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The Florists^ Review 



February 1, 1917. 



When they cannot be had 



elsewhere try 



us on 



Beauties 



THE LEO MESSEN CO. 



WHOUSALI FlfOmSTS 



12th ni Race Sts., niILIU)ELrilU,riL 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Carnations 



They will cost you no 

 more than they are actu- 

 ally worth. 



There is a good supply of Bulbous Stock and Spring Flowers, and this will help much 

 to relieve the scarcity of flowers in some lines. We beheve that from now on in all lines 

 the supply will be increasing. For shipment this week and for 



VIOLETS 



Fin* Large Singles 



Light Doubles 



New York Doubles 



We can supply most any quan- 

 tity of them and guarantee them 

 to be absolutely fresh at all times. 



St. Valentine's Day 



Cattleyas 



White and Yellow 



Daisies 

 Daffodils 

 Freesias 

 Pussy Willow 

 Yellow Narcissus 



Gardenias 



White and Lavender 



Lilac 

 Pansies 

 Mignonette 

 Narcissus 

 Calendulas 



Valley 



Pink and Lavender 



Snapdragon 

 Tulips 

 Baby 



Primula 

 Cornflowers 



In all of the above mentioned items, we can furnish you good stock, 

 such stock on display, we believe it would increase your sales. 



If you put a large assortment of 



Ions of water, applied at the rate of one 

 gallon of liquid to each square foot of 

 bench space, is also a good and safe 

 sterilizer. Of course, either form af 

 sterilization should be done some days 

 before you plant your crops. C. W. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is active, with 

 the supply still short of the demand. 

 Roses, carnations, sweet peas, daffodils, 

 lilies and all other varieties of flowers 

 sell well at excellent prices. Violets 

 may be considered an exception to the 

 rule, for violets are not much used just 

 now. Poor flowers find a market at a 

 little below list prices, with buyers who 

 can use whatever they can find, pro- 

 vided the price suits. This explains the 

 really excellent prices, quality consid- 

 ered, that are realized on ordinary 

 stock. Take sweet peas, for example. 

 Far and away the larger portion of 

 peas are of the Spencer type, the so- 

 called orchid peas. The light pinks lire, 

 generally speaking, most popular; then 

 come the bright pinks, then the whites. 

 The cerise blooms are not so much in 

 favor; there are few lavenders, so they 

 do not count. Last of all come the old 

 early-flowering, or grandiflora, type of 

 peas. Hardly anyone really wants 

 these now. They take them when the 

 price suits. Of course, there are ex- 

 ceptions. A few grandiflora peas are so 

 well grown that they will sell even 

 against the Spencers, but these are few. 



Daffodils are becoming more plenti- 

 ful and the price is easier. Tulips have 

 been strengthened by the arrival of 

 Couronne d'Or, probably the greatest 

 early double tulip. Valley is getting 

 on a better footing, the buyers seeming 

 to realize that it may be bad business 

 to boycott a friend. White and colored 

 lilacs are fine. Orchids are a little more 

 plentiful; that is, cattleyas. They are 

 mostly Trianffi, with a few Schroederai. 

 Gardenias are all right in the upper 



Mention The B«t1«w when yon write. 



BERGER BROS. 



Spring Flowers 



SWEET PEAS, FREESU, DAFFODILS, VIOLETS, 

 VALLEY, TULIPS, DAISIES, PAPER WHITES 



OUR CARNATIONS ARE VERY FINE 



PINK. WHITE AND YELLOW ROSES, EASTER LILIES, 



CALLAS AND GREENS 



SHIPPING ORDERS A SPECIALTY 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Beflew when yon write. 



grades, but there are too many poor 

 ones to make the general average, in 

 price, good. 



Beauties are confined mostly to the 

 specials; they are still obtainable in 

 quantity by those who can afford them. 

 There are a few fine Eussell and Hadley 

 roses. Outside of these, most of the 

 roses are in the short and medium 

 grades. Some extremely fine snapdrag- 

 ons are offered; choice lavender and 

 yellow blooms bring good prices. Freo.sia 

 is good. 



The shipping demand is the life of 

 the market. 



While carnations have not been given 

 their proper place in this report, they 



continue the mainstay of the market. 

 The crop is almost as heavy as that of 

 a week ago. It meets with a strong sup- 

 port, which is made stronger by those 

 who are not able to have their rose 

 orders filled in full. 



William Craythom, of Maple Shade. 



There are most cordial people at Ma- 

 ple Shade; I may almost say that they 

 are affectionate. It is not an unheard- 

 of thing at Maple Shade to have an en- 

 tirely strange man throw his arms about 

 you at the moment of your getting off 

 the train on your first and only visit, 

 and asking you, in a joyous tone, 

 whether you are going to Miss Nether- 



