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The Florists^ Review 



JDNB 15, 1016. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is a slight improvement in con- 

 ditions, owing to a lighter supply of 

 flowers. Not a marked improvement, 

 just enough to make way for hope later. 

 The peony cut from local fields is nearly 

 over; some fine flowers are coming here 

 from eastern growers and some are com- 

 ing out of cold storage, whenever they 

 are required. Flowers have been so 



!>lentiful that prices continue extremely 

 ow. Easter lilies have been awfully 

 overdone; with so many fine white peo- 

 nies the market for Easter lilies has 

 been limited, while the supply is heavy. 

 Even valley was depressed by heavy 

 "receipts from frames down east, but 

 now this crop has passed. There is so 

 little that is good to be said of the mar- 

 ket that perhaps the less said the better 

 this week. 



The Campbell-Stroud Deal. 



Alfred M. Campbell, wholesale florist 

 of 1510 Sansom street, Philadelphia, has 

 purchased the Strafford Flower Farm 

 from Edward A. Stroud, of Overbrook, 

 Pa. The Strafford Flower Farm, situ- 

 ated at Strafford station, on the main 

 line of the Pennsylvania railroad, about 

 fourteen miles from this city, consists 

 of twenty-two acres of ground, 60,000 

 square feet of glass, a dwelling and 

 buildings. The greenhouses are of the 

 finest construction; one range was built 

 by Hitchings & Co., the other by the 

 King Construction Co. 



The houses are devoted to carnations, 

 grown for the wholesale market, and to 

 chrysanthemums and to a miscellaneous 

 collection of plants, grown for retail 

 business on the Main Line. While the 

 consideration is not made public, it is 

 understood that Mr. Stroud, who has 

 been anxious to retire from active busi- 



BERGER BROS 



THE FINEST FLOWERS ARE 



PEONIES LILIES LARKSPUR 

 SNAPDRAGON ORCHID PEAS 



MARYLAND and KAISERIN ROSES 



We can furnish them in any quantity desired at fair prices 

 We aim for QUALITY and PROMPTNESS 



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ness, will retain an interest for the pres- 

 ent at least. It is further understood 

 that Mr. Stroud was so impressed by 

 Mr. Campbell's enterprise in pushing 

 the Collingdale Greenhouses that he of- 

 fered the Strafford Flower Farm to the 

 new owner, with the idea of insuring its 

 continued success in producing high- 

 grade stock. The sale will go into ef- 

 fect July 1. 



The retirement of Edward A. Stroud 

 will be a serious blow to horticulture in 

 this city. Mr. Stroud has always taken 



an active part in all our shows and 

 meetings and could be counted upon 

 whenever brains and energy were need- 

 ed. The advancement of Alfred M. 

 Campbell to so important a position in 

 the flower world is looked upon hope- 

 fully. Mr. Campbell has energy, enthu- 

 siasm, broad ideas and the courage of 

 his convictions — qualities that go a long 

 way toward achieving success. 



The B. T. Co. Luncheon. 



The members of the Florists' Club, to- 



