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The Florists^ Review 



Jdnh 12, 1919. 



Mention Th» ReTlew whm yog writ*. 



greenhouse end for the J. C. Rennison 

 Co., Sioux City, la., was in town this 

 week on his annual tour of inspection. 

 He takes a few days about once a year 

 to see what the leading growers here are 

 doing. Mr. Freeburg says the one trou- 

 ble the western growers will have this 

 year will be in getting help; good busi- 

 ness and good prices are assured. 



J. W. Vestal, of J. W. Vestal & Son, 

 Little Rock, Ark., was in town June 7. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Heat has harmed the market. A tor- 

 rid wave during the first week of June 

 is as remarkable as it is unfortunate. 

 The thermometer reached 97 degrees in 

 the shade and seemed inclined to stay. 

 Flowers came into the city in enormous 

 quantities. The wholesalers complained 

 that the retailers lay down just when 

 they should have been doing a little 

 better than their best. The retailers 

 complained that flowers are not wanted 

 when it is hot. It was awful. 



In spite of all this, there is still a 

 market. Most of the flowers brought 

 something, not much, but something, 

 and there was a terrible lot of flowers. 

 Peonies, roses and carnations came in 

 by the wagon load, and how they suf- 

 fered with the heat! 



Peonies are over now, so far as fresh 

 cut flowers are concerned. Dependence 

 will now be placed on the rather mod- 

 erate number that are in cold storage. 

 The season ended suddenly. A good be- 

 ginning, but a bad ending. 



Taking listed figures without consid- 

 ering conditions, the price decline was 

 extraordinary. Beauties went from $50 

 to $30 in two days, Russell from $20 to 

 $8, carnations from $5 to $2. But they 

 were not the same roses or carnations; 

 the heat had made them different, quite 

 different. Cattleyas alone survived the 

 wreck; they remained at $75 to $100. 

 There are, of course, few cattleyas. 



Let us turn from the past to the fu- 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



LATE PEONIES 



BEAUTIFUL DECORATIVE STOCK 



CARNATIONS, ROSES, GREENS 



CHOICE GLADIOLI 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



ture. There is reason to believe that 

 there will be a sharp advance in the 

 market, that whatever flowers survive 

 the heat will be in brisk demand at 

 better prices by June 10. Of course, 

 poor flowers cannot hope for much 

 favor. 



The Lansdowne Show. 



The Twentieth Century club house 

 was the scene of a pretty flower show 

 the afternoon and evening of June 7, 

 when the Lansdowne Flower Show As- 

 sociation held its tenth annual exhibi- 

 tion. The exhibitors were the members 

 of the association. The exhibits came 

 from their own gardens, the results of 

 their own efforts. Rivalry was keen. 



Of far more interest to the readers 

 of this column than a description of 

 this show and a list of the exhibitors 

 is the spirit of the affair. It is the true 

 amateur spirit in horticulture, the love 

 of flowers and plants and things that 

 grow. It is the spirit that ought to be 

 fostered and encouraged in every com- 

 munity, a spirit that is free -from pro- 

 fessionalism, a spirit that will make 

 true flower lovers of all those who come 

 under its influence. 



Mr. HiU's Visit. 



E. Gurney Hill, of Richmond, Ind., 



was in this city June 4 and 5. Mr. Hill 

 came here from the Washington gather- 

 ing of rosarians to attend a similar 

 meeting at the home of Captain George 

 C. Thomas, at Chestnut Hill. Mr. Hill 

 lunched with Captain Thomas, and af- 

 terwards addressed the members of the 

 American Rose Society. Later he 

 visited a number of the growers, piloted 

 by Edwin J. Fancourt, who also had E. 

 Allan Peirce, of Waltham, Mass., as a 

 guest. 



Mr. Hill was in excellent spirits. He 

 spoke with pleasure of his chat with 

 the Rev. Dr. Mills, of Syracuse, who is 

 working on new lines in roses. He 

 spoke of the wonderful support given 

 Premier and the confidence shown in 

 his rose by Chicago growers; 500,000 

 Premier have been sold, he said, as 

 against 300,000 Columbia in the first 

 year, until now the record sale for a 

 new rose. He spoke enthusiastically of 

 his new sport of Ophelia, Madame But- 

 terfly. 



Mr. Hill spent the night with his 

 friend, Robert Craig. A reassuring 

 message from Earl Mann abeut a fire 

 at home failed to reach him before he 

 left. 



The Wedding at St. Luke's. 



Old St. Luke's church, in German- 



