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Afbil 2T, 1916. 



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Rooted 



Chrysanthemum 



Cuttings 



Send for Complete List 

 and Prices 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., niILADELriDA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



New 



Sphas^num 



Moss 



$2.00 per 5-bbl. Bale 

 6 Bales for $10.00 



When you can buy 



LONG BEAUTIES 



at the present prices, every retailer can afford to handle them. A great many retailers cannot handle 



them when prices are high, but now they are within reach of every 

 flower buyer. When you buy our Beauties you get the best on the 

 market, and they will be billed to you at the lowest market prices. 



SNAPDRAGON 



$6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Bronze, Yellow, White and different 



shades of Pink. Exceptionally 



fine stock. 



In 



STOCKS 



$4 00 t« $6.00 par 100 



white, pink and lavender, the 

 single and double variety. 



We can furnish in quantity • 



Valley, Cattleyas, Easter Lilies, 

 High-fi^rade Roses, Daisies 



If you are in need of good stock, send your order in our direction. We can fill 

 your order with the right kind of stock. 



Mention The BeTiew when joa write. 



week had a large number of plants on 

 sale in the store of the Steiger-Dudgeon 

 Ck). W. M. P. 



PFTT.ADELPHIA. 



The Easter Market. 



Easter brought the greatest demand 

 for plants and flowers that Philadelphia 

 has ever experienced. The general 

 prosperity of the country, the splendid 

 condition of the stock and the ex- 

 tremely favorable weather combined to 

 bring the most satisfactory results. 



Considerably over one-half of the 

 value of greenhouse products this Eas- 

 ter was in plants. Every variety of 

 plants that was well grown and success- 

 fully timed sold well, at prices rather 

 better than those of last season. Lilies 

 were in heavy supply. Most of them 

 were giganteum; the rest were mnlti- 

 flonim and Formosa; the latter were 

 grown for cutting. The average price 

 on lilies was $10 to $12 per hundred; 

 short-stemmed and poor stock sold at 

 $6 to $8 per hundred. The large num- 

 ber of these short or poor lilies was a 

 drawback to the general satisfaction. 

 There were more spirseas than had been 

 anticipated. Prices ranged from 35 

 cents to $1 each. Some sparsely flow- 

 ered spiraeas were left over and some 

 were late. Most of the spiraeas were 

 Gladstone. There was a larger number 

 of the pink Queen Alexandra (than 

 usual, which, when well done, was pop- 

 ular. Azaleas were fine, the carried- 

 over plants particularly so. Practically 

 everything in the shape of a respect- 

 ably flowered azalea, of whatever color 

 it might be, was sold. 



Roses showed a larger percentage of 

 late plants than any other kind of 

 blooming stock forced. The large, 

 strongly growing varieties led; Tau- 

 sendschon was first; Hiawatha, Dorothy 

 Perkins, Lady Gay and Excelsa fol- 

 lowed. The trained plants were rare. 



BERGER BROS 



It is a well known fact that in May Greenhouse Flowers are 

 very fine and very reasonable. 



ORCHID SWEET PEAS 



ROSES, pink, white, yellow, red 



CARNATIONS, Select 



Our central location aids prompt fiUing of your orders. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



AlentloD The Rerlew when yoo write. 



Most of them were just grown into per- 

 fect specimens of the bush rose. T£e 

 baby type showed improvement. Baby 

 Rambler has been discarded by the 

 wide-awakes. Its place is taken by 

 Orleans, Phyllis, Erna Teschendorff and 

 Ellen Poulsen. Quite a lot of Magna 

 Charta and some of the better hybrids 

 also were offered. 



The hydrangeas, through alum or iron 

 filings or something, seemed to show a 

 decided predilection for Alice blue, 

 which color seemed popular. Another 

 point of interest in the hydrangeas is 

 the gradual advance of some of the 

 finer French varieties in popularity; 

 fhes^ are more refined in appearance than 



Otaksa. Owing to their different na- 

 tures, each of these varieties requires 

 skill in timing to flower them all at 

 once. Rhododendrons were good and 

 a. little more plentiful than in previous 

 seasons. Genistas are retrograding. 

 While beautiful with their lovely yel- 

 low flowers and delicate green foliage, 

 they are fearfully perishable, even un- 

 der favorable conditions. Lilac, valley 

 in pots and pans, daisies, cinerarias and 

 deutzias were all grown in moderate 

 numbers. The bulbous flowers had a 

 great following; they were not equal to 

 •tihe demand. Hyacinths led at ad- 

 vanced prices; daffodils and tulips also 

 were largely used. 



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