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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



October 31, 1907. • 



la growers. 



BEAUTIES ^^om the leading Philadelph 



p/^ ^J ^^ 1^ Pink, White and Yellow. High grade blooms. 



W% ■ f> MM jy§ f\ J^ W\ Fancy, medium and short-stemmed flowers of this beau- 

 ■%"^»>^" '"^^*^*^ tiful red rose received daily in quantity. 



WILD SMILAX 



We can supply decorators with this indispen- 

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



THE LEO N I ESSEN CO. 



Open 7 am. 

 to 8 p. m. 



1209 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The RctIcw when yog write. 



PHILADBLPHIA. 



The Riiins Eastern Market. 



Couditions seem just a trifle disap- 

 I)uinting. There is business, but not 

 •juite so much a« was confidently pre- 

 dicted when the first frost had destroyed 

 many of the outdoor flowers. Consider- 

 ing the enormous quantity of chrysanthe- 

 mums coming into the market, and the 

 fact that other flowers are coming in 

 freely, business is fully up to the stajid- 

 ard of previous years, excepting only in 

 comparison with the wonderful strides 

 made last October, when early frosts and 

 H scarcity of indoor flowers kept the 

 early chrysanthemums on the run for 

 the entire month. The demand for 

 chrysanthemums appears to be strongest 

 for the medium grades of white. Fan- 

 cies are not so easily disposed of, while 

 the common stock is unsatisfactory. 

 The midseason varieties are now at their 

 best. Col. Appleton, Major Bonnaflfon 

 and Florence Harris are the leading 

 yellows. Mrs. Henry Robinson, White 

 Balsley, Alice Byron and Ivory lead the 

 whites. Harry Balsley, W^illiam Duck- 

 ham and Pink Ivory are the best pinks. 



Violets have improved to a degree that 

 warrants the listing of singles in two 

 grades, the fancies being superb, while 

 the ordinary stock is excellent when not 

 compared with the others. Cattleyas are 

 a trifle less plentiful. There have never 

 been so many in this market before. 

 The orchid list is strengthened by the 

 arrival of Vanda cserulea. Mignonette 

 has made its appearance. Adiantum 

 Croweanum is meeting with ready sale. 

 Smilax has fallen off a little as com- 

 pared with a week ago, when it rose 

 unexpectedly, selling above listed quota- 

 tions. The quality of valley in this 

 market has created a steady demand, 

 which is well maintained over a wide 

 stretch of territory. 



Carnations show improvement. The 

 supply has fallen off a little and the 

 demand is excellent, so that prices rule 

 firmer. Beauties are fully up to their 

 standard. Richmonds are increasing in 

 numbers. The quality is now good. 

 Brides are selling better than Brides- 

 maids. Killarney is becoming a factor. 

 Kaiserin in the fancy grade is uneqnaled 



lEPHIIOLEPIS PPIEgPOHLlI 



Tbe most beantiful as well as the most useful Fern ever offered. 

 It is suitable both for specimen pot plants and for using as a cut 

 frond. Well grown stock ready now ^^-inch, $3 60 per doi.; 

 $25.00 per 100; $200 00 per 1000. 4-inch, $1010 per doz.; $76.00 

 per 100. Specimens in pans, $2.00, $3 00 and $6.00 each. 



WM. P. CRAIG, 1305 Filbert St., Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



among the smaller roses for size of flower 

 and length of stem. Boxwood sprays 

 have made their appearance. 



Alfred Btirton'a. 



When the Flower Market first became 

 prominent as a competitor in the business 

 of this city it was a common thing for 

 the anti-market people to say that ' * with- 

 out Alfred Burton the market would not 

 amount to much." Be that as it may, 

 while the Flower Market had many other 

 consignors as well as stall-holders, Alfred 

 Burton was a prominent factor, indeed, 

 in their daily business. Every market 

 employee, from Dick to Daddy and Miss 

 Miles to Miss Lathrop, felt a personal 

 pride in securing the best possible re- 

 turns for Mr. Burton. Fortunately, it 

 also so happened that Mr. Burton had 

 Liberties of a quality which at that time 

 was most rare, to say nothing of the 

 Beauties of the true Burton brand. The 

 result I can give you in Mr. Burton's 

 own words: "I had a good thing of it 

 that year." 



Alfred Burton has his entire place 

 planted with Beauties and Liberties, 

 except for an odd hundred plants of the 

 western rose. Miss Kate Moulton. His 

 plants are aJl in solid beds except the 

 house added last summer, where the 

 Beauties have been tried in benches with 

 cement bed foundations by way of the 

 anchor to leeward. The points liat most 

 impress the visitor at Mr. Burton 's place 

 are the ease by which any point may be 

 reached, the houses being all open be- 

 tween ; the extreme lightness of the struc- 

 ture, its strength, and probable durabil- 

 ity. One is also impressed with the 

 general vigor of the stock, and what may 



be termed the field methods of culture, 

 I suppose due to coddling and excessive 

 zeal in cropping. An effort is evidently 

 made to secure roses when they are 

 desired, but the crops are harvested at 

 every season of the year and contribute 

 to the increased demand for choice red 

 roses at all times. Mr. Burton's stock 

 of flowers attracts attention daily with 

 the S. S. Pennoek-Meehan Co. 



Dahlias at Dreer'a. 



The gems of the dahlia family this 

 year are the new Holland peony-flowered 

 varieties. These varieties may be best 

 described as improved singles of the 

 Twentieth Century type. They are in 

 reality semi-double, having two rows of 

 petals, of enormftus size and exquisitely 

 colored. George A. Strohlein, who se- 

 cured the stock of this type of dahlias 

 for his company, describes his experience 

 entertainingly. Mr. Strohlein said that 

 while on an azalea trip on the Continent 

 he heard of this wonderful dahlia and 

 called on the originator. The place 

 proved so out-of-the-way that Mr. Stroh- 

 lein had great difficulty in finding it 

 and arrived about 9 o'clock in the even- 

 ing. The originator at once conducted 

 him to the garden, where, with the aid 

 or a lantern, they picked a few of the 

 flowers. Mr. Strohlein took these to his 

 hotel and was astonished at their size 

 and beauty. When he inquired the price 

 of the entire stock the figure was so high 

 as to remove it from the realms of busi- 

 ness. Arrangements were finally made, 

 however, for a portion of the stock. Al- 

 though the flowers have not yet attained 

 the size in this country that they have 

 reached in Holland, they are a distinct 



