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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 27, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



METALLIC DESIGNS FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



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You will want wreaths in several sizes, many beautiful combinations of flowers and foliage, roses, 

 carnations, forget-me-nots, ferns, wonderfully true to nature. 



We can make special wreaths to fill your orders ; our factory stands first in this class of work. 

 While wreaths are far, in a way, the most important Memorial Day designs, we also make 



STANDING WREATHS STANDING CROSSES 



HARPS LYRES PILLARS GATES AJAR 



all in the most approved style and in the best workmanship. To these let us add that the metallic 

 designs sent out by H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have the artist's touch that you can get nowhere else; anyone 

 can make a wreath, but it takes an artist to make that wreath beautiful in appearance. 



EVERYTHING IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Send for our Illustrated Sheet of Metal Wreaths, etc. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



1189 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Rev<«'w ^hen you write. 



ASPARAGUS PLMOSUS NANUS SEED 



New Crop Just Received 



TRUE TO NAME AND OF HIGH GERMINATING QUALITY. 



Greenhouse Home-Grown Seed. 



500 Seeds $ 2.25 



1000 Seeds 4.00 



5000 Seeds 18.75 



10,000 Seeds 36.00 



25,000 Seeds 83.75 



Lathhottse Grown Seed. 



500 Seeds $ 1.50 



1000 Seeds 2. 75 



5000 Seeds 13.50 



10,000 Seeds 26.00 



25,000 Seeds 62.50 



OUR FLORISTS' PRICV LIST FRXK FOR THB ASKING. 



mCHELL'S SEED HOUSE, t^^Zti. 



Mention The Review when vou write. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



At last the springtime has arrived. 

 Winter lingered until April 23. Satur- 

 day was a cold and rainy end to the 

 worst after-Easter week the New York 

 market has ever known. There was no 

 possibility of moving the stock arriv- 

 ing. 



The warm weather of the beginning 

 of this week continues the large ship- 

 ments of everj' kind of stock with the 

 exception of valley and orchids. These 

 alone hold at the prices of Easter. Of 

 roses the supply is enormous and only 

 the Brunners and the new varieties com- 

 mand any price worthy of record. Only 

 the best of the Beauties brought any 

 price, and 15 cents was top, with the 

 surplus of the top grade falling at times 

 to 10 cents and even lower. The trouble 

 with the whole market is that the sup- 

 ply is far in excess of the demand, and 

 there seems to be no prospect of im- 

 mediate relief. All other roses, espe- 

 cially Killarneys and Maids, have been 

 selling since Easter at about any offer 

 sufficient to cover the cost of express- 

 age and commissions. The accumula- 

 tions were beyond all former experience 

 and, while no reasonable offer of the 

 buyers was refused, the problem hardest 



Have you seen 

 Our Salesman? 



DROP US A LINE. 



C. C. rOLLWORTH CO., NOwaukee, Wis. 



to solve was how to induce any offer, 

 so slow was the demand. 



There are more carnations, too, than 

 the market can digest, and $20 per 

 thousand included the finest stock in 

 the market, while great quantities of 

 the surplus fell to $10 and even at times 

 to $5 per thousand. Lilies, including 

 callas, were top at 5 cents, and there 

 seems to be no end to them. Many were 

 offering them April 22 at $25 per thou- 

 sand. A good deal of the arrivals are 

 short-stemmed, but perfect heads. The 

 Bermuda stock was no factor in affect- 

 ing prices. Most of it was damaged 

 and unsalable at any price. 



There is a big call for valley; wed- 

 dings are numerous since Lent ended, 

 and there is not enough to go around. 

 The asking price all the week was 4 

 cents for good stock, and so remains. 

 Orchids, too, are holding strong at 75 

 cents for selects, with the best o^ the 

 cattleyas at the even dollar. The spe- 

 cialists in these and valley are the 

 only optimists. Good gardenias have 

 fallen to $1 a dozen, and the street 

 salesmen are disposing of the surplus, 

 much of which is of inferior quality. 



Smilaz is scarce for the first time this 

 season, and good stock has sold readily 

 at $2 a dozen. All other green goods 



