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The Weekly Florists^ Review* ' 



Januaby 12. 190S. 



WHITELAWSON 



Which we introduced last seasoii has given great satiafaction, and has proved to be 



THE FINEST WHITE CARNATION EVER SENT OUT 



Remember that we are headquarters for it. The (demand will undoubtedly exceed the 

 supply this season, and in order to secure early delivery, no time should be lost in placing^ order* We are 

 now booking: orders for early January delivery* Orders will be filled strictly in rotation, as received, so the 

 earlier orders are booked, the earlier deliveries can be made* We can supply 



First-class strong rooted cuttings, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOOO. 



Also all the other novelties of the season, FIANCEE, CARDINSL, FRED BURKI, etc. 



Also the cream of the older sorts, Mrs. M. A. Patten, Daheim, Enchantress, Fiamingo, 

 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, etc. 



F. R. PIERSON C0.9 Tarrytown-oo-fiodsoo, N. Y. 



They hardly do justice to the subject, but 

 'tis a melancholy fact that Phil, too, was 

 away that night, he being very much 

 afraid that if he got into town he would 

 have to stay there or walk all the way out. 



Germantown Horticultural Society. 



James G. Scott read an interesting pa- 

 per, historical and hunlorous, on Asple- 

 nium Ebenoides, discovered by his father 

 near Pencoyd, Pa., in 1862, before the 

 January meeting of the Germantown 

 Horticultural Society last Monday even- 

 ing. He received a hearty vote of thank?. 

 The election of officers resulted in but 

 one change. The societj' is in excellent 

 shape, thanks to the able and conscien- 

 tious work of the president, Edward 

 Neville, and the secretary and treas- 

 urer, George Eedles. Mr. Neville, who 

 has served seven years as president, was 

 presented with a bouquet of floral gems 

 in the phape of fifty of the Stratford 

 Flower Farm 's selected carnations in va- 

 riety. 



An Average Price. 



David Rnst, in a paragraph published 

 recently in the Florists' Exchange, states 

 that a large buyer of cut flowers 

 told him that he purchased one 

 do^en American Beauties in Balti- 

 more on December 24 for $30 and 

 that on December 28, he purchased from 

 the New York Cut Flower Co. a dozen 

 American Beauties that were as goou 

 and probably fresher for $3.80. Com- 

 menting on this, Mr. Rust says that 

 while the first price was too higli, the 

 second was too low and Ihat high prices 

 are a detriment to the cut flower busi- 

 ness. The natural inference to be drawn 

 from the above statement is that were 

 the growers and sellers of cut flowers 

 less avaricious they would be better off. 

 Is this really true? I don't think so. 

 Personally I would greatly prefer an 

 average price, or at least that prices 

 should not fluctuate so tremendorsly, and 

 so, I think, would a large majority of 

 the growers and sellers of cut flowers, 

 but there are certain facts that prevent 

 this desirable end. 



Take the case quoted, that of Ameri- 

 ran Beauties. Last season several of 

 the cleverest growers of this rose con- 

 fessed to me that they had not made 



money. This season prices through the 

 fall were not as good as last season. 

 Owing to the bad weather the supply at 

 Christmas fell below expectations and 

 prices were high. Despite these high 

 prices a great many more could have 

 been sold. I do not think the buyer re- 

 ferred to can realize the thought, care 

 and hard, honest work required to bring 

 Beauties into crop at Christmas when 

 conditions are unfavorable. Regarding 

 the prices quoted, the wholesale price in 

 this city on December 24 was $15 a doz- 

 en and on December 28, $9 a dozen. The 

 retailers' profit is a question that does 

 not concern florists in general, but if 

 the buyer bought "specials" in New 

 York at $3.80 on the date given he got 

 them fifty per cent under the listed price 

 in that city. It is probable, however, 

 that the buyer got "specials" in Balti- 

 more and No. 1 or No. 2 in New York. 



Various Notes. 



William H. Wyatt went up to Harris- 

 burg last week with a number of big 

 Beauty orders for the opening of the 

 legislature. 



J. A. Smith, of the H. F. Michell 

 Co., states that advance orders for flor- 

 ists ' seed.^ are keeping the force busy. 



Lit Bros., a deparlnierit store, bought 

 carnations freely on Friday, their first 

 venture of the kind, and sold them on 

 Saturday at 15 to 18 cents a dozen and 

 on Monday at 10 to 12 cents a dozen. 



The fakirs have been buying carna- 

 tions from $2.50 to $5 a thousand and 

 do not appear to be making money. The 

 bad time won't last long. 



William A. Walton, of Oxford, Pa., 

 one of the Flower Market growers, has 

 purchased a farm in that carnation cen- 

 ter. 



Eugene Bernheimer received his first 

 freesias on Monday. He is getting a 

 nice lot of white and pink sweet peas. 

 Mr. Bernheimer believes that among the 

 causes of the carnation glut are that 

 nearly everybody's plants are doing well. 

 Last season, when plants were less vig- 

 orous, there was no overproduction dur- 

 ing the fortnight succeeding the holi- 

 days. 



Hugh Graham had good crops of 

 Beauties, Liberties and. carnations for 

 the holidays from his place at Logan. 



Mr. Graham believes the plant trade, 

 both at Christmas and at Easter, has a 

 great future, 



Phil was fortunate to run across the 

 senior riiember of the firm of the premier 

 rose growers at the Flower Market this 

 week, Mr. Myers was selling as his 

 partner was ill. He stated they had 

 cut 20,000 Beauties in December and had 

 filled some big orders. 



The Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. is 

 receiving some nice Kaiserins, quite a 

 rarity now, and white lilac. 



As the Review goes* to press J. J. 

 Habermehl 's Sons are arranging the dec- 

 orations for the Morrocco Club. Life- 

 like goats and kids disporting themselves 

 on miniature mountains in the center 

 of a hollow oval table will be a feature. 



M. Rice «& Co. are very much elated 

 over the fact that they were able to 

 land a large shipment of cycas leaves 

 b^'ore the duty was , increased, ■ybich 

 means a material increase in the price 

 of this much used article when this lot 

 is gone. 



A Holiday Problem. 



[IU>8peot fully dedicated to K.. sometime 

 nt.vled the Thorley of Philadelphia, and to 

 O. r. W., a man of parts.] 



The pretty jtlrl's smile faded aw-ay 

 At the. awful prices she had to pa.v 

 For Christmas flowers so bright and gay, 

 Thorlpy says, Thorley says. 



Choice ciit flowers appealed In rain; 

 She turned from Beauties with proud disdain, 

 Uought Begonia Ololre de Lorraine, 

 Thorley says, Tborley says. 



.Terusalem cherries were soon done, 

 Scotty ferns hud a lively run; 

 Of polnsettlas left, there were none, 

 Thorley says, Thorley says. 



How the storm king whistled and blew. 

 Plants needed wax and tissue, too; 

 Plenty of work for the tired crew, 

 Thorley says, Thorley says. 



'TIs sad In this wicked world of ours. 

 Mischief might of evil powers 

 Causes strange antics in fragile flowers, 

 Thorley says, TTiorley says. 



THE SOLUTION. 



In nineteen five bow would It do 

 To fix one price the whole year through; 

 Abstain from salt and sugar. Yon 

 Might send the fakirs to Tlmbuctoo, 

 G. C. says, G. C. says. 



Phil. 



Hehie is another dollar; the Review is 

 all one could ask. The Pronouncing Dic- 

 tionary is what I have wanted for a long 

 time. — W. N. Tharp, Liberty, Ind. 



