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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 19, 1907. 



SSi: 



Wc shall have the finest stock of choice American Beauty Roses that have ever been 



offered in Philadelphia. Also splendidly grown 

 Richmondst Brides and Bridesmaids, in quantity.' K- 



CXtr Carnations promise to be in heavy crop. Their ■ 

 quality is as fine as anything we have ever handled. 



In Orchids we shall have an abundance of Cattleyas and Cypripediums of high grade* 



All other flowers in quantity. 



The Leo Ni^^^^n Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1209 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Bcvlew when yoo write. 



show house is filled with extra fine 

 blooming plants for Christmas sales. 



Bichard Frow, the Natural Bridge road 

 florist, has a fine lot of holiday bloom- 

 ing plants, among them extra fine poin- 

 settias in pots and pans. 



Among the local growers who supply 

 many of the west end retailers and who 

 have many fine blooming plants for the 

 holiday trade are Charles Be^er, C. C. 

 Sanders, George Windier, Wm. Schray 

 & Sons, A. Jablonsky and Henry Felter. 

 J. J. B. 



LEXINGTON, KY. 



Honaker says the Morehead trap is 

 the best thing of its kind yet invented. 

 By its use they were enabled to do away 

 with the boiler-pit when building the fine 

 new packing shed. I was shown here a 

 sport from the Enchantress carnation 

 which is identical with Schroeder's Rose- 

 pink. Some bouses here are made to grow 

 three crops during the year. Beauty, 

 Chatenay and Wellesley are largely 

 grown. Out-of-town demand is steadily 

 increasing, both for cut flowers and pot 

 plants. A large shipping business is 

 being built up, which taxes the present 

 capacity to its limit. Violets are grown 

 in quantity, chiefly Princess of Wales, 

 which is preferred to Gov. Herrick, owing 

 to the latter 's lack of fragrance. The 

 fine batch of poinsettias sold for the 

 holidays proves this plant to be as popu- 

 lar here as ever. The store is an orna- 

 ment to the town and is conceded to have 

 done much toward educating the public 

 to appreciate high class goods. The 

 prices obtained would do credit to the 

 biggest city. 



Michler Bros, have had many inquiries 



The most beautiful as well ai the moBt useful Fern ever offered. 

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

 frond. Well grown stock ready now. 2K-inch, $3.60 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100; $200 00 per 1000. 4-incb, $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. Specimens in pans, $2.00, $3.00 and $5.00 each. 



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



Mention The Review when jroa write. 



regarding their begonia, which was il- 

 lustrated and described in the Eeview. 

 It is a good thing, being very free in 

 habit of growth and flower. The color 

 of bloom is Enchantress pink. It is an 

 acquisition in flowering begonias to the 

 catalogue man looking for a sterling 

 novelty. 



J. A. Keller is rebuilding and adding 

 quite a little. The financial flurry did 

 not affect the craft to any extent and a 

 good holiday business is looked for. 



W. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The business of last week in general 

 was not as active as had been hoped. 

 Prices are holding about the same, with 

 prospects of an advance. There prob- 

 ably will be no marked change until a 

 few days before Christmas. Beauties 

 are good, and promise to be in fine shape 

 for the holidays, but are not expected to 

 bring quite as fancy prices as in former 



years. Some fine Richmond and Liberty 

 roses are received daily and sell at fairly 

 good prices. The demand for these in 

 the next few days will be heavy, and it is 

 supposed they will bring splendid prices. 

 Killamey is in fine condition and sells 

 well, prices being a trifle better. Some 

 really fine ones bring exceptionally good 

 figures. Brides and Maids were never 

 better at this time of year. The better 

 grades cl6an up nicely, while the shorts' 

 sell slowly. 



Carnations have not come in heavily, 

 but the supply has been erratic, some 

 days heavy and others light, so that it 

 has been hai^ to fill all orders. The 

 growers say the plants are full of buds, 

 and they anticipate a nice cut when 

 they will be in demand, at the end of 

 this week. Poinsettias will be in good 

 demand and in fine shape. Some grow- 

 ers claim that those grown in pots are 

 much harder and will not wilt as soon 

 as those grown in benches or beds. Vio- 

 lets have been in fair demand and prom- 

 ise to be in fine shape. Gardenias are 

 excellent and are selling well. 



