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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbbr 7, 1911. 



looses For The Christmas Holidays 



Beauties, Richmond, Killarney, Maryland. 



We are offering Beauties~tbat are as good as they can be, 36 to 48-inch stems, 

 perfect flowers. Our supply of the other mentioned varieties will be large and of 

 exceptionally fine quality. The "Specials" have stems 24 to 30 inches long. It 

 will pay you to get our quotations. 



BOXWOOD, 



per 50=lb. crate, $7.50 



New Bronze Qalax. 



Th** I t^n IMi«k«fitfkn On wholesale florists 



I HC &^^^^ I^M^«9«9^MM \>^^* N W cor. 12tli ai4 Race Sts.. FHILADKU>HIA. PA. 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m.- 



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C. F. Bakewell has disposed of his 

 store on Avenue road to a Mr. Hatcher. 



The Albany Florist Shop, College 

 street, the proprietor of which also 

 managed a dry goods store next door, 

 has taken down the partition between 

 the two stores and made it all one, with 

 flowers on one side and dry goods on 

 the other. E. A. F. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market is buoyant. 

 The week from Thursday, November 

 30, to December 6 was the best that the 

 market has enjoyed this season. The 

 opening day — Thanksgiving — was good. 

 It has been improving ever since. Eoses 

 have advanced under an excellent de- 

 mand Hind reduced receipts. 



Chrysanthemums fairly jumped at 

 Thanksgiving and have continued in 

 brisk demand ever since. Buyers who 

 formerly questioned values now take 

 what they want on sight, if the price 

 is anywhere near right. Nonin is the 

 white of the day. There are probably 

 more of this variety than all the others 

 combined. Nagoya and Bonnaffon are 

 the leading yellows. Eosette is the 

 leading pink and, in fact, other yellows 

 and pinks are rare. 



Carnations have taken a jump. Much 

 of the stocl^ offered is exceedingly fine. 

 Enchantress and Bassett and one or 

 two more are bringing as much, when 

 well grown, as the Wards and Gloriosa. 

 Beauties are firm, with the fancies more 

 plentiful than the medium grades. The 

 smaller roses are in good supply, except- 

 ing the cheap grades used for design 

 work. Anything over 5 cents is easy to 

 obtain but flowers at a lower figure are 

 often difficult to find. This is particu- 

 larly true of white. Eichmond is not in 

 heavy supply. 



Violets seem to have reached the high 

 water mark for the present. After a 

 decided shortage, there are signs that 

 the supply equals the demand. Prices 

 are easier. Thete is no change in 

 orchids except that the smaller and less 

 expensive Cattleya Percivaliana is near- 

 ing the end of its season. Trianse is 



THE BEST NEW PINK ROSE 



ON THE MARKET TODAY IS 



Princeton 



Not the kind of rose you hear about ind then can't get when you want 

 it. A rose that wiil please you when you open the box, will please your 

 customer when made up and will be ready for you on reasonable notice. 



For your smartest bouquets, dinners and decorations, use the now 

 gflowiuf^ pink rose PRINCETON. Its unrivaled color, fine foliage and 

 stems place it in a class by itself. 



ROSES, VIOLETS, CARNATIONS and all seasonable varieties of 

 CUT FLOWERS of fine quality in large or small quantities. 



BOXWOOD, by the case of 50 lbs., $7.50 



BERGER BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



140-142 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



rather scarce and in demand. Gar- 

 denias are active. Valley is the only 

 lily that shares in the brisk business. 

 Easters are dull and callas still unim- 

 portant. Mignonette has arrived. Paper 

 Whites and Eoman hyacjnths are more 

 abundant. The finer greens are more 

 in favor. 



The out-of-town demand has been 

 excellent. A feature of the local busi- 

 ness was the surprising demand for the 

 incoming of the reform municipal ad- 

 ministration, December 4. More flowers 

 we^'e used on this occasion than for 

 many years past. Not baskets, but loose 

 flowers chiefly. 



Ontario Street. 



Godfrey Aschmann was seated at his 

 desk, busily engaged in doing the work 

 that makes a place run smoothly. Just 



in front of him, in the shed beyond, his 

 son and his assistants were packing ad- 

 vance. Christmas orders. The houses, a 

 new one having just been added, are 

 full of flowering and foliage plants, 

 with here and there a great gap where 

 an order has lately been picked out and 

 become a block of paper-covered plants 

 waiting for removal to the packing shed, 

 looking like a regiment of white coated 

 soldiers on dress parade. 



Mr. Aschmann has a large assort- 

 ment of plants for Christmas that have 

 been carefully selected and carefully 

 grown. Azaleas are a feature of the 

 flowering stock. Mme. Petrick has the 

 place of honor. It has the Christmas 

 color and is a fine early variety. Ver- 

 vaeneana comes next, quite as good 

 when pink is wanted. Then come Simon 

 Mardner, a good, reliable sort, and 

 Deutsche Perle, the best early white. 





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