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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Four Weeks and the Social 

 Season of 1910 Will Eod 



For the opera, balls, parties, etc., quantities of the 

 choicest of flowers will be wanted. It is with satisfaction 

 we find our growers are in splendid shape to care for this 

 extra demand. 



Beauties, Maryland, Richmond and 



the two 

 KILLARNEYS 



in all lengths by the dozen, hundreds or thousands, quality 

 never better; will be particularly strong on Beauties. 



Special Fancy Extra let 2d 8d 



Beauties perdoz. $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3 00 $2.50 $1,50 



Maryland per 100 20.00 15.00 12.00 10.00 6.00 



2 KtUameys... " 20.00 15.00 12 00 10.00 6.00 



Richmond " 20.00 15 00 12.00 10.00 6.00 



Gardenias per doz. 5.00 4.00 3.00 



Cattleyas " lo.oo 



Cattleyas per 100 75.00 



VaUey " 6.00 4.00 3.00 



Open 7 a. m., dose 6 p. m. Not open for business on Sundays 



Not responsible for flowers after delivery to express company 



S. S. Pennock=Meehao Co. 



The Wholesale Florists of 



I60S-20 Ludlow St., PHILADELPHIA 



1212 New York Ave, WASHINGTON, D. C 



Mention The Review when you write. 



The vejietable seed demand is strong 

 from the south. 



Additional snowstorm casualties are : 

 Two houses doAvn at West Grove and 

 three belonging to W. L. Edwards at 

 -Norwood. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are erecting 

 more shelves to hold samples of the new 

 stock arriving on incoming steamers. 



John W. Melntyre predicts white lilac 

 by January 10. 



M. Rice & ( 'o. report all their men on 

 the road, 



Edward A. Stroud spoke well on the 

 building up of a retail business in a 

 growing community before the Florists' 

 <^lub, .January 4. He exhibited stocks 

 and wallflowers. 



The Henry F. :\licliell Co. has just 

 completed its handsome catalogue for 



1910. It is sixteen pages larger than 

 last year's, is admirably arranged, in- 

 cludes four fine color plates and increased 

 space for fertilizers, insecticides and 

 supplies. Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



New Year's evolved the anticipated 

 volume of business and held its reputa- 

 tion as a good Saturday. Up to Friday 

 morning there was no sign of the holiday 

 celebration, but with* mild, sunny weather 

 and safe deliveries the plantsmen were 

 busy and sold out anything good that had 

 been left over from Christmas. Many 

 handsome combination plant baskets of 

 begonial, oranges, crotons and thq flower- 



ing plants of every kind were utilized as 

 New Year greetings. Cut flowers were 

 abundant and dropped to half the Chri.^t 

 mas rates, with a consequent encouragiiii^ 

 <leraand. 



The present week opens with fog and 

 rain and a temperature of over 40 de- 

 grees. Monday's business was light and 

 values tumbled. Beauties in quantity 

 sold at $25 per hundred, and the best 

 selected stock was not higher than 40 

 cents. Bride and Maid went down to 

 8 cents for the finest, and other roses 

 retrograded, in proportion. Carnations 

 are coming now in shoals, and prices are 

 lower, the best outside the real novelties 

 seldom going over ,$4 per hundred. Vio- 

 lets have dropped, as was inevitable after 

 the prolonged holiday season, and 75 

 cents is now the top. Cattleyas can be 



