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The Florists' Review 



April 6, 1916. 



Mention Th« R«Tlew wh«n yon writ*. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



"I can buy" has replaced "We are 

 getting," by which it may be under- 

 stood that the buyers are doing the talk- 

 ing now. Of course, the buyers gener- 

 ally do the talking, that is their right, 

 only they are exercising it more freely 

 as the quantity of flowers increases. 

 The sellers do not talk much now; they 

 just hustle to market their stock as 

 fast as it comes into bloom. Their abil- 

 ity to do this depends first on them- 

 selves and second on the stock. Eeally 

 choice carnations have held up rather 

 well. Sweet peas have not; neither 

 have roses. The quantity of these two 

 kinds of flowers, particularly the peas, 

 has increased. A. great many are mar- 

 keted at excellent prices, but a good 

 many more realize little. There some- 

 times are flowers that reach the market 

 in poor condition; sometimes they come 

 at a poor time. In either case, they 

 disappoint grower and wholesaler. Of 

 the other flowers it may be said that the 

 heavy supply of sweet peas and, to a 

 lesser extent, of roses, has aflfected their 

 price. There are, of course, exceptions. 

 Valley is quite scarce. Easter and calla 

 lilies command fair support. Cattleyas 

 are to a certain extent in a class by 

 themselves, but the general run of other 

 flowers is rather depressed. Opinions 

 differ as to the why and wherefore. 

 Some say that the National Flower 

 Show has a bad effect on business for 

 the moment, but that it will stimulate 

 the demand later. Others assert that 

 business is suffering a temporary lull 

 before the pre-Easter revival, which is 

 sure to come. The demand for Aspara- 

 gus plumosus is excellent. 



The National Flower Show. 



The local press to a great extent 

 voices public sentiment; it is warm in 

 its praise of the National Flower Show. 

 It has touched the hearts of the people 



BERGER BROS. 



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Easter Lilies 



FROM NOW UNTIL EASTER WE WILL HAVE A LARGE 

 SUPPLY OF WELL GROWN LILIES 



Orchid Peas-Carnatlons-Roses 



THE BEST Of EVERYTHING IN THE MARKET 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The R«ylgw when yon writ». 



as nothing of the kind has ever done 

 before, and deservedly so. Censure in 

 no mild form is meted out to the man- 

 agement for admitting people to the 

 show free on Sunday, April 2, after sell- 

 ing a large number of half-price tickets 

 for that of the closing day. This cer- 

 tainly was an error. Sunday should 

 have been a half -priced or a free day, 

 but not both at the same time. In the 

 great English shows there are certain 

 hours when a high price, say 10 shill- 

 ings, is charged and obtained. There 

 are certain other hours during the same 

 day when a low price, say 2 shillings, 

 is charged and obtained. These hours 

 are clearly advertised beforehand. The 



former are favored by the aristocracy; 

 the latter by the democracy. They do 

 not conflict. It is unfortunate that in 

 our great show just closed, the greatest 

 in the history of this country, an error 

 of this kind should have been made. It 

 lays us open to the charge of trickery, 

 which would be unjust, but we cannot 

 say that it is unfounded. 



Florists' dub Meeting. 



The April meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in Horticultural hall, 

 Tuesday evening, April 4. The Amer- 

 ican and the New York Florists' Club 

 flags graced a large and enthusiastic 

 meeting. There was much rejoicing 



