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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jdlt 25, 1007. 



fl^Bf I PP^^^J C| ^® o^®r a- complete assortment of high quality in all the lat- 

 ^^ * ^^*^^^ est and best designs. Prices reasonable. Write for samples. 



RIBBONS AND SLL FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



S, S, PENNqCK-MEEHAN CO. 



1608-18 LUDLOW ST., 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



devote all his time to the florists' busi- 

 ness. It is Mr. Rosser's intention to put 

 up some more glass at his -present place, 

 270 Maybury avenue. 



Alfred Roegner, of Troy, Mich., is 

 sending in a fine lot of sweet "peas in 

 white, pale pink and pale lavender colors. 



Frank De Beul has opened a retail 

 store at the corner of Canfield and Russell 

 streets, where he hopes to do a nice busi- 

 ness. 



, The Detroit Cut Flower Supply House 

 is handling some unusually fine Brides 

 and Maids — at least unusually fine for 

 this time of the year. 



Indications are that Detroit will be 

 well represented at Philadelphia. Much 

 interest is being taken in this year's con- 

 vention by the Detroit florists and about 

 twenty-five people — florists and their 

 wives — are already sure of attending. 



The Michigan Funeral Directors' & 

 Embalmers' Association held its twenty- 

 ninth annual convention in Detroit July 

 16-18. Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, C. E. Stringer, Hinsdale; vice- 

 presidents, J. T. Caldwell, Battle Creek, 

 and A. H. Haiste, Sault Ste. Marie; sec- 

 retary, J. H, Mclntyre, Grand Rapids; 

 treasurer, Fred G. Marshall, Detroit. 



H. S. 



PHILADBLPHIA. 



The Riling Eaiteni Market. 



The current week, July 18 to 24 inclu- 

 sive, opened with a holiday that was 

 neither on the church or state calendar. 

 It was, nevertheless, almost universally 

 observed in honor of the Elks' parade, 

 and its observance completely upset the 

 light business that prevailed during the 

 preceding days. Monday opened well, 

 conditions being reversed from those of 

 the two preceding business days. The 

 heat and deluge of Saturday had their 

 effect. 



Sweet peas were extremely scarce, 

 stock of quality being eagerly sought, 

 with but little success. Asters are be- 

 coming more plentiful; some fairly good 

 shipments from distant points have ar- 

 rived. The cry in early July is for as- 

 ters, in late July for Semple asters, the 

 retailers recognizing that it takes quality 

 to create demand. Carnations have been 

 scarce, really good flowers being sought. 

 Roses, when they have any substance, are 

 selling, but a great many of them have 

 no substance whatever. 



Speaking generally, the demand is fair 

 for the season. "Wnen it is possible to 

 get good flowers to market in good con- 

 dition they are apt to sell. But the " if s " 

 in both places are large "ifs" indeed. 



Peonies from cold storage are still an 

 important factor. They can be had in 

 quantity ; that is, the colored sorts. White 

 are less abundant. There is some demand 

 for them. Prices rule low. 



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



A CATCHY NOVELTY 



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We have just imported an entirely new line of Little VaBes 

 suitable for miniature plants, tiny ferns or for small flowers. Just 

 the thing for an original decoration on table or in window or for 

 favors. These Vases are of antique Pompeian Toneware, in rare 

 and chaste designs. 



We have also a choice lot of Hanging Baskets especially adapted 

 for displaying Green Sea Moss, the popular Japanese air plant. 



We suggest that you keep a complete line of our Chiffons ready 

 for use; they will increase your business by adding the finishing 

 touch to your work that shows the master hand. 



Everything in Fiorists' Supplies. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



onr^taioirue |]29 Srcii St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Mention The Beylew when you write. 



The G)min£ Gmvention* 



Preparations for the August convention 

 are more active on every side. William 

 J. Stewart, president of the S. A. F., paid 

 a flying visit to this city last Saturday to 

 attend the meeting in connection there- 

 with. The finance and executive commit- 

 tees held meetings on Tuesday, while the 

 vacancies in the entertainment committee 

 have been filled and the members are 

 hard at work perfecting plans. 



Jos. Heacock, chairman of the hotel 

 committee, has prepared a neat little map 

 of Philadelphia, showing all the principal 

 points in the central part of the city, 

 which will be printed in the trade papers 

 and distributed among the members on 

 their arrival. 



It has been learned that the court of 

 honor will remain for another convention 

 to be held the last week in August, and 

 the street is confident that if President 

 Samuel S. Pennock. supported by a good 

 delegation, will call on Mayor John E. 

 Reyburn, the court of honor will be lit 

 on the opening night of our convention. 



Unnamed but Not Unknown. 



Benjamin Hammond, secretary of the 

 American Kose Society, has stored away 

 in his official desk a certificate of 

 merit for a certain cheerful pink rose 

 that scored eighty-one points at Wash- 

 ington last March. This certificate will 

 be forthcoming when the rose for which 



it is intended has been named. This rose 

 is the property of Myers & Samtman, of 

 Wyndmoor, and is this season being 

 planted in quantity. One buyer engaged 

 the entire stock last week, proving that 

 the public is .eager for roses of 

 merit. The rose, as Review readers 

 know, is a cross of P. H. Meehan's, 

 made when he was foreman for Myers 

 & Samtman. The parents gre, J. think, 

 American Beauty and Safrano and the 

 color is a cheerful pink about the shade 

 of Bon Silene. It is beautiful as a 

 bud and perfect as a full blown rose. 



Five thousand plants will be benched, 

 the old plants being lifted and replanted, 

 while the young stock, which ha^ been 

 planted out in benches close together 

 during the last month, has just been 

 lifted and set in its winter quarters. 

 It is probable that the E. G. Hill Ck). 

 will catalogue this promising variety 

 next season. 



The EIk»' Parade. 



The wonderful parade of the Elks was 

 of interest to florists in two of the dis- 

 plays, which proved the hold that plants 

 and flowers have secured in the hearts of 

 our people. One was a number of large 

 flower pots^ the flower in each pot being 

 represented by a lovely lady. This repre- 

 sented Pottstown. The other was a col- 

 lection of American Beauties — the drug 

 store kind were needed to withstand the 

 torrid heat — and with them many girlish 





