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The Weekly Florist?^ Review* 



Mabch-21, 1907. 



WE OFFER AN UNEQUALLED STOCK OF 



Choice Easter Flowers 



Including fancy Brunners, Beauties* Carnations, Valley 

 Gardenias, Sweet Peas, Cattleyas and Violets. 



Cut Lilies in Quantity 

 S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA, 1608-1618 Ludlow St. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



rists* Club board of trustees, will call 

 a meeting this month to arrange for the 

 club's rose show for the April meeting. 



Fred Foster is making preparations 

 to move to his new location. 



Young Stevens, of Chicago, a mem- 

 ber of the florists' bowling team in that 

 city, is here for the next two weeks 

 attending the National Bowling Con- 

 gress tournament. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Business conditions show a decided 

 improvement, the demand for ajl kinds 

 of flowers being heavier than for some 

 weeks past. The wholesalers agree that 

 Lent has been dull, but now business is 

 quite up to their expectations. The 

 feature of the market is the increase in 

 American Beauty roses, which are now 

 coming to town in fine form from nearly 

 all the growers. Prices are falling, with 

 indications that they will go still lower 

 at Easter. 



Carnations have been selling well, espe- 

 cially white; the poorer grades have 

 been bringing better returns than for 

 some time past. This is due partly to 

 funeral work and partly to St. Patrick's 

 day, for which many flowers were dyed, 

 probably more than usual. Most of the 

 dye, by the way, comes from the west. 

 Sweet peas are fine, bringing widely 

 ranging prices, the higher grade being 

 much easier to sell at top figures than 

 are the ordinary flowers at low figures. 

 Valley has been too plentiful and in 

 poor demand. Orchids are in moderate 

 supply, Ccelogyne cristata having re- 

 enforced cattleyas and dendrobiums. 



Easter lilies are gradually becoming 

 more plentiful, while callas are received 

 in great quantities. Southern daffodils 

 have made their appearance, but do not 

 appear to affect the price- of home-grown 

 stock especially. Greens continue in 

 wonderfully active demand. 



Easter Prosp^ts. 



The indications for the Easter cut 

 flower market are that American Beauty 

 roses will be suflSciently plentiful to 

 meet the demand at reasonable prices. 

 Clpvor judges say that $6 a dozen will 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



Easter Novelties 



We can Ship oin Short Notice Orders for 



FANCY BASKETS, Staple and Novel Styles. 



GREEN SEA MOSS, a Japanese air plant, very pretty. 



FANCY POT COVERS. Name size of standard pot; we will fit it. 



LOOSE MAGNOLIA and BAY LEAVES for original designs. 



FANCY CREPE PAPERS, Pleated and Waterproof, combination, 

 colors, suitable for every variety of Easter Plant. 



FANCY TONEWARE, JARDINIERES, FERNERIES, Etc 



H. BAYERSDORfER & CO. 



GurcataioiTue |i29 ArcH St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



be about the figure for the fancy stock. 

 There is no probability of many flowers 

 that will grade between these and the 

 shorts. Cut lilies promise to be rather 

 scarce, so far as the higher grades are 

 concerned. Indications point to $15 a 

 hundred as the market price for good 

 stock. Tea roses will be fine, with the 

 probability of a slight increase in price. 

 Kaiserins will be in strong supply. There 

 will be a good stock of carnations, and 

 on this flower the price is likely to ad- 

 vance fifty per cent. Violets, double, 

 will be in. good supply ; $1 to $1.25 will 

 be about the price for choice stock. 

 There will be a fair lot of single violets 

 should the weather continue favorable. 

 Cattleyas will be in fair supply; quality 

 very fine. It is probable that greens will 

 be rather scarce. 



The Executive Committee. 



The executive committee of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists met in this 



city, as stated in this column last week. 

 They selected Horticultural hall as the 

 place for the trade exhibit at the so- 

 ciety's meeting in August. Broad street 

 theater, which is directly opposite the 

 hall, was chosen for the meetings, while 

 the Hotel Walton, adjoining the theater, 

 offers accommodations for the delegates. 

 David Rust has been selected superin- 

 tendent of the exhibition. 



The executive committee, consisting of 

 Wm. J. Stewart, president; P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, secretary; Samuel Murray, Theo- 

 dore Wirth, W. H. Elliott, Frank 

 Traendly, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, W. F. 

 Kasting and Patrick Welch (substitute 

 for H. B. Beatty), met a delegation of 

 Philadelphians, Samuel S. Pennock, 

 president of the Florists' Club; Paul 

 Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co.; 

 Robert Craig, Henry F. Michell, M. 

 Rice, Clarence J. Watson, representing 

 the Leo Niessen Co.; John Westcott, 



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