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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABT 19, 1906." ' 



WHITELAWSON 



Which we introduced last Beasoii has tfiven gretki aatisfaction, 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 he lost in placing^ order* We are 

 now booking: orders for early January delivery. Orders will be filled strictly in rotation, as recetved, 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 1000. 



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



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

 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, etc. 



r. R. PIERSON C0.9 Tarrytown-oa-Hodson, N. Y. 



saucer under each pot and keep it con- 

 tinually filled with weak liquid manure. 

 Those so treated with saucers and those 

 watered on the surface will show a 

 marked difference. We have tried it. 



Botanically, and generally in the trade, 

 this pretty and very hardy herbaceous 

 plant is now known as astilbe. W. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The tone of the market is improving 

 this week. The supply, especially of 

 carnations, is a trifle lighter. While 

 there is not enough business to use 

 all the flowers offered, the tendency to- 

 ward lower prices appears to be creating 

 more demand for the lower grades. The 

 feature of the market this week is the 

 increase in the so-called spring flowers, 

 usually so popular during February: 

 Daffodils, chiefly single, which are sell- 

 ing exceptionally well; tulips, sweet 

 peas, pansies, daisies, freesias, which 

 are unusually scarce so far this season. 

 Mignonette and forget-me-nots are the 

 latest acquisitions at S. S. Pennock's. 

 Two staple flowers that might be prop- 

 erly classed in this section, violets and 

 lilies of the valley, are experiencing a 

 period of dullness. 



Boses of good quality have been 

 really scarce ever since New Year's. 

 liVen the poorer ones have not found 

 their way to the street during the re- 

 cent ten days of carnation slaughter. 

 Long Beauties are more plentiful now, 

 but the medium grades continue scarce, 

 Liberty helping to fill their place. Good 

 Bride and Bridesmaid are scarce. Cat- 

 tleyas and gardenias are more plentiful 

 and lower in price. There are plenty of 

 cypripediums about. White lilacs are 

 to be found at nearly all the commission 

 houses. The quality is very fair and 

 .the HomnTK^ increasing. Poinsettias are 

 about over. Montresor, Yellow Prince 

 and La Beine have succeeded Proserpine 

 as the tulips of the day. 



A Probable Settlement* 

 The meeting at Forty-ninth and Mar- 

 ket streets last week was not called by 

 the assignee, as erroneously stated in this 

 column two weeks ago, but by the firm. 

 Ecbert Craig addressed a meeting of 



about fifty of his firm's creditors and 

 their representatives. He presented the 

 case fully. The discussion that followed 

 lasted for over an hour. Nearly all those 

 who spoke favored the acceptance of the 

 offer of 50 cents on the dollar. The as- 

 signee was not present, nor was he rep- 

 resented, 



A very large majority of the credit- 

 ors have accepted the fifty-cent offer. It 

 was stated on the street that the offer 

 v.as made possible by a prominent 

 seedsman agreeing to furnish the money 

 necessary on security, presumably of the 

 real estate. Should the plan go through, 

 as now seems probable, it is believed that 

 enough will be saved to enable the firm 

 to resume business by July 1. This will 

 give great pleasure to the friends of Eob- 

 ert Craig. Their number is legion all 

 over the country. 



At the Bellevue-Stratford* 



John P. Habermehl was busily en- 

 gaged in his handsome new shop when 

 Phil called. Mr. Habermehl very cour- 

 teously made time to show his visitor 

 the improved ice-box facilities. The 

 beautiful show-case is chilled by frost- 

 covered pipes operated by a cold stor- 

 age plant. A pan arrangement permits 

 cleaning the pipes without removing the 

 flowers from or making any dirt in the 

 case. 



In the light and airy cellar under- 

 neath is another case in which the greens 

 and flowers sold are kept. The hotel 

 engineer regulates the pipes in both 

 cases each day. Downstairs also is the 

 workroom and storeroom, the shelves 

 filled with paper, boxes, jars, etc. The 

 space, though limited, is sufficient, ex- 

 cept for very large orders, which are 

 executed at the Messrs, Habermehl 's 

 store and greenhouses at Twenty-second 

 and Diamond streets. Plants and rough 

 material are admitted by a side door 

 communicating with the back stairway. 

 Three phones are kept constantly in use. 

 Mr. Habermehl expressed himself as well 

 pleased with the business done in his 

 new store so far. 



Various Notes. 

 The Leo Niessen Co. 's supply of long- 

 stemmed American Beauties is very flue 

 now. They are handling a great many 



nice yellow and white tulips and white 

 lilacs, A heavy business in galax and 

 hardy ferns has been developed. Their 

 shipping orders cover the entire range of 

 market staples and are very important 

 factors of their large business. 



A, E, Wohlert, of Bala, has sent some 

 fronds of a new adiantum to Fred Ehret. 

 This is a very pretty thing that bears 

 something the same resemblance to 

 Adiantum cuneatum that Asparagus 

 Sprengeri does to Asparagus plumosus. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. is sending out 

 hardy rhodendrons and azaleas for Eas- 

 ter forcing. 



Steven Mortensen, of Southampton, is 

 cutting a nice crop of choice Brides, 

 Maids and Liberties. They go, as of 

 yore, to S. S. Pennock. Mr. Pennock 

 must have mentioned this at his home, 

 or it got about "somehow, for a party of 

 the Lansdowne florists, James Verner, 

 William Munro, W. A. Leonard and Da- 

 vid Anderson, were seen journeying out 

 to Southampton last week. 



The Flower Market has established a 

 reputation for lightning delivery and fine 

 stock. 



Edward Eeid has been experiencing a 

 lively demand for his choice Hudson River 

 Marie Louise violets. Mr. Eeid is both 

 for and against Campbell, odd but true. 



Berger Bros, are handling some nice 

 mignonette and sweet peas. 



Edward Seidewitz, of Annapolis, was 

 in this city recently. 



H. H. Battles has been wintering at 

 Thomhedge. This is his first season in 

 the country. 



L K. Peacock proposes abandoning 

 carnations and violets after this season 

 in order to devote himself exclusively 

 to the dahlia. 



The Floral Exchange is sending some 

 nice Golden Gate to E. Bernheimer. 



Wm. J. Meore is b e c o mi ng a decided- 

 factor in the carnation market. 



John G. Gardiner addressed the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society on the 

 multiflora as a stock for grafting out- 

 door roses last Tuesday evening. 



M, Rice & Co. are developing their 

 ribbon business among florists exclusive- 

 ly. Their dotted chiffons in soft and 

 pleasing colors are very effective for 

 tying on baskets. 



