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ThcWeckly Florists' Review. 



Mat 18, 1006. 



PHILADELPHIA, 



The Market 



The market conditions show little 

 change. Apple and dogwood blossoms 

 are being replaced by shrubbery. South- 

 ern peonies have made their appearance, 

 both Niessen and Pennock having ship- 

 ments. The former are also receiving 

 Golden iris, while W. J. Moore has the 

 first pond lilies of the season in three 

 colors. Beauties are good and very plen- 

 tiful. Burton, Heacock and Myers & 

 Samtman are all cutting heavily. Prices 

 are low. Tea roses are falling ofif in 

 quality and sell slowly. Really good car- 

 nations find a market, but the majority 

 only do so through the medium of the 

 fakir. Sweet peas are getting down to 

 the prices for outdoor stock, the first 

 of these having reached the Flower Mar- 

 ket from C. E. Meehan's. S. S. Pennock 

 has the best strings of asparagus seen in 

 town. They are very long, heavy and of 

 deep color. 



At Julius Wolffs. 



At Twenty-eighth and Sedgeley streets, 

 Julius Wolff, Jr., has a store and half a 

 dozen greenhouses adjacent to his resi- 

 denccf, close by what was once Ridge ave- 

 nue station on the P. R. R. This place 

 is considered tributary to his main es- 

 tablishment at 1617 North Nineteenth 

 street, the houses being devoted to palms, 

 rubbers, ferns, etc., and to a good col- 

 lection of spring flowering plants and 

 vines. The place is especially noted in 

 a wholesale way throughout the city for 

 its orchids, of which there are a goodly 

 number. Through some misunderstand- 

 ing, the time set by Mr. Wolff for a visit 

 found most of the orchid blooms cut, so 

 that I shall have to look forward to see- 

 ing them in their glory at some futurei 

 time. 



The Cniz Statement 



At the meeting of the creditors of 

 Robert Craig & Son, held at Forty-ninth 

 and Market streets last Monday, As- 

 signee John Burton showed that the 

 mortgage on the real estate had been 

 reduced. There was a good balance in the 

 bank, to be augmented by a considerable 

 amount in bills receivable. All the credi- 

 tors, with three exceptions, representing 

 a comparatively small amount, have ac- 

 cepted the firm's proffered 50 cents on 

 the dollar, which will be paid to them 

 on June 15. 



Various Notes. 



E. D. Darlington, of Doylestown, is 

 sending nice Kaiserins to Fred Ehret. 



Charles E. Meehan calls attention to 

 the fact that lilies that cannot be brought 

 into bloom by Easter should be sorted 

 out at as early a moment as possible and 

 kept cool. Lilies have been a drug during 

 May. A little later they will be in de- 

 mand. 



There is great activity in bowling cir- 

 cles now. There was the Essington pic- 

 nic on Tuesday last, for all the bowlers 

 and their friends. Then there is a great 

 team tournament for prizes, in which 

 thirty players are competing, divided into 

 six teams of five men each. 



John Curwen, of Villa Nova, has 

 bought five acres of ground at Berwyn 

 on which he expects to put up some 

 glass this summer for growing carna- 

 tions. 



Mr. McPhee, of the Dillworth Floral 



Our Memorial Day Spe'cialty 



WE ALSO OFFER: 

 Immortelles in all colors, Immortelle Wreaths. 

 Metal Wreaths with Flowers, very handsome. '' 



Cycas Leaves and Wreaths, beautifully prepared. 

 Magnolia, Beech and Laurel Wreaths* 



Ruscus (Smilax-like) Wreaths, very pretty. 



Wheat Sheaves and Many Other Things 



Appropriate for this Holiday. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 

 50-56 NORTH 4th ST. PHILADELPHIA 



MPTitlon Thp Review when yon write. 



Co., of Charlotte, N. C, was a visitor re 

 cently. 



Mr. Devine, a graduate of Logan, is 

 now foreman for F. & H. Mergenthaler. 



George Burton has his houses in splen- 

 did shape. He sent fifty dozen fine 

 Beauties to the Leo Niessen Co. on Mon- 

 day. 



The Wm. Graham Co. had the decora- 

 tions for the Union League anniversary, 

 last week. American Beauties were 

 largely used. 



Eugene Weiss is cutting heavily nice 

 Brides and Maids, which Samuel Lilley 

 disposes of to advantage. 



Outdoor valley is in the market. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are doing a 

 great business in their Memorial day spe- 

 cialties. 



John Wilson has been improving the 

 opportunity for artistic work in the 

 Habermehl's attractive shop in the Belle- 

 vue-Stratford. 



George Faulkner is well pleased with 

 his spring business. 



Alfred Burton has thef houses on his 

 father's new place, the Lonsdale estate, 

 ready for glazing. 



M. Rice & Co. report that their Memo- 

 rial day orders this year largely exceed- 

 ed last year's. Their factory has been 

 working overtime to fill orders promptly. 

 No orders are allowed to lag by this 

 hustling firm. 



The Department Stores. 



K., whose Philadelphia column in a 

 contemporary delights his many read- 

 ers, sharply criticises the leading para- 

 graph under Easter Echoes in this col- 

 umn in the Eeview of May 4. While the 

 views expressed were somewhat ad- 

 vanced, the source from which they came, 

 one of our most prominent florists, en- 

 titles them to respect. A number of years 

 ago Thomas Cartledge said "the fakir 

 docs our business more good than harm, 

 but," he added, "better not say that yet, 

 for they won't think so." Now the ques- 

 tion has ceased to be an issue and the' 

 fakir is recognized as an aid to business. 



I do not say that these advanced views 

 regarding the benefits of department 

 store advertising are correct. Time will 

 show. I did not say that the popularity 

 of the azalea was waning, but that they 

 were less plentiful than last year. I be- 

 lieve this to be a fact. Phil. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



There is not very much to say about 

 the market. Things are moving along as 

 well as can be expected, weather and sea- 

 son considered. Carnations are a glut 

 and good ones are bringing from $1 to 

 $L50 per hundred, with a few fancies at 

 $2. Roses are also very plentiful, and 

 only the best grades find ready sale. 

 Short stuff is hard to dispose of at any 

 price. The first peonies made their ap- 

 pearance the beginning of the past week 

 and are bringing from $5 to $6 per hun- 

 dred. 



After an illness of about two weeks 

 the wife of J. J. Perry, manager of the 

 Florists' Exchange, died on May 10. 

 There were many handsome floral pieces 

 at the funeral, sent mainly from the 

 trade. Mr. Perry has the sympathy of 

 his many friends in the business. 



A. F. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Reduced Rate to Convention. 



The Trunk Line Association has made 

 the usual reduced rate to the Washing- 

 ton convention of one and one-third fare 

 for the round trip. The Trunk Line 

 Association territory includes the states 

 of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 

 Maryland, West Virginia, and a portion 

 of Virginia. Following the granting of 

 this concession by the Trunk Line Asso- 

 ciation, application has been made to the 

 New England, Central, Southeastern, 

 Southwestern and Western Passenger As- 

 sociations for a similar reduction. As 

 soon as action has been taken by these 

 associations, due announcement will be 

 made accordingly. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



