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ThcWeckly Florists' Review. 



31 



Florists' 



Easter 



Baskets 



' FANCY BASKETS. We have everythioc; in Baskets, an immense warehouse crammed full from top to bottom of all 

 the Easier requisites for florists and a good proportion of these are baskets. There are big baskets, baskets of medium size and 

 little baskets, there are handled baskets and flat baskets, there are round baskets and oval baskets, and there are baskets in all 

 the flower colors of dainty French make, designed for the choicest gifts. There are so many other things that it would take 

 pretty nearly an encyclopedia to describe them. 



CREPE PAPER, in all the flower colors, pleated and water-proof. 



IMPERIAL CHINA WARE, the winning novelty of the season. 



JARDINIERES and FERN BASKETS, with tins to fit, 



PORTO RICAN MATS, of the best make. 



TONEWARE VASES. 



CYCAS LEAVES and all PREPARED FOLIAGE. 



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H. Bayersdorfer & Co^ 



1120 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Prices are showing a drooping ten- 

 dency all around, although business for 

 Lent has not been at all bad. In spite 

 of zero weather, last week's trade held 

 up well. We now have milder climatic 

 conditions and an increased output of 

 flowers, rather more than the market can 

 handle. Eoses are not moving quite so 

 well; values run all the way from $3 to 

 $12.50 per hundred, extra fancy Killarney 

 and Eichmond bringing rather more. 

 Long-stemmed Bride and Maid are bring- 

 ing no more money than short-stemmed 

 Killarney. Beauties are not abundant, 

 but the demand for them is compara- 

 tively light. Carnations average a little 

 lower and are harder to move; $4 is now 

 top price on fancies. 



Violets vary all the way from 20 

 cents to 50 cents per hundred, only fancy 

 and well bunched flowers bringing more. 

 Tulips and narcissi have been low in 

 price, but are shortening up a little in 

 supply. There is now an abundance of 

 all varieties of narcissi, both long and 

 short Trumpets, Hyacinths move slowly. 

 Lily of the valley is more plentiful and 



inclined to sag. Sweet peas are numer- 

 ous; the finest make $1 to $1.50 per 

 hundred, while some sell as low as 20 

 cents per hundred. Lilies are in good 

 supply, but sell slowly. There is a large 

 variety of miscellaneous flowers now com- 

 ing in. Green stock finds a fair sale. 



The pot plant trade is looking up. 

 Acacias, ericas, genistas, rambler roses, 

 bulbous stock, cyclamens and many other 

 varieties are now in evidence on every 

 hand. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors to the recent midwinter show 

 included E. T. Brown, Queens, N. Y. ; 

 C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me.; G. W. 

 Strange, Summit, N. J.; A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J.; Edward Eoehrs, 

 Eutherford, N. J.; Thomas Knight, New 

 York, N. Y.; George E. Baldwin, Mam- 

 aroneck, N. Y. ; A. Jenkins, E. Jenkins 

 and J. Morris, Lenox, Mass.; C. W. 

 Hoitt and G. E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H.; 

 William Miller, Bar Harbor, Me.; and 

 Frank E. Witney, Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. 



Harold J. Patten, son of M. A. Patten, 

 of Tewksbury, understands other things 

 than carnation growing. He is one of the 

 best known marksmen in New England. 



Last year he had a place in a Massachu- 

 setts team of fifteen at the national meet 

 in Ohio. February 22, at Lowell, he 

 won the handsome Pratt gold medal from 

 a big field of contestants. Mr. Patten is 

 sergeant in the Sixth Infantry, M. V. M. 

 Thomas Eoland has his numerous 

 houses overflowing with beautifully grown 

 rambler roses, acacias, ericas, genistas 

 and many other flowering plants for the 

 Easter trade. 



Welch Bros, are looking forward to 

 the heaviest Easter business on record. 

 They will again make a specialty of 

 crated lilies in pots and will also handle 

 many other plants. 



Peter Fisher paid a flying visit to the 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., February 

 24, to look over the carnations. E. T. 

 Brown, of Queens, arrived in Boston the 

 same day. 



Norris F. Comley has the contract for 

 decorating Mechanics building for the 

 coming big automobile show. He will 

 use many wagon-loads of Spiraea Van 

 Houttei, lilacs and other flowering shrubs, 

 in addition to quantities of other dec- 

 orative material. 



The Park Street Market No. 2 has dis- 

 posed of the lease of the Mu?ie Hall 



