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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcbmbbb 5, 1918. 



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BEAUTIES 



from us 



We have them in quantity 



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WHOLKSALI FLORISTS 



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 SPECIALTIES 



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BEAUTIES 



BEAUTIES 



During the entire month of December we expect to have a large supply of Beauties. The 

 quality of our Beauties will satisfy the most particular buyer. If you are acquainted with 

 the conditions in the Philadelphia market you will know we have the largest supply? and also 

 the best. You can recommend them to your customers, as we feel sure that they will give sat- 

 isfaction to both of you. If you are in the market get our prices — they will interest you. 



CYPRIPEDIUMS 



They are in full crop now and we can supply 

 almost any quantity. We are selling the cut of the 

 largest collection of plants in this section. You 

 can always get them here in almost any quantity. 

 We sell them in quantity, and we have several 

 hundred on hand most of the time.' 



WHITE LILAC 



We received the first shipment of Lilac this week 

 and from now on you can depend on us for a regular 

 supply. Suggest White Lilac to your customers as 

 a substitute fo/ Valley. Lilac has been a specialty 

 with us for years, and this season we will have it 

 in quantity of the usual fine quality. 



Mention Th« B«ylew wh«n yon writ*. 



Fred Foster, the Eiessen Floral Co., 

 George Berner, Ostertag Bros., C, Young 

 ■& Sons Co. and Sanders' Gardens all 

 cleaned up their stock and say they 

 could have done more business had flow- 

 ers been available. 



The florists in the south end also re- 

 port extra good business, the Eggeling 

 Floral Co., Windier 's Flowers, the 

 Schoenle Floral Co., the C. Bergster- 

 mann Floral Co. and C. Beyer having all 

 they could take care of. Mrs. F. W. 

 Bruenig, A. Meyer and W. H. Kruse, too, 

 had a splendid business in cut flowers 

 and plants, as did Mrs. M. L. Pelletier 

 and the Diemer Floral Co. 



Various Notes. 



A joint meeting of committees from 

 the Florists' Club, the Retail Florists' 

 Association, the County Growers' Asso- 

 ciation and the Wholesalers' Associa- 

 tion was held November 26 at the head- 

 quarters. L. Jules Bourdet was chair- 

 man and J. J. Beneke secretary. The 

 meeting was held to make arrangements 

 for a victory meeting and banquet and 

 after considerable discussion it was de- 

 cided to appoint a committee of five to 

 have charge of the affair, which will be 

 held December 10. The committee is 

 as follows: A. H. Hummert, H, G. 

 Berning, J. J. Windier, W. A. Rowe and 

 A. Lurie. The committees appropriated 

 $400 to defray the expenses. The meet- 

 ing and banquet are for every florist in 

 St. Louis and vicinity and invitations 

 will be mailed. The banquet will be 

 held at one of the leading hotels. There 

 will be no charge to those receiving in- 

 vitations. 



Hugo Werner, of Werner Bros., Clay- 

 ton, reports a visit from the stork, which 

 left a boy last week. 



W. A. Rowe, Phil. Goebel and the 

 Meier brothers were some of the fortu- 

 nate ones who had heavy cuts of chrys- 

 anthemums for Thanksgiving. 



Charles C. Young, president of C. 

 Young & Sons Co., and Oscar Ruff, of 

 the Bergstermann Floral Co., are sick 



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with the influenza. Mr. Young is con- 

 fined to his home, but Mr. Ruff was 

 taken to a hospital November 27. Last 

 reports say that both are on the road to 

 recovery. 



There will be a meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club at the headquar- 

 ters, 1312 Pine street, December 12, at 

 2 p. m. All members are urged to be 

 present. 



At the meeting of the Retail Florists' 

 Association, held November 25 at the 

 Palms, it was decided to hold sessions 

 every two weeks during the winter. 

 President J. J. Windier announces that 

 all retail flp^rists are invited to attend 

 the meetings of the association. 



Julius Dilloff, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York, was a recent visitor. 



The St. Louis Association of Garden- 

 ers held its first indoor meeting of the 

 season December 4. It was the annual 

 meeting and officers were elected. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving, November and chrys- 

 anthemums have gone, leaving the mar- 

 ket bare. The change from plenty to 

 scarcity is the more marked because 



CHRYSANTHEMUIVIS 



CARNATIONS - ROSES - POMPONS 



and all seasonable flowers. 



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1517 Sansom Street, Philadelphia 

 We dose at 5 p. m. 



there was more business just before 

 Thanksgiving than there has been since. 

 While there will, of course, be some late 

 chrysanthemums for the winter, they 

 were closely sold, the wholesalers get- 

 ting everything in that was fit and sell- 

 ing all they got. There is nothing ready 

 to fill the gap. Carnations are only in 

 moderate crop, while roses are not ex- 

 pected to come in plentifully until to- 

 ward Christmas. Violets have fallen off 

 in numbers, while the miscellaneous 

 flowers, usually so important at this 

 time, are arriving in small numbers. 



Under these conditions, prices have 

 advanced. As they advance it is no- 

 ticed that the lower grades are preferred 

 to the upper and the lower-priced va- 

 rieties are preferred to the higher- 

 priced. For example, roses with short 

 stems sell much better at high figures 

 than do fancy roses, while both Beau- 

 ties and orchids are in oversupply. 



