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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Januaby 13, 1910. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



DECORATIVE FOLIAGE 



Ordinary greens are scarce and very perishable at this season. We offer in their 

 place a far superior substitute. Beautiful and lasting. We confidently recommend 

 our freshly received Magnolia Leaves, green and brown; Adiantum Ferns, the 

 True Maidenhair; Pteris Ferns, in several varieties; Asparaugs Sprays, 

 Plumosus and Sprengeri, Araucaria Leaves, Tiers from Araucaria Excelsa, 

 Sea Moss, Japanese Air Plants, Cycas Leaves of perfect symmetry. 



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PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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uary 24, ahead of his carnation friends. 



Stockton & Howe have been sending 

 Berger Bros, a grade of Bride roses that 

 make one wonder whether the growing of 

 this rose is not a lost art outside of 

 Princeton and one or two other favored 

 spots. Unfortunately, John Berger has 

 been incapacitated by a bad fall on the 

 ice. 



Eobert A. Craig is pleased with a fine 

 stock of Lorraine begonias from leaf cut- 

 tings. 



The friends of Louis J. Renter, for- 

 merly of this city, will be pleased to know 

 that the My Maryland roses of S. J. 

 Eeuter & Son, at Westerly, R. L, are in 

 first-class condition, along with Myers & 

 Samtman. 



Charles Henry Fox gave a silver cup 

 for the little toy dog that had the best 

 florally arranged cage at the toy dog 

 show held at the Bellevue-Stratford not 

 long ago. The winner was a tiny poodle, 

 which was content to lie in a basket of 

 American Beauties. Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



We had a week of old-fashioned winter 

 weather, including a sleet storm on 

 Wednesday that coated the entire city 

 with ice. Business was stagnant. Many 

 shipments were frozen, especially violets, 

 and all through the week the night ar- 

 rivals from Rhinebeck did not reach the 

 market until after 8 o'clock in the even- 

 ing, too late for the retailers' needs, and 

 this was one of the reasons for the drop 

 in prices. Violets have lost more than half 

 their value since Christmas, and 60 cents 

 per hundred Saturday and Monday would 

 buy the best of them. Fortunately for 

 the market, the supplies have lessened, 

 and this holds it steady at about last 

 week's quotations. This condition is 

 likely to hold during the present week, as 

 apart from the automobile show no event 

 of importance calls for any extra quan- 

 tities. 



Beauties are plentiful and prices have 

 receded to the November standard. There 

 is an overabundance of Killarney. There 

 have been too many carnations for daily 

 digestion, and values are below normal. 

 Orchids hold their own fairly well, as do 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1305 Filbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa< 



Recoifnized Headquarters for Some of the 

 Finest Stock Comings Into the Market. 



OUR BRIDE and RICHMOND ROSES 



are Unequaled. 



Carnations, Valley, Violets, Easter 

 Lilies and Spring Flowers. 



Our shipping facilities could not be improved. We 

 are midway between the two railway terminals. 



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gardenias, and the supply is not now ex- 

 cessive. Narcissi are hard to move at any 

 price. Bulbous stock is fast increasing 

 in quantity. Lilies and valley are suffi- 

 cient for all possible demands. 



Qub Meetin£. 



An attendance of over 100 January 10 

 indicated the growing interest of the 

 members in the progress of the Florists' 

 Club. J. K. Allen moved that the elec- 

 tions of all the new officers be made unan- 

 imous. President Turner welcomed his 

 successor and C. H. Totty escorted A. L. 

 Miller to the rostrum, where he thanked 

 his fellow members for the honor of the 

 position and promised his best efforts to 

 make the club's year successful. C. B. 

 Weathered escorted Vice-president Manda 

 to the platform and Mr. Manda gave a 

 pithy and interesting address, referring 

 to his twenty years of membership, his 

 appreciation of the honor and his belief 



that 1910 would be a banner year for the 

 club. Secretary Young and Treasurer 

 Bickards, both reelected, reaffirmed their 

 loyalty and their appreciation of renewed 

 confidence. Harry Bunyard, the new 

 trustee, said the Florists ' Club was known 

 in the United States and throughout the 

 world, both of which countries he had 

 visited, and that the awards made by it 

 were considered of the highest value 

 everywhere. F. R. Pierson, as trustee, 

 promised an active attention to the club's 

 welfare, and Phil Kessler followed in a 

 similar strain. C. H. Totty responded 

 for William Duckham in his absence. 



The special plant committee reported 

 progress. Eesolutions on the death of 

 John Seligman were read and a copy of 

 same ordered sent to his family. C. H. 

 Totty, for the committee appointed to 

 entertain the American Rose Society, re- 

 ported progress and promised a full re- 



