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The Florists' Review 



Mat 26, 1916. 



Rooted 



Chrysanthemum 



Cuttings 



See our Classified ad or send 

 for complete list and prices 



THE LEO NIESSEH CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Rose Plants 



Own Root— 2ia-in. Pots 



Per 1000 



Thora $50.00 



Ophelia 75.00 



White Killarney 50.00 



Hoosier Beauty 60.00 



250 at the 1000 rate 



Weddings and School Commencements 



New Crop 

 Dagger Ferns 



Bronze Galax 



$7.50 per case 



Green Leucothoe 



$7.00 per 1000 



Sphagnum Moss 



6 large bales for $10.00 



will keep you busy during the month of June. We have quite a 

 variety of stock to offer and we recommend to you: . 



PEONIES 



Plenty of rose pink and light pink; also fine, large, white Peonies. 

 Fresh cut stock and the best commercial varieties. 



Roses 



Hadley— Russell 



Shawyer^Sunburst 



Ophelia — Beauties 



Carefully selected stock. 



Valley 



Cattleyas 



Carnations 



Our growers continue to cut good 

 flowers. We will ship you such 

 varieties as have the best keeping 

 qualities. 



Gladioli 



We have the stock and can take care of your order in fine shape. 



Frederick road residence. Many of 

 their friends in the trade were present. 

 The annual meeting of horticulturists 

 and agriculturists will be held at the 

 Maryland Agricultural College May 30. 

 An interesting program has been ar- 

 ranged for the day. Express trains of 

 the Baltimore and Ohio, leaving Balti- 

 more at 8:50 and 9:50 a. m., will stop 

 at College Park. W. F. E. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has undergone 

 a decided change not usual during the 

 second half of May. The supply of 

 flowers has decreased decidedly, caus- 

 ing a shortage at times. This is due to 

 a number of causes. Many growers 

 with houses not particularly well venti- 

 lated threw out their flowering plants 

 after the hot spell of a fortnight ago; 

 others devoted their space to bedding 

 plants or vegetables; still others are 

 off crop. The most potent influence of 

 all is the lateness of the peony, relied 

 on at this season, when showy decora- 

 tive flowers are needed. Usually by 

 May 24 local peonies are quite plenti- 

 ful; today they are scarce. This is par- 

 ticularly unfortunate, as the peony at 

 Memorial day is a necessity. There 

 will be peonies next week, but they 

 will not be plentiful enough to fill all 

 orders, and this means a certain amount 

 of dissatisfaction and loss of business, 

 although it also means a livelier market 

 for other flowers. Take it all in all, 

 the wholesalers are inclined to think 

 that the interests of the business are 

 best furthered by local peonies reach- 

 ing their height May 25; this will not 

 be the case this season. 



To return to the cut flower market 

 for the preeent week, the May proces- 

 sions in the churches have had a stimu- 



BERGER BROS. 



PEONIES 



CARNATIONS, ROSES 



All kinds of Decorative Flowers of excep- 

 tionally good quality for Memorial Day. 



FINE ORCHID PEAS A SPECIALTY 



EASTER LILIES-LILY OF THE VALLEY 



SPANISH IRIS-BLUE CORNFLOWERS 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



lating effect. The cool weather and a 

 certain amount of entertaining have 

 helped. There is no especial change in 

 the supply, excepting that carnations 

 seem to have gone off a bit and that 

 Spanish irises and outdoor valley are 

 nearing the end of their season. Prices 

 generally are better than usual at this 

 time; so, too, is the quality of much of 

 the stock, aided by the cooling. 



The Brothers Midiell. 



The problem that confronted the 



Henry F. Michell Co. was how to fill 

 plant orders fully, and on time. The 

 policy of the house had been to buy 

 from its customers, a policy of reciproc- 

 ity that had borne fruit. Every cus- 

 tomer liked to have the house take some 

 of his product in part payment of his 

 account. There were, however, difficul- 

 ties. It was extremely hard to fill or- 

 ders properly. Sometimes the growers 

 were slow; sometimes it was necessary 

 to get stock from several of them to fill 

 an order. This required time and 



