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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 20, 1916. 



Rooted 



Chrysanthemum 



Cuttings 



Send for Complete List 

 and Prices 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELPllU,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



New 



Sphafirnum 



Moss 



$2.00 per 5-bbl. Bale 

 6 Bales for $10.00 



Gardenias 



Per dozen $1.00-$ 3.00 



Per 100 6.00- 20.00 



DAISIES 



Yellow, per 100 $1.50 



White, per 100 1.00 



STOCKS 



Double and Single 

 Per 100 $4.00-$6.00 



CORNFLOWERS 



Per 100 $2.00 



EASTER LILIES 



In quantity at the lowest market 

 price. 



SFRING weddings ^^^^ ^he Lenten season.will demand quantities of high-grade 

 J! lUliU WW Miyi/iimu gtock. We are glad to report we will have a large supply of 



BEAUTIES 



You will find our Beauties of good quality, as good as any coming from the 

 market. Our specials are exceptionally fine and we have an unlimited supply 

 of them. When in the market let us quote you prices. 



SWEET PEAS 



Our growers are cutting on a new crop 

 now. The Spencer variety, well grown, 

 large flowers and long stems. Can 

 furnish them in quantity of a special 

 color. 



SNAPDRAGON 



Several shades of pink, yellow, white 

 and bronze. Snapdragon ships well 

 and it makes a fine showing. It is one 

 of the best items on our list. 

 $6.00-$8.00 per BDO. 



GOOD ROSES 



will be in demand and you should know a reliable source of supply. We can fill 

 your order for Roses, and can give you big value in Pink and White Kiilarney, 

 Shawyer, Brilliant, Sunburst, Hadley. Richmond, Russell, Thora, Sweetheart. 

 Quality is the most important factor from now on. 



Mention The BeTlew when you write. 



ladies' night on the evening of May 9. 

 April 25, E. Wilson, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., 

 will speak at the open meeting of the 

 society. 



Among the delegates to the Republi- 

 can state convention last week in 

 Providence were John T. Allan, Alex- 

 ander MacLellan, James McLeish, John 

 Mahan and Andrew Meikle. 



Thomas Gibson and J. B. Urquhart 

 were visitors to New York last week. 

 W. H. M. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The week ending April 19 has been 

 rather uneven, with a stronger tone as 

 Easter approaches. Roses have been 

 plentiful, selling cheaply at times. Car- 

 nations, on the other hand, have shown 

 a tendency that might almost be called 

 scarcity, although perhaps that is rather 

 a strong term under the circumstances. 

 Good, bright-colored carnations have 

 brought excellent prices; faded or 

 poorly grown stock has sold cheaply. 

 Sweet peas, though in good supply, 

 have sold quite well. Advance orders 

 for Easter indicate that the buyers 

 fear a scarcity of peas and seek to 

 cover. The really scarce flower on the 

 list is the orchid. Cattleya Mossiffi is 

 depended on for Easter. To make way 

 for it, the less desirable Cattleya 

 Schroederae was pushed off a fortnight 

 ago on a rather reluctant market. Un- 

 fortunately, the Mossla? depended on 

 for this Easter came from a different 

 section thflu usual. The result is that 

 they positively refuse to bloom before 

 May, the further result being that the 

 price is advancing to towering heights, 

 an unfortunate condition. 



Easter lilies are plentiful, with indi- 

 cations of a heavy demand that will 

 only balk at the shorts. It is more 

 than likely that double violets will 

 hold out; the singles are pretty well 

 over. Southern daffodils continue an 



BERGER BROS 



FANCY ORCHID PEAS 



ALL COLORS ORDER EARLY 



EASTER LILIES 



LONG AND SHORT STEMS FINE FLOWERS 



The Finest Roses and Carnations 



IN ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES 



Decorative Greens a Specialty 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



MentioB The BeTlew whe» yoo wrttt. 



important flower to the quantity buy- 

 ers; they are hardly good enough to 

 have much effect on greenhouse-grown 

 varieties. Iris is beginning to come in 

 quite freely, a novelty for Easier. 



The Bermuda Lily. 



It was announced in this column 

 some weeks ago that Pred J. Michell, 

 Sr., was going, on his first real holiday, 

 to Bermuda. While on a pleasure holi- 

 day in the island of flowers, so active 

 a man as Mr. Michell would not allow 

 the opportunity to pass without adding 

 to his store of knowledge on matters 

 horticultural. The farmers in Bermuda 

 are nearly all Portuguese. They speak 



English imperfectly and are not well 

 organized to carry on their business 

 profltably. Those who grow lilies often 

 receive so little for the bulbs that it 

 discourages them. They know nothing 

 of packing and do not get their product 

 to our market in fit condition unless an 

 outsider steps in, attends to the grad- 

 ing and packing and, generally, takes 

 the profit. Under these conditions it 

 is not surprising that the lily disease 

 remains a serious menace. Add to this 

 trouble the high price of labor, often 

 inefiScient, and it will be readily under- 

 stood why lily growing in Bermuda 

 makes little headway. There are some 

 fields of lilies in splendid condition, 





