January 23, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



23 



h 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



St. Valentine's Day Novelties 



We have this season imported a choice assortment of Novelties for St. Valentine's Day^ 



including HEART-SHAPED BOXES in four different colors, VIOLET BOXES 



and VIOLET HAMPERS. They will please you. 



When roses are scarce, use our NEW CREPE PAPER ROSES in artificial designs. THEY ARE 

 PERFECT IMITATIONS OF FINE BRIDES AND MAIDS. 



FANCY and STAPLE BASKETS 



OUK STOCK IS SUPERB 



SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE OF EVERYTHING IN SUPPLIES. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., i^rc^'i^..*, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



• •■■■I 



i 



THERE IS A REASON 



Why you should place your orders with us. You save 

 time and money. We have 41 more shippers to our list 



HOW ABOUT SOME EXTRA FINE DOUBLE POINSETTIAS ? $35.00 PER 100 



J. J. HARTY & CO., 



1818 O ST., 



Washington, D. C. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Hungary, Wadley & Smythe being the 

 fortunate drawers of the prize. 



McKinley day, it is hoped, will dem- 

 onstrate more this year than ever the 

 grateful remembrance of the American 

 people. If every one loyal to McKinley 's 

 memory would wear his favorite flower, 

 the market would quickly be depleted. 



For St. Patrick's day the green carna- 

 tion will, as usual, be on exhibition. 

 There is a demand for it that must be 

 met. The wise mixer of dyes will take 

 the hint and be ready in time. 



James Ballantyne, of Tarrytown, gen- 

 eral superintendent of the estate of F. 

 E. Lewis, will take charge of his new 

 estate at Ridgefield, Conn., February 1. 

 Mr. Ballantyne received, as his New 

 Year's gift from Mr, Lewis, a nice home 

 at his new headquarters. 



James Morton, one of A. T. Bodding- 

 ton's force of salesmen, is ill with rheu- 

 matism at Hartford, Conn. 



J. F. Huss, of Hartford, was in the 

 city last week attending the funeral of 

 Victor Dorval. 



Thos. Martin, lieutenant of Traendly 

 & Schenck, has been ill for two weeks 

 with the grippe, and John Egenbrod, 

 with Alex J. Guttman, has been suf- 

 fering with blood poisoning in the hand 

 and arm from contact with rose thorns. 



The fire at Thomas Young, Jr. 's, on 

 Twenty-eighth street, last week did not 



interfere with business, the damage af- 

 fecting the building only. 



Two acres of glass in four great 

 houses, averaging 50x325, every foot de- 

 voted to the growing of carnations, is 

 a vision worth any lover of flowers jour- 

 neying to Scarboro to see. Add to this 

 a heating system, simple, effective and 

 unsurpassed and results that make one 

 almost stand aghast with their extent 

 and promise, and you cannot understand 

 why every carnation grower, large and 

 small, does not visit Mr. Pierson's won- 

 derful factory. A cut of nearly 25,000 

 flowers Christmas week tells its own 

 story. Winsor here is queen. The 

 houses look like great wheat fields, so 

 even and abundant are the buds. There 

 is no disease, no failures and this is not 

 the end. There is room for three more 

 houses equally large, and a heating sys- 

 tem large enough for all of them, and 

 so simple, economical and perfect that 

 I cannot imagine any addition to its 

 "white perfection." Mr. Pierson grows 

 more than Winsor, but he grows Winsor 

 more. Here also are Melody, White 

 Lawson, Victory, Beacon, Red Chief, 

 Helen Gould, Patten, Enchantress and 

 all the Enchantress family, white, rose- 

 pink and variegated, as well as Red Law- 

 son and Variegated Lawson. At the 

 Tarrytown greenhouses ferns of Boston 

 and all its children may be seen in 



abundance, and the latest, not yet even 

 exhibited, is a sport of Elegantissima, 

 the most beautiful of them all. Mr. 

 Fotheringham is back from England 

 with glowing stories of European horti- 

 culture, but in nearly every department 

 of floriculture he declares America leads 

 the world. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risine Eastern Market. 



The market conditions for the last 

 week have not been so good. The cut 

 on roses is not heavy and, with one or 

 two days of good business, the supply 

 would be short. Beauties are coming in 

 much better than last week, except in 

 the short and medium grades, which are 

 a little bit scarce, the most of them 

 being imperfect and off color. Richmond 

 and Liberty have shortened up and sell 

 a trifle better. Brides are scarce and in 

 great demand for funeral work, of which 

 there is quite a lot. Maids have short- 

 ened in supply and clean up at a little 

 better prices. Killarney and Chatenay 

 are a little shy and are much sought 

 after. 



The cut on carnations, which was re- 

 ported heavy last week, has fallen off 

 considerably. Enchantress, which is fine 

 at this season, is much in demand. Win* 



