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The Weekly Florists'' Review* 



OCTOBBB 17, 1007. 



#>MT"T1 P^/^y^CL W® ^^® receiving fine flowers in quantity. Price, 

 V>>-li 1 1 1^1^ 1 Am ;3 5fi50.00 to $60.00 nfir 100. 



$50.00 to $60.00 per 100. 



BEAUXIES ^^^^ *h® leading Philadelph 



la growers. 



DAHLIAS — A complete assortment of Fancy and Standard varieties received daily. 



WILD SMILAX — We can supply decorators with this indispensable green in lots 



of one or more cases as desired. 



THE LEO Nl ESSEN CO. 



"rsl'.r 1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ing some of the finest specimen chrysan- 

 themums of the season. 



S. J. Goddard finds Rose-pink En- 

 chantress a splendid variety. Winsor 

 comes short-stemmed. Octoroon, White 

 Perfection, Beacon, Victory and Queen 

 are all doing specially well with him. 

 White Enchantress he speaks of in the 

 highest terms and considers it hard to 

 beat in its color. 



H. N. Sobinson & Co. are planning 

 for a celebration of their first year's 

 business as a cut flower commission firm 

 October 29. They have had a most pros- 

 perous year. 



David Smith, of the firm of Thomas 

 Smith & Sons, Stranraer, Scotland, sailed 

 for home October 12, after his annual 

 pilgrimage among rose growers in the 

 east. He finds a heavily increased call 

 • for hybrid teas for outdoor culture. 



W. B. Goodenow is bringing in fine 

 Campbell violets for so early in the sea- 

 son. He is growing a few thousands of 

 Princess of Wales in addition to doubles. 



The park system and arboretum are 

 especially attractive at present. The ber- 

 ried shrubs and beautifully colored foli- 

 age were never more pleasing. 



Farquhar & Co. report the demand for 

 bulbs as exceptionally heavy, especially 

 for outdoor planting. W. X. Craig. 



We Will Cut 

 20,000... 



Cattleya Labiata 



FLOWERS, also plants in bloom, all at the lowest market prices 

 $5.00 Per Dozen; $35.00 Per lOQ 



CIFDDPI^UT P CAM RosehUl Nurseries.... 

 OILDfflLvfl I Cil OUIlj New Rochelle, • N. T. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



Houston, Tex.— W. W. Westgate, of 

 the Westgate Drug Co., whose green- 

 houses were destroyed by the big storm 

 in 1900 and who withdrew from the 

 florists' trade at that time, is making 

 preparations to enter into the business 

 again. He has five lots, situated close to 

 town, which he will use as the site for 

 his city stand, and he expects to buy a 

 tract of land, about six miles out, for a 

 nursery and a summer home. 



Austin, Tex. — A. J. Seiders, lately 

 with the Austin Floral Co., has been ap- 

 pointed director of rural arts at the Col- 

 lege of Industrial Arts, Denton, Tex. Jn 

 his department of the college, instruction 

 is given in gardening, floriculture, cut 

 flower work and designing, poultry and 

 bee keeping. Though not a college gradu- 

 ate, Mr. Seiders has had fifteen years' 

 practical experience in these lines. The 

 salary is $1,800 per annum, with resi- 

 dence on the grounds. 



The Rliios: Eastern Market 



The aster and the dahlia have made 

 their bow; the former has left the stage 

 entirely, so far as the quality goes, while 

 the dahlia is hovering in the wings un- 

 certain whether it will receive an en- 

 core or be summarily dismissed by Jack 

 Frost. Chrysanthemum is queen, the 

 early varieties being with us in force. 

 The Pacific family is most in evidence, 

 but unlike former seasons, there are 

 more good yellows about now — mid-Oc- 

 tober. Monrovia has come strongly to 

 the front, some fine flowers of this va- 

 riety bringing top prices. While Tine 

 of Gold can hardly be described as a 

 yellow, its deeper shade has won ad- 

 mirers. Halliday has made its appear- 

 ance, the whites being reinforced by 

 Early Snow, a beautiful thing, and the 

 pinks by Rosiere. There are other va- 

 rieties, but these will give an idea of 

 the range of color and shades of color. 



Dahlias are still good, the cut being 

 aifected at times by cold nights, to be 

 followed by an increase after warmer 

 days. Roses are rapidly improving in 

 quality. Fancy Beauties have been in 

 demand at good prices. Valley is 

 scarce. Carnations are greatly improved, 

 some superb stock being seen, with long 

 stems. The average, however, is not yet 

 up to the mark, owing, no doubt, to the 

 hot weather in September. Orchids are 

 very plentiful, and appear more in de- 



mand than ever. Single violets are fine, 

 but as yet do not keep well. Double 

 violets are improving and increasing in 

 quantity. Pansies have made their ap- 

 pearance. Greens are in fair demand, 

 wild smilax and autumn leaves being 

 most popular. 



Bouvardia is not selling quite as well 

 as at first. There are a few nice Har- 

 risii lilies in the market. Gardenias are 

 sufficiently numerous to stimulate the de- 

 mand at advancing prices. The poorer 

 grades of flowers are suffering from the 

 oversupply caused by increasing indoor 

 and unchecked outdoor crops. Hydran- 

 geas are sufficiently bad to suit the most 

 fastidious buyer, who will turn from 

 them when they are pure white, but be- 

 comes interested as soon as they assume 

 the rainbow colors. 



The Highest Awards. 



The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 has received a letter vmtten last month 

 by S. T. Wright, superintendent of the 

 experiment station of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, whose trial grounds are 

 at Wisely, Ripley Surrey, England. Mr. 

 Wright states that the judges of the 

 cannas sent to him for trial have highly 

 recommended Wyoming and awarded cer- 

 tificates of merit to Gladiator, William 

 Saunders, Uncle Sam, The Duke of York 

 and Venus. This is a great triumph for 

 the Conard & Jones Co., as it is believed 

 in this country that there were few cer- 

 tificates of merit awarded and that no 

 other American grower has ever received 



