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'The Florists' Review ^'^'^'-^ •::'•■*''''' .■•^ j^n- s. loie. ^.• 



Let us quote you on 



Field-grown 

 Carnation Plants 



Our prices are right 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLUALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELPIIIA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



We can furnish all the 

 best varieties of 



CARNATION 

 PLANTS 



Satisfaction guaranteed 



CORNFLOWERS 



500 for $3.75 



GLADIOLUS 



America, Francis King: 



100 $8.00 



RUBRUM LILIES 



100 $8.00 



CANDYTUFT 

 Bunch 35c-50c 



DENDROBIUM 



White Orchids 

 Dozen $6.00-$7.50 



For shipment during June we can recommend to you : 



BEAUTIES 



The best, $3.00 per dozen 



EASTER LILIES 



$10.00 per 100 



CATTLEYAS 



* $6.00 per doz. 



PEONIES 



$3.00 to $6.00 per 100 

 The quality has never been better. They are cut in the right condition 

 for shipping. Peonies are the best value in cut flowers. Pink, white and 

 some red. 



NEW DAGGER FERNS 



$1.50 per 1000 

 Extra fine quality. The best you have ever used 



Mtntlon The Berlew when yon wrlt«. 



former size. Mr. Hart has taken in 

 the two stores adjoining his. 



James Vick's Sons are experiencing 

 a wonderfully busy time just now at 

 their Stone street store. An unusually 

 large call for bedding plants of all 

 kinds is noticed and they have extra 

 help to handle the rush. The seed busi- 

 ness is above the average. 



The city of Rochester is contem- 

 plating the erection of a curved-eave, 

 iron-frame greenhouse, to be located 

 on Highland avenue, next to the pres- 

 ent houses. The new house is to be 

 30x100 and to have two 50-foot com- 

 partments. The Lord & Burnham Co. 

 has been authorized to draw up speci- 

 fications and preliminary plans for the 

 proposed house. H. J. H, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Peonies broke the market the first 

 week in June. They arrived in such 

 tremendous numbers that the moderate 

 call for them was wholly inadequate. 

 They simply overwhelmed everywhere, 

 broke the market and left it so weak 

 that all flowers were badly depressed. It 

 mattered little whether Pajonia festiva 

 maxima, the smaller, but better-keep- 

 ing, snow white or any of the best pink 

 varieties were offered; they sold at 

 ridiculously low prices if at all. Many 

 were put in cold storage; many were 

 left in the boxes; many were left on 

 the plants. The wholesalers advised 

 the growers of the bad conditions and 

 requested that shipments cease for the 

 present. This deplorable condition, 

 which caused heavy financial loss, was 

 directly due to the late season. When 

 peonies pay, half the crop is marketed 

 by Memorial day. This season hardly 



BERGER BROS. 



THE FINEST JUNE FLOWERS 



PEONIES, aU of the best sorts. 

 ROSES9 pink, white, yellow, red. 

 ORCHID PEAS of high grade. 



Lilies, Carnations, Gladiolus, Iris, Daisies 



and Greens 4 



Entrust your special orders to us. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Th« R«Ttew when yoo wrlt>. 



any of the local peonies arrived until 

 June. 



Beauties, orchids and valley have 

 been in demand for weddings and com- 

 mencements. They have brought ex- 

 cellent prices for the season; other 

 flowers have been badly depressed by 

 the surfeit of peonies, excepting the 

 finer grades of roses, which are none 

 too plentiful. A few Hadley, Russell, 

 Maryland and Kaiserin roses have been 

 in demand. Sweet peas were overdone; 

 those grown in violet houses or in cold- 



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frames are preferred. Iris is about 

 over. There are some nice pyrethrum 

 daisies. Good judges agree that, except 

 for some choice varieties or high-grade 

 flowers, the market is unlikely to re- 

 cover for some time to come. There are 

 enough peonies in cold storage to last 

 a long while, although the height of 

 the local crop has been reached. 



The Lansdowne Show. 



The Twentieth Century Club house 

 presented a charming scene on the after- 



