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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 20, 1905. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



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The Market 



Indications point to an exceptionally 

 good Easter. The fortnight of warm 

 weather followed by the cooler and then 

 the wintry weather which opened this 

 week, first railroaded and then shortened 

 the crops and eventually improving their 

 quality. Orders are coming in well, the 

 Leo Niessen Co. reporting them excellent 

 already for Easter, Easter week and even 

 for the first \veek in May. The supply 

 of roses and carnations will be moderate, 

 less in most cases than earlier in the 

 month. Sweet peas, daisies, pansies and 

 valley will be abundant. The first named 

 will not, however, equal the demand. This 

 will also be true of violets, though there 

 will be more than was anticipated. 



Easter lilies will be plentiful. A sur- 

 plus of good flowers is improbable. Callas 

 are scarce, with small prospects of a 

 good supply. Daffodils and tulips are 

 more plentiful and bring good money, 

 thanks to the disappearance of the 

 southern stock and to the increased de- 

 mand. Smilax is scarce, except with the 

 Niessen Co* Asparagus is fairly plenti- 

 ful. Prices are rising steadily. It seems 

 probable that the rapid drop of five weeks 

 ago will be recalled by an equally re- 

 markable rise before this week' is over. 



The Andorra Nurseries. 



The Reading or Pennsylvania train 

 from the city to Chestnut Hill, followed 

 by five minutes' further ride on the 

 trolleys, brings the visitor to the cross- 

 road scarcely a country square from the 

 entrance to ths Andorra Nurseries. By 

 far the prettier way is to go by the pic- 

 turesque Wissahickon drive, along the 

 banks of the creek, than which there is 

 no lovelier bit of natural scenery any- 

 where. You can drive, or ride the shanks 

 mare, as I did last Sunday afternoon. 

 The entrance to the nurseries is at the 

 very end of the drive, the roadway wind- 

 ing up a hill to the high ground above, 

 where a magnificent view stretches for 

 miles away on all sides. Ornamental 

 trees, shrubs and evergreens in all stages 

 of growth are seen in bewildering num- 

 bers, down the slope on the left toward 

 Barron Hill and up the opposite incline. 

 It is more level on the right or city side. 

 Behind there is a slight rise toward Box- 

 borough, while in front is the Wissa- 

 hickon, with beyond on Chestnut Hill 

 another acreage of the nursery. 



Unfortunately William Warner Harper 

 was away and John Humphreys was rest- 

 ing after a strenuous week, so I cannot 

 tell you which are the best rhododen- 

 drons or clematis or how to grow Colo- 

 rado blue spruce like they do up there. 

 I can only tell you that there are abun- 

 dant signs of business enterprise and 

 activity. Three tracts of ground in the 

 nursery, the main one of 150 acres, sixty 

 more on the side and ninety more over 

 toward Chestnut Hill, say 300 in all in 

 round figures, I was told. There was 

 plenty of choice stock. It was going 

 out, too, at a lively rate in lots both 

 large and small all over the country, 

 showing clearly that Mr. Harper has not 

 been playing Rip Van Winkle during 

 the past fifteen years. 



A violent snow storm covered the rows 

 and rows of trees with a coat of pure 

 white. The sun shone on them with daz- 

 zling brilliancy, a curious and beautiful 

 eight for mid-April. In a half hour 

 white had given way to the former brown 

 and green tints. 



Various Notes. 



The Easter plant growers are doing a 

 heavy business. Hugh Graham was re- 

 ported to have declined further orders 

 on Saturday. Robert Craig & Son and 

 William K. Harris have made heavy 

 sales. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is handling Hugh 

 Graham's Easter stock of Ulrich Brun- 

 ners. They are very fine. 



H. W. Collins has succeeded R. G. 

 Palmer at Doylestown. His cut goes 

 to S. S. Pennock. 



George F. Christie is sending very fine 

 Brides to William J. Baker, 



The Philadelphia Carnation Co., Harry 

 Crawford grower, sends the best sweet 

 peas coming into town today. 



Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., is back from a flying trip to New 

 York, He seems well pleased with Easter 

 business. 



J. ,T. Habermehl's Sons have grown a 

 very fine lot of Easter plants at their 



Edward Reid is handling a nice lot of 

 Easter lilies. His valley and Kaiserins 

 are excellant. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have bought a 

 new farm in Jersey. The soil is just 

 what they want for growing melons, 

 cucumbers, pumpkins, egg plants, pep- 

 pers. Spark's Earliana tomatoes and a 

 few flower seeds. 



S. S. Pennock is handling some nice 

 Killarney roses. 



An Encore. 



Enclosed is a check for one dollar 

 to renew 



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for another year. I find in it much 



interesting reading and it is a very 



paying thing to me, as I am a large 



buyer and in general find jast 



what I w^ant in the Review. I 



would not like to give it up at any 



price. 



E. KITCHENMEISTER. 



New Brunswick, N. J. 



uptown place, at Twenty-second and Dia- 

 mond streets. 



William Berger has his lilies and other 

 Easter plants in prime condition. 



A few of the many visitors in town 

 wer3 R. W. Hutchison, of Sewickley, Pa. ; 

 William Feast, Charles Diedeman, H. 

 Wells, of Baltimore; Mrs. E. A, Wil- 

 liams, of Pittsburg, and D. Mish, of 

 Lebanon, Pa. 



Julius Koehler & Son, Frankford, have 

 their usual fine Easter stock. 



E. J. Fancourt has returned from his 

 western business trip. 



M. Rice & Co. report that they had an 

 exceptionally good Easter trade and at- 

 tribute it to the large line of practical 

 novelties they always carry. 



William J. Muth states that the Phila- 

 delphia Cut Flower Co. will be strong on 

 valley for the Easter holiday. 



The plant business has been very heavy 

 at the wholesale cut flower houses. Ths 

 Flower Market, Niessen, Pennock and 

 Reid have all had good shipments. 



Appleton & Burrell are doing well with 

 M. Rice & Co.'s new building. It will, 

 from present appearances, be ready 

 ahead of time^ they say by May 1. 



Theodore Edwards, of Bridgeton, N. 

 J., has some nice valley now for W. J. 

 Baker. 



When a florist calls to know 

 Just what kind of stock you grow, 

 And you're in an awful fright 

 'Cause your houses aren't all right. 

 Keep him talking In the shed, 

 'Bout boiler, fuel, pipes o'erhead, 

 Anything in short will do, 

 Till too dark to take him through. 



Phil. 



OBITUARY. 



Death of Wm. Paul. 



On March 31 British horticulture lost 

 one of its most distinguished repre- 

 sentatives in the death of Wm. Paul, of 

 Waltham Cross, at the ripe age of 82 

 years. While Mr. Paul had devoted 

 much attention to such subjects as holly- 

 hocks, hyacinths, camellias, hollies, ivies, 

 pelargoniums, etc., it was as a rosarian 

 that he gained his chief distinction. H* 

 was conspicuous in all activities in the 

 interest of the rose and some dozens of 

 new sorts were raised and introduced by 

 him. Of these probably the best known 

 one in America is Magna Charta. Mr. 

 Paul was one of the earliest of those 

 upon whom the Victorian Medal in Hor- 

 ticulture was conferred. 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 



Trade during the past week has been 

 really good and there promises to be a 

 shortage, particularly in carnations. The 

 orders booked for the latter part of the 

 week will use up all that can be cut in 

 this vicinity. Roses are a good crop and 

 the demand is brisk and prices good. Eas- 

 ter lilies are selling quickly at 12% tents 

 and are of excellent quality. There is 

 also a scarcity of smilax and adiantum 

 and a good demand for both. PlumosuA 

 is plentiful and selling well. 



The United States Cut Flower Co. has 

 a show of Beauties, lilies and callas 

 worth seeing and which they are dispos- 

 ing of at good prices, their shipping de- 

 partment keeping a large staff busy. 



La France, Bawson and the other 

 growers are all busy and in good spirits, 

 so that it looks well for a good Easter. 



The weather has been very unfavorable 

 but there are signs of improvement, 

 which we are all hoping for. R. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



H. P. Kelsey, Boston, surplus list 

 nursery stock; Edw. Teas, Joplin, Mo., 

 circular of Rhus typhina laciniata; 

 Shatemue Nurseries, Barrytown, N. Y., 

 plants; E. G. Gillett, Cincinnati, sup- 

 plies; Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, nuif- 

 sery stock; Cleveland Cut Flower Co., 

 Cleveland, O., Easter price list. 



Grundy Center, Ia. — J. E. Jones re- 

 ports a very satisfactory business. He 

 finds vegetables a very good crop, as 

 there is no other supply in this vicinity. 



NoRRiSTOWN, Pa. — W. H. Catanese ha* 

 started to put up two houses 18x75 feet 

 for carnations and bedding stock. Easter 

 stock was sold out well in advance. 



