March 30, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Are You Re^ady for the Easter Rush 



We bave juat received the largest shipment of 



Our Celebrated Pebbled 

 Pleated Paper in all Colors 



per roll of 80 inches ivlde. 10 feet lone, 80c; per dosen. $3.00; per 100. 

 922.60. This is the most up-to-date paper for pot covers. 



Pebbled Paper with Ornaments 



Printed on in rolls of 10 ft. lonar. 30 in. wide, per roll, 26c; per doz., $2.60. 



Velvet Two Tone Crepe Paper 



25c per roll. 



Water-Proof Crepe Paper 



only the best grade and finest colors, 26c per roll; $2.25 per dozen. 



MATTINGS, You never saw any like these 



The most beautiful assortment in plain colors at $2.00 per dozen; fancy 

 at $2.26 per dozen. 



Silk Fibre Ribbon 



the latest and best article to tie up mats, pot covers, etc.; gruaranteed 

 not to chip or tear, in spools of 60 yds. at $1.75 per spool. These come 

 in green, pink, white, red and lavender. 



White Bells for Easter 



Decorations and Weddings. 5-inch. P^r doz., $1.00; 8-inch, per dozen, 

 $2.00; 11-inch, per doted, $8.00; 22-lnCh, per dozen, $12.00. 



Dotted Chfffon, Violet Tassels, Chiffon 



Ribbon, Chiffon Bands, Silk Ribbons. 



Violet or Green Foil per pound, 35c. 



Remember Seooration Day is also coming. Order at the same time 

 and save money on freight: 



Metal Designs, Cycas and Ruscus Wreaths 



and CxoBsaa, some of our special wreaths. Cycas ILeaves, the kind 

 you will always buy. Write fo r o ur supplement to Catalogue F; it will 

 interest you. OBDBB QVZCK or 



L. BAUMANN &CO., 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicaqo. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



previous six games with the ' * unbeat- 

 ables," but we will not discuss the me- 

 lancholy event any farther, I trust he 

 sent you the correct scores. 



Bobby Schultz, I hear, backed Madi-. 

 son to win and proposes to put up a new 

 greenhouse 20x300 when he has collected 

 his bets made in Twenty-eighth, Twenty- 

 ninth and Thirtieth streets. 



Never mind, Austin, the potatoes at 

 the supper afterwards were nice, and you 

 had some satisfaction after all. Only 

 don't be too sure in future. 



O. B. Server. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Market. 



Conditions continue unfavorable in the 

 cut flower market. Heavy production, 

 combined with weak and irregular de- 

 mand, make returns averaging anywhere 

 near listed prices an impossibility. Good, 

 roses are cheap and so plentiful that the 

 poorer grades have no show whatever. 

 Carnations have suffered severely. Even 

 job lot sales will not carry off the sur- 

 plus. Valley is more plentiful and now 

 in excess of the demand. Violets are 

 selling pretty well at low prices, but 

 warm weather is rapidly destroying the 

 quality as well as diminishing the quan- 

 tity. Bulbous stock can be had at buy- 

 ers' figures. Only fancy tulips sell, while 

 the daffodil market has been completely 

 swamped by the arrival of southern 

 blooms. The bright features on this 

 dark scene are the arrival of Gen. Jacque- 

 minot roses at Bernheimer's and the 

 snarp advance in price of smilax. Hardy 

 ferns and wild smilax are also in fair 

 demand. Indications point to an improve- 

 ment at the opening of the month. Hope 

 we won't be fooled! 



The Spring: Show. 



The spriyg exhibition of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society opened in 

 Horticultural H&ll, on Tuesday. It is a' 

 very fine display. The plants are well 

 grown and in good variety. The cut 

 flowers are of excellent quality. A pair 

 of handsome Bougainvillea Sanderiana in 

 W. K. Harris' best style grace the stair- 

 way. Below are some hydrangeas, ex- 

 tremely well done, above a pretty group 



of flowering plants, including snowballs 

 in pots from the W. H. Moon Company. 

 The center of the main haU.is filled by a 

 magnificent group of foliage and flower- 

 ing plants, including some rare specimens 

 from the commissioners of Fairmount 

 park, who drew from their Horticultural 

 Hall. This group was beautifully ar- 

 ranged by the superintendent, Xavier E. 

 Schmidt. There are two tables of choice 

 orchids, one from Julius Roehrs, of 

 Rutherford, N. J., the other from Lager 

 & Hurrell, of Summit, N. J. 



Joseph Heacock, of Wyncote, sent a 

 handsome group of well grown kentias in 

 commercial sizes. The large private es- 

 tates near this city sent many specimens, 

 lilies, azaleas, cinerarias, primroses, 

 palms, stove plants, geraniums, etc. John 

 McCleary, gardener to Mrs. R. J. C. Wal- 

 ker, and William Robertson, gardener to 

 John W. Pepper, being notable exhibitors. 

 The display of bulbous flowers is a feat- 

 ure, the tulips in pans being a sight to 

 warm the heart of a Holland traveler. 



There are some nice pot roses, Killar- 

 ney and the Baby Rambler being seen for 

 the first time here. The feature of the 

 carnation display is John E. Haines, a 

 superb scarlet brought with other seed- 

 lings by the great grower and hybridizer, 

 John E. Haines, of Bethlehem, Pa. There 

 are many other fine blooms of standard 

 sorts. W. & H. Mergenthaler have a vase 

 of fancy Maids and Brides in Robert 

 Jamison's happiest vein. Taken alto- 

 gether the show merits Secretary Rust's 

 brief comment of approval. It is good. 

 Go up and see it. 



Logan. 



Hugh Graham is to be congratulated 

 upon a large and varied assortment of 

 Easter plants. He has 15,000 azaleas ap- 

 parently skillfully timed and in fine con- 

 dition. Nearly one half are Mme. Van der 

 Cruyssen, the balance being chiefly Ber- 

 nard Andre alba and Vervseneana, most- 

 ly in " sixes. ' ' There are, I think, 6,000 

 or 8,000 lilies, chiefly longiflonim of 

 good height, varying m the number of 

 buds. Two thousand Spiraea superba, a 

 variety which Mr. Grosshans, who cour- 

 teously showed me over the place, con- 

 siders of great merit. Some of the fol- 

 iage standing up among the flowers adds 



grace. A few of these plants were splen- 

 did specimens in "tens." The fhney 

 hyacinths in three or four of the best 

 sorts were still outside, with an ^.d^itional 

 tent covering to keep back their grpwtii.' 

 There were some large Crimson an^i a 

 few dwarf Baby Ramblers, The feature 

 of the Easter roses was a houise of vig- 

 orous Ulrich Brunners in boxes with good 

 stems just showing buds. Among the 

 carnations Gov. Lowndes seemed especial-, 

 ly prolific. There were half a dozen 

 plants of a good seedling white with 

 large flowers and good stem. . .... , 



Varioua Notes. ' ' 



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Joseph Heacock has a splendid lot of 

 well grown kentias, his made-up plants 

 being particularly fine. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is handling as 

 high as 2,000 bunches of pansies daily. 



The United States Cut Flower Co., of 

 Elmira, N. Y., is sending daily ship- 

 ments of fine Beauties and other roses to 

 Berger Bros. 



The Andorra Nurseries have a very 

 fine lot of pin oaks in all sizes. 



M. Rice & Co. are offering special in- 

 ducements to insure the moving of their 

 Easter baskets before they go to their 

 new quarters in June. 



C. F. Edgar, late of this city, is now 

 with the United States Cut Flower Co. 



Paul Berkowitz says that his firm, Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., is just as busy as busy 

 can be. 



Samuel S. Pennock is handling a nice 

 assortment of orchids. 



The leaders of the Philadelphia Cut 

 Flower Co. are out on the road preparing 

 for Easfter. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons have had some 

 busy days lately at the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford. A dinner on Saturday at short 

 notice for 100 covers was very elaborate. 

 Another good-sized affair on the same 

 day was for the Five O'clock Club. 



Antoine Wintzer states that the Con- 

 ard & Jones Co. benched twelve dor- 

 mant grafted plants of Etoile de France 

 in December last and from them he se- 

 cured 250 cuttings, now growing nicely in 

 2% -inch pots. Another batch is just go- 

 ing into the sand. Mr. WSntzer believes 

 this rose will bear watching as a forcer. 



W. R. Gibson says that Philadelphia 



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