January 25. 190S 



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PHILADELPHIA PLANT EXCHANGE J 



THIS WEEK'S BARGAIN OFFERS: 



We aim to give our patrons the best values every week. Write us for anything you are in the market 

 for. We handle your surplus stock also, our only charge being lo per cent on sales. 



MADE UP PLANTS 



300 KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 6 inch, • Sl.SOeach 



200 ■• •' 7 inch, 2.00 •• 



These are made up plants, clean and well furnished. 

 A decided bargain at the price. 

 4000 BOSTON MARKET CUTTINGS, $'8.00 per laxi 



3000 ENCHANIRESS " ... 20.00 



500 PLUnOSA, 7 inch, - 

 1000 M XED FEI<^S 3 inch, 



SOO RUBBBkS. 4 inch, ■ 



400 WHITnANl,4 inch, . 



SOO FlCliS CLTTINdS, well rooted. 

 30i'0 JOOST UT7INQS, 

 3000 HAklON 



$5.00 per 100 



7.00 

 25.00 

 2S 00 

 IS 00 



17<00 per 1000 

 17.00 



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TODEAOIDES FERNS. 2'yi inch. 20 00 per 



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ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 



PHILADELPHI\ PLANT EXCHANGE, 839 Market street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Don't grow crops there is no demand for. Write us first. We cannot handle anything unless it is first class in every way. 



To Cut Flower Growers and 

 Retail Florists 



IF YOU 



want to find a market for your 

 product 



want a regulr r or special supply 

 of the product of the best 

 growers 



Consult the Advertisements on 

 these Wholesale Flower Pages 



The Advertisers Represented Here are the Leading 

 Concerns in the W holesale Flower Trade 



A. Fine Assortment of 



--iV:2J A Xv K iV S-- 



Extra fine lot of FIREFLY in bloom from 



NOW UNTIL EASTER 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



MAJOR BONNAFFON 



The best all 'round Yellow Chrysanthemum. Strong stools, 

 $5.00 per 100 



W. W. EDGAR CO., Waverley, Mass. 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Business ia general has 

 BOSTON flattened out a little this 

 week. On the whole it 

 may be called dull. Roses are not suf- 

 fering to any extent. Hitherto they 

 have been rather on the short side. 

 The present weakness in demand only 

 makes them a little easier to obtain 

 and has not affected market prices. 

 With carnations the situation is dif- 

 ferent. There is a decided slump and 

 the market is badly overstocked. Dark 

 pink of the Lawson type is the most 

 affected. Whites and Enchantress 

 have held their own nicely. All stock 

 is much more plentiful than ,at a cor- 

 responding date last year. 



The first part of last 

 BUFFALO week was rather dull but 

 toward the end business 

 brightened up considerable. Stock on 

 all lines has been in fairly good sup- 

 ply, violets, peas, carnations, ami 

 bulbous stock. Yellow flowers were in 

 demand, and tulips and daffodils filled 

 the bill. Roses were a trifle scarce, 

 especially select Bridesmaid, Killar- 

 ney and Richmond. Beauties were in 

 good sui)ply and at fine quality; de- 

 mand a little weak but many were 

 used to good advantage at a hotel 

 opening on Saturday, which helped to 

 clean up. All other flowers were had 

 in quantity. 



Business is moving along 

 DETROIT slowly with good healthy 

 prices, wholesale and re- 

 tail. Every now and then we experi- 

 ence a little rush, but we could all 

 stand more. Collections are reported 

 satisfactory. 



Quiet conditions 

 INDIANAPOLIS prevail at the pres- 

 ent time with the 

 majority of florists. While in certain 

 stock scarcities exist, the market is in 

 exceptional condition for this time of 

 year, due to the phenomenal weather 

 conditions. Good roses of all kinds 

 and carnations are plentiful, with a" 

 marked decrease in prices. Violets, 

 lily of the valley, orchids and lilacs 

 are coming in regularly, but are not 

 realizing nearly w.hat they did in for- 

 mer years. Bulbous stock is plentiful 

 but moves slowly. Paper Whites and 

 Roman hyacinths being a drug on the 

 market. Quite a variety of good flow- 

 ering plants are seen but move 

 slowly. The market is well stocked 

 on green goods, with a moderate sale. 

 Growers of palms and ferns are com- 

 plaining at dull trade. 



The rose market 

 NEW YORK shows some improve- 

 ment. Conditions gen- 

 erally are fully as good as last week 

 and in some respects better. The re- 

 ceipts of carnations in the wholesale 

 markets are on the increase. Violets 

 are also in heavy supply and demand 

 is light. Daffodils and tulips are com- 

 ing in very freely. Lily of the valley 

 is doing somewhat better. Sweet peas 

 of fine gi-ade are in evidence and sell 

 satisfactorily. While values are lower 

 generally than one year ago it is pleas- 

 ant to know that the cost of produc- 

 tion is also lower and that the coal 

 bins are holding out unusually well. 



JIany things are 

 PHILADELPHIA off crop and ship- 

 ments are percep- 

 tibly less than last week. While there 

 is a little more life to the market, and 

 things clean up better, there is no 

 increase in prices. Violets are more 

 of a drug than anything else, both 

 single and double coming in far too 

 freely. The good weather has given 

 the street men a chance to move many 

 of them but there are daily mountains 

 of them still remaining. If the de- 

 mand were better Beauty roses would 

 be a very scarce article. The Rich- 

 mond market is in good shape. Killar- 

 ney is ahead of Bridesmaid as to 

 quality and demand in the pink class. 

 There are many who think that Brides- 

 maid has already taken second place 

 as a pink rose, and there is no telling 

 what .lardine will do by and by. She 

 certainly looks formidable. Now for a 

 ^nod new white. MontiJomerv white 

 sport from Killarney will be worth 

 the watching. 



The unseasonably 

 WASHINGTON warm, bright wea- 

 ther has been a 

 godsend to the coal piles, and has ma- 

 terially increased the bloom. Home 

 grown flowers are much more plenti- 

 ful, but the prices have not declined 

 appreciably. There is an overabun- 

 dance of violets, and they are not of 

 a particularly good quality, but carna- 

 tions are improving. 



The KERVAN CO. 



113 W. 28th ST. 

 New York 



WHOLESALE DEALERS 



Fresh cut Palmetto & Cycas Palm Leaves, Galax, Leu- 

 cothoe. Ferns and Mosses. All Decorating Evergreen. 



