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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembeu 3, 1908. 



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PHILADELPHIA, 



The Risinfi; Eattern Market. 



The advent of September is marked by 

 an improvement in the cut flower mar- 

 ket; nothing wonderful, scarcely percept- 

 ible at times, but nevertheless an unmis- 

 takable improvement gladly welcomed as 

 the forerunner of fall business. 



There is an increase in the number of 

 roses coming into the market, the listed 

 varieties being strengthened by the ad- 

 dition of Mrs. Jardine and My Mary- 

 land, ~tjie first shipments of these roses 

 arriving during the last days of August. 

 There has been about enrfiigh demand to 

 absorb most of the better grades of all 

 the roses at moderate prices. Beauties 

 continue in demand. The fancy grades 

 of Kaiserin are fine indeed. 



There is no change in the conditions 

 governing the carnation market. The 

 supply continues light, and chiefly short- 

 stemmed flowers of a half dozen stand- 

 ard varieties. Ethel Crocker, field- 

 grown, stands out preeminently. Next to 

 these eome some choice white. The as- 

 ters have been reinforced by the arrival 

 of some exceptionally nice Crego. The 

 choicer flowers of Semple's and other 

 varieties are more numerous than a week 

 ago. Cheap white asters for design work 

 were scarcer at the close of last week 

 than the fancies. There is little America 

 gladiolus coming into the market. The 

 light colors, when clear and distinct, are 

 decidedly preferred to the dark, and 

 bring more money. Dahlias are coming 

 in greater force. While several of the 

 largest growers will not cut before next 

 week, many are sending in shipments of 

 excellent stock that is in moderate de- 

 mand. Red seems most popular so far. 



Valley continues of excellent quality. 

 The demand, while not what it should 

 be, has improved somewhat. Orchids are 

 scarce, it being difficult to find anywhere 

 near enough to fill the few orders that 

 are received. Greens have been rein- 

 forced by the arrival of wild smilax and 

 of autumn foliage, maple and gum. 



The Planting of My Maryland. 



It was noised around at the rose show 

 held in Chicago last March that the 

 shrewdest eastern rose growers thought 

 well of My Maryland, the pink debutante 

 rose then being introduced by John 

 Cook, of Baltimore. It was buzzed about 

 that this and that rose grower would 

 plant so many thousands of My Mary- 

 land, with a calm disregard of the fact 

 that a new rose cannot be had without 



Sweet Peas 



Zvolanak's Winter Flonring 



Christmas Pink— T^nk and white. 

 Florence Denser— Pu/e white. 

 Mrs. Eddie Wild— Carmine red. 

 Mixed— Winter flowering. 

 Price, per oz., 25c; 75c per V4 lb.; per lb., $2.00. 



Newer Varieties 



Le Marquis- Dark blue. 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace— Lavender. 



Mrs. F. J. Dolansky— Daybreak pink. 



Mrs. Wm. Bim- Salmon pink. 



Price, per oz., 50c; $1.60 per 14 lb.: $5.00 per lb. 



Pansy Seed 



MicheU's Giant Exhibition 

 Mixture 



A g'iant strain which we have secured from 

 the leadiuK panay specialibts in Germany, 

 England and France. For length of stems, 

 size of bloom, heavy texture and varied 

 shades and colors, with their distinct mark- 

 ings, this strain cannot be excelled. 



Trade pkt., 50c; 75c per ^s oz.; per oz., $5.00. 



Finest English Mixed 



Trade pkt.. 25c; 75c per oz. 



Bend for Wholesale Cataloarue 



HENRY F. MIGHELL CO., Market St. above lOth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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the expenditure of many shekels. These 

 thousands of new roses meant to some 

 of us what would be a very large sum of 

 money indeed. Of course there could be 

 ' only two explanations, one that the pur- 

 chaser was stark, staring mad, an ex- 

 planation that did not explain when you- 

 saw business sagacity that had weath- 

 ered many storms; the other explanation, 

 probably the true one, that these same 

 rose growers felt so sure My Maryland 

 would prove a money maker that the 

 more they had of it, and the sooner, the 

 better. 



Careful inquiry has revealed the fact 

 that the Philadelphia market will be sup- 

 plied with this new variety by four (pos- 

 sibly more) of our best rose growers: 

 Stephen Mortensen, of Southampton; 

 William Munro, of Garrettford; Myers 

 & Samtman, of Wyndmoor, and Edward 

 Towill, of Roslyn. Reports from as many 

 of these places as have been heard from 

 are unanimous to the effect that My 

 Maryland is a grower 's rose ; that is, it 

 is a clean, healthy, vigorous grower, pro- 

 ducing plenty of flowering wood of good 

 quality. Whether it will prove a good 

 selling rose remains to be seen. 



Qub Meeting. 



J. Guille, of Portsmouth, Va., read a 

 paper on Virginian bulbs at the Flo- 

 rists' Club's meeting September 1. A 

 good discussion followed, W. K. Harris, 

 P. J. Lynch, J. Otto Thilow, Edward 

 Reid and others participating. The Hu- 

 bert Bulb Co. showed twelve varieties of 

 narcissi grown on its Virginia farm. 

 Harry W. Shaw, Millville, N. J., exhib- 



Carnations 



Healthy field- g^rown plants. 



Fair Maid $ 6.00 per 100 



La\rson 6.00 " 



Octoroon 6.00 " 



Harryrenn 6.00 " 



Maceo 5.00 " 



Variecated Lawson 6.00 " 



Boston Market 5.00 " 



Winsor.. 7.00 " 



Andrew Camecle 12.00 " 



Littlefield & Wyman 



North Abingfon, Mass 



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ited a seedling yellow decorative dahlia, 

 large flowers on long stems. 



Officers nominated for next year were: 

 President, Joseph Heacock and Fred 

 Hahman; vice-president, Israel Rosnos- 

 ky; treasurer, George Craig; secretary, 

 Arthur A. Niessen and David Rust. 



Baseball. 



The Craig and Dreer nines met at Riv- 

 erton, N, J., Saturday afternoon, August 

 29. Seven innings were played, the Craig 

 team being victorious by a score of 11 to 

 1. The feature of the game was the 

 battery work of Kennedy and Hayden, 

 who occupied the points for the visitors. 

 The Dreer team was practically a new 

 one, being composed chiefly of the mem- 

 bers of the second Riverton team, a 

 strong amateur organization. The Dreera 

 were hosts and a jolly afternoon was 

 enjoyed. 



