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TKc Floristsf Review 



NOVBHBBB 5, 1014. 



MentloD The Keylfw when you write. 



mums, both in town and out of town, 

 and is shipping roses freely. 



Mclntyre Bros, have their new place 

 on Church street running. They have 

 only opened a small room to handle the 

 trade of those who drop in and take 

 their purchases with them and to take 

 orders to be filled from their main 

 store on Broadway. This store is on 

 the busiest street in the city and should 

 materially increase sales. 



Geny Bros, have some of the best 



pot mums that I have ever seen in the 



city. They have them in abundance, 



too. They say that business is picking 



'up well. F. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There has been a decided change in 

 market conditions since the frost of 

 October 28. Dahlias and cosmos are 

 over, but chrysanthemums are more 

 plentiful and finer than ever. Turner 

 is the leading sort; it frequently has 

 brought $3 per dozen, a few even more, 

 and they are worth it despite adverse 

 conditions. Generally $2 per dozen 

 buys the finest flowers of all the other 

 varieties, be they white, pink or yellow. 

 Razer, Bonnaffon and a few more good 

 varieties have been added to the list 

 and all can be had in quantity. Ivory 

 and medium grade stock, which is more 

 plentiful than fancy, can be had at $6 

 to $10 per hundred. Pompons are in 

 fair demand at from $3 per dozen 

 bunches for greenhouse-grown stock 

 down to extremely low prices for the 

 hardy or outdoor stock. Fancy singles, 

 like Mary Colladay and Nottingham, 

 bring $4 per dozen bunches. 



The sale of violets also has been im- 

 proved by the frost that cut off outdoor 

 bloom. Bouvardia and mignonette have 



BERGER BROS. 



SHOW MUMS 



Broomhead, Turner, Bonnaffon, Chieftain, Chas. 

 Razer and other fine sorts 



The best novelties and standard sorts, skilfully grovn, carefully 

 selected and packed — all colors. We also have a fine lot of 

 medium gr&deB. 



POMPONS, Indoor-grown, IN QUANTITY 

 Eztri Select VALLEY mi VIOLETS 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mmttm n»e Rrlew when yoo wnw. 



been added to the list. Orchids con- 

 tinue plentiful. Carnations and roses 

 are selling better, but at low prices. 



The tone of the market was improved 

 by Hallowe'en and All Saints' day, but 

 has been quiet since. The volume of 

 business is large, but the supply of 

 chrysanthemums is so heavy that prices 

 are low. 



A Valuable Offer. 



Nearly all of our practical growers 

 have felt, at one time or another, the 



need of the cultural learning that may 

 be derived from books. Most of us are 

 so wholly practical that we have little 

 knowledge of the theory of our calling. 

 This is partly due to the fact that flori- 

 culture in its more complicated phases 

 is in its infancy, so the theory has only 

 been developed vrithin the last decade 

 or so, and partly due to our country "be- 

 ing behind the leading European coun- 

 tries in the training they afford florists.. 



