 

 progressive florist to erect a 1,000-foot 

 lunise to hold the record. The Melrose 

 establishment is devoted to rose culture. 



Bedding plants in large quantities are 

 being disposed of at the various stores 

 au.l auction rooms. Geraniums, caunas, 

 dahlias, verbenas, colons and fuchsias 

 s rm to be favorites. 



The finest collection of lilacs in Ameri- 

 ca is now coming into bloom at the .\r- 

 i-ohl .\rboretum and will be at their 



