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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 13, 1919. 



MORE and BETTER 



ROSES 



There is an increase in 

 the cut of such varieties 

 as 



Russell 



Shawyer 



Ophelia 



Sunburst 



Hadley 



The best varieties on 

 the market today and our 

 supply is sufficient to fill 

 every order. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., riDLADELrillA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Miscellaneous List 



Our Miscellaneous List contains almost every flower 

 in season and some Novelties. 



If you look over our list, you will And there is plenty 

 of good material, and all flowers show very good quality. 



Acacia Pubescens 



Cattleyas 



Gardenias 



Lilac 



Myosotis 



Callas 



Lilies 



Spencer Peas 



Daffodils 



Calendulas 



Snapdrafifon 



Mi^rnonette 



Daisies 



Primulas 



Sinsrle and Double Violets 

 Carnations 



We have more good atock now, in all seasonable 

 lines, than at any time this year. 



INEXPENSIVE 



ROSES 



If you want the cheaper 

 varieties of Roses, and big 

 value for your money, we 

 recommend 



Killarneys 



Killarney 

 Brilliant 



They are in full crop 

 with our growers, and the 

 quality is as good as can 

 be grown. 



Mention The Review when yon writ*. 



neral work, which is still abundant, 

 keeps all surplus flowers cleaned up. 



Various Notes. 



James Horan & Son have an immense 

 stock of cinerarias in their greenhouses 

 and store. Mr. Metser, the grower, 

 says that out of a collection of several 

 thousand plants there are no two plants 

 which are exactly alike. This assort- 

 ment has been seeri by several men who 

 are in a position to judge them and 

 they declare that they have never seen 

 a finer collection in New England. The 

 windows of this concern are filled with 

 cinerarias and they make a beautiful 

 display. 



The Park Garden and Flower Shop is 

 cutting some large calendulas, also some 

 splendid snapdragons and callas. 



Julius Beck reports that funeral work 

 keeps all cut flowers cleaned up. 



Eobert H. Hawkins had the decora- 

 tions for the Stratfield ballroom for both 

 the Charity ball and the Knights of 

 Columbus ball. 



John Beck & Son report that they are 

 getting ready for Easter. They are still 

 cutting cold storage giganteum lilies. 

 Their calendulas are fine. They intend 

 to use both yellow and .white calla plants 

 to replace Easter lilies in their Easter 

 trade. They were exceptionally busy 

 making corsages for the recent balls. 



Victor Carwardine, who has been man- 

 ager for Mr. Hawkins for a number of 

 years and who was employed by James 

 Horan & Son, has opened a store at 307 

 Stratford avenue. I. L. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The first week in March has brought 

 a decline in the market coincident with 

 the arrival of Lent. Just why Lent 

 should cause prices to fall is not clear. 

 There has been little entertaining, not 

 enough to make much difference in busi- 

 ness, yet the market fell. Probably the 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



Iris Tingitana 



Easter Lilies, Carnations, Roses, Violets, 

 Daisies, Daffodils, Callas, Sweet Peas. 



SHIPPING ORDERS CAREFULLY FILLED. < 



Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



principal reason is the increased supply 

 of flowers. Anyway, the market fell 

 sharply in mid-week, then improved to- 

 ward the end of the week on a lower 

 price level. Carnations held fairly well 

 on rather lighter receipts. Sweet peas 

 declined most, the crop being heavy. 

 Boses also dropped, chiefly on Killar- 

 neys; all three members of this Irish 

 family were plentiful, cheap and hard 

 to sell. The other varieties suffered 

 less. Beauties did not suffer at all. 

 The difference in quality is strongly 

 brought out now. The best flowers, 

 carefully handled, bring excellent prices. 

 The poorer flowers and those that are 

 bruised bring much less. 



Emperor daffodils are coming into 

 crop. They are popular and not plenti- 

 ful. Tulips are quite rare. Most of 

 these offered are doubles. Easter lilies 

 vary much in quality. There are some 

 good flowers, but many of the cold stor- 

 age giganteums ♦ are not good. There 

 are lots of callas. Violets are not in 

 demand. Greens are quite scarce. 



A Trip. 



The plant growers are on the alert 

 regarding the supply for Easter. A 

 quartette of them went visiting by mo- 

 tor March 6. They were Eobert A. 

 Craig, Alfred M. Campbell, Joseph Boss 



Lavender and White Lilac 

 Daffodlle - Fancy Peae 



AND ALL SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



1517 Sansom Street, PliUadelpliia 

 Vfe do— at 5 p. an. 



and Cornelius van der Breggan. They 

 called at the Floracroft Greenhouses in 

 Moorestown; at Godfrey Aschmann's, 

 and at the range of Aschmann Bros., in. 

 this city; at Henry I. Faust's, in 

 Merion, and at the Laurel Hill Nurs- 

 eries at the Falls of Schuylkill. The 

 party greatly enjoyed the trip. They 

 were particularly pleased with the 

 Floracroft hydrangeas and with 1,000 

 pots of lilies from the Azores at Merion. 



The Club Meeting. 



Edmund A. Harvey called to order 

 the largest meeting ever held by the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia on the 

 evening of March 4, on the roof garden 

 of the Adelphia hotel. Twenty-five new 

 names were presented for membership. 

 M. J. Brinton, of Christiana, Pa., one 

 of the leading lights of the profession, 

 read a scholarly paper on "Carnation 

 Ideals and Success." Mr. Brinton laid 

 stress on the fact that far more de- 



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