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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febkuary 17, 1910. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



NEW POT B\SKETS 



A pleasins: novelty of great merit. These baskets are made to fit any size pot from five to 

 twelve inches. They have tall handles, some round, some square, and come in a half dozen different 

 colors. The material is straw braid. They will^display a specimen flowering plant or fern to advantage. 



IMPERIAlTcHINAWARE 



Is sure to be one of the most popular of Easter offerings, either as individual vases for gifts or 

 favors or to decorate dinner tables in water-ways of any shape desired. 



CREPE PAPERS 



Water-proof and accordion pleated in all the flower colors. Our factory is at your command 

 should you require anything made to order. 



FANCY BASKETS 



Many new and beautiful creations and all the standard varieties for Easter. 



A fresh lot of Sea Moss just arrived send for our Ulustrated Catalosrue 



1129 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 



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Philadelphia, thanks probably to lively 

 competition. Miss E. Fletcher, Forty- 

 first and Baltimore avenue, has been ex- 

 tremely busy -with work requiring many 

 fine flowers. 



Sydney Bayersdorfer has returned to 

 his father's place of business after a 

 trip, which, to ^udge from his cheerful 

 expression, must have brought many or- 

 ders to his house. A cute little high hat, 

 just the right size to contain a tiny sham- 

 rock when inverted, is a pleasing chip- 

 braid novelty for St. Patrick's day din- 

 ners. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams, of Pittsburg, 

 was here a few days ago. 



August Doemling, of Lansdowne, Pa., 

 will add two houses, each 21x200 feet, 

 to his range. The contract has been 

 awarded to the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 through D. T. Connor. 



Cyclamens were the feature of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 's 

 meeting, February 15, in Horticultural 

 hall. There was a discussion of their 

 culture and competition for the prizes 

 offered by the Moore Seed Co. 



Alfred Burton, of "Wyndmoor, Pa., has 

 been cutting a good crop of fancy Beau- 

 ties. 



"William A. Leonard, of Lansdowne, 

 Pa., intends adding two houses, 28x300 

 feet each. Phil. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market last week was 

 demoralized. Prices slid down to the 

 lowest of the year to date. After all. 

 Lent seemed to demonstrate its impor- 

 tance and has to be reckoned with. Its 

 first week saw the cutting of values near- 

 ly in half, as compared with last week's 

 quotations, and one year ago prices were 

 double, with carnations three or even 

 four times as high as the figures gen- 

 erally asked on Saturday. This condi- 

 tion prevailed on the evening of St. Val- 

 entine's day, and while there will be a 

 clearing of the supplies this week, there 

 is no apparent hope, for a time, of any 

 better prices. 



American Beauties fell to 35 cents for 

 the selected stock last week and few 

 even touched the high mark when sold 



BERGER BROTHERS 



^HOI ESSLf: FLORISTS 



1305 Filbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



TULIPS^VALLEY=^DAFFS 



Quality— Quantity— Variety 



We have a splendid assortment of all varieties of 

 spring flowers and plenty of them; quality is good, 

 prices reasonable. Your order will receive our prompt 

 and careful attention, you can depend on that. Other 

 specialties now in fine condition are 



VIOLETS AND EASTER LILIES 



Don't forget tbat we will always be (lad to tee you at thirteen five Filbert 

 It is handy to either station, the latch-stting is out and a heatty handshake 

 waiting for you. 



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in quantity. There is a tremendous sup- 

 ply of the lower grades of roses of all 

 kinds, except Bichmond and My Mary- 

 land. These maintain their good stand- 

 ing, but Killarneys are arriving in squad- 

 rons and in price are on a par with 

 Maids. One wholesaler whose forecasts 

 are usually accurate says that Brides- 

 maid next year will lead Killarney in 

 price, so universal is the growing of the 

 Irish rose. 



Carnations, even the best of them, in 

 thousand and five thousand lots sold 

 Saturday as low as $10 per thousand, 

 while the day-old surplus was disposed 

 of at half that figure, one Brooklyn 

 speculator absorbing 20,000 of them. 

 The weather has been too cold for the 

 street men, so this outlet was practically 

 closed for several days. There was lit- 

 tle, even of the novelties, bringing over 

 $2 per hundred. Orchids and gardenias 

 have not changed from the prices of a 



week ago. Cypripediums are abcjt 

 through and their growing this year b s 

 been unprofitable. Valley and lilies me 

 abundant and prices lower. Bulbc' s 

 stock is much in evidence and there 3 

 a slow demand for it, tulips especiaJi • 

 Narcissus sells better and is used ' y 

 many retailers in their window deco; 

 tions, with forsythia and other harbi. • 

 gers of an early spring. Freesia is aw > 

 down, the common varieties going as !'• * 

 as $3 per hundred bunches. Sweet p' ' * 

 also must be long-stemmed and of mo ■- 

 em variety to pay their growers. Thee 

 are plenty of violets, even the hundr ■ 1 

 specials not exceeding 60 cents. Fro;n 

 50 cents down would seem to be a start- 

 ard quotation until Easter, now only six 

 weeks away. 



Qub Meeting. 



Carnation and ladies' night combino'l 

 proved to be a great drawing card Fen 



