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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



FEBRUARY 22, 190G. 



VICTORY 



The most prolific of scarlets, is a fancy in tiie fullest sense of the word. 

 Requires only ordinary culture. Wholesaled for $25 per lOO at Christmas. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



i.ing his father's estate at West Spring- 

 field, Pa., spent a day with the A. L. 

 Eandall Co. last week. 



Fred Klingel, formerly bookkeeper for 

 Peter Eeinberg, is now keeping books 

 for a mining company at Sonora, Mexico. 



Mr. Hartwick has left H. E. Klunder's 

 since Chas. Klunder has returned from 

 Kansas City and Hot Springs. 



O. P. Bassett and ^u.rs. Bassett are at 

 Royal Poinciana hotel, Palm Beach, 

 Fla. 



W. E. Lynch, of E. H. Hunt's, 

 reacheu home last Thursday from 

 Northampton, Mass., where he had been 

 called by the ulness of his father. On 

 Saturday he received a telegram an- 

 nouncing his lather s death. 



C. L. Washburn is suuering from a 

 severe cold contracted on the evening 

 prior to the Marsnaii Field funeral. 

 Samuelson required an additional 200 

 lilies on the funeral order and Mr. 

 Washburn sent a man in from the green- 

 houses with them. It was necessary to 

 flag a train at an exposed station on the 

 Burlington and it was while waiting for 

 the belated train that Mr. Washburn 

 suffered the chill, from which he has not 

 yet recovered. 



George Eeinberg 's Beauties have felt 

 the sun and are coming in finely. It 

 doubtless is true, ;'s frequently stated, 

 that many growers are cutting less stock 

 this year than usual, but it does not 

 apply to Mr. Eeinberg. 



Among the recent visitors were: S. B. 

 Wertheimer, the New York ribbon man; 

 J. G. Esler, Saddle Eiver, N. J., secre- 

 tary of the Hail Association; Martin 

 Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- 

 delphia; W. H. Gullett, Lincoln, 111.; 

 Vaclav Bezdek, Wilmette, 111. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Last week was considered by the 

 wholesale houses as one of the very best 

 of the season, stock of every kind having 

 pold entirely out at excellent prices. 

 While business is excellent, it is not 

 quite so brisk this week; the quantity 

 of flowers coming in town is larger and 

 prices have fallen off a trifle on some 

 items on the list. Fancy Beauties are a 

 shade more plentiful, but the scarcity in 

 good medium and short Beauties con- 

 tinues. The finest Beauties brought a 

 dollar each all last week, a record price 

 for this season. Tea roses are also more 

 plentiful, the demand for red being in 

 excess of other colors. Cattleyas are the 

 only orchids in the market, except a few 

 whites. They are very fine. Carnations 

 are plentiful and of excellent quality, 

 Violets and sweet peas have been a little 

 scarcer since St. Valentine's. Freesia is 

 slowly declining. Bulbous flowers are 

 plentiful. It is thought that fancy tulips 

 and dafl'odils will average better returns 



for the growers this season than for sev- 

 eral years. 



Various Notes. 



B. Eschner, of M. Eice & Co., has just 

 returned from one of the most success- 

 ful trips he has ever made. He says the 

 adjustable novelty basket is the greatest 

 seller ever. Last month they sold more 



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"When I received a sample copy of 



it didn't take '^yours truly** long to de- 

 cide that it would fill ^a long-felt 

 want,** so here*s a dollar for a year*s 

 visits. I already take one paper but it 

 has not been to me what I felt I needed 

 and from a careful reading of the Re- 

 view, I think it is the "best ever.** 

 Very truly yours, 



R. S. RADCLIFFE. 

 Franklin, Pa, 

 Feb. 14, 1906. 



goods than in any previous January 

 since they have been in business. 



Tasher H. Lorrimer, of Croyden, Pa., 

 is sending exceptionally fine daisies to 

 the Flower Market. 



The epidemic of fires continues, but 

 thanks to Wm. J. Muth, manager of the 

 Philadelphia Cut Flower Co., an early 

 morning greenhouse blaze at Lansdowne 

 was nipped in the bud. 



C. W. Ward was essayist at the Febru- 

 ary meeting of the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



H. K. Hicks & Son, of Kennett, sent 

 choice forget-me-nots in quantity to this 

 market last week. W. E. McKissick was 

 able to handle them advantageously. 



Geo. K. Kester, of Cardington, will 

 remove his greenhouses to Bucks county 

 this summer. 



The Leo Niessen Co. filled an order 

 for 500 special American Beauty roses on 

 Thursday of this week. One hundred 

 orchids also went in this order. This 

 company is very strong on choice catt- 

 leyas. 



Robert and George Craig have the 

 sympathy of their friends in the loss of 

 their mother. Mrs. Craig died last week 

 in her eighty-eighth year. 



Mrs. Lanser, mother of Arthur H. Lan- 

 ser. of W^ayne, died last week. 



Wm. J. Moore has developed a large 

 trade in carnations, sweet peas and bul- 



bous flowers. Mr. Moore requires addi- 

 tional consignors of good stock to meet 

 the demands of his business. 



Miss Florence Harris, famous from the 

 beautiful chrysanthemum that bears her 

 name, was married on St. Valentine's 

 day. In honor of the occasion, her 

 father, Wm. K. Harris, gave a collation 

 to his employees on the day previous. 

 Mark B. Mills presided and Wm. Mills, 

 the oldest employee of the firm, acted as 

 toastmaster. The occasion was a happy 

 one. 



Samuel S. Pennock was busier on Feb- 

 ruary 14 than on any previous St. Valen- 

 tine 's day. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade for the past week was even 

 better than anticipated by the local 

 florists, both retail and wholesale. It 

 was estimated that over 50,000 violets 

 were disposed of on St. Valentine's day, 

 and all other nowers sold well. This 

 aay seems to be better each year and 

 may now be counted on as one of the 

 florists' busy days. 



Eoses of all kinds are in great de- 

 mand and none of the commission houses 

 is receiving half enough to supply the 

 call. All consignors report off crop. 

 American Beauties are very poor, the 

 bulk of the blooms being deformed. 

 Carnations, too, have been selling pretty 

 clean of late, as this stock is not nearly 

 so plentiful as it has been. Lawson and 

 Enchantress are extra fine, with top 

 price at $4 per hundred. Very few good 

 red carnations are in the market. White 

 is more plentiful than any ottfer color. 



California violets have been cleaning 

 up every day the p?8t week. Bulbous 

 stock continues plentiful, with a good 

 demand in all lines and no advance ^n 

 prices. All green goods are selling well. 



Various Notes. 



We have had an unusual number of 

 visitors the past week. Among them 

 were A. C. Canfield, Springfield, 111.; L. 

 A. Barnett, of Eeed & Keller, New 

 York; H. A. Jones, making his first 

 trip for Ealph M. Ward & Co., New 

 lork; J. J. Karins, representing H. A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia, on his way home 

 from the coast; Robert Greenlaw, of 

 Boston, and Jos. Eolker, of New York; 

 Martin Eeukauf, of H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, and Col. Eingier, rep- 

 resenting the vV. W. Barnard Co., Chi- 

 cago. 



The engagement is announced of John 

 Connon, of Webster Groves, and Miss 

 Sallie Watson, of Kirkwood. Both young 

 people are well icnovvp-in the trade. 



Aiex. Siegle and ."[ohnjBurke will not, 

 as stated, open in iSbe ^est end. They 

 have rented a store ati Sixth and Locust 



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