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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 7, 1005. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The cut flower market has experienced 

 one of those sudden changes made pos- 

 sible by the centralization of the sup- 

 ply. The advance in prices of choice 

 flowers just previous to Thanksgiving 

 was remarkable. This advance has been 

 sustained. Values of Beauties, Liber- 

 ties and several other roses are double 

 those of ten days ago. Carnations, par- 

 ticularly Enchantress, are also worth 

 twice as much as on November 25. The 

 changes in other items on the list are 

 less marked but the whole tone of the 

 market is much better, and the returns 

 will average nearer to listed quotations 

 than at any time during the fall. 

 Thanksgiving business was very satis- 

 factory. Chrysanthemums were used in 

 large numbers and have practically dis- 

 appeared. It will be possible to secure 

 some of these flowers throughout De- 

 cember, and in the early days of Janu- 

 ary, but their number is ao limited that 

 no wholesaler cares to guarantee deliv- 

 ery in quantity. Gardenias have short- 

 ened in supply and advanced in price. 

 Valley and cattleyas in greater and 

 lesser degrees are plentiful. Violets 

 continue in active demand, with supply 

 of the better grades short. Carnations 

 are one of the best items on the list ; 

 the supply is about equal to that of two 

 weeks ago, but the demand is so great 

 that they seem very scarce. Romans 

 and Paper Whites are plentiful and of 

 good quality. Bouvardia is unusually 

 plentiful and seems popular. 



The first German in Baltimore, on 

 Monday, called for a fair amount of 

 choice roses, violets, orchids and lilies 

 of the valley. Flowers were not per- 

 mitted at the opening of the Fifty-ninth 

 Congress in Washington on the same 

 day and this market felt the effect. 



Another New Rose. 



Victor Roekens, of Glenside, has a 

 new rose that appears to be meritorious. 

 ^ is saffron-colored, about half way be- 

 tween the yellow of Perle and the deeper 

 hue of Sunrise. Mr. Roekens says it 

 came to him with a lot of Perles and 

 he does not know whether it is a sport 



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or a cross. It has a straight stem, 

 differing from Perle in its freedom from 

 furze and from a crook near the neck 

 of the flower. The buds are large and 

 well formed and the plant is said to be 

 vigorous. Mr. Roekens has been told 

 that another grower has practically the 

 same thing. 



From Btida-Pesth. 

 A local seedsman has received a let- 

 ter from a correspondent in tha capital 

 of Austria-Hungary asking whether the 

 bags used for holding American seeds 

 are dipped in some preparation distaste- 

 ful to mice and rats. He states that he 

 has noticed that these animals have at- 

 tacked bags containing European seed 

 while passing by those in which the 

 American product was packed. He there- 

 fore presumes they must be in some way 

 medicated, and asks the prescription. 

 The local seedsman was quite unable to 



furnish this, doubting that there is any 

 such preventive used. Possibly some of 

 the readers of the Review can throw 

 light on the subject. 



Rome. 



An American, who has spent some 

 time in Italy, draws a picture of the 

 florists' business in the Italian capital 

 which may be of interest to some of the 

 Review readers. The flower shops in 

 Rome are rather uninviting from an 

 American standpoint. They are poorly 

 furnished, with but little attempt at dis- 

 play. The floral center is on the steps 

 of the principal church, where quite a 

 large and attractive display is made. 

 There are no Habermehls or Grahams in 

 Rome; their places are taken by simple 

 countrymen who bring their own prod- 

 ucts and some outside flowers to sell in 

 the open air. The bunches are all loose- 

 ly made up, with the addition, unfortu- 



