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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septbmbeb 10, 1908. 







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chrysanthemums this fall, also plenty of 

 California violets and sweet peas. Their 

 stock is all sold to the west end stores. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will take 

 up at its meeting this week the advisabil- 

 ity of holding the club meetings every 

 other month at night, so as to give the 

 employees a chance to join and attend 

 the meetings, the night meetings to con- 

 sist of a business session, followed by a 

 lunch, cigars and a bowling match. Should 

 this be decided upon, the club should in- 

 crease its membership to 200 by the end 

 of the year. The six afternoon meetings 

 would also be well attended. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The feature of the market this week is 

 the large quantity of really magnificent 

 asters that are coming to town. There 

 are more good asters here today than I 

 have ever seen at one time before. Un- 

 fortunately, there are too many to main- 

 tain prices, the demand not having in- 

 creased in proportion to the supply. It 

 seems probable that the height of the sea- 

 son has been reached and that next week 

 will see a decline. Poor asters are still 

 poor stock indeed. Gladioli are waning, 

 there not being nearly so many in the 

 market as a week ago. Dahlias are in- 

 creasing in quantity, and by next week 

 the fancy varieties will be in full swing. 



Carnations are becoming a factor. The 

 cooler weather has increased the size and 

 brightened the color of the flowers, while 

 the stems are perceptibly longer. The 

 features of the rose market are some fine 

 Kaiserin and Eichmond. Mrs. Jardine 

 and My Maryland sell out much more 

 closely than some of the older varieties. 

 There are a few fine Killarney. Amer- 

 ican Beauties continue to lead the list. 



Valley is in excellent supply; demand 

 only moderate. Cattleyas are increasing 

 slightly in number. There are enough 

 oncidiums and cypripediums to merit 

 mention. Autumn leaves have been re- 

 inforced by the arrival of oak; both pin 

 and white are in evidence. There is some 

 demand for greens. 



The Coming Season. 



Thanksgiving day is Thursday, Novem- 

 ber 26. Christmas and New Year's both 

 fall on Friday. Lent begins on Wednes- 

 day, February 24. Easter falls April 11. 



The Exit of the Faker. 



While not a positively assured fact, it 

 is generally believed in wholesale circle^ 



Sweet Peas 



Zvolaitk's Winter Flowaring 



Christmas Plnli— Pink and white. 

 Florence Denzer— Pare white. 

 Mrs. Eddie Wild— Carmine red. 

 Mixed— Winter flowering. 

 E>rice, per oz., 25c; 75c per H lb.; per lb.; S^.OO. 



Newer Varieties 



Le Marquis— Dark blue. 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace- Lavender. 



Mrs. S. J. Dolansky- Daybreak pink. 



Mrs. Wm. 81m— Salmon pink. 



Price, per oz., 50c; $1.50 per '4 lb.; $5.00 per lb. 



Pansy Seed 



Micheirs Giant Exhibition 

 Mixture 



A giant strain which we have secured from 

 the leading pansy 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 ^ 02.: per oz., $5.00. 



Finest Enjijsh Mixed 



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



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HENRY F. MICHELL CO., Market St. abofi lOth St., Pblladelphia, Pa. 



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that the street faker, who has for so long 

 been a prominent factor in disposing of 

 the surplus of cut flowers, will be ban- 

 ished from Market street during the com- 

 ing season. This belief is strengthened 

 by the knowledge that there have been at 

 least three glass case privileges leased at 

 excellent figures on the shopping thor- 

 oughfare. A number of our leading 

 wholesalers were asked their views on 

 this important question: "Will the ab- 

 sence of the faker from Market street 

 mean a serious pecuniary loss to the 

 grower and to the wholesaler?" The 

 general feeling appeared to be that it 

 would be a serious loss at first, because 

 neither the retail stores nor the proprie- 

 tors of the street show cases would buy 

 the class of stock used by the fakers. It 

 is hoped, however, that eventually a bet- 

 ter tone may be given to the business by 

 the .elimination of this somewhat question- 

 able method of doing business, the fakers 

 often being rather obtrusive. The grow- 

 ers can do something to soften this blow 

 by cutting down their production of low 

 grade stock as far as possible. 



Our Credit System. 



Harry Bayersdorfer, some time called 

 "The Merchant Prince," of this city, 

 favored Phil with some ideas regarding 

 the credit system and business in gen- 

 eral. Mr. Bayersdorfer believes that 

 every retail florist should make it a rule 

 to send his statements out on the first 

 day of each month, pressing for payment 

 in ninety days, when these accounts are 

 not honored. He says that too many of 

 our best florists feel that a customer 

 would be angered were he asked to pay 



his bill, and therefore let the matter 

 slide, thus making it difficult for the flo- 

 rist to meet his obligations, and so in 

 turn cramping those with* whom he deals. 

 Mr. Bayersdorfer points out the clock- 

 like regularity with which all successful 

 firms in other lines of business send out 

 their statements and asks pointedly 

 whether, when a florist buys a hat, a box 

 of candy, or some fruit on credit, the 

 seller delays sending him a bill for fear 

 of giving oflfense. 



When questioned regarding the busi- 

 ness outlook, Mr. Bayersdorfer said that 

 while the orders are coming in freely, he 

 thinks that many buyers are buying as 

 little as possible this fall, fearing to 

 overstock. The result, he believes, will 

 be a tremendous rush when business ac- 

 tually opens later in the season.. 



Mr. Goille's Visit. 



James Guille, of the Hubert Bulb Co., 

 Portsmouth, Va., boarded a sleeper on 

 the evening of August 31 and appeared 

 in this city the following day. Mr. 

 Guille 's visit was made to keep an en- 

 gagement with the Florists' Club of this 

 city, to talk about bulb growing in Vir- 

 ginia, as all readers of the Eeview will 

 know from last week's issue. To meet 

 him, many of our most representative 

 men were gathered in the club room the 

 evening of September 1. Mr. Guille has 

 energy, enthusiasm and a splendid confi- 

 dence in the ultimate success of his 

 work; he displayed all these qualities 

 to advantage in one of the liveliest de- 

 bates that has ever been witnessed in 

 the club room. 



The discussion may be divided into 



