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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 11, 1900. 



^IJE Florists' Supply House of America 



Easter Novelties 



Do you want some special novelty for Easter that nobody else in your town will have ? 

 If so, we will give you ideas and quote you prices on some of our special importations, 

 or we will make up something for you in our factory. We have helped hundreds of flo- 

 rists make hits with just such practical ideas as we offer you. Do you want to miss this 

 chance? Call or write us now before the rush is on. Magnolia Leaves^ brown and 

 green, fast replacing galax with the bon ton florists; Prepared Fern Fronds* natu- 

 ral, graceful, durable; natural Willow BaslietSf um-shaped for specimen plants; 

 French Handle BasketSt just the thing for tiny table favors when filled with pan- 

 sies or other small flowers. ChiffonSy all colors, add to your floral work. Watch for 

 our offer of Easter novelties. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



1129 



Arch Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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are able to persuade cut flower buyers 

 to take them. 



The street stands are certainly profit- 

 ing by the drop in price and make grand 

 displays, selling fine carnations at 25 

 cents a dozen, violets in bunches of 100 

 for 25 cents and everything else at pro- 

 portionately low prices. 



The Florists' Club. 



The Florists' Club met Tuesday night, 

 March 2, and had the usual fine display 

 of blooming plants from the home grow- 

 ers, the awards going to the worthy. The 

 attention of the club was called to the 

 fact that we are to get ready for next 

 year's carnation convention and that 

 there was no time like the present to 

 begin, and President Burki had the fol- 

 lowing list of committee appointments 

 read, in the selection of which he has 

 shown his rare judgment, as every name 

 seems to fit in just where he has placed 

 it, as the right man in the right place: 



Finance — E. C. Keineman, chairman; 

 H. Meuschke, E. C. Ludwig, P. S. Kan- 

 dolph, John Bader, Geo. W. Burke. 



Entertainment — T. P. Langhans, Saml. 

 McClements, E. C. Keineman; chairman 

 to be named. 



Exhibition — A. W. Smith, manager; 

 H. L. Blind, W. A. Clarke, W. Q. Potter, 

 John Jones. 



Reception — Chas. Crall, Gust Ludwig, 

 De Forest Ludwig, Gust Frishkom, Thos. 

 Jenkinson, B. L. Elliott. 



Press — ^Wm. Falconer, H. P. Joslin, 

 Geo. W. Burke, E. C. Reineman. 



Decoration — Ernest Zieger, J. W. Lud- 

 wig, Ed. Blind, Wm. Loew, E. A. Wise- 

 man, Harvey Sheaf. 



The following is the list of prizes 

 awarded at the club's exhibit: 



In the three classes for private gardeners. 

 Fred Wlssenbach was first In the class for forced 

 bulbs and was awarded a cash prize donated by 

 W. 0. Beckert. In the class for forced flow- 

 ering plants, other than bulbs, N. C. Madsen 

 was awarded a cultural certificate for three fine 

 lots of cyclamen. In the third class for private 

 gardeners, Primula ohconica, there were no ex- 

 hibits. 



Frank Crook, gardener for J. H. Park, showed 

 a plant of Eranthemum pulchellum, a plant of 

 Cllvla miniata and a pot each of tulips, daffo- 

 dils, hyacinths and nmaryllis. 



N. S.. Park Conservatories showed two plants 

 of Chorizema varium. 



E. C. Ludwig, vase of mixed bulbous flowers. 



Phlpps Conservatories, a large table with 

 thirty or more pans of tulips, hyacinths and 

 daffodils; also cinerarias, and new Narcissus 

 Elvira. 



South View Floral Co. showed a vase of Rose- 



Michell's Unexcelled Asters 



Our Aster Seed !■ srown by experienced and reliable grow^ers and 

 cannot be excelled for purity of Btock. 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET 



EXTRA EARLY Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Dark Blue $0.20 $0.60 



r.lKht Bine 20 .60 



Crimson 20 .60 



Wnk 20 .60 



White 20 .60 



Mixed 20 .60 



INVINCIBLE 



A superior strain of great value to florists 



for cutting. Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Blue $0.30 $1.50 



Crimson 30 1.50 



l.avender 30 1.50 



Rose-Pink 30 1.50 



^Vhite 30 1.50 



Mixed 30 1.50 



Improved Semple's Branching: 



Ad improved strain which has been ob- 

 tained by years of careful attention. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



I^avender $0.40 $1.60 



Rose-Pink 40 1.50 



Shell-Pink 40 1.50 



Purple 40 1.50 



Crimson 40 1.50 



White 40 1.50 



Mixed 40 1.60 



HOHENZOLLERN 



An extra fine variety of the Giant Comet 



Oz. 

 $1.50 

 1.60 

 1.50 

 1.50 



type. Tr p)it 



Dark Bine $0.30 



Crimson 30 



Pink 30 



White 30 



Headquarters for Asparagus Plumosus Seed. New Crop. 



GREENHOUSE GROWN 



100 seeds. . . .$0.50 . 5,000 seeds. . . .$18.50 

 lOOOseeds.... 4.00 10,000 seeds.... 35.00 



liATH HOUSE GROWN 



100 seeds. . . .$0.40 5.000 seeds. . . .$13.00 

 lOOOseeds.... 3.00 10,000 seeds... 24.00 



Write for a copy of our Wholesale Cataloarue. 



BENRY F. MICBELL CO., "'rHSl'Siirpl!"* 



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pink Enchantress, cut Saturday and keeping in 

 good shape. 



Variotsf Notes. 



Ernest Zieger, of the Zieger Co., has 

 been in the east securing Easter novel- 

 ties during the last week. 



The retailers, who have been meeting 

 occasionally for some time, met last 

 Tuesday evening and took dinner at the 

 Eittenhouse, and if they did not do much 

 business they certainly had a pleasant 

 social time. One thing is certain, that 

 never in the history of the trade in this 

 city has there been such good feeling 

 among the several firms who in business 

 must be strong competitors, and realizing 

 that these meetings are the cause, they 

 decided to continue them. Hoo-Hoo. 



Boone, Ia. — J. Loehrer is favorably lo- 

 cated in the central part of the town. He 

 has a first-class store and spares no effort 

 to run it in first-class style. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Business is a little quieter than it has 

 been and prices have dropped a little. 

 On the whole, however, Lenten conditions 

 are satisfactory. February proved an 

 excellent month and everything points to 

 a banner Easter trade. Roses are more 

 abundant, but the quality is not so good 

 as a year ago. No such Killarney and 

 Richmond are seen as in March, 1908, 

 and first-class Beauties are not abundant. 

 Bridesmaid is coming in of fine quality 

 and will not be discarded right away, al- 

 though Killarney is much the better 

 seller. A few hybrids appeared this 

 week. These, however, cut little figure 

 in the market nowadays. Carnations are 

 selling fairly well. Violets are in heavy 

 supply. The greenhouse single* will 

 soon be on the wane, however. A few 

 hot days would finish some houses. 



