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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 25, 1912. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



FANCY BRIDAL BOUQUET HOLDERS 



Lace Bouquet Holders* exquisitely beautiful creations in ^hite and pink that will lend grace to 

 the handsomest bouquet. These bouquet holders are a necessity for brides and bridesmaids in 

 smart weddings ; they grace the flowers and adorn the dress. 



Paper Bouquet HolderSy famous in Ye Olden Time when grandmother carried those prim little 

 bouquets with flowers in symmetrical rows, usually surrounding a calla and edged with boxwood. 

 Oddly enough, these bouquet holders are far more popular now than then. They come in white 

 and pink and are universally used, even in the smallest bouquets. 



Better send for some off each kind and add your 

 request for a call from Our Silent Salesman 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



1129 Arch Street, 



PHILADEiPHIA, PA. 



MenMon Tbe Review when yon write. 



E. H. HUNT 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 



131 N. Wabash Ave. 



Established 1878 



CHICAGO 



Mention Tbe Keview wben you write. 



large order for violets and sweet peas 

 recently just nineteen minutes before 

 the time the express left Broad Street 

 station. The order was executed in 

 good shape on time, despite the protest 

 of the express messenger, who said it 

 was impossible. 



Robert A. Craig has some beautifully 

 colored Dracaena terminalis, Norwood 

 grown, that he believes will rank any- 

 thing in the field today. 



The Foley Mfg. Co., through D. T. 

 Connor, reports business as brisk. The 

 following orders have been taken: One 

 sweet pea house 40x200 for J. Howard 

 Thompson, Kennett; a house 28x130 for 

 John Savage, Gwynedd Valley; one 

 house 21x100 and another 27x50 for 

 Wendroth & Kohler, Mount Airy. 



Charles F. Edgar is employed at the 

 Twenty-second and Diamond street 

 store of J. J. Habermehl 's Sons. 



Charles W. Jennings, of OIney, has a 

 new motor delivery car. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business was fair last week. We had 

 several cold, sunless days, which re- 

 duced the output of flowers. The pres- 

 ent week sees heavier arrivals and only 

 moderate trade. We have not yet had 

 a really warm wave to paralyze busi- 

 nes and, thanks to the cool weather, 

 the quality of all flowers is holding up 

 remarkably well. Roses are not quite 



so abundant as they were, but there 

 are more than the demand calls for 

 and prices are lower. Certain varieties, 

 such as Radiance, Mrs. Taft, Beauty 

 and Hillingdon, are selling well. The 

 novelties are always in demand. Car- 

 nations are rather more plentiful, with 

 prices ruling lower. Quality is still 

 good. Pink Delight continues a prime 

 favorite. Violets, outside of doubles, 

 are done for the season and these latter 

 are getting small. Sweet peas are more 

 plentiful, with some fine Spencer varie- 

 ties now coming in. 



Tulips and narcissi are still in good 

 supply, but a few days will see an end 

 of those grown indoors. The outdoor 

 crop is not yet ready, owing to the late 

 season. Antirrhinums and marguerites 

 are both much more abundant, but sell 

 well. Ten weeks ' stocks and candytuft 

 sell slowly. Spanish iris is good and 

 popular. Some of the gladioli, such 

 as Peach Blossom and Blushing Bride, 

 are now coming in, also a few of the 

 large-flowered types. There is no great 

 call for orchids or gardenias. Valley is 

 abundant and good, but sells slowly. 

 For lilies and callas the call is sluggish. 

 Asparagus and adiantum are not in 

 heavy demand at present. 



Various Notes. 



We are pleased to report Thomas 

 Pegler as steadily improving. He has 

 been at the salesrooms of the Flower 

 Growers' Sales Co. several times in the 



^ Budlong's 



E Blue Ribbon VaDey 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



last week, but we hope he will take care 

 of hitaself and not work too hard for 

 a time. 



The appalling disaster to the S. S. 

 Titanic has been the almost universal 

 topic with everyone of late. So far as 

 learned, no one in the trade was on the 

 ill fated ship, but several lost friends 

 on her. Quite a party of growers were 

 planning to go to England on her May 

 11, to see the international horticultural 

 show in London. 



J. W. Simpson and D. Horrigan are 

 shipping superb yellow marguerites to 

 the Boston Cooperative Market. 



Edward MacMulkin, in addition to 

 his large store trade, is now busy on 

 landscape work. 



We are sorry to report Robert Cam- 

 eron as being on the sick list. He has 

 been laid up with a bad knee, which is 

 causing him great pain. He is now 

 moving about a little on crutches. 



W. H. Wyman, of the Bay State and 

 Framingham nurseries, says he is fairly 

 swamped with business. Digging began 

 late and the season will be a brief one. 



