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The Florists' Review 



March 8, 1919 



NOVELTIES 



and some of our 



SPECIALTIES 



Acacia Pubescens 



$2.50 per bunch. 



This is something very 

 choice in yellow. 



White Lilac 



$1.50 per bunch. 



At our price you can use 

 Lilac for every purpose. 



Gardenias 



$3.00 to $5.00 per dozen. 



They are all perfect flow- 

 ers and are always abso- 

 lutely fresh. 



Snapdragon 



$2.00 per dozen. 



Several shades < of pink, 

 bronze, yellow and white. 



THE LEO RIESSEH CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PIDLADELrinA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



ROSES 



There is an increase in the supply of certain 

 varieties of Roses and especially in 



OPHELIA 



This is one of the most popular Roses with the 

 trade today and we are glad to say our growers are 

 cutting a large quantity of them every day. Well- 

 grown stock, large flowers of a good color. 



Prices on all Roses are more reasonable. We 

 are in a better position to fill your orders for Roses 

 and give you the best value to be had in that 

 direction. 



GREEN DYE 



' , for 



St. Patrick's Day 



75c per package 



The Dye we offer this 

 year is imported and for 

 that reason we will abso- 

 lutely guarantee every 

 package. If you follow 

 our instructions, Carna- 

 tions will have a good 

 color within an hour. You 

 cannot be without Green 

 Carnations for 



St. Patrick's Day 



So place your order at 

 once. 



Mention Th*" RerlKw when yon write. 



PHII.ADEIJ>HIA. 



The Market. 



The first week of March finds a fair 

 cut flower market. There are more roses 

 than there were, and not quite so many 

 carnations. The fine weather has fa- 

 vored production. Most of the other 

 varieties of flowers are more plentiful. 

 Business is active out of town. 



There is a heavy crop of the Killar- 

 neys, coincident with a more moderate 

 crop of other roses. The buyers gener- 

 ally prefer the other roses. The result 

 is that Killarney and White Killarney 

 sell slowly at about one-half the prices, 

 grade for grade, of other roses. Beau- 

 ties are just a little more plentiful. 



Carnations are steadier in price, ow- 

 ing to the smaller supply. Even short- 

 stemmed daffodils bring good prices, as 

 the supply is small. Tlie variety is 

 Golden Spur. There are only a few Em- 

 peror 80 far. Sweet peas are good, but 

 not quite so fine as they have been. A 

 large number are short-stemmed. Span- 

 ish iris is coming in freely. The sup- 

 ply of the fine variety, tingitana, is 

 larger than last season. 



There is a good stock of lilac, mostly 

 white, some colored. Paper White 

 narcissi continue, but Roman hyacinths 

 and Freesia Purity are disappearing 

 from the market. There is nothing of 

 especial interest regarding the other 

 flowers beyond the general statement 

 that they are in favor. Forsyfhia and 

 larkspur have come. 



Florists' Club. 



The carnation meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held on the roof garden of the 

 Adelphia hotel Tuesday evening, March 

 4. It was preceded by a club dinner at 

 which 100 were present; there were 

 250 at the meeting. The leading address 

 of the evening was by William J. Bun- 

 ton. Charles J. Theis, talking on ' ' Why 

 the Retailer Does Not Use More Carna- 

 tions," brought out a discussion be- 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



White Carnations for St. Patrick's Day 



CHOICE IRIS TINGITANA 



Carnations, Calla and Easter Lilies, Violets 

 Everything in Flowers and Greens 



PLEASE ORDER EARLY. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



tween the wholesalers and retailers that 

 suggested daily shipment and closer 

 grading. Theodore Wirth, superintend- 

 ent of parks at Minneapolis and an ex- 

 president of the S. A. F., was present 

 and made an interesting talk. Charles H. 

 Grakelow followed, his subiect being, 

 "The A B C of the F. T. D." 



The following were the exhibits of 

 carnations: William Kleinheinz, OgontZ) 

 showed Laddie. Strout's, Biddeford, 

 Me., showed Sunshine and Improved 

 Ward. Scarlett Bros., E. M. Parker, 

 manager, showed their seedling. Jacob 

 Weaver, Lancaster, Pa., had Laddie. 

 Edward Reid staged Matchless for J. 

 Howard Thompson, Ward and Benora 

 for J. H. Palmer and Matchless for Law- 

 rence Thompson. The Bickmore Green- 

 houses, of Wallingford, exhibited En- 

 chantress Supreme, Belle Washburn, 

 Ward, Matchless and Benora and also 

 sliowed Iris tingitana and Lilium gigan- 

 teum. 



The W. Atlee Burpee Co. staged forty- 

 four varieties of sweet peas and Edward 

 Reid put up the flowers of J. Howard 

 Thompson. Alois Frey, Crown Point, 

 Ind., sent a handsome display of Rain- 

 bow freesias, and the named varieties, 

 Viola and General Pershing. Richard 

 Bagg, Hartford, N. J., staged giant 

 white freesia. The rose exhibits of the 



Lavender and White Lilac 

 Daffodils - Fancy Peas 



AND ALL SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



1517 Sansom Street, Philadelphia 

 W« do— at 5 p. m. 



evening were by the Joseph Heacock Co., 

 which showed Columbia and Hadley, and 

 by J. Henry Bartram, for whom Edward 

 Reid staged Ophelia and Sunburst. 



Kennett. 



It is quite a long trip to Kennett, 

 when the number of miles traveled and 

 the number of minutes consumed is 

 weighed against the few minutes there. 

 It seemed like just nothing at all when 

 the pleasure of spending all of those 

 minutes with William Swayne is con- 

 sidered, for William Swayne is a suc- 

 cessful grower with definite aims and 

 ambitions which he discusses without 

 reserve. 



It may be that Mr. Swayne would be 

 'surprised, should he chance to read these 

 lines, at this description, yet it is exact. 

 Mr. Swayne 's aim is to produce good 

 stock and his ambition is that that stock 

 shall be produced on his own place in 

 moderate variety. Of course, he has 



