May 7, Ifil4. 



The Florists' Review 



37 



IRIS 



The 



Spanish 



Variety 



in Lavender, Blue, White and Yellow— ^_ 



very choice quality 9u/kvy^ 



$4.00 and $S.OO per 100. A few extra long at $6.00 per 100 



QLADIOLUS- America and other choice varieties, at $8.00 and SIO.OO per 100. 

 BABY QLADIOLUS-Pink, white and delicate pink, at $6.00 per 100. 

 CATTLCYAS-te.OO per dozen. 



VALLEY- Special, $4.00 per 100. Extra. $3.00 per 100. 

 aARDENI A8-S pecial. $3.00 per doz.. $20.00 per 100. Fancy. 12.00 per Qoz., $12.50 per 100. 



HEADQUARTERS 



Asparaerus Plumosus. bunches and 



strings. 50c. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, per bunch, 26c, 35c. 

 Wild Smilax, per case, $(1.00. 

 Wild Nutmeg, per 100 sprays. $3.00. 

 Mahonia, bronze and green, $1.50 per 100; 



$12.50 per 1000. 

 Boxwood Sprays, per 50-lb. case. $8.00; 3 



case lots, per case, $7.50. 

 Laurel Branches, per 100 lbs., $6.00. 

 Laurel Roping, per 100 yds.. $6.00. 

 Chestnut Oak Foliage, per 100, $2.00; per 



ROO, $15.00. 

 Mexican Ivy, per 1000, $7.60. 



rOR QREENS 



Natural Cycas, 36-40 inch, $2.00 per pair. 

 Leucothoe, green and bronze, per 100, $1.00; 



per 1000, $10.00. , ^ 



Dagger Ferns, best auality, long, perfect 



fronds, per 1000. $3.00. 

 Fancy Ferns, per 1000, $4.00. 

 Galax, green, and bronze, per 1000 $1.50; 



per 10.000, $7.50. 

 Oreen Sheet Moss, per bag. $3.60, 

 Green Lump Moss, per bag, $1.50. 

 Fadeless Green Sheet Moss, per bajf , $3.60, 

 Sphagnum Moss (burlapped), 10-bbl. bale. 



$4.00; 5- bale lots, per bale, $3.75; 10- bale 



lots, per bale, $3.50. 



We carry one of the largest and most varied stocks in Ribbons 

 pertaining to the florist business of any house in the country. 

 If you have not received one of our new catalogues, advise us and we will mail you one at once. 



EVERYTDNG IN RIBBONS 



8. 8. P E 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-I620 Ludlow Street 



OCK-MEEHA 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



BALTIMORE NEW YORK 



Franklin and St. Paul Streets 117 Weat ZSth Street 



Mention The R«t1«w ■wbma yon write. 



COMPANY 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H Street, N. W. 



Peas, Snapdragons, 

 Roses, Carnations, Valley, Daisies, 



Very Fine Gladiolus 



and all Seasonable Flowers. See our Classified ad for Chrysanthemum Cuttings 



THE rillLADELrillA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



riiILADELriIIA,rA. 



Briefly stated, the retailers, while dis- 

 claiming any extreme, or, as one of the 

 ablest of their number put it, I. W. W., 

 methods, thought it was unfair for the 

 growers to establish a market for their 

 surplus stock on City Hall plaza, thus 

 competing with their natural customers, 

 the retailers, for business. This view 

 meets with unanimous retail support. 



The growers' reply is that they are 

 willing, and would much prefer, to sell 

 their entire output at Easter and, for 

 that matter, at all times, to the retail- 

 ers. This, they say, is impossible. They 

 instance this and that prominent mem- 

 ber of the retailers' organization who 

 bought not a single plant from any of 

 them. Others bought so little that it 

 scarce counted, paying perhaps the sal- 

 ary of one employee for one week. How, 

 they ask, are our places to be run on 

 such meager support? Other outlets for 

 the stock must be found: Out-of-town 

 orders, the department stores, the cor- 

 ner grocery, and what not. The surplus 



Mention The BeTlew when yoo wrtt». 



went to City Hall plaza, most of it, after 

 business hours on Holy Saturday. By 

 that time.the retailers were so busy with 

 their delivery and their cut flower or- 

 ders that they could not handle any 

 more plants even if they wanted to. The 

 growers think that the plants sold on 

 City Hall pavement did no harm, saved 

 a loss and made new flower buyers who 

 will be educated up to come into the 

 retail stores in the future should they 

 prosper. Few of them would think of 

 entering a retail florist 's shop now. 



This, then, is the growers' side. They 

 want to be fair; they want to meet the 

 retailers half way; nay, more than half 

 way, in a spirit of friendliness, and 

 they want most of all to find a market 

 for their products at living prices. What 

 is the answer? 



Various Notes. 



H. H. Battles, Mrs. Battles and Miss 

 Grace Battles are spending May and 

 June abroad. How that last name re- 



called the past: A lovely pink carna- 

 tion, the pride of Edwin Lonsdale's 

 heart, named after the daughter of a 

 much admired friend. 



C. W. Baldwin, Scranton, Pa., and 

 W. A. Murray, Atco, N. J., were recent 

 visitors. This last name also recalls a 

 memory: A greenhouse of doubtful 

 growing ability, low and poorly venti- 

 lated, filled with wonderfully fine white 

 carnations. Flora Hill, I think. 



Sydney H. Bayersdorfer says that 

 necessities, like clothes, for example, 

 suffer from adverse business conditions 

 before luxuries, like candy and flowers. 

 Queer but true, he assures me. Paul 

 Berkowitz adds that the molasses-vine- 

 gar saying applies here too, though it 

 is not quite so obvious. 



J. J. Habermehl'a Sons display some 

 exquisite floral basket ideas in their 

 Bellevue-Stratford window. 



Mrs. Fred Ehret is pleased with the 

 Easter results she obtained. Last year's 

 orders for plants were duplicated and 



