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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 30, 1908J 





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CSTTLEYA MOSSIXE 



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BEAUTIES. Our prize winning stock. We can fill 



all orders, large or small. 

 RICHMOND. Selected stock of finest quality. 



SWEET PEAS. Choipenjoiig-stemmed flowers in 



pink, white and lavender. 

 VALLEY of finej)tttfuty, well hardened. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Risins Eastern Mai^et 



Conditions in the «ut flower market 

 have changed materially from those of 

 a week ago — changed for the worse, de- 

 cidedly. The warm weather, commenc- 

 ing on Saturday, railroaded an enor- 

 mous supply of all varieties of flowers 

 into an already weakened market. The 

 result is difficult to describe. The besf 

 stock brings listed quotations in limited 

 quantities, but much of the best stock 

 cannot be sold to advantage. The poor 

 stock brings virtually no price at all, 

 proving a source of disappointment to 

 all those interested in it. Lilies con- 

 tinue the weakest item on the list. They 

 have been oflPered at the most absurd 

 and unheard-of prices, without in the 

 least tempting the buyers. A few sales 

 are made, but many are wasted. Callas 

 have shared in the demoralization of 

 their cousins, but callas are much less 

 plentiful than Easter lilies. 



Cattleyas are the strongest item on 

 the list. Mossise has succeeded Schroe- 

 deriana as the reigning queen. The sup- 

 ply is limited, the demand excellent. 

 Lselia purpurata shares the orchid hon- 

 ors with cattleyas. 



Beauties are probably better value 

 for the money, where a Jjig show is de- 

 sired, than anything else. They are very 

 plentiful, and may best be described as 

 being cut to order. The quality is su- 

 perb. Richmond, Bride, and Maid are 

 also in heavy supply. The quality from 

 some growers has begun to show the 

 effects of the heat. 



Carnations -are in strong supply with 

 some houses, but indications at other 

 wholesale houses point to a diminution 

 of the crop. The carnation market is 

 weak, especially on white. Sweet peas, 

 80 popular a week ago, have weakened 

 considerably. The quality is fine, but 

 the market will not stand shipments 

 four times as large as at Easter. The 

 demand for violets has fallen off to such 

 an extent that the wholesalers have been 

 obliged to stop or decrease shipments 

 from the Hudson river district. Green- 

 house-grown lilac is practically over. 

 Outdoor bulbous stock is becoming fair- 

 ly plentiful, tulips and Narcissus poet- 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS,„ ,^ 



Choice greenhouBe-grown seed 10.50 $4.60 



Seed grown in lath-houses, $12.50 per 6000. . . .40 3.00 



Asparagus Spreng^eri 



Choice greenhouse-grown seed 20 1.26 



Imported seed 15 .70 



Tuberoses 



Choice first glze -A.... 1.00 8.50 



second size 60 4!60 



Tuberous Rooted Begonias 



Fine bulbs in choice condition. 



Single, mixed per dozen, 30c 2.00 18.60 



con<.r.f^/.»i^»> " '. 36c 2.25 JL 20.00 



separate colors. 



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icus being the most important factors. 

 With flowers so plentiful and cheap, 

 there is perhaps less demand than usual 

 for the cherry and apple blossoms, now 

 at their height. 



The price of Beauties in last week's 

 Easter market report should have read 

 $4 to $6 per dozen, not per hundred, for 

 specials. Many daffodils sent to the 

 market were so soft that the buyers 

 have been asking a rebate. This will 

 make them range from $1 to $3, instead 

 of $2 to $3, as quoted. 



Out in Falrmotint, 



Large crowds are attracted to the 

 neighborlujod of Horticultural hall these 

 pleasant spring days. Inside the hall 

 itself the center of attraction is in the 

 east wing, where the Easter display, 

 gorgeous in its color combinations, is 

 still effective. The arrangement of the 

 east wing differs materially from last 

 fall. The stage used for the chrysan- 

 themums is absent. The straight walks 

 are varied by graceful curves, laid out 

 in foliage and flowering plants. The 

 whole arrangement is Ught and airy. 

 Here some beautiful specimen lilies 

 droop gracefully over the bright purple 

 of the cineraria; there are choice hy- 

 drangeas of soft pink shade, or pos- 

 sibly Alice blue, relieved by the deep 



green of the kentias. Color effect and 

 grace were studied everywhere. 



But what I want to write about to 

 everyone who chances to see these Unes 

 IS the wonderful effect of the parterre 

 or sunken gardens lying to the west of 

 Horticultural hall, the beds in these gar- 

 dens, which stretch all the way to Bel- 

 mont avenue, being planted entirely with 

 tulips. The festoons on the sloping 

 banks are filled mainly with white 

 tulips, with a few yellow in the center 

 to relieve the color. The beds in the 

 center contain the brighter-hued 

 vanetwfS, some planted solidly, others 

 with borders. There you see the deep 

 scarlet of Artus, and the soft pink of 

 Cottage Maid; beyond, the varied scar- 

 let and yellow of Kaiserskroon. But 

 everywhere you look you see-the silvery 

 white of L'Immaculee. The general ef- 

 fect of the beds cannot be taken in 

 without viewing the festoons as well 

 and this pure white combined with the 

 velvety green of the early spring turf 

 makes a combination difficult to describe 

 in words. Solid beds of tulips are 

 planted at the east end, each bed spring- 

 ing, as It were, from a carpet of pan- 

 sies the color effect in the pansies being 

 studied to harmonize or to contrast with 

 the colors of the tulips. 

 A change recently made is the removal 



