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The Florists^ Review 



Febbuabt 20, 1919. 



SPECIAL 

 Gardenias 



25, the best, for $10.00 

 40 good medium, 10.00 

 We have more Gar- 

 denias now and we are 

 giving you the benefit of 

 the increased supply. 



White Lilac 



NOW— $1.50 per bunch. 

 Every retail shop can 

 use Lilac at that price. 



PLENTY OF 



Spray Plumosus 



NOW 



It has been rather 

 scarce, but now your 

 orders can be filled. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALK FLORISTS 



12th aad Race Sts., riDLADELrilU, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



We want to point out to you some of the 



BEST VALUES FOR THE WEEK 



CARNATIONS -Now the best the season produces. 



SINGLE DAFFODILS. 



WHITE LILAC— Appreciated by the retail buyers, and 

 never looked upon as a common flower. Use a bunch 

 or two in a good design and note the effect. 



EASTER LILIES. 



CATTLEY AS— Everybody can buy them now; the price 

 is no restriction. 



SWEET PEAS. 



GARDENIAS-Special offer this week. 

 FREESIA— Pure white and immense flowers. 



Rooted 



Carnation 



Cuttings 



Ready for immediate 

 delivery in quantity. 



C. W. Ward 



Matchless 



Alice 



$35.00 per 1000 



All cuttings are guaran- 

 teed well-rooted and 

 healthy stock. 



Mention Th« E«Ticw when yon write. 



methods learned this year will give the 

 needed increase in flowers when all of 

 the glass can be used again. 



The Joys are producing the best val- 

 ley at present that we have seen for 

 years. It is Dutch stock, or at least is 

 supposed to be. If the Dutch can pro- 

 duce such pips as these, there is no need 

 to look farther. 



Geny Bros, have a nice stock of bulbs 

 and of flower seed on exhibition, but 

 the present cold snap has cut sales to 

 nil. Their bulk sweet peas and nastur- 

 tiums are shown in large glass basins 

 that give them an attractive appear- 

 ance. F. B. 



PHIIiADEU>HIA. 



The Market. 



There are two opposite views on the 

 condition of affairs at the close of the 

 second week in February. One is that 

 the market is falling off, that business is 

 lighter and that prices are declining. 

 The other view is that business has been 

 good and prices excellent. Both views 

 are quoted to show that there is a wide 

 difference of opinion among those who 

 are in a position to know. 



St. Valentine's day was the important 

 day of the week. The retailers who 

 made much of this day did well. A good 

 many of them made no special effort 

 and did little more than on an ordinary 

 day. Sweet peas are the leading valen- 

 tine flower. Some idea of the extent to 

 which they are used may be gathered 

 from the fact that one grower alone sent 

 in 22,000 and at that there were not 

 nearly enough. Violets are not in the 

 same class with sweet peas for St. Valen- 

 tine 's day and forget-me-nots were 

 rarely seen. Pink roses came next to 

 sweet peas as popular floral valentines. 

 All colored roses were favored. 



Carnations are not so strong as they 

 were a week ago. Good, bright-colored 

 Wards bring top prices. So do well 

 grown Enchantress Supreme, Pink De- 

 light and a few more desirable varie- 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



EARLY SPRING FLOWERS 



Daffodils, Violets, Poeticus, Carnations, Callas, Easter Lilies, 



Iris Tin^tana. 



PLEASE ORDER EARLY. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tho Brtow wh— yon write. 



ties. The ordinary run of light pinks 

 and white is not in demand, and they 

 have declined in price. So has freesia; 

 its season is drawing to a close and 

 Bomans likewise. There are more white 

 flowers and less funeral work than there 

 has been. Acacia pubescens has arrived. 

 There is no increase in the supply of 

 roses. The market for them is good, ex- 

 ceptionally good, only that the poorest 

 grade has declined in price. There are 

 lots of poor Easter lilies. Callas are 

 good, however. There are wallflowers, 

 valley, a few gardenias and many 

 orchids. 



To Honor the Commodore. 



There will be something doing at 

 Dooner's the evening of February 22, 

 Washington's birthday. It has been 

 kept pretty quiet, so as to be a surprise, 

 'but now it is out. The boys are going 

 )to give a dinner in honor of Commodore 

 DTohn Westcott. 



It is to be a fine affair, indeed. No 

 starch, no frills. The Commodore hates 

 /that sort of thing. Just a real hearty 

 good time. All the Commodore 's friends 

 are going to be there, not only his in- 

 town friends, but a whole lot of his 

 out-of-town friends are coming to town 

 for the express purpose of telling the 



Lavender and White Lilac 

 Daflodlle - Fancy Peae 



AND AVI. SEASONABLE FI^^S^EBS 



Philadelphia Cot Flower Co. 



1517 Sansom Street, Philadelphia 



W« do— »t 5 IK «. 



Commodore how glad they are to see him 

 and singing "For He's a Jolly Good 

 Fellow," in chorus. 



The committee that got up the af- 

 fair, A. B. Cartledge, chairman; Edwin 

 J. Fancourt, secretary, thought of hav- 

 ing it on the Commodore's birthday, but 

 that happy event being some 300 days 

 ahead, they hit on Washington's birth- 

 day as the next best date. There are 

 some things in common between George 

 and John. Both were workers; both 

 were leaders; both were presidents. So 

 February 22 was set as the day. Before 

 the guests assemble, let me tieH you 

 something of the doughty Commodore, 

 businessly, socially and socio-businessly. 



John Westcott first came to the fore 

 in this city as a member of the firm of 

 Pennock Bros. He and his brother pur- 

 chased the greenhouse establishment of 

 D. Ferguson & Sons, which he now car- 

 ries on under his own name. He has been 



