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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 31, 1907. 



La Reine Tulips ^"^ 



FINE 



Carnations >♦» 



Are the best ever seen in this market, 

 and the supply is about equal to the 

 demand. 



Are a little off crop, but the cut is im- 

 proving daily in quantity and quality. 



Sweet Peas and Pansies 



ARE FINE 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN 

 BEAUTY 



86 to 40-inch stem per doz., $8.00 



24 to 80-incb stem " 6.00 



20-lnch8tem " 4.00 



16-lnchBtem " 260 



12-Inch stem " 1.50 



Bride, Bridesmaid per 100, $6.00 to 16.00 



Ghatenay " 6.00 to 16.00 



Meteor " 6.00to 16.00 



Oarnations " S.OOto 6.00 



VaUey " S.OOto 5.00 



Violets " l.OOto 1.50 



Peas " 1.50 



Romans " 2.00to 800 



Paper White " 8.00to4.00 



TuUps " S.OOto 4.00 



Asparagus per string, .26 to .60 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 4.00 



Oalax, green per 1000, S1.26; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " l.oo 



Smilax " 20.00 



Dagger Ferns per 1000, 1.50 " .20 



Subject to change without notice. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co 



Long Distance Phones CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



"Ward and F. H. Lemon, were unable to 

 deciae on the color of the fur cap which 

 J. Austin Shaw had just purchased as a 

 protection from the cold. 

 , Simon Bros., of Wilmington, Del., sent 

 good shipments of bulbous flowers to 

 the Leo N lessen Co. during the last few 

 weeks at a time when the market was 

 practically bare of other stock. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have their new 

 show tables entirely filled with choice 

 Easter stock. Sydney Bayersdorfer re- 

 ports that they are especially busy with 

 advance Easter orders. 



Fred J. Michell is away on a business 

 trip. 



M. Eice & Co. are busily engaged in 

 rushing off orders for what promises to 

 be their largest Easter. Meanwhile, as 

 we learn from the Review, B, Eschner 

 snatches a moment to help the long-suf- 

 fering retailer with a frozen show win- 

 dow. 



William A. Leonard, of Lansdowne, is 

 sending some exceptionally fine Brides 

 and Maids to the Leo Niessen Co. 



The Highland Rose Co. is cutting some 

 beautifully colored Maids. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Review readers are Invited to send any ques- 

 tions relating to culture or marketing of plants 

 and flowers In Philadelphia, to Phil, In care of 

 any of the leading seed or commission houses. 

 Each question will be submitted to a competent 

 person and answered under number. Correct 

 name and address must always accompany in- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



60. Will a fine quality of sweet 

 peas in the very best varieties have any 

 market in your city during the summer 

 months? 



A. There is an excellent demand at 

 remunerative prices during the first three 



weeks in June. After that the demand, 

 excepting for white, is irregular. Good 

 flowers would probably bring from $2 to 

 $2.50 a thousand; at times more. From 

 this, commission and expressage must be 

 deducted. 



61. I am planning to grow two acres 

 of asters. Can you give me any sug- 

 gestions about shipping and marketing 

 these and the sweet peas? 



A. Asters are much more likely to be 

 profitable here than sweet peas during 

 the summer months. At the distance you 

 name from this market I would suggest 

 arranging with the express company that 

 the boxes go straight through in the 

 shortest possible time; that your boxes 

 be light and strong; the flowers care- 

 fully bunched; firmly packed, not 

 squeezed, and picked with the sole ob- 

 ject of having them in perfect condition 

 when they reach the market. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



We have experienced severe weather 

 during the last week. Boston recorded 

 as low as 7 degrees below zero, while 

 readings 25 and 30 degrees below were 

 quite common within a radius of forty 

 miles. For several days snow fell al- 

 most steadily and we have had little 

 clear weather. While flowers continue 

 scarce, the severe weather has hurt the 

 retailers' trade severely. While there 

 is no great oversupply, prices, except on 

 roses, have stiffened a little. Roses are 

 abnormally scarce and prices continue 

 high. Even short-stemmed Brides and 

 Maids still bring $6 to $8 per hundred. 



The wholesale markets are hardly receiv- 

 ing any roses, the leading growers not 

 having sufficient to supply their regular 

 customers. Some of the leading retail- 

 ers are buying a large part of their sup- 

 ply in New York and other markets. 



Carnations to a considerable extent 

 are filUng the gap caused by the scarcity 

 of roses. Even split flowers are real- 

 izing $3 to $4 per hundred and there 

 is a good number of these, due to the 

 dark weather. Violets fluctuate all the 

 way from 35 cents to $1. About 50 

 cents is a fair average price. Yellow 

 dafl'odils sell extremely well, bringing 

 up to $6 per hundred. Tulips also sell 

 finely. La Reine being most in evidence. 

 Paper Whites and Roman hyacinths 

 never sold so well. "As a rule there 

 is a glut of these at this season; 

 now there are not enough to go 

 around. Callas and Easter lilies are 

 only in moderate supply, prices remain- 

 ing about the same. Lily of the valley 

 is in good supply and meets with a 

 good sale. Green stock remains about 

 the same. 



Pot plants are meeting with a slow 

 sale. Some nice pans of bulbous stock, 

 cyclamens, azaleas, primulas, marguer- 

 ites, etc., are seen, but warmer weather 

 is needed to move them. 



Horticultural Society. 



John E. Lager, of Summit, N. J., was 

 the lecturer at Horticultural haJl, Janu- 

 ary 26, his subject being "The Collec- 

 tion of Orchids." Mr. Lager treated 

 this subject in a most fascinating man- 

 ner. His descriptions of the orchid col- 

 lectors' journeys to and from the habi- 

 tats of the various cattleyas, the dan- 



