Sjipte^iber 15, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review 



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Two and a Half Acre Field of Benthey*s Aster Grown by Geo. Ball, Chicago. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The market shows signs of awaken- 

 ing. The retailers are doing a little busi- 

 pess now and then. Their stores are 

 ready, their windows bright, their assis- 

 tants back. The wholesalers have the se- 

 rious proposition of a rapidly, increasing 

 stock to handle, an increase that mater- 

 ially exceeds the demand. Dahlias have 

 been selling very poorly. The season for 

 the best varieties is about to open and 

 with their appearance an improvement 

 is expected in all sorts. , 



The increase in the: proportion of 

 poorer asters gives no^ce that their 

 season has passed its height. The best 

 still sell quickly at good prices. Cosmos 

 is fine in solid colors and can be had in 

 quantity. Roses are very plentiful. Car- 

 nations are improving in quality. Quite a 

 lot of nic« blooms are coming into town. 

 Good gladioli sell, but poor ones never. 

 The supply of tuberoses does not exceed 

 the demand. 



The Centtiry's Window. 



Frank Gaul, manager of the Century 

 Flower Shop, has arranged a window that 

 is attracting attention this week. It 

 represents a Japanese garden, with min- 

 iature beds and paths laid out in ap- 

 proved Japanese style. The center was 

 chiefly made of Cyrtomium falcatum 

 while Adiantum Farleyense graced many 

 of the smaller beds. A finy fountain, 

 petrified rock and Japanese figures clev- 

 erly arranged gave reality to the scene. 



The Palm Industry. 



Charles D, Ball has experienced an 

 active demand for palms during August 

 and the first half of September, as the 

 conditions in his houses at Holmesburg 

 prove. Many plants have been spread for 

 better development and several entire 

 benches have been refilled with a second 

 batch of palms shifted for late sales. 



Kentia Belmoreana in all sizes, from 

 the large spacimens to the fernery cen- 

 ter-piece in a 3-inch pot have increased 

 enormously in numbers. The made-up 

 plants of this variety are very prominent 

 in sizes from 6-inch upward. Some are 

 made up in the now popular way with 



a large plant in the center surrounded 

 by several smaller ones, but generally 

 Mr. Ball favors early making up with 

 plants of equal size and strength, believ- 

 ing that in this way a better effect is 

 produced. House after house of this va- 

 riety were seen in excellent condition, the 

 center bench in each being filled with me- 

 dium and large plants, the side benches 

 with stuff for ferneries or for growing 

 on through the winter. 



Kentia Forsteriana and Areca lutes- 

 cens are grown in good form. A center 

 bench of Latania Borbonica in eights, 

 now partly emptied, was a fine sight, the 

 plants being very symmetrical. Another 

 house of the same palm in sixes was just 

 coming into shape. . 



Boston ferns, Pandanus Veitchii and 

 Cocos Weddeliana. finished the assort- 

 ment, if I remember Jtright. A new 

 house 13x120 feet, brick foundatioiMy 

 single span, was built this season -for 

 summer use. It has done so well that 

 Mr, Ball expects to pipe it for use this 

 winter. 



Torre^dale. 



Yes, the conductor knew where Eiaen- 

 hart's was, stopping opposite. The pas- 

 senger was halted by a scorching wheel- 

 man only to narrowly escape a flying 

 automobile and finally landed in a well- 

 kept place with a large house fronting 

 on the pike (familiar word) snrroundad 

 by a green lawn with enough flowers in 

 beds to give a touch of color. 



Alas, there was no sign of R. M. Eisen- 

 hart in the greenhouses beyond. That 

 he was up and doing the neat rows of 

 carnations, violets and corn abundantly 

 proved. One carnation house was planted 

 with prime stock and a range of four 

 others, mud shaded and soil filled, will 

 probably be planted before these lines 

 see light. May they all prosper. 



The Germantown Society. 



The September meeting of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society was a ban- 

 ner event owing to the efforts of Albert 

 Woltemate and C. S. Wertsner, exhibits 

 and attendance being unusually large. 

 Henry A. Dreer Co. sent a good collection 

 of hardy perennial blooms. The other 

 exhibitors were all from Germantown. 

 Most nobly did they acquit themselves. 



Some idea may be gathered from the fact 

 that there were fifteen exhibitors of 

 pears alone. Edward Neville presided. 



Various Notes. 



C. F. Edgar & Co. have a new wagon 

 on the street this week. They have im- 

 proved their office facilities and are pre- 

 paring for an active season. 



Leo Niessen is receiving fine Beauties 

 in quantity. 



Charles P. Poryzees, who delayed open- 

 ing his new Fifteenth street store until 

 this week, will carry on both' his old 

 and new stores. 



M. Rice St Co. have added the third, 

 fourth and fifth floors and expect to add 

 the second floor of the building east of 

 their present store. The new floors have 

 been extensively improved. 



D. T. Conner has just put in a new 

 Lord & Bumham boiler for Robert Craw- 

 ford, Jr. 



Fred J. Mich^ll states that the Dutch 

 bulbs just received by his firm are the 

 best in many years. Tulips, hyacinths and 

 narcissi are all very fine. 



J. D. Eisele, vice-president of the H. 

 A. Dreer Co., is in Europe. 



John Burton is sending out a neat 

 blotter suggesting the advantage of buy- 

 ing direct from the growers at the 

 Flower Market. 



Julius Koehler & Son have very at- 

 tractive show windows in their store at 

 Main and Bridge streets, Frankford. 



Fred Ehret is pleased by the return 

 of a consignor who, after shipping to 

 him for fourteen years, tried a year 

 elcMwhere and has now come back to him 

 again. 



A humorist at Henry F. Michell Co. 

 said that had Phil handled those 400 

 cases of bulbs he could have written a 

 story about it. They were heavy, those 

 cases. 



William J. Baker is responsible for 

 the bright saying that "a niian doesn't 

 go to a store to talk about his family 

 or private affairs; he will go to a resi- 

 dence for that. ' ' 



C. F. Edgar & Co. are preparing to 

 push their new cornucopia flower holders. 



Charles E. Mteehan states that busi- 

 ness at the Flower MSarket is steadily 

 improving since the move to the pres- 

 ent central quarters. Phil. 



