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The Florists^ Review 



August 15, 1012. 



ARE WE PROGRESSIVE? 



The man who goes to the Convention next week does so for several reasons. He 

 wants a little let-up from hard work at a time when he can best get it; he wants to 

 travel and see what is going on; he wants to meet his friends; most of all, he wants to 

 gather new business ideas. 



We are going to the Convention next week to show what progress we have made 

 in our SPECIALTIES during the past year. We are going to take some of our Crotons, 

 Dracaena Terminalis, Ficus Pandurata, Nephrolepis Scottii, etc., etc., and we want you 

 to see them there. These plants will show you that we have given our best thought to 

 their culture and the result, for we honestly believe that we have never grown such fine 

 stock in the past and we know that we have never had such a large collection. 



We will be represented at the Convention by Messrs. Robert Craig, William P. Craig, 

 Duncan Macaw and Cornelius Vanderbreggen, who will be most happy to meet you and 

 show you our stock. 



Should it be possible for you to spend a few hours in Philadelphia on your return 

 home from the Chicago Convention next week, we will consider it a favor if you will 

 call us on the Bell Telephone, Preston 4278, so that we can arrange to take you out to 

 our new place at Norwood, of which we are justly proud. 



Norwood promises to be one of the finest places around Philadelphia. It is modern 

 in every sense of the word. Fifty thousand square feet of glass is being added this 

 summer. At Norwood we have produced our finest stock, the growing conditions being 

 ideal. 



Trusting to have the pleasure of meeting you at the Convention and afterward in 

 Philadelphia, we remain, ' 



Fraternally yours, 



ROBERT CRAIG COMPANY 



49th and Market Streets, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Menfirn The RcvIpw whoTl von write. 



As to quality, they cannot be excelled. 

 America especially is perfect, and yet it 

 cannot rise above $2 per hundred. A 

 few of the newer and finer varieties 

 sell at the same, but the millions are 

 already down to rock bottom, which 

 means 50 cents per hundred. Thou- 

 sands daily are unsold and the cartmen 

 are busy cleaning up the street for the 

 morrow. 



Koses, cut from young stock, are be- 

 ginning to arrive, largely short- 

 stemmed, small heads and far from 

 tempting to the buyer. Anything first- 

 class goes quickly and values realized 

 for these are satisfactory. Already 

 there is evidence of the wide planting 

 of the newer varieties. Nothing inter- 

 feres, however, with the popularity of 

 American Beauty, in the selected grades. 

 There ai'e few of these and prices hold 

 steady at from $3 to $4 per dozen. 

 Few tea roses reach the plane of extras. 

 Good carnations are still absent. Some 

 of the retailers will not handle carna- 

 tions at all, and all are patiently wait- 

 ing for the new crop. Lilies were firm 

 last week, few, however, going above $6 

 per hundred. Shipments of these were 

 heavy as the week closed. Valley holds 

 at good figures, and orchids, which are 

 somewhat scarce, remain easily at the 

 encouraging quotations of a week ago. 

 Gardenias are mostly of poor quality 

 and uncalled for. The windows are full 

 of Golden Glow, goldenrod, hydrangeas 

 and ferns. 



Various Notes. 



Everybody's theme this week is the 

 Chicago convention. A long and strong 

 effort to secure a total attendance of 



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100 and the privilege of a special train 

 has not yet accomplished its purpose, 

 but a week remains, at this writing, 

 and acceptances are coming in daily. It 

 is hoped the necessary rush may ma- 

 terialize before the week is over. 

 Phone F. H. Traendly at once if you 

 have not arranged for going. 



In the seed houses there is consider- 

 able activity, the fall shipments of 

 bulbs being in full swing. Many of the 

 stores have been obliged to reconstruct 

 their entrances, owing to the city's de- 

 cision against street obstructions. This 

 will cause much inconvenience to the 



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