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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MAY IS. isas. 



The Tree Paeonia, as ils name im- 

 plies, more nearly resembles a shnib 

 and the flowers surpass in beauty 

 those of the herbaceous section, but 

 are not so useful to the florist. Tl ey 

 make beautiful s;)etim<>ns for the lawr., 

 either singly or in groups. They are 

 largely used to force for conservatory 

 decoration, and are a valuab'.e addi- 

 tion to our Easter plants, though they 

 can be forced as early as .January. For 

 forcing, good plants should be selected 

 In the early spring and potted into 

 good sized pots or tubs and grown the 

 following summer; then they will 

 force with ease and satisfaction the 

 coming winter. 



You cannot divide the tree paeonia 

 at the root as you '"■an those of the 

 herbaceous section, they being graft- 

 ed, an operation you had better leave 

 to the specialist. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Supply Prices. 



Quaker week closes with a fine day 

 and a record for clearness that was out 

 of sight of either of ils predecessors. 

 The week pretty nearly broke the rec- 

 ord in another way. The tradition has 

 been handed down that on May H»th 

 you can safely plant geraniums and 

 other soft wooded plants out of doors. 

 This tradition is almost universally 

 respected here; oh May 0th we get 

 ready and on the Kith out they go. 

 Well, this season we had a beautiful 

 white frost on the Hth and early on 

 the morning of the loth the thermom- 

 eter registered oS degrees! 



Business was fairly active in plants, 

 but quiet in cut flowers; though the 

 demand is satisfactory for the season. 

 Roses are plentiful, the bright weather 

 of the end of the week perceptibly in- 

 creasing the supply. Carnations are 

 not coming in freely; the price is ?1 

 to $1.M, fancies $2 a hundred. Re- 

 turning to roses. Good Beauties are 

 .fl.oO to .$3; teas, .f3 to ?4; a very few 

 worth .f.5 and .$<>. Sweet peas are 50 

 cents to .$1. It now seems likely that 

 even the earliest outdoor blooms of 

 this popular flower will be too late for 

 the first June weddings, which will 

 give the indoor crop a little more 

 chance. Valley is in moderate supply 

 at $2 to $4. Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengerii have sold well in sprays. 



Germantown Hort. Society. 



At the meeting of the Germantown 

 Horticultural Society on Monday even- 

 ing a very interesting talk on wild 

 flowers was given by Secretary Re- 

 dles, who also presented the society 

 with a gavel made from the pecan 

 tree lately cut down at the corner of 

 High and Main streets. This tree is 

 said to have grown from seed sown by 

 Thomas Nuttall over one hundred 

 years ago. Frank Smith, gardener to 

 the Misses Nixon, showed an interest- 

 ing collection of plants. 



Benefit far Florists' Club. 

 Wednesday was benefit night for the 

 Florists' Club at the •'Telephone Girl." 

 The members present discovered that 



Busy. Busy, Busy really referred to the 

 fair operator and not to their desired 

 connection, while the ladies were deep- 

 ly interested in learning wherein lay 

 the charm of this hitherto unseen busi- 

 ness associate. Dumont & Co. were 

 largely instrumental in getting up the 

 bouquets, some thirty being handed to 

 the members of the company. 



The club realized %\'.','>, about four- 

 fifths of what is needed for the show 

 cases for the bowling and shooting 

 trophies. 



The Lily Trouble. 



Great interest has been taken in the 

 statement made by Mr. G. D. Clark 

 that one of the customers of his firm, 

 the H. A. Dreer Co.. has succeeded in 

 destroying the mite which attacks the 

 lily bulb by soaking the bulb in a cer- 

 tain chemical preparation. The exact 

 value of this preparation as a mite 

 destroyer has not, I understand, been 

 absolutely proven. The bulbs so treat- 

 ed did well. It is to be hoped that 

 the mite can be destroyed without in- 

 jury to the bulb, but there is no ques- 

 tion that it would be better still not to 

 have the mite at all. 



While on this subject. I would like 

 to say that my earnest effort to secure 

 a guarantee of freedom from disease 

 with lilies must not be construed as a i 

 attack on the importers of these bulbs. 

 I honestly believe it is to their interest 

 to get this guarantee and get it q lick- 

 ly. It hurts an importer to have it 

 known that his stock turned out badly. 

 No matter if it isn't his fault, the buy- 

 er naturally feels put out about it. 

 Help us get this guarantee, gentlemen, 

 and you will receive the fiorist's warm 

 thanks and his cash, too. 



While syringing the other day I was 

 told a gentleman wanted me in the 

 shed. He wanted to sell that so-called 

 indelible lead pencil for use on wooden 

 labels. After he had shown their mer- 

 its, I told him I didn't use such pencils. 

 He eyed me a moment. "Ah! you can- 

 not write! You are the only man 

 around here who cannot write!" With 

 that he left. Perhaps The Review 

 readers agree with him. 



Flag Raising at Riverton. 



Through the courtesy of the H. A. 

 Dreer Company a representative of The 

 Review was present at the fiag raising 

 at Riverton on Saturday afternoon. 

 May 14th. 



The ceremonies were opened with an 

 address of welcome by Mr. William F. 

 Dreer. Then Miss Bertha Eisele. 

 daughter of Mr. J. D. Eisele, pulled the 

 rope loosening a slipknot by which the 

 ball of bunting was held at the top of 

 the pole. 4.5 feet above the main shed. 

 As the large flag unfolded, two hun- 

 dred little flags fluttered to the roof 

 below. Then the employes both from 

 the place and the store, over one hun- 

 dred in number, sang the "Star Span- 

 gled Banner." led by Mr. Thiel. 



The speaker of the day, the Rev. 

 Marshall Owen, followed with a pa- 

 triotic address. At its conclusion "My 

 County. 'Tis of Thee" was sung. The 

 last speaker, Mr. Bookner, had not ex- 



pected to be called upon and after a 

 few words called for three cheers for 

 the Rev. Mr. Owen, which were given 

 with a will. 



The ceremonies lasted forty-five 

 minutes and were witnessed by about 

 three hundi'ed people. A supper given 

 by the firm to the employes closed a 

 very pleasant gathering marked by en- 

 thusiasm and good fellowship. 



J. W. Y. 



OBITUARY. 



Thomas Cartledge. 



Thomas Cartledge. the widely known 

 and universally respected fiorist of 

 Philadelphia, the head of the firm of 

 Pennock Bros., of that city, died last 

 Tuesday evening. May 17, at his sub- 

 urban home in Holmesburg. For over 

 fifty years Mr. Cartledge has been a 

 leader in the trade of Philadelphia and 

 his friends were legion, for to know 

 him was to become his friend. No 

 man in the trade was more universally 

 respected than Thomas Cartledge. and 

 the news of his death will be received 

 with sorrow by the whole profession. 



For many years Mr. Cartledge was 

 treasurer of the Florists' Club of Phil- 

 adelphia. He was always active in all 

 that would advance the real best in- 

 terests of the profession. He was a 

 member of the Society of American 

 Florists, and occupied numerous posi- 

 tions of honor and trust during bis 

 long business career. On the fiftieth 

 anniversary of his connection with the 

 business a banquet was given in his 

 honor by the Florists' Club of Phila- 

 delphia, and the occasion was a not- 

 ble one. the large attendance testifying 

 in an unmistakable way to the exalted 

 position he occupied in the hearts of 

 his fellow craftsmen. 



His name has always stood for the 

 highest and best in manhood, and his 

 death is a serious loss to every one 

 who loves a noble nature. Emulation 

 of his splendid example in both busi- 

 ness and social life will be the most 

 lasting monument to his memory. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The market is well supplied with 

 stock and since our last report there 

 have been several slumps in prices. At 

 present prices on tea roses range from 

 $1.00 to $4.tH» per 1IX>, the bulk of the 

 good stock going at from $2.00 to 

 $3.0<». and large quantities being 

 lumped off at the lowest figure. Only 

 the extra select' shipping stock brings 

 $4.(X>. Beauties rajige from $8.00 to 

 .l;20.(X1 per lOO. There seems to be 

 plenty of extra long and short, but an 

 insufi^cient supply of medium grades. 

 Carnations range from 40 cents to 

 $2.tHi per 1(M», the bulk of the stock 

 selling at from $l.tX1 to $1..")0. only the 

 very extra bringing $2. and large lots 

 of lower grades being jobbed off at 

 from 40 to 50 cents per 100. 



Large quantities of lilac are now ar- 

 riving and the crop will hold over to 

 Decoration Day, as will a lot of other 



