OCTOBEK 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



J 275 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Conditions have improved decidedly, 

 the market being unusually bare last 

 Saturday evening. The change in 

 weather this week, shortening the sup- 

 ply, produced quite a scarcity of many 

 varieties of flowers. The demand was 

 excellent, dahlias seeming especially 

 popular and selling as they have not sold 

 so far this season. Carnations were also 

 in good demand. White roses were 

 scarce, while choice Maids, Killarney 

 and Beauties were excellent stock. 

 Orchids and valley are both selling well. 

 Callas have made their appearance. Har- 

 risii lilies are more abundant than they 

 have been for some time, but owing to 

 the excellent demand they appear scarce. 

 Violets are becoming more plentiful, 

 though they are hardly important enough 

 to quote at present. Chrysanthemums 

 have not materially increased, but we 

 are told that by the end of the week 

 they will be in good supply. 



Look Out for Kentias. 



Last week the following paragraph 



appeared in the Philadelphia letter of 



the American Florist: 



Look ont for kentias. Almost all of the palm 

 growers In this city are Bold out of the 7-lnch 

 pot sizes In finished plants. There Is plenty 

 coming on, but stock for Immediate use is not 

 in sight hereabouts. 



The editor was so much impressed with 



this note that he supplemented it in the 



same issue, as follows: 



Our Philadelphia oorresi)<)ndent reports a ■car- 

 city of 7-lnch and 10-inch kentias in bis sec- 

 tion. 



This seems serious for a district that 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



prides itself on supplying a large part 

 of the country with Philadelphia palms. 

 Inasmuch as the Eeview was carrying a 

 half -page advertisement headed ' ' Spe- 

 cial Values in Dreer Palms," containing 

 among other varieties an assortment of 

 Kentia Forsteriana, both single and 

 made-up plants, in from 7-inch to 10- 

 inch pots, with "Henry A. Dre%r, 714 

 Chestnut St., Philadelphia," at the bot- 

 tom, this news was rather startling. It 

 was Sunday afternoon, so the store was 

 closed, but Phil started straightway for 

 Eiverton, with his favorite pipe in one 

 pocket and a sandwich in the other, to 

 ascertain whether all the kentias had 

 really been sold. A careful inspection 

 of the palm houses revealed the fact that 

 there were not less than 25,000 kentias, 

 Forsteriana and Belmoreana, in from 

 7-inch to lO-inch pots. The question 

 then arose, were they finished plants! 

 A half dozen, picked at random from 

 the tables, and placed on the floor where 

 they could be seen to advantage, con- 

 vinced Phil that even the most critical 

 T)uyer could not say that they needed 

 finishing. It therefore became obvious 

 that the Philadelphia correspondent of 

 the American Florist had not crossed the 

 river before he wrote the note in ques- 

 tion. 



At the Flower Market. 



The question has been asked: "Who 

 will do business in the old Flower Mar- 

 ket building, now that the Market itself 

 has been moved west of Broad street?" 

 Inquiry there shows that Wm. J. Moore, 

 Berger Bros., D. T. Connor (Lord & 

 Burnham Co.), Wm. Stevens (John Bur- 

 ton), Edw. Lindville (W. K. Harris), 



Samuel Lilley (E. Weiss), and Edgar 

 Upton (J. W. Young) will continue to do 

 business there. 



A Chat With Mr. Strohlein. 



Geo. A. Strohlein, of Henry A. Dreer 

 Co., went abroad early in July, return- 

 ing, as chronicled in this column, last 

 month, after spending ten weeks on the 

 other side. He made a point of asking 

 the English palm growers and importers 

 about the much talked of monopoly in 

 kentia seeds. They told him they be- 

 lieved there was something in it, but 

 doubted whether it would affect the mar- 

 ket seriously. The same question put 

 direct to Mr. Sander, at Bruges, Bel- 

 gium, elicited the response that the deal 

 was off. 



The Belgium growers have fewer of 

 the marketable sizes of kentias than 

 usual this year. They grew less seed 

 several years ago, preferring to take up 

 araucarias, etc. Now they have been 

 obliged to import small kentias from 

 England, and are sowing seed in such 

 large quantities that an abundance of 

 kentias is assured in the near future. 



The labor question abroad is affecting 

 the seed growers seriously. In the 

 Quedlinburg district they brought a 

 large colony of young women from 

 Poland to pick the seeds, boarding them 

 on the farms during the harvest. Chil- 

 dren also were employed a half day at a 

 time in this way. 



The azaleas were plentiful and fine. 

 Madame Van der Cruyssen is abundant, 

 but the best white varieties are less 

 plentiful. Specimen plants are rather 

 scarce. The French buyers prefer natu- 

 rally grown azaleas. These are used in 



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