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OcxoBGB 13, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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at West Grove, Joseph Kenard & Sons, 

 at Avondale, that the pair would like 

 to have seen and to whizz past Isaac Lar- 

 kins' and Bancroft's into the town of 

 Kennett. 



Kennett is famous as being the home 

 of Bayard Taylor and of William 

 Swayne. To the latter place the visitors 

 at once repaired. There they found the 

 genial Mr. Swayne, hard at work with 

 his force of men in one of the carna- 

 tion houses, looking not a day older than 

 when Phil last saw him there ten years 

 before. Well might he sing 



"Men may come and men may go, 

 But I go on forever." 



There have been changes at Kennett 

 in these ten years. Some familiar faces 

 have gone and some are here, but in 

 other paths. 



Mr. Swayne 's place looked remarkably 

 well. At that time some carnation houses 

 were planted. Mrs. M. A. Patten and 

 Boston Market were in excellent condi- 

 tion. Many of the other varieties were 

 still in the field, awaiting a little drying 

 out. They have since been planted and 

 are now ready for their winter's work. 

 A large number of the best varieties are 

 grown, both for the flowers and for rooted 

 cuttings, an important branch of the busi- 

 ness. 



There are a half dozen or more houses 

 of chrysanthemums, chiefly early and mid- 

 season sorts, which can be marketed in 

 time for other crops to follow. All the 

 chrysanthemums were in fine condition. 

 Kept apparently on the dry side, they 

 were close- jointed, with foliage down to 

 the ground and all neatly disbudded, a 

 pretty sight. Mrs. Kalb, white, is the 

 earliest sort here. It was cut September 

 28. Glory of Pacific with its sports, Es- 

 telle, Polly Rose and Cremo, new, are im- 

 portant factors. Ivory on the front 

 benches, where there is little head room, 

 is here in quantity. Then there are Colo- 

 nel Appleton, white and yellow Bonnaf- 

 fon and several others. An evener, 

 healthier lot could not be desired. Mush- 

 rooms are grown and shipped to several 

 eastern markets. There are also some 

 violets. 



After Mr. Conner had had a few words 

 about the details of the new house which 

 his company has furnished, and Mr. 

 Swayne had said a few kind words about 

 both the senior and junior partners of 

 William J. Baker & Co., who handle his 

 Philadelphia shipments, the visitors said 

 farewell. 



Next came a call on Hicks & Son. All 

 the flowers cut on this thriving place 

 are shipped to the Leo Niessen Co. The 

 junior received his callers cordially and 

 showed them the carnations and mush- 

 rooms, both just starting nicely. Mr. 

 Hicks apologized for not having the 

 newer and fancy carnations. Anybody 

 who can grow Portia, McGowan, et al, 

 so well need not apologize for sticking 

 to them. Everybody can't. Show horses 

 are all right ; work horses are mighty use- 

 ful. Both McGowan and Portia looked 

 just ns well here today as ten years ago ; 

 that is something to be proud of, too. 

 A peep at the mushrooms, a word with 

 Mr, Hicks, Sr., and the Philadelphians 

 were off as the shadows lengthened * 

 catch the late afternoon train for home. 

 Success to Chester county and all its 

 florists. 



Doylestown. 



Charles Fox and Fred Ehret spent a 

 pleasant afternoon in the county seat of 

 Buck's county last week. They spent a 



couple of hours with John F. Andre and 

 report his Brides, Maids and Beauties 

 in tip-top condition. They also visited 

 E. B. Darlington's, of Burpee & Co., 

 who has seven houses devoted to cut 

 flowers and greens, and Nelson Snede- 

 ker, who grows roses and other flowers. 

 The stock on both these places gave 

 promise of good results. 



Varioas Notes. 



C. F. Edgar has resigned from the 

 firm of Charles F. Edgar & Co. The 

 business will be carried on with vigor 

 by E. C. Hayden, who is secretary and 

 treasurer, and William Muth, manager. 

 Mr. Hayden has been in the firm since 

 it was organized as C. A. Dunn & Co. 

 His connection with the new firm is a 

 guarantee of its financial responsibility. 

 Mr. Muth has had experience and is a 

 hustler who should make his mark. The 

 name of the new firm is the Philadelphia 

 Cut Flower Co. 



An auction sale of foliage plants was 

 held on Wednesday and Thursday at 

 Forty-ninth and Market streets. John 

 P. Cleary sold stock of Eobert Craig & 

 Son, William K. Harris and John and 

 W. H. Westcott under the hammer. A 

 number of out-of-town buyers were pres- 

 ent. 



L. E. Hancock, of Burlington, N. J., 

 is sending fine Glory of Pacific and 

 Polly Eose chrysanthemums to the Leo 

 Niessen Co. 



Casher and Geo, L, Pennock, of Lans- 

 downe, are sending exceptionally fine 

 Golden Gates to their brother, S. S. Pen- 

 nock. 



Henry J, Faust, of Merion, is sending 

 fine Kaiserins and Adiantum Croweanum 

 to Fred Ehret. 



Jasper Lorimer, of Croydon, is send- 

 ing giant daisies, both yellow and white, 

 to the Flower Market. 



Paul Eichter, of the Henry F. Mich- 

 ell Co., states that John Kuhn, of Fifth 

 and Tabor streets, has a fine lot of field- 

 grown Dracsena indivisa. 



A. J. Pennock has been sending some 

 heavy shipments of his royal strain of 

 valley to S. S. Pennock. 



W. and Harry F. Evans, of Eowland- 

 ville, are sending four Cs, choice chrys- 

 anthemums, carnations, and Caiserins to 

 the Leo Niessen Co. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons have been 

 very busy with decorating lately, 



Edward Rcid is justly proud of sev- 

 eral letters received from cities to which 

 his flowers have been shipped. One from 

 Charlotte, N, C, was very encouraging, 

 another from Charleston, S. C, also most 

 gratifying, Mr, Eeid is receiving fine 

 carnations, valley and chrysanthemums. 



Eugene Bernheimer has been willing 

 to talk yellow chrysanthemums to his 

 chosen friends, a subject that very few 

 wholesalers have found very interesting 

 so far. He is also handling nice Polly 

 Eose and Glory of Pacific. 



William J, Baker's chrysanthemums 

 sold so well on Saturday and Monday 

 that he didn't have to unpack them. 

 Just think of that! 



Albert Woltemate read a paper on 

 hardy herbaceous plants before the Ger- 

 mantown Horticultural Society in Asso- 

 ciation Hall on Monday evening, 



" Germantown 'g Eare and Notable 

 Plants" is the title of an attractive 

 little booklet just published by E. C. 

 Jellett, There are many good photo- 

 graphs, including a fine oak on Babbit 



Lane, the late L. C. Baumann, Wake- 

 field, and George Eedles. 



Nearly every man in town says he has 

 seen "the rare bug" described in last 

 week's EEfviEW, It is not curious that 

 some men should have seen, or should 

 have thought they had seen, this bug or 

 one of its kind, but that so many men 

 should think they had seen it and say 

 so is most remarkable. Phil, 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



This week opens with a return to al- 

 most summer temperature. The effect 

 upon the market can easily be imagined. 

 This, with the flood of chrysanthemums, 

 makes a further postponement of the 

 fall season inevitable. , 



The last week's business was rather 

 more encouraging. The cooler weather, 

 with its effect upon the outdoor flowers, 

 made a shortage in supply that reflected 

 favorably upon the rose and carnation 

 demand. The retail windows are bril- 

 liant with chrysanthemums and autumn 

 leaves and a general appreciation of the 

 value of artistic decoration is evident in 

 every part of the city. Asters, dahlias, 

 and gladioli have d2parted. They cer- 

 tainly held the center of the stage be- 

 yond their allotted time and can well be 

 spared, 



Eoses and carnations are coming in 

 splendidly and the best stock is gradu- 

 ally appreciating in price. Orchids are 

 again abundant but never in excess of 

 the demand. Violets have improved in 

 quality but the large shipments and the 

 light call for them keep the price for 

 the best down to 50 cents per 100. 



Clab Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 York Florists 's Club was held on Mon- 

 day evening. President Traendly in the 

 chair and over forty members present. 

 The final report of the outing committee 

 was read, showing a satisfactory bal- 

 ance. A belated report of transporta- 

 tion was made by Chairman O'Mara, 

 who also read the elaborate reports upon 

 the visits of the investigating committee 

 at the establishments of the F. B. Pier- 

 son Co., of Tarrytown, A. L. Miller, of 

 Brooklyn, and John Scott, of Flatbush. 

 A discussion arose as to the granting of 

 a gold medal to Mr. Scott, the recom- 

 mendation of the committee granting the 

 silver medal as the highest possible award 

 of the club being finally adopted. A 

 silver medal was also given to F. E. 

 Pierson Co. for their sport of Piersoni. 



Jos. Fenrich and J. H. Pepper were 

 elected members of the club and John 

 Scott proposed J. H. Kemper, Peter 

 Wagner, F. A, Lord, Eobert Wilson and 

 Herman Dreyer. One of the members 

 suggested an award of a gold medal to 

 Mr. Scott for so creditable a demonstra- 

 tion of practical interest in the club's 

 welfare. 



Committees were appointed to draw 

 up suitable resolutions on the deaths of 

 three of the club's members, Dean Hole, 

 an honorary member; John Reickert 

 and J, B, Hyatt. The Vilmorin memori- 

 al in Paris was discussed by H, Beau- 

 lieu. 



The exhibition of flowers was not as 

 extensive as expected, no gladioli or 

 asters being left. Mr. Beaulieu showed 

 dahlias. A new fern was shown by Bruce 

 Butterton, gardener for E. J. Berwin, of 



