Sbptbmbbr 27, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Dahlias 



FULL FLOWERS 



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Carnations— Tea Roses 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



There is an unmistakable air of activ- 

 ity about the market that plainly indi- 

 cates the approach of "the season." 

 No one cause is responsible for the im- 

 provement. There have been some ex- 

 cellent out-of-town orders from a variety 

 of places, while in town the Bryn Mawr 

 horse show, with its attendant festivities, 

 opened the social season. The demand 

 for Beauties and for orchids was most 

 noticeable. The supply of the former 

 proved surprisingly inadequate. Asters 

 worthy of the name are virtually over 

 and this city owes hearty thanks to New 

 York and New Jersey for contributing 

 the finest stock of this popular flower 

 ever seen here. Dahlias now reign su- 

 preme among fall flowers. The whole- 

 salers have learned how to handle them 

 advantageously, and immense quantities 

 are distributed daily at moderate prices, 

 the high figures of a year or two ago 

 being rarely realized. Chrysanthemums 

 are becoming a little more plentiful, 

 Opah, white, and Monrovia, yellow, being 

 the two varieties so far received. Opah 

 appears to be over, but Monrovia is ar- 

 riving in splendid form, the flowers be- 

 ing as fine as many of the midseason 

 varieties. For the rest of the market 

 it will suffice to say that the cooler 

 weather of this week is beginning to im- 

 prove the quality of the flowers. 



The Flower Market. 



A special meeting of the stockholders 

 of the Philadelphia Wholesale Flower 

 Market was held in the secretary's office 



in Horticultural hall last Tuesday after- 

 noon to arrange a plan for liquidation. 

 After a general discussion, a resolution 

 was adopted ordering the board of di- 

 rectors to pay off the capital stock of 

 the company as rapidly as is deemed 

 safe and to protect the interests of the 

 stall-holders until the present lease ez- 

 pires^on July 1, 1907. 



Various Notes. 



H, Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md., is 

 sending some fine chrysanthemums to 

 Samuel S. Pennock. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has been receiv- 

 ing large quantities of choice orchids of 

 half a dozen different varieties. 



Charles £. Meehan and forces will 

 march out of the Flower Market on Sat- 

 urday evening with drums beating and 

 colors flying. 



Paul J. Klingspom has accepted a 

 position with W. E. McKissick. 



Eckert & Campbell, of Andalusia, Pa., 

 are improving their greenhouse plant this 

 season. 



Geo. A. Strohlein, of Henry A. Dreer 

 Co., returned last week from his Euro- 

 pean trip. 



The friends of Wm. J. Baker heard 

 with joy that he was going to take a 

 holiday — alas! the rumor was unfounded. 



John Mclntyre will open his whole- 

 sale store at 1601 Banstead street instead 

 of 1237 Filbert street, next Monday. 



A visitor to Girard College commented 

 on the robust growth made by some hy- 

 brid tea roses in pots under glass during 

 the hot summer. "We never forget to 

 water them," was Edwin Lonsdale's re- 

 ply. Phil. 



- BOSTON. 



The Market 



The past week proved one of the hot- 

 test of the season, and the cut-flower busi- 

 ness was completely demoralized, and 

 while cooler climatic conditions are now 

 improving matters, there is much room 

 for betterment. The smaller grades ol 

 roses have once more sunk to 50 cents 

 per hundred. There has been a fair 

 call for good Beauties and Wellesley, 

 but only a moderate demand for other 

 grades and varieties. Carnations also 

 have been in oversupply, and prices have 

 softened. Asters are getting poor and 

 nearing the end. 



Chrysanthemums and single violets ar- 

 rive in small lots, but the last named will 

 be plentiful in a few days. Some dahl- 

 ias have arrived, but they are not in 

 mucn request in the Boston market, as 

 everyone with a garden seems to liave 

 them. A killing frost is needed to etimn- 

 late trade. 



Various Notes. 



A delegation from the garden commit- 

 tee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, consisting of W. H. EUliott, A. 

 H. Fewkes, G. W. Parker, W. P. Eich 

 and W. Wbeeler, visited the Morton P. 

 Plant estate, at Groton, Conn., Sept^nber 

 21, the estate being in competition for 

 the Hunnewell triennial premium. Con- 

 siderable improvements were noticed since 

 a previous visit, and everything on tbe 

 place was well kept. Chrysanthemums, 

 grapes, carnations, etc., were all found in 

 excellent condition. The party was en- 

 tertained at lunch by Thomas W. Head, 

 the superintendent gardener, and in addi- 



