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general overbaallng of his range and la 

 also enlarging the office. 



lYederick Dietz has been in Canada 

 on a visit. 



Mrs. Dow, of the ' Wanshuch Green- 

 hoases, who has been seriously ill, is 

 reported as improving. 



Willis S. Pino and wife have returned 

 from a three weeks' automobile trip 

 through the White mountains and the 

 Adirondacks. 



B. A. Conley has been overhauling 

 houses and grounds. 



A. J. Johnson has added a new auto- 

 mobile to his shipping department. 



William H. Tarbox, of East Green- 

 wich, is exhibiting many new varieties 

 of dahlias at the fairs this fall. He is 



Ereparing his annual exhibit for the 

 anbury fair. , W. H. M. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is no doubt that business is im- 

 proving, yet it is nothing to brag about. 

 It '-ia. also wholly unassisted by the 

 weather, which has been most erratic 

 — one quite frosty night, then a torrid 

 wave that took all the life out of flow- 

 ers and made the workers long for some 

 more holiday. 



Dahlias have done fairly well in spite 

 of all this. Such sterling varieties as 

 Attraction bring $8 quite regularly, 

 which is not so bad when you come to 

 think of it. The dahlia season is about 

 half over now. It looks like a pretty 

 good season from present appearances. 



Asters and gladioli are still to be 

 reckoned with where showy stock is re- 

 quired. Carnations are coming into 

 form slowly. They excite little inter- 

 est among the buyers as yet. After 

 dahlias come asters and gladioli. The 

 medium grades of roses arouse most in- 

 terest. Orchids are declining in price. 

 6mith's Advance gives us white in 

 chrysanthemums to reinforce the yel- 

 low of Golden Glow. Greens are be- 

 ginning to sell. Lilies are dull. Leu- 

 cothoe sprays and wild smilax have ar- 

 rived. 



Bulbs. 



The dealers in bulbs are busy get- 

 ting out their orders, while their sales- 

 men are also busy trying to get more 

 orders. The supply of Dutch bulbs is 

 large and likely to meet requirements. 

 The quality is excellent. The supply 

 of French bnlbs is not equal to the de- 

 mand. California freesias are also 

 phort. The supply of Japanese bulbs 

 is unknown. The Japanese methods of 

 marketing the crop are not satisfactory 

 to the dealers. They do not know either 

 the quality or the price as yet. 



At the BeUevne. 



John P. Habermehl, looking fit de- 

 spite his accident, discussed the out- 

 look in his handsome store in the Belle- 

 vue-Stratford hotel last Saturday. Mr. 

 Habermehl thought the coming season 

 would be a busy one, although large 

 ball orders have been canceled owing 

 to a death in the family. He said that 

 while the business at the Bellevue had 

 not commenced in earnest, there have 

 been some large out-of-town orders that 

 were placed here. The department 

 stores have done some decorating for 

 their fall openings. A good many 

 palms have been sent out for that pur- 

 pose. One department store had an 

 elaborate decoration of plants and 



DAHLIAS 



are coming in in larger quantity and we can fill 

 almost any size order. >??'''■ 



They are generally at their best the early part of 

 'October. i O: V' .«; 'J-,':' >; ^ 



If you could see the large quantities of Dahlias we 

 handle daily, you would not hesitate placing a reg- 

 ular order for them. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



$2.50 to $4.00 per dozen. 

 Mostly White and Yellow, some Pink. 



ROSES 



They are not as plentiful as they have been, but we 

 > have enough good Roses to take care of the demand. 

 You can depend on us for good 



RUSSELL - OPHELIA - COLUMBIA 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY 



AARON WARD and SUNBURST 



CARNATIONS 



are coming in stronger. From now on we will have 

 a daily supply of them. Good flowers, medium 

 ■. sized stem. 



Business Hours 7 A. M. to 4 P. M. 



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