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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



75 



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. ,.: i ,Wc are getting a fair cut of stock which it is hard 

 ' ''"to equal for quality in this or any other market. 

 Plenty of "green goods*' at all times. 



BEST WILD SMILAX ALWAYS ON HAND. 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Iiarg'ect, Best Eanipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cnt Flower Hoase in Chicag'o. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., Phir^Afin III 



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evidence by the first of next October. 

 Jos. Sakowich, of New Hyde Park, the 

 discoverer of this fine carnation, was one 

 of the guests partaking of Mrs, Weber's 

 hospitality. 



Next season's auction business will be 

 a strenuous one. In addition to the vet- 

 erans, J. W. Bebus, son of one of New 

 York's oldest florists, and manager of 

 Elliott's auction department for some 

 time, will make his bid for public confi- 

 dence. 



In transcribing the New York notes 

 last week the printer in the reference to 

 violets made me mention only the Tweaity- 

 ninth and Thirtieth street experts of New 

 York City. It goes without saying that 

 the omission of Twenty-eighth street was 

 a typographical error, as every whole- 

 saler on Twenty-eighth street handles 

 many thousands of violets daily. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club met as usual on 



Monday evening. The scores up to 11 



p. m. follow: 



Pord 122 144 166 



Traendly 121 120 123 



Manda 164 156 128 



Kessler 154 143 132 



Shaw Ill 112 100 



Burns 132 106 



Bolt 125 118 



Fenrlch 127 175 



Guttman 145 142 



Butterfleld 125 111 



Pepper , 64 77 



Hart 79 



J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The volume of business during Thanks- 

 giving week was very large. The football 

 games on Thursday and on Saturday 

 brought many visitors to the city, cre- 

 ating a heavy demand in addition to the 

 regular Thanks^ving business. The sup- 

 ply of flowers was enormous. Prices ad- 

 vanced but slightly, averaging lower than 

 last season, on roses especially. Chrysan- 

 themums were used in immense quanti- 

 ties, yellow being most popular on Sat- 

 urday. S. S. Pennock sold nearly 5,000 

 Bonnaffons alone. All but the rear guard 

 of the queen of autumn have now dis- 

 appeared. Violets were really scarce on 

 the two days above named. Liberties 

 sold particularly well for Penn's 

 last game, all the grades advanc- 

 ing a step. Other flowers went well, 

 especially the limited quantities of bou- 



vardia and mignonette, the exception 

 being the poorer grades of tea roses and 

 Paper "White narcissi. The shipping trade 

 was excellent, the Leo Niessen Company 

 sending four large wagon loads of flowers 

 by one express train aJone. Summing up, 

 it may be said the retailers were especially 

 favored by the business conditions. 



Business is quieter this week. Prices 

 have not advanced despite the wintry 

 weather. There is considerable enter- 

 taining going on, with stock sufficient to 

 meet all demands. Fancy chrysanthe- 

 mums are in faii- supply. W. S. Allen, 

 Mrs. Chadwick and Dorothy Faust are 

 conspicuous. The medium and poorer 

 grades are diminishing. Poinsettias have 

 made their appearance, H. H. Battles 

 sending some fine blooms from his Thorn- 

 hedge greenhouses to S. S. Pennock and 

 to the Flower Market. Stevia serrata is 

 becoming more plentiful. 



Hillside. 



The development in the commercial 

 growing of hybrid tea roses is progress- 

 ing steadily. It is very interesting to 

 note the work being done by A. Faren- 

 wald, and to compare that work with the 

 work of five, of two and of one year 

 ago. Liberties now fill nearly all the 

 place, there being two houses and one bed 

 over of Beauties. The Liberty is now 

 flowered pretty much all the year around 

 and is grown for four years successively 

 under glass. Grafted plants have been 

 tried, but so far do not seem equal to 

 those grown on their own roots. 



The fall crop on the two, three and 

 four-year-old plants has been very heavy. 

 They are, however, in excellent shape, 

 likely to do well through the winter. 

 There are two houses of young plants on 

 benches. They are just being allowed to 

 bloom and will probably produce more 

 flowers than the older plants during the 

 next two months. 



The Beauties have also been allowed 

 to remain undisturbed in the solid beds, 

 some for two and a few for three years. 

 They produced extraordinarily heavy sum- 

 mer crops, were rested a little and started 

 up again. I was much impressed with 

 this way of handling Liberties, but had 

 some doubts about its ultimate success 

 with Beauties. 



Mr. Farenwald said that some florists 

 think that his paper on Liberties pub- 

 lished in the Review of March 24 did not 

 tell all he knew. This is an injustice to 



Mr. Farenwald. Many growers have en- 

 dorsed Mr. Burton's statement that this 

 was the best and most complete paper 

 on rose growing under glass he had ever 

 heard. 



The Game Has Begun. 



"Is that John Doe" 



< < Yes. ' ' 



< ' This is Bichard Roe. Say, Jack, you 

 may send me a hundred Enchantress.'* 



"All right, the price is 4 cents." 



' ' Hold on. Three is what I paid you 

 Saturday." ^ ^ , ,, 



' ' I know, Dick, but they are 4 today." 



"Well I don't need them. They are 

 only for stock, Jack." 



' ' They are 4 today, Dick. ' ' 



"All right. I can get them from 

 Bobby Black." 



"Very well," 



"Better send them at 3 Jack." 



"Sorry, can't do it Dick. They are 

 worth 4." 



Various Notes. 



Wm. J. Stewart was in this city re- 

 cently making arrangements for his new 

 paper. Horticulture, which will be pub- 

 lished in Boston, the home of horticulture 

 in this country. The first number is 

 scheduled to appear next Saturday. Mr. 

 Stewart has experience, excellent ideas 

 and many warm friends, three important 

 factors in the success of his enterprise. 



Wm, J. Muth stopped a moment in a 

 rush for the train to say that he was 

 well pleased with the Thanksgiving bum- 

 ness of the Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are receiving im- 

 portations of Christmas supplies by sev- 

 eral steamers this week. Immortelles, 

 immortelle wreaths and moss wreaths for 

 Christmas delivery are important items 

 of these shipments. The firm reports the 

 volume of business as ahead of last sea- 

 son. . 



Edward Reid is handling a very choice 

 lot of Beauties. 



Joseph Kift & Son obtained $9 a dozeu 

 for quite a number of Yellow Batons 

 on Saturday. 



Fred Ehret is receiving exceptionally 

 fine Adiantum Croweanum from Henry I. 

 Faust, of Merion. 



Eugene Bernheimer has been out of 

 town on business most of this week. 



Berger Bros, were pleased with their 

 chrysanthemum business last week. 



Paul Bender returned to this city a 

 few days ago to take his family to Wil- 



