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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 29, 1907. 



CARNATION PLANTS 



We offer a splendid lot of field-grown plants in all the 

 leading varieties. Write for prices. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



We are receiving choice flowers from young plants — 

 much superior to blooms from old stock. 



THE LEO Nl ESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Fldfists, 1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Reytew when yon write. 



covering forty acres, are no small attrac- 

 tion. 



Winterson's kicking and coaching, at 

 the ball game, kept the big crowd hila- 

 rious. Away out in center field Ed's 

 bald head shone eflfulgently, but his bat- 

 ting was "ausgespielt." 



The Wilson boys make a strong trio; 

 John with his new concrete bench inven- 

 tion, Andrew with his famous' plant oil, 

 which everybody uses, and Eobert with 

 the bon-ton store and greenhouses in 

 Brooklyn. All of them were at Phila- 

 delphia. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADBLPHIA. 



The Risiog Eastern Market. 



The turbulent waves of the convention 

 sea have rolled back from this city, leav- 

 ing a calmness typical of the last days 

 of summer. There is a noticeable im- 

 provement in the quality of the asters 

 coming into town, the proportion of 

 really fine stock being larger than at 

 any ^ime since they began arriving. The 

 demand for good flowers is excellent, a 

 few bringing higher prices than at any 

 -time during the season. The poor flow- 

 ers continue to drag. The fact that 

 high prices can be obtained for really 

 choice stock is instanced in the case of 

 Gladiolus America, which is today bring- 

 ing double the money that even ;good 

 flowers of other light varieties demand. 

 Dark colored varieties can be had at 

 buyers' prices. Carnations are still 

 scarce, with no immediate prospect of 

 an increase in the shipments. American 

 Beauty roses are comings in quite freely. 

 Their quality is vastly improved by the 

 cool nights and bright sunny weather, 

 and the demand for them is excellent. 



Other roses have not as yet improved 

 materially, but few being cut from this 

 season's stock. Greens are in fair de- 

 mand. There is quite a lot of valley 

 coming in. Much of it is better than 

 usual at this season. Hydrangeas have 

 made their appearance. Hardy phlox is 

 also in the market. 



G)n vent ion Echoes. 



Most of our guests have departed, 

 either for their homes or for the sea- 



^HE Florists' Supply House o( Amllrlca 



We are receiving hundreds of letters, expressing appreciation 

 of the courtesy shown our guests. It was a pleasure to us to enter- 

 tain the florists who visited this city last week and we are glad to 

 find that they enjoyed being with us, as the following letters 

 prove. They are taken at random from among hundreds we 

 have received : 



Wasblngrtoti. D. 0., Aug. 24. 1907. 

 I take pleasure in thanking yon for the nice manner in whicb you en- 

 tertained our Washington boys. Yours truly, F. H. KRAMEK. 



New London. Oonn., Aug. 24, 1907, 

 I wish to extend to yoa my hearty thanks for the very nice entertain- 

 ment received at your hands on Thursday, the 22nd inst., during the Oonven- 

 lion of the S A. F. & O. H., held at your beautiful city. 



I shall never forget all the courtesies received by me as a member from 

 the florifets and allied trades of Philadelphia. 



Yours very respectfully, W. E. PENDLETON. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Srch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



shore, and the city is no longer in 

 festive garb. Keviewing the convention 

 briefly, it may be said that the attend- 

 ance was fully equal to that of any pre- 

 vious convention, over 900 names being 

 registered on Thursday, ■while it is esti- 

 mated that at least 300 visitors did not 

 register. Of this total number, 1,200, 

 probably one-half cam.e from within a 

 radius of twenty miles of the city, re- 

 turning to their homes at night, lea\ing 

 about 600 visitors from a distance. The 

 trade exhibition, which completely filled 

 Horticultural hall, was of high quality 

 and most comprehensive, embracing all 

 the allied industries. The exhibitors state 

 that they did more business than at any 

 previous convention, most of their ex- 

 hibits being sold entire. The meetings 

 in Broad Street theater, while not always 

 as well attended as they should have 

 been, were most interesting, and were 

 pushed through with businesslike dis- 



patch by President Stewart. Begarding 

 the entertainments, we did our best; 

 whether Successfully or not our guests 

 must judge. We only regret that the 

 storm on Wednesday prevented a thor- 

 ough inspection of the beautiful trial 

 grounds at. Eiverton. An important 

 factor in the success of any convention 

 lies in meeting kindred spirits, and in 

 this respect last week's convention was 

 eminently successful. 



A New Device. 



The patent office at Washington, D. 

 C, has just granted a jiatent to Louis 

 Berger, of this city, for a new machine 

 for ' ' wiring artificial stems in flowers. ' ' 

 This machine, which is worked either by 

 a jiedal or big electric motor, is de- 

 .signed to wrap the wire around tooth- 

 jtick and flower stem and cut the wire 

 as fast as the flower stems can be placed 

 in position. With its aiil Mr. Berger 



