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The Florists^ Review 



March S, 1017. 



Mmtion The B»t1cw when foa write. 



feeling well repaid by the valuable in- 

 formation gained. 



In addition to the cash prizes offered 

 by the Eochester exposition and flower 

 sliow, the mayor will give a silver cup 

 for the best display of roses. Additional 

 prizes will be given by H. E. Wilson, 

 Salter Bros., Edwin C. Kaelber, Inc., 

 George B. Hart and James Vick's Sons. 

 A silver cup is offered by the Chamber 

 of Commerce. 



John Volmer, of the J. B. Keller Sons 

 store, has been confined to his home for 

 several days by the measles. H. B. 

 Stringer, with G. B. Hart, is also ill, 

 suffering from tonsillitis and the grip. 



Joseph Werdein, of II. E. Wilson's, the 

 bird imitator, has been busy at banquets 

 and entertainments. H. J. H. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



A week of extraordinarily unfavor- 

 able weather was the first one in March. 

 It was so dark in the middle of the day 

 in the central part of the city, when the 

 week opened, that lights were used on 

 trolleys, on motors and in the office 

 buildings. There was snow, and hail, 

 and sleet, and rain, and darkness in the 

 hours of daylight. People generally 

 went about in a dispirited sort of way, 

 telling each other what a miserable sort 

 of day yesterday had been; they won- 

 dered whether today was much better 

 and doubted whether tomorrow could be 

 much worse. 



Has Phil forgotten that he is writing 

 about the cut flower market? By no 

 means. The effect of the weather on 

 the cut flower market has been disas- 

 trous. Production has suffered, although 

 the wholesalers and retailers will not 

 believe it. Business has suffered much 

 more. Values have receded. Averages 

 have dropped. Some flowers even have 

 remained unsold. One discouraged sales- 

 man made a careful comparison between 

 this first week in March and the dullest 

 week in midsummer, with advantage to 



BERGER BROS. 



SPRING FLOWERS 



We are now in a position to offer price inducements on choice Spring 



Flow3rs to those who will push their sale successfully. 



We refer especially to 



Violets Tulips Daffodils 



We can also give exceptionally fine 



Orchid Flowered Sweet Peas 



in all colors. These are our specialties. 

 We have good stock at reasonable prices in 



Carnations 



Lilies 



Roses 



SHIPPING ORDERS CAREFULLY FILLED 



1225 MCE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tbt Berlwr wb— yoa write. 



the latter. But this is going rather far. 

 Greens are the only stock except 

 Beauties that can be described as in 

 short supply. Smilax is short; aspara- 

 gus is extremely short. This market has 

 been accustomed to rely on outdoor 

 southern sprays of Asparagus plumosus 

 during the late winter and early spring. 

 Unhappily, for the first time in a dec- 

 ade tfack Frost went as far south as 

 Jupiter, quite a long way south of 

 Jacksonville, Fla., where the brothers 

 Pennock have slat houses for asparagus. 

 Jack Frost invaded these houses, nipped 

 the tender shoots and changed the as- 

 paragus from select to ordinary, when 

 select was most badly needed. 



There are several changes in the bulb 

 situation. Emperor daffodils have ar- 

 rived; they are, of course, preferred to 

 Golden Spur. The double tulips, Cou- 

 ronne d'Or, Murillo and Salvator Rosa, 

 find a market, while the singles have a 

 stale time. Mignonette, daisies, prim- 

 ulas, calendulas, violets and here and 

 there snapdragon, waste their beauty 

 unseen. Sweet peas have been awfully 

 plentiful. That is about the story. 

 Why go further? We hope for better 

 things when it clears. 



The Rose Festival. 



The regular meeting of the local com- 

 mittee of the American Rose Society 



