Al'lill, 11. 1903. 



TheWeekly Florists^ Review. 



835 



Packing Dahlias for Long Distance Shipment at W. P. Peacock's, Atco, N. J. 



as she is spoke at the end of a plow or 

 in the factoiy or coal mines; but when 

 a voung man in soft, liquid accent says 

 '■Really! is that so? Well! Well! really 

 is that so ''. Ah, to be sure ! " it seems 

 so strange to our unaccustomed ears that 

 we listen as if auditor to some .soft 

 musical instrument. The sound orig- 

 inates in the roof of the mouth and on 

 the tongue and is emitted through the 

 lips and not the nose, as too many of 

 (lur boys and girls do their chinning. If 

 the bulbs are not first-class and he does 

 business on an English basis he should 

 soon work up a trade on this side of the 

 Atlantic. 



ilr. "Arry' Bunyard called again on 

 his road home to make sure we had not 

 forgotten anything. And Mr. McHutch- 

 ison has just whiled away a few hours 

 on this lovely Sunday afternoon, and 

 under no circumstances would he intro- 

 duce business. W. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Tlie sudden cold wave which swept over 

 this city the beginning of this week 

 materially sliortened the supply of cut 

 llowers. It also improved the quality of 

 the Easter plants, adding a much needed 

 firmness. 



The week opened with the inaugura- 

 tion of the new city administration, 

 which was graced with a more lavish dis- 

 play of flowers than ever before. The 

 councilmen received a wonderful array of 

 horseshoes. baskets, bouquets. loose 

 bunches and potted plants. Great num- 

 bers of the retailers sent wagons more or 

 less well filled with these gifts of admir- 

 ing friends, and many furniture wagons 

 were chartered to take away the floral 

 gifts after adjournment. Long-stemmed 

 American Beauties were freely used. 



Liberties, Brides. Bridesmaids, carnations 

 of all colors, mignonette, valley, and Eas- 

 ter lilies were very popular. 



Tlie market was a little less active 

 until Wednesday, when the regular Eas- 

 ter d<'mand began to be felt through the 

 commission houses with their early ship- 

 ping orders. This Easter seems likely to 

 dirt'er from its immediate predecessors in 

 the shortage of bulbous flowers. The 

 warm weather during March brought 

 this class of stock on so rapidly that 

 much of it is now blooming out of doors 

 and we shall hardly have more than a 

 fraction of the usual quantity. Violets, 

 too. are nearly over. S. S. Pennock. who 

 liandled 200,000 last Easter, estimates 

 tluit 100,000 will be about his share of 

 the supply. Single violets are much 

 scarcer than the doubles. E. Bernheimer 

 is still receiving a very few fine singles, 

 but many other dealers have ceased to 

 receive them. The scarcity in bulbous 

 . flowers and violets is almost sure to have 

 a quickening efl'ect in the demand for 

 other cut flowers. 



Beauties are very fine and fairly plen- 

 tiful. Robert Scott & Son are sending in 

 choice stock in quantity. Liberties are 

 also e-\cellent. It is wonderful how this 

 rose has increased in popularity. Nearly 

 all the dealers have a fair supply of the 

 medium and short stemmed grades, but 

 the fancy stock is often hard to obtain. 

 The tea roses are greatly improved by 

 tlie cooler weather, the better grades sell- 

 ing well. Carnations have advanced in 

 price and do not seem likely to be over- 

 plentiful. Fine vallej- is coming in in 

 largo quantities. Sweet peas are nicely 

 colored but ti little short in stem. The 

 first soutliern lilac is coming in. Greens 

 are in good demand, smila.x rather 

 scarce. Gardenias are still quite plen- 

 tiful. 



It has been very difficult to handle 



Easter plants successfully this season. 

 Tlie unusually warm weather brought 

 many of the plants on too fast, giving a 

 great deal of extra work and resulting 

 ill some poor stock. The stores are mak- 

 ing a magnificent display of all the 

 stamlard varieties of blooming plants 

 and with good weather a great Easter is 

 assured. Lilies are plentiful, the di,sease 

 causing but small loss this season. Some 

 of the commission men are selling plants 

 from samples, and their efforts combined 

 with those of the large growers have 

 resulted in many big shipments out of 

 town. 



Notes. 



Ilerljert Greensmith, of Henry A. 

 Dreer, gave the Florists Club some ideas 

 about new and little known herbaceous 

 plants at the April meeting on Tuesday 

 evening. 



John Burton has a house of Ulrich 

 Brunner in for Easter. 



H. M. Paschall, of Hollyoak, Del., is 

 sending in some fine carnations to Leo 

 Niessen. 



Chas. r>. Ball, of Holmesburg, has had 

 an e.xceptionally good season with his 

 palms. 



Joseph Heacock has decided to increase 

 the number of his varieties of roses from 

 one to four. He now grows Beauties 

 only, but will add Brides, Maids, and 

 Liberties for next season. He is also 

 very successful with palms and carna- 

 tions. 



Mr. W. J. Baker is receiving quantities 

 of good carnations, which find a ready 

 market at good prices. 



All the florists who grow their own 

 Easter stock are having a tremendous 

 rush this week. 



T^le latest novelty in the cut flower 

 market is the reappearance of the good 

 old-time ro,se General Jacqueminot. E. 

 Bernheimer is receiving some fine blooms 

 with nice stems. 



Samuel J. Bunting is having a tre- 

 mendous week distributing his Easter 

 stock. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



We have been experiencing the calm 

 that prec'edes the Easter storm and hope 

 we have seen it all. And if the storm is 

 to be measured by the size of its calm, 

 we will have something of a disturbance 

 here along toward the end of the week. 



Carnations and violets have been 

 rather scarce, but the place of the latter 

 has been fully taken by Mayflowers, 

 which have never been better or more 

 plentiful. Stores and street are overrun 

 with them. Roses, cut lilies, and bulb 

 mat<>rial have been too plentiful and a 

 heavy surplus went upon the street. 

 There have also been more fine potted 

 lilies floating around so far tiian I really 

 expected to see. 



It transpires that Park Street Church 

 is not to. be sold after all. The syndi- 

 cate put up $25,000 to guarantee a 

 further payment of .$300,000 upon April 

 1st and failed to come to time at that 

 date. Since they lose their big ante I do 

 not quite see just who is April fooled by 

 the transaction, unless it may be the 

 bookseller in the basement, who is said 

 to have hired quarters elsewhere. 



The coming floral event of the week is 

 the closing of the door of the Co-opera- 

 tive Market under said church. Much 

 speculation is indulged in as to the work- 

 ing capacity of the new market at 101 

 Columbus avenue, which to many seems 



