June 6, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Foi June 



BEAUTIES^ superb stock, $4.00 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



all colors 

 attractive prices. 



long, $75.00 per "100. 



g^C^^j^WPC^ all colors, very fine, in quantity at most 

 ■^iLVFl^MLr^^^ attractive prices. 



Strings 7fG|P/tDyt|||J6| medium, $50.00 per 100; extra 



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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA. 



1608-1618 Ludlow St. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Welcome to the Elks 



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JE cordially invite the Florists who will visit 

 Philadelphia next month to attend the 

 Convention of the Benevolent Protective 

 Order of Elks, to make our building their head- 

 quarters while they are in this city. 



We are centrally located, a little over one block 

 from the Lodge. We shall be decorated in your 

 honor. Come to us. Bring your family to us, 

 meet your friends here. Have your mail sent 

 here. We want you to feel at home in the city 

 of Brotherly Love. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch Sfreet, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



day, Tuesday and "Wednesday were full 

 of activity, due to weddings, commence- 

 ments, and other social festivities. Out- 

 door sweet peas have made their appear- 

 ance, and are a welcome addition. The 

 prices on these flowers are exceptionally 

 good. Cattleyas are becoming scarcer. 

 C. Mossise bids fair, however, to grsu;e 

 many June weddings yet to come. This 

 variety was selling at 35 cents to 40 

 cents each and was nearly over at this 

 time last year. To-day it brings 50 

 cents to 60 cents per flower and is still 

 in full crop. Lselias are about done. 

 Gardenias, when of good quality, are in 

 demand. Valley is barely able to keep 

 pace with the heavy demand now setting 

 in. Carnations have fallen a trifle since 

 May 30. Smilax has been a rather slow 

 seller at times. It is anticipated that 

 the full crop of local peonies will not 

 be in before next week. Boses are fine. 

 Beauties especially so. 



Possibilities* 



One of our local growers describes his 

 experiences with bedding plants a few 

 years ago in a way that suggests the 

 possibilities of marketing stock quickly. 



"Decoration day had passed and I 

 had four or five houses of flowering 

 plants left, besides some more in the 

 frames. It was important to close these 

 plants out at some price, as the season 

 was over and every day's labor spent on 

 them was time lost, to say nothing of 

 the next crop that needed the space. 

 After thinking over the matter, I filled 

 a small basket with twelve 3-inch pots 

 of verbenas, geraniums, vines, etc., near- 

 ly all in bloom, and took my sample 

 down to Jonnimaker's and offered it at 

 371/^ cents. The buyer there was much 

 impressed with my basket and asked me 

 how many I could furnish like it. 1 

 told him my quantity. He told me to 



send him 1,500 basketfuls on Monday, 

 beginning my delivery early. 



"It was then Saturday afternoon. I 

 struck trouble at the star^, for the bas- 

 ket stores were closed. I finally found 

 one where I bought enough for a good 

 start. We worked late that night and 

 all day Sunday carrying out plants, 

 knocking them out of the pots and 

 filling the baskets. I kept at it all 

 Sunday night ^nd by six o 'clock Monday 

 morning two double teams loaded down 

 with baskets were on their way to Jon- 

 nimaker's. The two teams had not re- 

 turned before the buyer had me on the 

 telephone to know whether there were 

 more baskets on the road, as the two 

 loads were all sold! The instant they 

 got back we loaded them up again. 

 Their the drivers kicked. They had gone 

 early, without their breakfasts, to oblige 

 me. 'Did I want to kill them?' they 

 asked. I hustled them down to the house 

 to get something to eat, then got them 

 oft" again. We worked hard filling these 

 baskets all day Monday and all Monday 

 night. On Tuesday morning the buyer 

 called me up to say that unless delivery 

 of the 1,500 baskets could be finished 

 that day he would call the sale off. We 

 put in everything, with or without bloom, 

 but could not anywhere near finish the 

 order that day. It seems Jonnimaker 

 had advertised a special sale at 50 cents 

 a basket. People crowded around the 

 wagons eager to take the baskets of 

 plants before they could reach the dis- 

 play counter." 



Various Notes. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are preparing 

 to welcome all the florists who visit this 

 city next month for the Elks' conven- 

 tion. Their new store, which is close by 

 the grand lodge, will be decorated in 

 honor of the occasion. 



Samuel J. Bunting's place at Fifty- 

 eighth and Elmwood avenue, is now in 

 the market. This place has turned out 

 some fine stock in the last two years, 

 under the able management of L. J. 

 Renter. 



Charles F. Krueger's place at Nar- 

 berth awaits a tenant. Mr. Krueger, 

 whose hands are full at the Beading 

 Terminal flower shop, believes that his 



