November 3, ^910. 



TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



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RICE STANDARD 



RICE STANDARD 



Empress 

 Silk Stripping 



Our Empress Silk Stripping is largely 

 used to tie Flower Boxes, Porto Rican 

 Mats, Crepe Paper, etc. 



Made of Silk Fiber, 1 inch wide, has 

 body, strength and luster; loops up nicely. 



We are the originators of this useful 

 addition to the flower trade. 



Put up on reels of 50 yards each, of a 

 color. Price per reel, $1.00. Can be 

 had in white, lavender, moss green, blue 

 and yellow. 



Katalog for the asking. 



M. RICE & CO. 



The Leading Florists' Supply House 

 and Ribbon Specialists 



MANUFAaURERS— IMPORTERS-ORIGINATORS 



1220 Race Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Stick Your Labels 



Shipping Tags, Etc.* 



on your packages with. . , • 



Cold Water Paste. It is a powder, which, on the addition of cold water, becomes a 

 THICK, STICKY PASTE. 



1 lb. Xnstanter + 9 lbs. cold water does the work. 



From 1 to 25 lbs.. 8c per lb.; 25-lb. drum, S^ac per lb.; 50-lb. drum, 5>4cper lb.; 100-Ib.bag. 

 5c per lb. ; 300-lb. bbl., 4^c per lb. Larger quantities, price on application. 



F. O. B. Easton. Pa. Samples free— try it. 

 Ask for Catalogue of " Shippers' and Business Specialties." 



BINNEY & SMITH CO., 83 Euiton St, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



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Orchids — l8t 



Huebner 124 



Farley 19« 



Graff 126 



DeKoan 116 



J. Zecli 128 



Totals 690 



Violets — let 



Laidley 124 



Llebermann 141 



Schiller 135 



Lohrman 213 



Yamall 187 



Totals 800 



Carnations — Ist 



Ayers 146 



Krauss 118 



Schultz 168 



Waters 76 



A. Zech 146 



Totals 654 703 735 



The bowlers' ball, for the entertain- 

 ment of flower show visitors, will be 

 given at the Coliseum annex Novem- 

 ber 11. Local couples will procure 

 tickets at $1 each. Allie Zech, of Zech 

 & Mann, is secretary of the bowlers. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



After one of the greatest gluts the 

 flower trade has known at the end 

 of October in late years, due in chief 

 measure to the unprecedented spell of 

 Indian summer weather, the tide took 

 a turn for the better October 29 and 

 the market cleaned up better than for 

 some weeks. The cooler weather 

 proved welcome, for both producers 

 and retailers were getting somewhat 

 disgusted and discouraged. Never be- 

 fore was there such an outpouring of 

 chrysanthemums in October. Early, 

 midseason and late sorts all seemed to 

 be in at once. It is hoped the worst 

 is now over and that better business 

 may be expected. The probability is 

 that mums will be worth good money 

 for Thanksgiving, as some growers 



have now cut three-fourths of their en- 

 tire crop. 



Prices on mums have not materially 

 improved, but they are moving much 

 better. Bonnaffon is now abundant; so 

 are the Ivorys. These old-timers still 

 retain all their popularity. Beatrice 

 May, Halliday, Golden Eagle, Touset 

 and President Taft are seen in quan 

 tity. The latter is not liked, its stem 

 being too weak and petals too soft. 

 Quite a number of the single and pom 

 pon varieties are seen in bunches and 

 sell quite well. 



Carnations have recovered from the 

 slough of despond, in which they were 

 a week ago, and are selling better. 

 Roses, with the cooler weather, are 

 coming of better quality. Their sales 

 were discouraging while the warm 

 weather persisted. Killarney and 

 White Killarney are still easily the 

 leaders. Beauties are better than they 

 were. Some nice Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Safrano and Bon Silene are also seen. 



Violets, which have been of poor 

 quality, are improving a little, singles 

 being better than doubles. Several 

 growers are shipping sweet peas of 

 good quality and they are selling well. 

 Bouvardia Humboldtii continues to 

 come in and is one of the most popu- 

 lar flowers on the market. Cosmos 

 Lady Lenox is seen on some of the 

 stands of good quality. Lily of the 

 valley varies much in quality and is 

 only selling moderately well. Some of 

 it shows evidence of overforcing and 

 is soft. Lilies are now all longiflo- 

 rums and move quite well. Gardenias 

 are not plentiful and sell as well as 

 anything coming in. Orchids are get- 



