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The Florists^ Review 



SBPTauBiiB 8, 1921 



did exhibition have been made and a 

 large iiuinber of entries is expected. 

 A summarized premium list has been 

 sent out. There will be three prizes in 

 each class. All the classes will be open 

 to private growers, commercial growers 

 and retailers. The secretary, Francis 

 J. Moran, 302 North Main street, desires 

 to receive as soon as possible the names 

 of those intending to exhibit. The 

 classes for which prizes will be given 

 include those for single chrysanthemum 

 plants in pots and tubs as well as 

 groups, vases of cut chrysanthemums, 

 groups and specimens of ferns, palms, 

 orchids, cyclamens, cherries, begonias, 

 peppers, primulas, carnations, roses, 

 snapdragons, sweet peas, table decora- 

 tions, baskets, bride's bouquet and cor- 

 sages. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



August 29 to September 3 was the 

 worst week of the season in the cut 

 flower market. There were twice as 

 m^iny good flowers as could be sold to 

 advantage. The result was a thoroughly 

 demoralized market. The tough part 

 about it ,was that the flowers were so 

 good. In summer good flowers are 

 often, hard to get, but here was a wealth 

 of' good flowers begging. Take asters,, 

 for exahiple. There were fine outdoor 

 asters, there were wonderful indoor as- 

 teirs, there were those famous asters 

 from New York state. Ordinarily such 

 stock is worth $50 to $60 per thousand 

 at the least. It could readily be bought 

 fof $20. The wholesalers felt dread- 

 fully about it. They did not mind their 

 owti losses nearly so much as they did 

 thb losses of the growers, making such 

 poor returns for such fine stock. 



The facts are that more outdoor stock 

 is being grown this season than for the 

 last four years, that the weather has 

 favored production at this time and 

 that the demand has fallen off. The 

 first two-thirds of August, business was 

 excellent. The closing one-third of Au- 

 gust, it was poor. Up to Labor day, 

 September is always dull. Despite the 

 heat, and it has been hot, dahlias are 

 getting into form. The buyers say that 

 the cactus dahlia is the type for w<irm 

 weather because of its better keeping 

 qualities. Attraction, Bianca and 

 Princess Juliana are the varieties now 

 most favored. There is a considerable 

 number of wedding orders for the com- 

 ing week. Lilies of the valley and Bus- 

 sell roses are in good demand and sup- 

 ply. 



The Chair CamiTal. 



There was a rolling chair parade on 

 the Atlantic City board walk September 

 7 and 8. For it J. J. Habermehl's Sons 

 had a great deal of work that may be 

 described as decorative. They deco- 

 rated many of the chairs in competi- 

 tion for prizes. Think of the responsi- 

 bility of decorating chairs that are to 

 compete against each other. They deco- 

 rated a section of the board walk itself 

 and they decorated the ballroom on the 

 million-dollar pier. Any one of these 

 three jobs was a pretty big thing, but all 

 three together were merely a little 

 agreeable exercise to J. J. Habermehl's 

 Sons. 



Club Meeting.' 



The opening meeting of the season 

 was held Tuesday evening, September 

 6, at the City Club. President Alfred 

 M. Campbell was in the chair. The 



ROSES 



of Unusual Quality 



RUSSELL, COLUMBIA, 

 BUTTERFLY 



Roses in Quality equal to what you would expect 

 to buy much later in the season. 



RUSSELL and COLUMBIA with stems 24 and 30 

 inches long. Good sized buds of a good color. They are 

 the Best Roses coming to the Philadelphia market. 



Recommend these varieties to your customers and 

 depend on us for your supply. 



We have a big supply of good Roses every day.^tid we 

 are always in position to fill your orders. 



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D AHU AS 



from the famous Dahliadel Nurseries, are finer than ever this season. 

 Place your orders with us for the finest Dahlias in Philadelphia. 



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gifted L. K. Peacock, of Williamstown 

 Junction, N. J., spoke on "Dahlias." 

 There was a large exhibition of novel- 

 ties and standard dahlias from the Pea- 

 cock Dahlia Farms, of "Williamstown 

 Junction, N. J.; E. Vincent, Jr., & 

 Sons Co., White Marsh, Md.; Hugo 

 Kind, Hammonton, N. J., and the New 

 Jersey Dahlia Farms. 



The following were nominated for 

 office for the ensuing year: President, 

 Alfred M. Campbell; vice-president, 

 Fred J. Michell, Jr.; secretary, Robert 

 Kift; treasurer, George Craig. The 

 attendance was large. 



Baseball. 



The Robert Craig Co. was defeated 

 by the Bickmore Greenhouses August 

 29 in a double figure contest. The 

 score was 14 to 11. 



The game, Bickmore vs. Rice, sched- 

 uled for September 1, was not played. 



One more game, Bickmore vs. Craig, 



is scheduled for this week. This game 

 will probably close the baseball season. 



Edward Reilly, manager of the Inde- 

 pendents, said that his team had com- 

 pleted its schedule. James Kilgallen, 

 the hard-hitting second baseman of the 

 Pennocks, said that shorter days and 

 vacations made it unlikely that this 

 team would be seen on the diamond 

 again this season. 



The standing of the clubs is: 



Won Loit 



Pennock 4 



Independents 4 8 



Craig a 1 



Bickmore 9 2 



Niessen 1 3 



Bice , 4 



Two other games 'ncere played. One, 

 Craig vs. Rice, wa^a tie. The other, 

 Craig vs. Independents, was decided no 

 game on account of poor grounds. 



Various Notes. 

 Charles E. Meehan will remove his 



