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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



October 24, 1907. 



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WILD SMILAX 



We can supply decorators with this indispen- 

 sable green in lots of one or more cases, Sldrea. 



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Open 7 a 



to 8 p. a 



m. 



1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riling: Eastern Market. 



The improved varieties of chrysauthe- 

 mums are much more in demand than 

 the early sorts, the season of which is 

 now nearly over. Eobert Halliday, yel- 

 low, is at its best. Mile. Clementine 

 Touset leads among the pinks, while 

 Early Snow is far and away the best 

 white today. 



The outdoor stock, excepting pnly eos- 

 tfios, is over, and the other flowers on 

 the list are improved in tone thereby. 

 Violets are now arriving in much im- 

 proved form, fragrance, stem and keep- 

 ing qualities being all there. The de- 

 mand for them has improved correspond- 

 ingly. Valley is more plentiful than at 

 any time during the present month, with 

 brisk demand. Cattleyas are coming in 

 well and priees rule a shade lower, al- 

 though the change from weddings to 

 suburban debutante teas is in their 

 favor. 



While a few fancy and numerous se- 

 lect carnations bring the listed quota- 

 tions, there is no especial demand for 

 this flower, and anything not of quality 

 is apt to drag. Whites sell better than 

 colored varieties. American Beauty roses 

 are particularly fine, there being more 

 fancy stock in the market today than at 

 any time since June. Small roses are 

 improving in quality. The first grade is 

 now rounding into form. 



The prices realized on early chrysan- 

 themums, especially of the Pacific fam- 

 ily, have this year been far below those 

 of last season. This is attributed chiefly 

 to thie delayed killing frost, dahlias and 

 other outdoor flowers lasting fully twelve 

 days Idnger this season than a year ago. 

 It is also thought that there are too 

 many of the medium and poor grades of 

 early pinks and whiter grown. Yellow 

 has averaged better. 



A Flyiof Trip. 



J. D. Eisele and J. Otto Thilow re- 

 turned October 19 from a four weeks* 

 trip abroad. Two weeks were spent on 

 the water and two weeks on land. They 

 visited London, rising early one morning 

 to see the Covent Garden market at its 

 busiest time, about 4 a. m., and also 



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Tbe most beautiful as well ai the most useful Fern ever offered. 

 It Is suitable both for specimen pot plants and for nsing as a cut 

 frond. Well grown rtock ready now 2Ji-iDch, $3 60 per dor.; 

 $25.00 per 100; $2 CO per lOtO. 4-iocb, $10 CO per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. Specimens in pans, 12.00, $3 00 and $5.00 eacb. 



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calling at Ware's to see the dahlias, 

 Paul 's to see the roses and Kochf ord 's 

 to see his immense range of glass. Then 

 crossing the Channel, they visited tne 

 principal cities in Holland, Belgium and 

 Germany, not forgetting Erfurt, the 

 home of Mr. Thilow 's relatives. The 

 trip was in every way most delightful 

 and thoroughly enjoyed by both tne 

 tourists. 



An Auto Ride. 



It was a select little party of four, 

 with Edward Eeid as chauffeur, who 

 went out to North Wales to see the 

 largest greenhouse. Mr. Eeid's guests 

 were A. B. Cartledge, J. Liddon Pen- 

 nock and Alfred M. Campbell. The 

 chauffeur received so much advice as to 

 the proper turns to make on the way up 

 that he landed the party at John Bur- 

 ton's in Wyndmoor. Here a kindly dis- 

 posed countryman gave further direc- 

 tions and they reached x>orth Wales in 

 safety. The house was all there, one 

 of those things, as Mr. Reid sententious- 

 ly described it, which must be seen to be 

 appreciated. After a thorough tour of 

 inspection the party turned its faces 

 homeward. Mr. Pennock assured the 

 chauffeur that he used to call on a girl 

 at Chestnut Hill and so knew the turns 

 perfectly. The turns were made just so, 

 and the auto landed in a private lane, 

 leading to a country mansion. Some men 

 appearing in the distance, they speedily 

 retraced their steps, and finally reached 

 Lincoln drive. Here Mr. Pennock and 

 Mr. Campbell agreed that by keeping 

 the river on your right and going 

 straight ahead you were bound to reach 

 the city safely. This was finally accom- 

 plished (I did not say easily accom- 



plished), and when the party reached 

 Green street entrance the chauffeur an- 

 nounced that he could now pilot t^om 

 safely home again. 



Morton. 



The Highland Hose Co. operates 32,- 

 000 feet of glass at Morton, in Dela- 

 ware county. The houses, nine in num- 

 ber, lie a little east of south, in the cen- 

 ter of a nearly level meadow. Five of 

 them were built a year and a half ago, 

 the remainder added this summer. All 

 are even span, ridge and furrow, open 

 between, length 150 feet, width varying 

 from sixteen to twenty-five feet. The 

 entire range is planted with roses: 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, Bichmond and Perle. 

 Bride and Maid are being tried both 

 grafted and on own roots. The former 

 are looked upon with favor by the man- 

 ager, W. E. Fowler. Lily of the valley 

 is being forced at the end of the range 

 next the boiler-shed. Gardenias are also 

 being tried here. A narrow covered way 

 at the opposite end is devoted to chry- 

 santhemums, Major Bonnaffon, to be 

 followed by Manetti for grafting. The 

 plant is heated by one eighty horse-power 

 return tubular boiler. A manure tank, 

 with paddle and screen for liquid fer- 

 tilizer, is operated by the gasoline three 

 horse-power engine that pumps water 

 from the creek nearby. A vault con- 

 veniently located is used as a cooling 

 room, proving most satisfactory even 

 during the summer. The impression cre- 

 ated by this plant is of a thoroughly 

 business-like enterprise, with every de- 

 tail carefully worked out. The High- 

 land Bose Co. is and has been a regular 

 shipper to the Philadelphia Cut Flower 

 Co. ever since it started in business. So 



