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The Weekly Florists' Review.' 



July 9, 1008. 



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SUMNER BEAUTIES 



VALLEY 



GALAX LEAVES, Bronze, excellent quality, $1.00 per 1000; $7.50 per case of 10,000 



OUR SERVICE IS UNEXCELLED 



Open daily, including Saturday, 7 a. m, to 6 p« m* 



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1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The RJiins: Eastern Market. 



Conditions in the cut flower market 

 are fair, for midsumnjer. There is a de- 

 cided demand for good flowers at times, 

 with hardly enough really choice stock 

 to meet this demand. The intense heat 

 seriously affects all flowers. Beauties, 

 valley, orchids, Kaiserin and Kill^rney 

 are the mainstays for quality orders. 

 Shasta daisies of excellent quality have 

 been a factor during the last week. 

 Gladioli have made their appearance. As- 

 ters are slowly increasing in number. 

 Sweet peas are quite knocked out by the 

 rain and heat for the time being. Au- 

 ratum lilies have replaced candidum. 

 Summer flowers are more plentiful. 



Reviewing the Season. 



The season of 1907-8 closed Tues- 

 day, June 30. July and August of 1907 

 were fully equal to the same months in 

 previous years, in many cases a little 

 ahead. September was not wholly satis- 

 factory, the large increase in the quan- 

 tity of dahlias planted for cut flowers be- 

 ing more than the market could stand. 

 Though there was excellent demand, all 

 flowers were low in price and in over- 

 supply. The early part of October saw 

 great activity in the cut flower market, 

 with indications that the demand would 

 be larger than in any previous year. This 

 hope was not fulfilled, the market falling 

 off noticeably in the end of October, ow- 

 ing, it was said, to the financial crisis, 

 possibly assisted by the immense addi> 

 tions of the glass area supplying this 

 market, and became decidedly worse in 

 November. Chrysanthemums brought far 

 less than usual prices. December saw 

 slight improvement, but the month was 

 behind that of the year before. At 

 Christmas fair prices were realized, con- 

 tinuing below that of the high water 

 mark of the previous year, though fully 

 equal to the prices of a few years ago. 

 January and February, usually months 

 of short supply, found the demand hard- 

 ly equal to the supply, which was larger 

 than in any previous winter; bulbous 

 flowers were particularly overdone. Con- 

 ditions became worse in the spring, it 

 being evident that the middle classes 

 were not buying as freely as usual. The 



Wire Stakes 



Na. II tteel Wire, SiI*imzc<- 



2 foot 

 2»2 •' . 



3 " 

 3I2 " . 



Per 100 1000 



..10.45 S4.08 



.. .5,5 5.11 



,. .65 6.IB 



,. .78 7.18 



4 loot... $0.88 

 4I2 " .... 1.00 

 6 '• .... 1.12 

 6 " .... 1.30 

 G^ " .... 1.40 



Per 100 1000 



$ 8.16 



9.20 



10.23 



12.25 



13.28 



Ni. I Steel Wire, Gtlviaized— For staking: 

 American Beauty and other strong roses. 



Per 100 1000 



2 foot 90.55 $ 5.25 



2^3 • 70 6.60 



8 " 80 7.60 



3^ " 95 9.00 



4 " 1.10 10.00 



PerlOO 1000 

 4J2 foot . .$1.25 $11.50 



5 " .. 1.40 13.00 



6 " .. 1.60 15.50 



7 " .. 2.00 18.00 



8 " .. 2.25 20.50 



Rubber Hose 



3-ply, 12c per foot; 4-ply, 14^c per foot. In 25 and 50-foot sections. 



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 length desired. Flexible and won't kink. 



15Xc per foot, coupled free. 



Michell's Seed House 



Market Street, above 10th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



NEW CROP or PANSY, CINERARIA, PRIMULA, 



etc., NOW READY. 



faker sales were also on a lower level. 

 Easter was again the greatest floral fes- 

 tival, but here, also, the supply exceeded 

 the demand in many cases. Easter lilies 

 were the principal sufferers. Since 

 Easter the waste of white and poorer 

 stock has been enormous. The advent 

 of extreme heat early in the season cur- 

 tailed the production of salable flowers 

 during May and June. The market in 

 these months occasionally made decided 

 spurts, but prices were never equal to 

 the extremely high prices prevalent in 

 the corresponding months of last year. 

 Those who have made money in the last 

 year have done so by virtue of the qual- 

 ity of their stock, if they be growers, or 

 by their business sagacity, if they be 

 wholesalers, or by all-round ability, if 

 they be retailers. 



The supply houses, and Philadelphia 

 boasts two of the most successful in the 

 United States, state frankly that the 



success they have achieved this year 

 would not have been theirs without extra 

 effort, but that they have had an ex- 

 cellent year. The seed houses and our 

 leading plantsmen state that the year has 

 been satisfactory when general business 

 conditions are considered; in fact, it is 

 stated that seeds and plants have suf- 

 fered less than the average industry. 



The Detroit Qjovention. 



Three Philadelphia seedsmen attended 

 the seedsmen's convention at Detroit. 

 They were George H. Atkinson, with 

 Walter P. Stokes; Edward Dungan, with 

 William Henry Maule, and Howard M. 

 Earl, with W. Atlee Burpee & Co. When 

 asked by your correspondent about the 

 convention Mr. Atkinson spoke with 

 pleasure of the courtesy shown in the 

 convention, the business accomplished and 

 the general good feeling that prevailed. 

 Mr. Atkinson described the visit to the 



