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The florists' Revkw 



KOVKUBEB IG. 1916. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market continues dis- 

 appointing, particularly from a chrys- 

 anthemum standpoint. The mild weather 

 has brought the midseason varieties of 

 chrysanthemums all in at once, besides 

 softening the flowers. The demand has 

 been poor. The result is extremely low 

 prices. So bad have been the conditions 

 that it is feared chrysanthemum grow- 

 ers will not make expenses on their 

 midseason crop. The early varieties did 

 well and it is confidently expected that 

 the late varieties will find a good mar- 

 ket, but the grower who has cut heav- 

 ily during the last three weeks has not 

 met with proper encouragement. Pom- 

 pons have suffered with their big sisters. 



Koses show an improvement. There 

 is quite a fair demand for Ophelia, Sun- 

 burst, Ward and Hadley. White Kil- 

 larney has sold better than Killarney, 

 which now makes a poor tail to the list. 

 Carnations lag^ badly. Violets suffer 

 except on Friday and Saturday. Val- 

 ley has been about equal to the demand. 

 Orchids have shortened in supply as 

 labiata goes out and Trianse goes in; 

 the price has advanced. Good snap- 

 dragon is more abundant and sells nice- 

 ly. A few Paper Whites have come. 

 Cosmos is still about. 



The Political Field. 



There was one particularly notewor- 

 thy feature of the November meeting 

 of the Florists' Club that deserves to 

 be chronicled. It is the appointment 

 by President Farenwald of W. F. Ther- 

 kildson to the chairmanship of his most 

 important committee. This is signifi- 

 cant because Mr. Therkildson was Mr. 

 Farenwald 's opponent at the polls in 

 October. 



In the early days of American history 

 the newly elected president asked his 

 defeated rival to become secretary of 

 state, with the idea of uniting all par- 



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ties to the common weal. When Thomas 

 Jefferson was president James Madison 

 was secretary of state, and so on. So 

 in the case of our own club Mr. Faren- 

 wald has set the admirable precedent of 

 placing his confidence in his erstwhile 

 opponent and by so doing uniting all 

 the members to work together for their 

 common welfare. 



The Strafford Flower Farm. 



The Strafford Flower Farm was 

 established by Edward A. Stroud in 

 1903. It consisted of about twenty-two 

 acres, on which were erected three 

 Hitchings houses, each about 28x300 



feet, which were connected by a cor- 

 ridor house running at right angles to 

 the three houses. There also was a 

 smaller house about 25x100 feet, a well- 

 equipped office, a dwelling and some 

 farm buildings. Eight years later, in 

 1911, Mr. Stroud built a large King 

 house, 54x350 feet. He also added a 

 garage and two delivery cars. 



Strafford, from the first, has stood 

 foremost among the carnation ranges in 

 this section. The varieties grown, the 

 quality and quantity of stock, has al- 

 ways been of deep interest to growers, 

 wholesalers and retailers who know any- 

 thing about the divine flower. When 



