Mabch 30, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



61 



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by an association the chanCes of loss are 

 greatly diminished because the fact that 

 a buyer cannot exceed a given credit 

 compels much greater care with his or 

 her credits and collections. The prin- 

 cipal bar to the formation of a credit 

 association is the opposition of those 

 who can not or will not see that it would 

 be to the advantage of all, by cutting 

 out unfair competition, for a retail flo- 

 rist who does not pay his bills is an 

 unfair competitor. He can sell regard- 

 less of price the stock for which he pays 

 nothing. It is simply a case of united 

 we stand, divided we fall. 



Various Notes. 



Robert Kift has resigned his position 

 at Vollers' House of Flowers. 



George Asmus, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee, an- 

 nounced that the paid admissions at 

 Convention hall at 6 p. m. March 25 

 were larger than those of any previous 

 opening day of a national show. 



Ernest Hemming addressed the March 

 meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Henry Oldys, of Silver Springs, Md., 

 spoke before the Garden and Orchard 

 Club March 29. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. had handsome- 

 ly filled porch boxes in front of their 



store in honor of the National Flower 

 Show visitors. 



B. Eschner was pleased with the num- 

 ber of out-of-town visitors who called 

 at the M. Rice Co. store, which was 

 decorated in their honor. 



George Aeugle reports activity in 

 lilac at the Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 

 store. 



A. M. Campbell has some wonderful 

 Emperor daffodils. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Florists' 

 Exchange is proud of William A. (Leon- 

 ard 's show Russells. 



Eugene Bernheimer feelingly de- 

 scribed the pleasure of the crippled 

 children from the Widener home who 

 visited the National Flower Show 

 March 27. Mr. Bernheimer was one of 

 the committee who brought the children 

 to and fro and saw to their comfort. 

 • Phil. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Business last week was good both 

 from a wholesale and retail standpoint. 

 There was quite a call for daffodils, 

 but these are between crops with many 

 of the growers and it was found diffi- 

 cult to fill all orders. A few more 



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American Beauty roses are to be had. 

 While the demand is good, the price has 

 dropped to $6 per dozen for the best. 

 Other roses are more plentiful, but the 

 wholesale houses are managing to clean 

 up daily. The top prices are $8 to $10 

 per hundred; some of the grades sell 

 only at the buyer's offer. Valley has 

 been draggy and the wholesalers report 

 it to be a losing game, even though the 

 price has advanced to $5 per hundred. 

 Since this increase went into effect the 

 sale has fallen off and the growers have 

 had to hold their stocks for several 

 days at a time. There are about three 

 times as many sweet peas on the market 

 as there were a month ago and the price 

 has dropped to the point where $1 per 

 hundred is high for the best. Large 

 quantities of these find their way to the 

 street fakers, as do violets, which are 

 arriving in large quantities. The latter 

 are to be had at $5 per thousand and 

 less. Carnations have been holding up 

 well and the best are bringing $4. 

 Northern-grown orchids are selling well 



