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The Weekly Florists' Review. octmeh is, i^s 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



Fernery Novelties Violet Favors 



We have a wonderful aBsortment of all that is 

 newest and best in fern dishes for the table or 

 window. They can be had in straw braid, 

 willow, twig; round, oval or square cornered; 

 large, medium or small; all with zinc pans to 

 match. They are in exquisite taste and will 

 delight your customers. May we select a dozen 

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Our new delftware vases make pretty table orna- 

 ments, when filled with violets. They are small in 

 size, blue and green in color, and of many pleasing 

 designs. You will like them for their usefulness. 



Fancy Baskets 



Don't forget to have enough handle baskets for 

 chrysanthemums. They are apt to prove money- 

 makers. 



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PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower market held 

 its own well last week, notwithstanding 

 the fact that the mercury registered 

 from 70 to 80 degrees every day. There 

 is plenty of everything one could wish 

 and most of it has cleaned up nicely, 

 but in order to do this the wholesalers 

 realize that prices must be kept so that 

 the public will be able to reach them, 

 and the result is that there have been 

 no high prices. 



Beauties, chrysanthemums and roses 

 are the stock which is most plentiful. 

 Carnations are still far short of the de- 

 mand. 



The retail merchants all report a 

 slight increase in business, but say they 

 are selling cheaper than ever before at 

 this time and that it is impossible to 

 sell anything in the way of high-priced 

 stock. They consider it better business 

 to keep things moving and to keep more 

 life in trade, even if the profits are less, 

 than to try to stand for prices such as 

 they have been accustomed to get. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists" Club met Tuesday even- 

 ing, October 6. Two new members were 

 elected. A report from the float com- 

 mittee was read and the committee con- 

 tinued, with authority to solicit subscrip- 

 tions to pay expenses. A vote of thanks 

 was also given to the members of the 

 committee for their services. 



The club decided to hold a field day, 

 or, rather, it should have been called a 

 visiting day. All members of the club 

 are requested to meet at Schenley con- 

 servatories on Tuesday, November 3, at 

 10:30 a. m. After taking in all the 

 good things there, they will go to Ran- 

 dolph & McClements' Stanton avenue 

 greenhouses, where a lunch will be one 

 of the features. After leaving there, 

 the private places will take up the bal- 

 ance of the day until dark. Do not miss 

 this. 



After the regular business had been 

 disposed of, the subject of the evening 

 was taken up, "Garden Flowers and 

 Orchids." 



Mrs. R. H. Boggs offered as a prize 



ASPARA6US PLDMOSUS NANUS SEED 



Greenhouse Home Grown Seed 



100 seeds $ 0.60 



500 " 2.26 



1000 " 4.00 



5000 '■ 19.00 



Lath House Grown Seed 



100 seeds ." $ 0.40 



600 '• 76 



1000 " 8.00 



6000 '• 18.76 



CYCLAMEN SEED~New Crop 



Michell's Fancy Giant Strain 



Duke of Connaufflit. Crimson. 

 Ezoelaior. White with red rye. 

 Orandinora Altm. Pure white. 

 Prlnoes* of Wales. Pink. 

 Salmon Queen. Salmon-rose. 



Per 100 seeds, $1.26; $9 00 per 1000 seedB. 

 Blized. All colors. Per 100 seeds, $1.00; 



$9.00 per 1000 seeds. 



Craigr'a Special Giant 



Per 100 Per 1000 



seeds seeds 



White $1.00 $9.00 



Pink 1.00 9.00 



Red 1.00 9.00 



Wlilte, with red eye 1.00 9.00 



BUxed. All colors 1.00 9.00 



Headquarters for Bulbs 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils and all other Bulbs in immense 

 quantities. Be sure to consult MICHELL^S WHOLESALE 

 CATALOGUE. Write for copy today. 



DIRECT IMPORTERS 

 OF BULBS 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



Market street, above 1 0th Street, PHILADELPHIA 



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for garden flowers a book, "The English 

 Flower Garden," but, owing to the dry 

 weather and frost, there was only one 

 exhibitor, James Weisman, who showed 

 poppies, carnations, scabiosa and lark- 

 spur, for which he received the prize. 



Dr. Schaffer offered a prize of $10 for 

 the best three orchid plants and there 

 were two competitors — David Fraser, 

 gardener for H. C. Frick, and Mr. 

 Crooks, gardener for James H. Parks. 

 The judges, Wm. Falconer and P, S. 

 Randolph, not being able to decide on a 

 winner, divided the prize. 



Henry Negley exhibited a fine collec- 

 tion of about ten varieties of the 

 choicest cypripediums, cattleya and On- 

 cidium splendidum. 



Mr. Hutchinson, gardener for Dr. 

 Schaffer, then gave an interesting talk 

 on his collection. 



Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, sent 



a specimen plant of the new fern, Neph- 

 rolepis Scholzeli, the new crested Scottii, 

 which was highly commended by every- 

 one; also his new white show dahlia and 

 a collection of fine single varieties. 



Randolph & McClements exhibited a 

 new yellow chrysanthemum, a sprout off 

 Polly Rose. With all the habits of the 

 parent and a canary yellow in color, it 

 was thought to be a good thing, coming 

 as a good early. 



The meeting closed in peace and har- 

 mony at 10:30, and those members who 

 were not present missed something. 



Various Notes. 



Randolph & McClements had the deco- 

 ration for the dinner given at the Du- 

 quesne Club to Mrs. Longworth, who was 

 in the city with her husband last Tues- 

 day. 



George Marshall, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., is one of the late initiates 



