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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 14, 1907. 



..CATTLEYAS.. 



Pink and White Spray Orchids. 



Phalaenopsis 



The Leo Niessen Co« 



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WHOLESXLE FLORISTS 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



It is diflScult to give an accurate idea 

 of existing conditions. The market is 

 fair; possibly a little better than a week 

 ago. Prices are excellent, when obtained, 

 but many really fine fiowers deteriorate 

 to lower grades through lack of active 

 demand. Beauties continue extremely 

 scarce, the price obtained being far in 

 excess of that of any previous year in 

 March. But it is doubtful if any of the 

 gprowers is realizing as much from his 

 Beauty houses at these fancy figures as 

 he did in other seasons, when production 

 was so much larger. The extra and me- 

 dium grades are still conspicuous by their 

 absence, though a few dozens can occa- 

 sionally be obtained. Shorts are improv- 

 ing. Bride, Maid, Eichmond, Liberty, 

 Chatenay, Gate and Killarney are all 

 very fine, especially the first three. But 

 the stock does not average as high as 

 listed quotations. Carnations have fallen 

 in price. The quality is fine. Enchan- 

 tress and white seem the best sellers. 

 Bed is diflBcult to market. There is no 

 demand for Lawson. Sweet peas are ex- 

 traordinarily plentiful and many lots of 

 really good flowers remain unsold. Prices 

 are absurdly low. Valley is fine, and 

 very plentiful. The demand, though ex- 

 cellent, is hardly equal to the supply. 

 Cattleya Schrcederae has made its appear- 

 ance in quantity and is fine. Dendro- 

 biums and spray orchids are also in evi- 

 dence. Gardeni&s are deteriorating a lit- 

 tle. Calla lilies are in good supply and 

 Easter lilies are increasing in number. 

 The situation in bulbous flowers is un- 

 satisfactory. Many are wasted and many 

 sold for a song. Curiously enough, greens 

 appear to be selling better than cut 

 flowers. Violets are not in especial de- 

 mand; prices are low and irregular. 



Easter Plants. 

 It is a recognized fact that the Robert 

 Craig Co. has the largest stock of Easter 

 plants grown in or near Philadelphia. 

 Almost all its houses are devoted to pro- 

 ducing blooming stock for this great 

 church holiday. A visit to the place is 

 full of interest. The staples, so to speak, 

 are azaleas, Which fill house after house. 



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It will be a great Easter. Are you prepared? 



ABPFy CFA iinCC "• beautiful JAPANESE 

 UntlBll Wbll IflUwWy AIR PLANT, very decorative. 



FANCY BASKETS— Our show room contains the FINEST collec- 

 tion of baskets ever {fathered together, including many CHOICE 

 NOVELTIES. DAISY HAMPERS. VIOLET HAMPERS. 



FANCY CREPE PAPER-PLEATED AND WATERPROOF, COMBINA- 

 TION COLORS. FANCY POT COVERS, to fit pots of standard size 

 FANCY TONE WARE VASES -Grecian, very choice soft coloring. 

 POMPEIAN AND COLORED TONEWARE. LOOSE BAY AND 

 MAGNOLIA LEAVES. JARDINIERES, FERNERIES, etc. 



H. BAYERSDORFER ^ CO. 



ourcataicue 1129 ArcH St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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They are chiefly in 6-inch and 7-inch 

 pots, splendid plants, well furnished with 

 buds. The timing is reduced to a science, 

 so that it gives Mr. Craig little uneasi- 

 ness. Next in importance come the lilies, 

 which fill a couple of houses. They are 

 stocky plants, well budded and in healthy 

 condition. Spiraea Gladstone is probably 

 the next most important of the blooming 

 plants. The stock when I saw it was not 

 suflSciently advanced for one to be able 

 to tell just how they would look when 

 finished, but Mr. Craig's skill, and the 

 good qualities of this sterling variety 

 make it easy to guess that they will be in 

 fine shape before these lines see print.- 

 English hawthorn was one of the novel- 

 ties that interested me greatly. A lim- 

 ited quantity is grown to good sized 

 specimens. Among the roses, great in- 

 terest centers in Lady Gay and Dorothy 

 Perkins, which are this season made spe- 



cialties alongside the well-known Crimson 

 Rambler. All three varieties were nicely 

 set with buds, giving promise of fine 

 specimens before Easter. A house that 

 interested me very much was filled with 

 daisies; Queen Alexandra was there in 

 fine form, and opposite to it Nicholson's 

 Pride, a long-stemmed variety, more use- 

 ful for cut flowers than the Queen, but 

 less shapely for pot culture. Hydrangea ' 

 Otaksa, genistas, and bulbous flowers 

 complete an assortment that is worth go- 

 ing a long way to see. Mr. Craig is, as 

 is well known, making a specialty of 

 Ficus pandurata, which he does in fine 

 shape. Gardenias are also an interesting 

 specialty here. 



Various Notes. 



H, Bayersdorfer & Co. are expecting 

 large shipments of Easter stock by the 

 steamers Arcadia, Marquette and Me- 



