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The Florists' Review 



OtTOBEK 20. 1921 



Cadillac cars. Palms and ferns made up 

 the otlier decorations. 



Miss Stella Nelson, secretary for W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, has returned from a three 

 weeks' vacation spent in Kansas, Colo- 

 rado and Wyoming. 



The many friends of Miss Helen Pat- 

 ten, of Toledo, O., sister of Mrs. Aaron 

 Shive, were surprised to learn of her 

 marriage to Edward P. Eohan, of Chi- 

 cago, which took place Tuesday morning, 

 October]!. S.N. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The week of October 10 to 15 was the 

 best that the cut flower market has seen 

 this season. There was a good supply of 

 flowers and there was business for all 

 of them. Frost October 10 and 12 cut 

 down the quantity of dahlias, but many 

 of those that remain are the most desir- 

 able fancy varieties. Chrysanthemums 

 are steadily increasing. Yellow is now 

 the desirable color. Chrysolora, Poehl- 

 mann and Golden Queen are all excel- 

 lent. Oconto is a fine, fairly early 

 white. Then there is October Frost. 

 These are in addition to the early varie- 

 ties named last week. 



Carnations are steadily increasing 

 with all the growers. Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Matchless and Morning Glow are round- 

 ing into form and, what is equally im- 

 portant, their stems are lengthening per- 

 ceptibly. 



Pompons, both outdoor and indoOr- 

 grown, liave ])ut in an appearance. 

 White aster.s and gladioli, although 

 nominally over, persist in coming back 

 for last looks. 



Two facts come out strongly in this 

 mid-October market report: Prices are 

 not so high as they were last season at 

 this time, but the volume of business is 

 larger. 



The rose crop is light. While most of 

 the stock is short-stemmed and medium, 

 interest centers in the long-stemmed, 

 fancy grades. For them surprising 

 prices are obtained and they are wortli 

 it, magnificent stock, well finished, but 

 the demand for such stock flowers is 

 limited and it is often difficult to get 

 value for them. 



The demand for violets is best as a 

 week-end ajjproaches. This is also true 

 of business in general and of corsage 

 flowers in ]):irticular. 



The out-of-town shipi)ing orders are 

 the life of the market. 



Toronto. 



Bernard P]schner, president of the M. 

 Rice Co., returned October 14 from the 

 F. T. I), convention held in Toronto. 

 Wlien seen on the following day in his 

 company's hjindsome building, Mr. 

 Eschner was bubbling over with en- 

 thusiasm. 



"I was in Toronto throughout the en- 

 tire three days of the F. T. 1). conven- 

 tion," he said, "and I must tell you 

 frankly that I was amazed. The best 

 men in our profession left their business 

 at a busy time for a week to attend 

 that convention — men like Philip Breit- 

 meyer and Max Schling and many, 

 many more, whom you would recogni/.e 

 as leaders were I to name them. 



"They came for business, to exchange 

 ideas, and they attended steadily to 

 business. Charles H. Grakelow was a 

 mighty man there. I also saw T. Neil- 

 son Geiger, Victor I. Ridenour, John C. 

 <iracey and Charles Henry Fox from 



Indications are for a gradual increase in 



Greenhouse-Grown Flowers 



ROSES ^ 



are in crop, sufficient to take care of all orders. In PINK 

 ROSES, PREMIER and COLUMBIA are most plentiful. 



In CORSAGE ROSES we have quite a variety, including 

 MAYBELLE, the color is golden yellow; AARON WARD, 

 DONALD McDonald, and CECILE BRUNNER. 



The supply of CARNATIONS is increasing. C. W. WARD, 

 MATCHLESS, ENCHANTRESS, SUPREME and BELLE 

 WASHBURN are still the Best for shipping purposes. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The midseason varieties are coming in. Better flowers and a 

 larger supply. 



CATTLEYAS 



We have them when they are scarce and when they are 

 plentiful, we can bill them to you at a special price. 



VALLEY 



Our growers are cutting enough VALLEY to talce care of the 

 extra demand during October. 



BUSINESS HOURS, 7 A. M. to 5 P. M. 



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 WASHINGTON 



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PHILADELPHIA 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, POMPONS 

 Choice Sunburst and Ward Roses 



Roses, Carnations, 



Violets, Valley 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Florists' Exchange 



Our Motto 



"The Golden Rule" 



1615 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Chrysinthemums 

 Pompons 



Roses 

 Carnations 



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 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



ASPARAGUS 



Slriagt ud Bnackct 



ADIANTUM 



•od all other 

 GREENS 



this city. The houso of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co. was well represented. I was 

 courteously given an opportunity to 

 speak and strongly urged that such won- 

 derful business meetings he not spoiled 

 by trade exhibits. I thought it would 

 be better to have no exhibition at F. T. 

 D. meetings. They stated that $7,000,- 

 000 worth of business had been done 

 over the wires in the past year. They 

 gave practical demonstrations of the 



V. T. U. idea by sending a basket of 

 flowers to the king of England, for 

 which acknowledgment was received in 

 a few hours, and by sending a basket of 

 flowers to President Harding, which, 

 was also acknowledged immediately. 



"Toronto entertained us royally. 

 There were 150 present at the banquet 

 and every minute of our time was agree- 

 ably occupied. 



"I shall look back to the meeting at 



