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June 2, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



69 



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Cattleyas $6.00 per dot. 



Dendrobiums $2.00 to 4.00 " 



Anorted Orchids. 5.00 to 25.00 per box. 



GHID5 



5\ Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



Sixteen years' experience on the Chicago 

 market in handling Cut Flowers of all kinds. 

 A LARGER VARIETY NOV THAN 

 EVER. TRY ME. 



It. D. Phone Central 3B98. 



Everything in suitable flowers and supplies 

 for June Weddings and School Closings. 



Fbone or teleffrayh yoiur ramh. orders If yon want prompt service and the heat 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The volBrae of Memorial day business 

 appears to have been larger than usual. 

 Carnations were in very heavy demand, 

 with the supply not quite large enough 

 to meet all requirements. iTiere was 

 some complaint of sleepiness. Peonies 

 were very popular, but in short supply. 

 All roses were poorer in quality, but 

 higher in price Tuesday, but peoniea were 

 accumulating and prices were lower ex- 

 cept on the fancy grades. The com- 

 mencement at Bi"yn Mawr college on 

 Wednesday creat<» a heavy demand for 

 sweet peas. Beauties, Liberties and val- 

 ley. Business may be said to be excel- 

 lent. Outdoor sweet peas are arriving. 



Plant Notes. 



The last ten days have been days of 

 great activity in bedding, basket and 

 decorative plants. It would be absurd 

 to say that the growers had sold out. 

 The supply is too large for that to be 

 literally true, except in isolated cases, 

 some special size, or variety, or small 

 places with limited quantity. But the 

 quantity of plants sold has been most 

 gratifying. No one looking over the 

 houses of the growers today could have 

 any doubt that the people love growing 

 plants. Their use in gardens, on porches, 

 at windows and in the cities of the de- 

 parted is universal. The growers of 

 pot roses, geraniums, small blooming 

 plants and others expected this heavy 

 demand accentuated by the week of 

 bright, warm weather and have profited 

 by it to the fullest extent. But L think 

 the foliage plant growers have been agree- 

 ably surprised at the strong tide run- 

 ning in their favor. Many of them feel 

 that this stock is better sold after the 

 summer's growth, but it is doubtful pol- 

 icy to refuse orders that hardly any one 

 is bold enough to venture. Areca lute- 

 scens, considered by many a back num- 

 ber, is experiencing a run on the decora- 

 tive sizes, while the other standard fol- 

 iage plants are being sent out as fast as 

 they round into salable shape. 



Answers to Corre^oadeats. 



Review readers are invited to send any 

 questions relating to culture or market- 

 ing of plants and flowers in Philadelphia 



51 Wabash Avenue, 



OR Bros. 



Wholesale Florists, 

 CHICAGO. 



PRICE LIST. 



A ME RICAU BEAUTY-' Per doz. 



36 iDCti BfemBand up tS 00 



30-lncb stems 2 60 



24-lcch steins 2 00 



20-lnota/ stems 1 60 



16-insli stems 126 



12-lDcb'atems 1 00 



Shortstems 75 



RrldesmaidB*, per 100, 13 00 to 6 OO 



Bride " 3 00 to 6 00 



PerlOO 



Ivory »3 OOto W 00 



Meteor aCOto 6 00 



UlMrty eOOto 10 00 



eolden Gate 3 00 to 6 00 



Perle SOOtO 6a00 



LaFrance <OOto 8J00 



Kalserln « to 8100 



Carnations, gooA i i 2 00 



fancy 2 50to 3.00 



All other emMk at lowest market rates. The above prices are for select stock. Kxtra select or 

 Inferior stock billed accordinirly. Prices subject to changre without notice. 



to Phil, in care of any of the leading 

 seed or commission houses or the Flower 

 Market. Each question will be submit- 

 ted to a competent person and answere<l 

 under number. Correct name and ad- 

 dress must always accompany inquiry, 

 but will not be published. 



11. Who is the buyer described in 

 your column and whom does he repre- 

 sent? John Mclntyre, with H. H. Bat- 

 tles. 



12. Will the Liberty rose be grown 

 more largely about Philadelphia next sea- 

 son ? Yes. 



13. I have two small houses, 20x75 

 and 16x75 feet, respectively. What 

 should I grow in them to sell to the 

 Philadelphia market to make them pay 

 best? I know very little about the busi- 

 ness yet. An impossible question. If it 

 must be answered without further infor- 

 mation, try Asparagus plumosus nanus. 



14. I>oes bouvardia pay as a cut 

 flower in the wholesale market? Appar- 

 ently not, but it is deserving of further 

 trial.' 



15. Did Dutch bulbs forced for cut 

 flowers prove profitable last winter and 

 spring? No; it was an off season. 



Phil. 



Philadelphia will be held in connection 

 with the regular June meeting, on Tues- 

 day evening, June 7. Exhibits are invit- 

 ed by the committee having the matter 

 in charge, and it is to be hoped an ex- 

 liibition worthy of the flower will re- 

 sult. 



Those intending to exhibit should for- 

 ward the flowers by express, prepaid, in 

 care of David Rust, Horticultural Hall, 

 Broad street, above Spruce, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'v. 



Peony night at the Florists' Club of 



Lynx, Mass. — Gibbs Bros, have begun 

 work on two houses, one 18x100 and the 

 other 25x120. 



Easton, Pa. — 'A hail storm on May 

 19, broke 450 feet of double thick glass 

 in the greenhouses of Howard P. Klein- 

 hans. 



Toledo, O. — George A. Heinl had his 

 place and stock in fine shape this spring 

 and has done a big business in bed- 

 ding plants. The season is now about 

 over and stock well cleaned up. 



Saddle River, N. J. — J. G. Esler, sec- 

 cretary of the Florists' Hail Association, 

 says that nearly all those struck by the 

 destructive ice storm at Pueblo, Colo., 

 May 20, carried double insurance. 



