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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apeil 14, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS* SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



MEMORIAL DAY IS APPROACHING 



The early spring makes it likely that your oastomers will drop in any time now to select their 

 designs for Memorial Day. We suggest the importance of placing your order now and having the 

 designs in stock when required. We are making Memorial Day designs of finer quality than ever 

 before; we are making more of them, believing they will be required. 



Metallic Wreaths are our specialty; we make them up in Roses, Fansies, Forget-me-nots or 

 anything you please. Standing AnchorSf PilloWSf Wreaths^ etc.t our aim is to have 

 metallic designs graceful and true to nature, so that they cannot fail to win admiration. 



Our Imported Magnolia Leaves and Wreaths will be a feature this season. 



Immortelles in all colors. Our factory is at your command for everything in florists' supplies. 



Send for our illustrated catalogue. 



1129 Arch Street 

 Phlladelphla,Pa. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



Mention The Review when you write 



the evening of April li on "Aquatic 

 Gardens in Small Yards." 



M. Eice has arrived safely in Flor- 

 ence, Italy, where he has gone in quest 

 of "the newest and best." 



Jacob Becker has consummated a sat- 

 isfactory sale of his property at Fif- 

 tieth and Chestnut streets, securing a 

 handsome profit on his investment. 



Victor Groshens is sending some 

 fancy, long-stemmed My Maryland roses 

 to the Leo Niessen Co. that rank any- 

 thing in the rose line now coming into 

 "twelve-nine." 



Eugene Bernheimer is handling some 

 exceptionally nice long-stemmed snaps 

 in colors three. 



Fred J. Michell has taken the helm 

 at "five-eighteen" in person. 



The absence of Sydney Bayersdorfer, 

 Martin Eeukauf and Stephen B. Green 

 in Boston this week has increased the 

 already great activity at "eleven 

 twenty-nine." Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Cut flower trade has been poor of late. 

 Constantly growing receipts seem to have 

 been accompanied by a slackened de- 

 mand. April 8 gave us a welcome relief 

 from the hot weather and we have en- 

 joyed two or three days of more March- 

 like conditions. A continuation of lower 

 temperature would galvanize activity into 

 the markets and be a blessing to the 

 overworked seedsmen and nurserymen, 

 who are having the most strenuous sea- 

 son on record. 



Roses are abundant. While good flow- 

 ers sell fairly well, large numbers are 

 sold extremely low and street fakers are 

 now able to secure an abundance of stock 

 at their own prices. Some nice Carnots 

 are coming in. My Maryland is showing 

 up well. Mrs. Aaron Ward continues 

 popular, but Killarney and White Kil- 

 larney are the real leaders. 



Carnations are a veritable glut and 

 prices on them have sunk to a low ebb. 

 A few select reach $2.50 to $3 per hun- 

 dred, but more are sold at $1 and some 

 at half that price. The quality con- 

 tinues good, although many are now 

 showing attacks of red spider. Single 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1305 Filbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Price of Flowers 



Is so moderate now that no one who wants 

 need be without them. Carry a good stock to 

 encourage all your customers, small and great. 



Fancy Brides, Richmond^ Sweet Peas, 

 Valley, Carnations 



And the best of everything in the market. 



MentlOD The Review when you write. 



violets are over, but some doubles of 

 dwindling size will come in for a week 

 or two longer. Sweet peas are in tre- 

 mendous supply; good flowers sell well. 

 There is a really good call for yellow 

 marguerites, but the demand for white is 

 poor. Bulbous stock is still hard to move 

 and is soft, owing to the hot weather. 

 A few more days should finish indoor 

 supplies. There are already many kinds 

 flowering in the open. Spanish iris 

 meets a good sale. It ships poorly, but 

 for local sales is found satisfactory. A 

 few Gladiolus The Bride appeared last 

 week. 



Snapdragons are fine, but selling poor- 

 ly, so is mignonette, ten weeks' stocks 

 and a variety of miscellaneous flowers. 

 Lilies since Easter have been a veritable 

 glut, selling at low prices. Some good 

 candidums are coming in, but they also 

 are hard to move. Cattleyas are more 

 plentiful, some good Mossia?s appearing, 



but the call for them is ligbt. Gardenias 

 are a perfect glut. Shipments of these 

 from Philadelphia and other points real- 

 ized little, many finding their way into 

 the rubbish barrels. For asparagus and 

 fern there is a fairly good demand. 

 There are still many rambler roses and 

 other flowering plants, but there is little 

 call for them since Easter. 



Various Notes. 



There was a pleasant gathering at the 

 home of C. W. Hubbard, Auburndale, last 

 week, the occasion being the presentation 

 of a watch and chain to Albert Coutts 

 for fifteen years' service as superinten- 

 dent of the Hubbard estate. T. J. Grey 

 made the presentation and the evening 

 was pleasantly spent with music, a colla- 

 tion also being served. Mr. Coutts goes to 

 the wild and woolly west, where he will 

 take up farming. 



M. J. Aylward opened a flower store 



