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Junk 30, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



257 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market is very dull this week. 

 There is Jittle business ami not over- 

 much good stock. A few specialties, 

 such as Beauties, white roses and valley 

 are chief factors in the limited demand. 

 Sweet peas are awfully plentiful and 

 cheap. Summer flowers of good quality, 

 thanks to the thunder showers, are seen 

 in great variety. There is a little demand 

 for them but it requires careful nurs- 

 ing. 



Correction. 



A note appeared in this column two 

 weeks ago that "John A. Shellem states 

 he will retire from the business on July 

 1." This should have read Herman 

 Schoenfeld. It was an unfortunate error 

 for which I trust Mr. Shellem will ac- 

 cept my humble apology. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock is receiving a few 

 fine orchids. 



John Westcott entertained a large- 

 party of his friends at Waretown, on 

 Barnegat Bay, last Friday. Among the 

 Commodore's guests, most of whom 

 stayed a day or two, enjoying the boat- 

 ing and fishing, were William E. Smith, 

 W. F. Gude and Mr. Loeffler, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, J. C. Vaughan, of Chi- 

 cago, John N. May, of Summit, N. J., 

 John Burton, Eobert Craig, Eobert Kift, 

 Edwin Lonsdale, David Bust and others. 



Herbert G. Tull took a party of 

 friends by boat to Eiverton last Satur- 

 day. The immense Dreer place is fast 

 assuming its Fourth of July, neat as 

 wax appearance. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. has just 

 elevated an immense sign measuring 

 30x36 feet to the roof of the seed store. 

 ' ' MieheU 's Seeds ' ' can now be seen from 

 the Delaware to City Hall. 



H. H. Battles entertained a number 

 of visiting florists at luncheon last 

 Saturday at Boothby's. His guests were 

 William B. Smith, J. C. Vaughan, W. 

 F. Gude, Mr. Loeflfler and Samuel S. Pen- 

 nock. ' 



Eowland C. Hayden enjoyed a three 

 days' fishing trip to Barnegat Bay last 

 week. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report some 

 fine orders for cycas leaves and wheat 

 sheaves. 



William J. Baker is receiving nice 

 lilies of the valley. 



Ferdinand Le Gierse, Jr., has taken 

 the place of John Wild, at Swaithmorc, 

 Pa. 



M. Kice & Co. are making the best use 

 of the lull which precedes the storm by 

 taking account of stock, a necessity in 

 everj' well conducted business. 



E. Nieman, with Eobert Crawford, Jr., 

 was married on Monday evening. His 

 brother and family came down from 

 Pottsville for the wedding. 



C. F. Edgar & Co. are receiving white 

 petunias and flags from H. H. Battles' 

 Thorn Hedge Farm at Newtown Square 

 and candytufts from Herman Schoen- 

 feld 's place at Upper Darby. 



C. H. Campbell reports an excellent 

 spring plant business. 



William J. Baker has some exception- 

 ally fine Emily Henderson sweet peas. 



Godfrey Aschmann has experienced a 

 heavy demand for soft wooded plants 

 this season. 



The rose and sweet pea show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was 



The White Peony, Queen Victoria, the old Whitleyi. 



held last week under favorable condi- 

 tions. General interest has increascl 

 and better displays are made under the 

 society's banner. Well done Mr. Eust. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



Eeview readers are invited to send any 

 questions relating to culture or mar- 

 keting of plants and flowers in Phila- 

 delphia to "Phil," in care of any of the 

 leading seed or commission houses or 

 the Flower Market. Each question will 

 be submitted to a competent person and 

 answered under number. Correct name 

 and address must always accompany in- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



No. 17. What are the average ex- 

 penses for labor in greenhouse plants of 

 50,000 and 10,000 square feet of glass? 



The question is a very difficult one 

 to answer, as the expense would vary be- 

 cause of many circumstances in the in- 

 dividual cases. It would undoubtedly 

 be more per square foot for a small 

 plant than for a larger one and would 

 also vary with the different classes of 

 stock grown. 



No. 18. Is coke at $3 a ton a more 

 economical fuel than anthracite pea coal 

 at $4 a ton? 



I think coke at $3 per ton is some- 

 what cheaper than pea coal at $4. Pea 

 coal is so much used now for domestic 

 purposes that the price has been ad- 

 vanced in consequence, so that it is al- 

 most beyond the reach* of florists. The 

 most economical coal for florists is the 

 best grade of soft coal, where there are 

 suitable boilers for burning it. So far 

 as my experience goes, Georges Creek 

 soft coal is the proper article. 



No. 19. Is there any injustice lo 

 large buyers for a firm which imports 



bulbs and roots to advertise this stock 

 throughout the season and sell it from 

 cold storage to the small buyers? 



Of course it is true that a large quan- 

 tity of bulbs are now kept in storage, but 

 the purchaser of these cold storage bulbs 

 must pay the cold storage charges and a 

 certain amount of interest for the ex- 

 tended, time taken in delivery. 

 BaseBalL 



The return game betweea teams repre- 

 senting the Flower Market and Eobert 

 Craig & Son was played at Wyndmoor 

 last Saturday as announced in the Ee- 

 view last week. Unluckily I had to work 

 and do not know whether a ' ' high sky, ' ' 

 a ' ' wizard pitcher, a ' ' home crowd, ' ' the 

 fierce heat or Old Nic himself was too 

 much Craig & Sons, but I know there 

 was plenty of sport and that the Flower 

 Market won by the following score: 



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Craig 13 44000 3—15 



Market 0603 1534 x— 22 



The teams were as follows: Craig & 

 Sons, Gus, cf ; Kennedy, s s; Palmer, lb; 

 Ward 3b; Feeni, 2b; Boyle, If; Davis, 

 p; Fariano, c; W. Davis, rf. Market, 

 Hartley, 2b; Jordan, rf; Eblc, If; Col- 

 flesh, p.; Stephen, c; Schock. ss; Clark, 

 lb; Upton, 3b; Brown, cf. Phil. 



NORRISTOWN, Pa. — John G. Steffen is 

 planning to build a house 30x100 feet 

 for miscellaneous stock. 



Weehawken, N. J. — Halliday & Smith 

 are building a house 28x100 using mate- 

 rial from the A. Dietsch Co.. Chicago. 



Napekville, lLL."Jacob Eohr has ad- 

 mitted his son Charles to a partnership 

 and the firm is now Jacob Eohr & Son. 



