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"The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Septembbb 17, 1908. 



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 notice. 



ROSES The Leo Niessen Co. I dahlias 



Our Beauties are excellent. 

 We are ofTering: an exceptional 

 good stock of all Roses for this 

 season of the year. Our Brides, 

 Maids and Richmond are im- 

 provlnsr in quality— better every 

 day. We also have My Mary- 

 land and Mrs. Jardine in limited 

 quantity. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1209 Arch Street. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Commenoliia; Monday, September Slat, Open from 

 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. 



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We can furnish all the stand- 

 ard varieties and most of the 

 late introductions. Our growers 

 aim for quality more than 

 quantity. Regular orders will 

 be shipped direct from the 

 growers to save rehandling. 



Write us about them. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



winter. Around Fifty-ninth street and 

 Madison avenue there is a veritable hot- 

 bed of up-to-date florists. Myer is close 

 at hand, with his original windows and 

 his newly decorated front, one of the 

 most unique in New York. 



Mrs. Frank Millang met with a severe 

 accident last week at her country home, 

 the horse running away. Her side was 

 badly wrenched and her face and body 

 badly bruieed. She was unconscious for 

 some time. Mr. Millang says he will 

 never drive any horses but his own here- 

 after. 



Geller & Co. have been working over- 

 time for a month, and the supply in- 

 dustry seems to feel already the revival 

 in that department of the trade. All the 

 florists' supply houses are rushed with 

 the early fall orders and the importations 

 of novelties are arriving daily. 



Harry Hoffmeyer has been so well 

 pleased with his branch at Atlantic City 

 that he has decided to remain there for 

 the winter. 



Will Eickards is holding the fort while 

 his brother swings around the circle of 

 fall exhibitions and Lieutenant Dugan 

 enjoys his business and pleasure trip in 

 Dixie. 



Will Elliott 's voice has been well rested 

 and manicured and sandpapered for its 

 mellifluous stunts beginning September 

 22, at 42 Vesey street, where from now 

 on the auctions will be in full swing 

 until the snow flies. The first sale has 

 a lot of fine stock from Biltmore. 



There is some talk of a violet and 

 carnation combination following the dis- 

 integration of the union of growers that 

 was to open on West Twenty-seventh street 

 and didn't, and a dozen of them were 

 looking at the Hicks store on Twenty- 

 eighth street as a likely spot for the 

 venture. 



W. E. Marshall has been holidaying 

 with his man Friday, in his partner's 

 45-foot yawl from the Bergen Beach 

 Yacht Club, and brings back the usual 

 fish stories. 



Gunther Bros, are receiving a lot of 

 fine dahlias from Pennsylvania growers. 

 Another week will see the market over- 

 whelmed with them, but, as with all else, 

 the new and best stock will sell readily 

 and the common had better be kept at 

 home. J. Austin Shaw. 



Covington, Ky. — The Covington Seed 

 Co. is erecting two more greenhouses 

 20x100 and has just finished putting in 

 concrete walks throughout the place. A 

 concrete bench also has been erected and 

 is well liked. 



Sweet Peas 



Zvolanik's Winter Flowiring 



Christmas Pink— Pink and white. 

 Florence Denzer— Pure white. 

 Mrs. Kddle Wild— Carmine red. 

 Mixed— Winter flowering. 

 Price, per oz., 25c; 75c per ^4 lb.; per lb., $2.00. 



Newer Varieties 



L.e Marquis— Dark blue. 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace— Lavender. 



Mrs. F. J. Ddansky- Daybreak pink. 



Mrs. Wm. 81m— Salmon pink. 



Price, per oz., 60c; $1.50 per H lb.; $6.00 per lb. 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 

 Seed 



We offer extra choice, plnmp, 

 lath house grown seed at the 

 following special low pricee: 



100 Seeds $ 0.40 



600 " 1.76 



1.000 " 3.00 



6.000 " 18.76 



10,000 " 86.00 



Send tor Wholesale Catalogue 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risine Eastern Market. 



There is a slight improvement in the 

 cut flower market, although conditions are 

 far from favorable. The quantity of 

 poor flowers and of outdoor flowers flood- 

 ing the market is so large that it is im- 

 possible to find an outlet for nearly all 

 of them. Really choice stock is in fair 

 demand. Beauties are and have been 

 selling as well as any flowers on the list. 

 Cattleya labiata has made its appearance 

 in sufficient quantities to warrant a re- 

 duction in price, and from now on buyers 

 are reasonably secure in placing their or- 

 ders at listed quotations, which are one- 

 third below those of a week ago. Valley 

 is fine, but not in demand. 



Carnations are beginning to merit the 

 name. Enchantress and Boston Market 

 being obtainable in sufficient quantities 

 to mention. Asters are slightly on the 

 wane, but they are far more plentiful 

 than was anticipated a week ago, and 

 prices have not stiffened in the least. 

 Dahlias are arriving in larger quantities. 

 There is some demand for the really fine 

 sorts, such as Kriemhilde, Lyndhurst, 

 and^others. Hydrangeas are beautifully 

 coloi^d, and for these there is this week 

 an outlet in some of the department store 

 fall openings, which, while only of mod- 

 erate dimensions so far, have a slight 

 effect on the market. 



Violets have made their appearance. 

 A few singles are seen in the commission 

 houses, but they are not yet up to ship- 

 ping requirements. 



Edward Rdd Takes Issue With Phil. 



Edward Reid, the well-known wholesale 

 florist of this city, takes exception to the 

 views expressed in this column last week 

 under the head of * ' Mr. Guille 's Visit. ' ' 

 The part of the article to which Mr. Reid 

 excepts is the statement that the law of 

 supply and demand regulates the produc- 

 tion of cut flowers. Mr. Reid asserts 

 that the production of cut flowers "under 

 glass should be protected from the unfair 

 competition of outdoor-grown stock, just 

 as our products in this country are pro- 

 tected by a tariff from the unfair com- 

 petition of cheaply produced foreign 

 goods. Mr. Reid says that the grower 

 who has the courage and enterprise to 

 erect glass houses and heat them with ex- 

 pensive fuel merits the protection of pub- 

 lic sentiment against the inroads of 

 cheaply grown outdoor stock from a 

 warmer clime. Mr. Reid says that there 

 can be no question that the indoor-grown 

 products would bring better prices were 

 outdoor flowers out of the way, and that 

 he, as a wholesaler, who wishes to protect 

 the interests of his growers, will discour- 

 age to the utmost of his ability the 

 dumping of outdoor-grown flowers on this 

 market. 



Founders' Week. 



As everybody knows, this city will be 

 the scene of great outdoor celebration 

 during Founders' Week, October 5 to 10. 

 It is of interest to note that among the 

 many floats being prepared for the pa- 

 rade during that celebration there is one, 

 at least, of special interest to florists. 

 Philip Freud, of the Henry F. Michell 



