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The Weekly Florisjts^ Review* 



Jdlt 21, IMO. 



ORCHIDS 



We have jaet received a splendid shipment of the finest 

 ORCHIDS; flowers so perfect in form and color as to 

 defy criticism. You can use them anywhere with the 



positive assurance that no one could readily tell they were not natural. 



We also have wonderfully made ROSES and CARNATIONS in perfect imitation of the 



most popular varieties. Try a sample order. 



R/l^l^pT^ We are always headquarters for Baskets. Summer and winter we have a 

 ^'^^^'^'^ ^^ complete assortment of the beist baskets. We especially recommend our 

 fancy handle baskets for water lilies, sweet peas, asters and other summer flowers; You can increase 

 your sales by having a stock on hand. 



■ ^^OIC for our unrivaled display of the coming season's novelties at the trade exhibit of the 

 1— ^^^i'^"^ a A F af PrknVioafor N V nn \nnnat ifi 17 anA 18 w^e ghall havo cvervthing lu 



S. A. F. at Rochester, N. Y., on August 16, 17 and 18. 

 Edrope and in America that is worth seeing to show you. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



1129 Arch Street 

 Philadelphia,Pa. 



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work of learning the fishery laws of 

 two states. 

 , The Floracroft Nurseries, Moores- 

 town, N. J., have done exceptionally 

 well with Boston ferns for July. Com- 

 bined with giganteum lilies and valley, 

 the returns . for the first half of the 

 month are better than for the corre- 

 sponding month of last season. This 

 reflects credit on Edward Ross and 

 Thomas Potts. 



Charles Peterson and family, of East 

 Liverpool, O., spent a few days in 

 Philadelphia recently. 



Miss Evans, who is so popular with 

 customers and consignors alike at Ed- 

 ward Reid^, is enjoying a well-earned 

 vacation. 



Samuel .F. Lilley has a namesake 

 among the florists of far California. 



Edward Riley, tjie mascot at William 

 J. Baker's, is on his vacation. Unlike 

 most mascots. Master Riley believes in 

 putting his shoulder to the wheel. 

 ^ Phil. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



The long drought, lasting over a 

 month, is broken and the hot wave has 

 passed. Florists, especially the grow- 

 ers of gladioli and asters, will feel the 

 disastrous effects of the prolonged heat. 

 It will take an abundance of rain and 

 a much lower temperature to make 

 amends for the injury. 



Shipments fell off rapidly, not only of 

 roses, but of every variety of cut flow- 

 ers, toward the last of the week and in 

 the clean-up it was almost what the 

 wholesalers call "a good Saturday." 

 Prices did not advance, but there was 

 nothing worth while left when the day 

 was over. Quality has not improved. 

 The growers are throwing out the old 

 stock and everyone is now preparing 

 for the coming season. With 3 cents 

 as top for roses and 1 cent for carna- 

 tions, quotations on the mediocre grades 

 and the rest of the shipments can bet- 

 ter be imagined than described. Thou- 

 sands of carnations were cleaned up 

 daily at 20 cents per hundred. Orchids 

 are not advancing above the usual sum- 

 mer rates, and the demand is not equal 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1305 Filbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Lilium Giganteum, Asters, 

 Maryland Roses, Kaiserin Roses 



Glad to see you at any time in the most centrally located Wholesale 

 Cut Flow^er House in Philadelphia. 



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to the supply. Valley continues strong 

 and lilies weak. Gladioli are abundant 

 notwithstanding the dry weather, and 

 doubtless before the end of the month 

 50 cents per hundred, as usual, will 

 buy all but the new varieties of merit 

 and the old standby, America, which 

 has lost none of its popularity. The 

 outdoor grown sweet peas are lacking 

 in size and quality. 



Various Notes. 



The interest in the convention grows 

 daily. The Florists' Club not only will 

 have an abundance of good things on 

 its special train, but the transportation 

 committee, enthused by Chairman 

 Traendly, has arranged to dispense the 

 club's hospitality at the Summit house 

 and give the excursionists an elaborate 

 dinner free of all expense. The whole 

 sixth floor of the Seneca hotel has been 



enga'ged for the New York Florists' 

 Club. Better write Chairman Frank H. 

 Traendly and book your room now. 



All of the new stores on West 

 Twenty-eighth street, except two, are 

 now complete and compare favorably 

 with any in the wholesale section. 



It is now rumored that the Philadel- 

 phia cut flower house, that plans to 

 start a branch here, will locate at 109 

 West Twenty-eighth street. 



Many of the wholesalers have sent 

 their families to their farms or the 

 mountains, and the week-end visits are 

 growing in number and popularity. The 

 principals owning country houses in the 

 hills or by the sounding sea, increase 

 in number yearly. Those who do not 

 go to the country are touring in autoa 

 or traveling in Europe. It is the ex- 

 ception, and not the rule, now t© fail to 

 make the most of these hot and reere- 



