May 10. 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



I79J 



The Sabin Adjustable Plant Stand 



is the only stand that can be raised and lowered 

 to any desired position and the plant adjusted 

 to any angle. 



When not in use they can be folded up and 

 laid away in a very small space. These stands 

 are made in two styles and sell at $14.00 and 

 $17.00 per doz. 



Send us $1.50 for a sample of the large or 

 $(.25 for the parlor stand. 



AMERICAN BEAUTY 



86 to 40-incb stem per doz., S5.00 



24 to 80-inch stem " 4.00 



20-inch8tem " 8.00 



15-inchBtem " 200 



12-InchBtem " 1.00 



Shortstem " .75 



Brides, Bridesmaids per 100, $3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " 3.00to 8.00 



Meteor " S.OOto 8.00 



Carnations " 1.60 to 3.00 



Pansies " 1.00 



Sweet Peas " .60 to 1.00 



Violets, single " .50 



fancy N.Y. double.. .50 to .75 



Valley " S.OOto 4.00 



Asparagus per string. .26 to .50 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 4.00 



Galax, green per 1000, $1.00; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $2.50 " 20.00 



Fancy Ferns per 1000, 2.00 " .25 



Subject to change without notice. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. 



Long Distance Phones CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Mention The Reylevr when yon write. 



. 



last week, while the Texas Nursery Co. 

 did a big business the latter part of 

 the week. 



The festive pottery drummer and the 

 seed drummer are making their tours 

 through this section and all report good 

 business. Keep your eye on Texas; she 

 is coming to the front. Nabcissus. 



CXEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Business all along the line has been 

 fine the past week, and prices good, 

 everything being cleaned up nicely, ex- 

 cept lilies, which have been going very 

 slowly ever since Easter. Carnations are 

 high in price and 'scarce in quantity, 

 while roses are plentiful enough to fill 

 all demands. 



Various Notes. 



There have been several changes 

 among the different houses, the most 

 important being that of Bate Bros., who 

 have purchased the F. K. Williams Co. 

 place on Eddy road, and will move their 

 large plant from East Cleveland and 

 build several new houses 25x300, and a 

 large boiler house, so that when the 

 place is rebuilt it will be up-to-date 

 in every respect. Guy Bate will be in 

 charge. 



Mr. Myers has resigned his position as 

 head grower for the Gasser Co., and ex- 

 pects to go into business for himself. 

 He grew some of the finest roses ever 

 sent in from that place. 



The Essex Greenhouses are offering 

 their stock of plants for sale, and expect 

 to dispose of the houses in the near 

 future. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



"Is it necessary to have such enor- 

 mous quantities of flowers at certain sea- 

 sons ? ' ' 



"Yes, in order to be able to meet 

 the demand during the short, dark days 

 of winter." 



The above question and answer are 

 brought vividly to mind by the condition 

 of the cut flower market today. Flowers 

 are arriving in immense quantities, the 

 demand is light and irregular and it is 

 impossible to dispose of them at any- 

 think like good average prices. That is 

 the situation in a nutshell. 



To take the bright side, it might be 

 added that lavender sweet peas are ar- 

 riving in considerable quantities and 

 bring a better price than any other 

 color, indicating a fair demand. Lilacs 

 are in, and great quantities of dogwood, 

 both pink and white, are used in decora- 

 tions. Of the other flowers, it can only 

 be said that lilies sell worse than any- 

 thing else, but there is a standing joke 

 that Children's day is near, though no- 

 body seems to know exactly what Chil- 

 dren's day may be, beyond the belief 

 that that day will come and on it chil- 

 dren will use flowers, let us hope lilies. 

 It is, however, a positive fact that on 

 each Sunday in May some of the 

 churches of one denomination have a 

 children's festival at which flowers are 

 largely used. 



The real center of activity has been 

 shifted from the great wholesale cut 

 flower houses to the many greenhouses 

 where box, basket and bedding plants 



are produced in quantity. Here the mart 

 atmosphere pervades, and the proprietor 

 and his principal assistants may be seen 

 pencil in hand taking down the orders 

 of the various visitors who want their 

 homes or grounds beautified on or about 

 May 10. 



Qub Meeting. 



The May meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was well attended. President 

 Thomas B. Meehan presided. After 

 routine business was transacted the ques- 

 tion of increasing the dues from $3 to 

 $6 a year was brought up, the idea being 

 that with larger revenue the club could 

 extend its usefulness. The objection to 

 this amendment was that more money 

 was not needed. The club was doing 

 good work and giving its members good 

 essays, discussions and sufficient amuse- 

 ment. After a lively debate the amend- 

 ment was lost. 



p. T. Connor 's paper on greenhouse 

 building brought out an interesting dis- 

 cussion. A. Farenwald advised building 

 good houses to produce good paying 

 crops. The question of relative expense 

 of wood and iron construction was dis- 

 cussed by J. ij. Dillon and D. T. Connor. 

 Then Mr. Farenwald advocated using 

 single-thick glass in 16x24-inch size, 

 stating it was less expensive and almost 

 as thick, the exact difference being given. 

 Mr. Dillon opposed this idea, stating that 

 he had once glazed a house with single- 

 thick glass at the warm end and double- 

 thick at the cold end. The warm end 

 became so cold that the next summer he 

 took out all the single-thick, replacing it 

 with double-thick. He also found that 

 hail broke single-thick glass, where 

 double-thick escaped. W. K. Harris 



