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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Skptbmbbr 8, 1904. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The quantity of fine flowers coming 

 into town is increasing each week. This, 

 with the large receipts of outdoor flow- 

 eis, is more than the market can stand, 

 the demand being as yet but slightly bet- 

 ter than in August. These conditions 

 cause greater waste than during the 

 summer. There is some encouragement 

 in comparison with last year 's prices, 

 which show a slight improvement on all 

 flowers, except some of those grown out 

 of doors. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists ' Club 

 of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening the 

 present officers were renominated for an- 

 other year. The president's reception will 

 be held at the October meeting. Robert 

 Craig read a paper on horticultuie at 

 the World 's Fair, where he has been 

 for some time officiating as a member 

 of the jury of awards. He especially 

 praised the Dreer exhibits and the beauty 

 of their aquatics. Several others gave 

 good desciiptions of what they saw at 

 St. Louis. 



A Dahlia Farm. 



It is curious to note the effect of a 

 few words. Samuel S. Pennock le- 

 marked that he expected more dahlias 

 and better dahlias than ever this season 

 from L. K. Peacock, of Atco. So a 

 party met at IMarket street wharf a lit- 

 tle before 1 o'clock last Saturday after- 

 noon, bound for the home of the dahlia. 

 There were Joseph Fling, an amateur 

 dahlia enthusiast; George Eedles, who 

 knows every flower, wild or tame of this 

 or any other clime; Clarence Upton, who 

 believes there is no flower to compare 

 with the queen of flowers ; C. F. Wurtz- 

 ner, a true flower lover who should be a 

 grower, and Phil, five in all. 



After a good half hour "wasted" on 

 the way down in dispatching certain rear 

 cars to Gibbsboro and "Jericho," the 

 train finally pulled up at Atco, where 

 the dahlia king himself was in waiting 

 to drive his guests out to his place. The 

 grown men lode, while the boys preferred 

 to walk. The two parties soon met at 

 the farm. 



It was as pretty a sight as one could 

 wish to see. Row after row of dahlias, 

 stretching away like a vast army in the 

 field, the little patches of color that re- 

 lieved the green giving the scene just 

 the touch needed to enhance its beauty. 

 The pompons weie in full flower. Shapely 

 little plants, the flowers on the same plant 

 often varying markedly in shade, some- 

 times even in color. The large double 

 sorts were just coming in bloom, but 

 most of the best fancy, show and deco- 

 rative varieties were either only in bud, 

 with here and there a bloom, a promise 

 of what would come later, or cut back 

 to hold them back until the season opens, 

 about the middle of this month. 



Clifford W. Bruton, a fine yellow, 

 looked well, being tall enough to insure 

 good stems and well budded. Penelope, 

 a soft pink and white, was very pleas- 

 ing. Perle d'Or, creamy white, a grand 

 flower resembling a fine chrysanthemum, 

 is so highly prized that it is disbudded 

 and given special care. It has good 

 stems. 



The cactus varieties were much ad- 

 mired, although not yet at their best. 

 The singles held the vi.'^itors longest en- 

 thralled. There was Butterfly, a perfect 

 little yellnw, borne in lich profusion on 



plants of the glossiest green; Wurtzner'a 

 Joke, named on the spot from its oddi- 

 ties of color, pretty and most surprising; 

 the famous Twentieth Century, a great 

 flower of indescribable color; Pink Cen- 

 tury, an enormous bloom that should 

 light up splendidly at night; Scailet 

 Century, with color that would rival the 

 scarlet Due van Thol tulips, and so on 

 ad infinitum through every variety of 

 form, color and shade that one can imag- 

 ine, with combinations galore. 



"Have you a knife?" Mr. Peacock 

 asked, and on its being offered him, 

 "Now cut 'what you like." And they 

 did. It makes one blush to think of it. 

 ' ' No one ever turned me loose in his 

 larder befoie, " Mr. Wurtzner remarked. 

 It was certainly appreciated and when, 

 just before train time, the well trained 

 residents of the farm arose in numbers 

 and gave their visitors little admonitory 

 pricks that evening was approaching, a 

 veiy happy party assembled to express 

 their pleasure and say good-bye. 



The farm consists of 102 acres. "I 

 should have called it 100," Mr. Wurtz- 

 ner remarked, ' ' but he says he has the 

 other two. ' ' There are about one and 

 a half million bulbs planted out. Twenty 

 thousand blooms is not an unusual morn- 

 ing 's cut during the season. 



The necessity for irrigation is so 

 .strongly felt that an order has just 

 been placed for a great quantity of pipe 

 to keep the stock moist during a drouth. 

 The help number fifty-five during the 

 busy season. MJost of them are kept on 

 all the year around. 



Various Notes. 



Wm. Swayne, of Kennet Square, Pa., 

 has added one greenhouse 26x44 feet. 



B. Eschner, of the M. Rice Co., has 

 returned fiom a seven-weeks' business 

 trip. He covered the entire territory 

 l>etween the Great Lakes and the Gulf 

 for the first time and reports an in- 

 creased demand. He was so busy at St. 

 Louis that he was unable to get within 

 three miles of the Fair, which does not 

 seem strange when the lesponsibility of 

 the firm's large exhibit at the convention 

 is considered. 



Walter P. Stokes is sending fine valley 

 to Edward Reid. 



George Burton is shipping fine Golden 

 Gate to the Leo Niessen Co. 



The Flower Market has the new quar- 

 ters most attractively fitted up, the work 

 being entirely done by the employes. In 

 front is a fine exhibit of foliage plants 

 from H. A. Dreer, at Riverton. All the 

 stalls are now taken. Business seems 

 active here. 



Edward Towill, of Roslyn. Pa., is send- 

 ing fine Liberties to S. S. Pennock. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving new 

 Beauties and Edgelys from the Floral 

 Exchange, also field-grown blooms of 

 Joost, Crocker and Fisher. He is now 

 among the growers. 



D. T. Conner, of Loid & Burnham Co.. 

 has his model greenhouse and boiler set 

 up at the new Flower Market headquar- 

 ters. 



Jacob Becker is sending nice blooms 

 of his Ideal rose to the Leo Niessen Co. 

 This firm is receiving a fine lot of dahlias. 



C. F. Edgar is away on a business 

 trip. 



Edward Reid left for Dakota this 

 week. A. M. Campbell is in charge of 

 the business. A new ice box over the 

 rose cellar and new shelves give much 

 needed extra space. 



Fred .1. Michell reports a shortage in 

 Roman hvacinths and Paper White nar- 

 cissi, with prices advancing. His firm 



has sent out more of these bulbs than in 

 previous years. 



Wm. Munro, of Lansdowne, Pa., is 

 sending fine Kaiserins to Edgar & Co. 



Wm. J. Baker enjoyed a short breath- 

 ing spell at Atlantic City early this 

 week. 



John Berger was elected a member 

 of the Florists' Club on Tuesday. 



John Holmes, a well known gardener, 

 died at the Germantown Hospital of ap- 

 pendicitis last week. 



John F. Andre, Doylestown, is send- 

 ing fine Beauties, Brides and Maids 

 to Fred Ehret. Phil. 



CINQNNATL 



The Market. 



Business is still in the summer rut, but 

 now and then it hustles along at a more 

 lively pace. This is due usually to 

 funeral orders. There is plenty of stock 

 of all seasonable kinds. Roses, especially 

 Beauties, are in large supply. Kaiserin 

 is very good and more of the better 

 grades could be disposed of to advan- 

 tage. Bride and Maid are still short- 

 stemmed, but the quality is very fair. 

 Meteor and Liberty are in fair supply, 

 but the quality of the stock is not very 

 good. 



Carnations are still scarce, but it will 

 not be long till there will be enough 

 for all needs. ^ Asters are in large sup- 

 ply and the quality of most of them is 

 good. Not many go to waste. Gladioli 

 are not so plentiful and the price is be- 

 ing held stiff. Dahlias sell fairly well, 

 some varieties bringing a very good 

 price. There is plenty of all kinds of 

 green goods. 



Various Notes. 



R. Witterstaetter has completed plant- 

 ing and now is contemplating a visit 

 to the World's Fair. 



It is rumored that W. K. Partridge is 

 to open a first-class store on Fourth 

 street, between Walnut and Main, for 

 retailing the flowers grown at his plant 

 at Lockland. C. J. Ohmer. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Business continues quiet, with too 

 much stock of nearly everything. Out- 

 door white carnations and Maman Cochet 

 roses are wasting in large quantities. 

 Good asters sell fairly well and are now 

 in better supply. Inferior grades are 

 hard to dispose of. Tuberoses are com- 

 ing in more freely, but are not wanted 

 by the stores; they therefore find their 

 way to the street men at $1 per 100. 

 The street men are also beginning to 

 move the surplus of roses, but at ex- 

 tremely low prices. Dahlias are of good 

 quality, but they, too, do not move very 

 well as yet. The theater season opens 

 in full this week, which may help busi- 

 ness some. The stores will now begin to 

 keep open later. Business must surely 

 begin to pick up in the next few weeks. 

 The Florists' Exchange reports that sales 

 have been better than last summer by 

 twenty per cent. The great waste seems 

 to be overproduction in summer stock. 



A. F. 



Clifton, N. J. — Robert Simpson is 

 giving a trial to the new rose. Uncle 

 John, sent out by Peter Reinberg, Chi- 

 cago, having received 1,000 plants some 

 time ago. 



