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The Florists' Revk^ 



NOTBHBBB 21. 1918. 



NEW 

 GREEN and BRONZE 



GALAX 



$10.00 per case 



THE LEO MESSER CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nDLADELriDA, U. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Place Your Order 

 Now for 



Boxwood and 

 Lycopodium 



This Year More Than Ever 



THANKSGIVING DAY/ 



will bring out a big demand for cut flowers. You cannot expect to get your share of business unless you are 

 properly Iprepared, and. we^can.helpjyou. Place your order with us and you will not be disappointed. 



BEAUTIES 



W There willilbe'an ample supply in all grades. The 

 quality will be of a high standard, such as has been a 

 feature with us for years. 



ROSES 



We offer you the largest supply of Roses in this mar- 

 ket. There will be a fair supply of all varieties, and 

 prices will be reasonable. 



CARNATIONS 



Very noticeable is the improvenlent ia the quality of 

 our Carnations. We expect- to have enough to take care 

 of your order, but there will be no surplus. 



POMPONS 



This is one of the best items on our list. We have 

 a large quantity of them, in all colors, and a great 

 many varieties. 



Calendulas, Yellow Daisies, Cypripediums, Vandas, Orchids, 

 Single and Double Violets are all items we recommend to you. 



Mmtten Th« B«t1«w wfcta ya wilU. 



in association with his uncle, Joseph 

 King, conducted the Bloodgood Nurs- 

 eries, in Flushing, died November 14, 

 at his home in Flushing, at the age of 

 79 years. He had long been prominent 

 in civic affairs in the borough of 

 Queens, and was a member of the Board 

 of Education. J. H. P. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The first week of peace brought a 

 pronounced calm to the cut flower mar- 

 ket. Times of excitement generally do. 

 As people became accustomed to the 

 new conditions, business gradually re- 

 sumed its former gait; flowers were 

 bought and sold as before. Some persons 

 were surprised that the return of peace 

 did not immediately bring great social 

 activity, with its usual demand for flow- 

 ers, but those changes come slowly. 

 There has been too much suffering; the 

 sense of personal loss is too terrible in 

 many homes for that yet, even in the 

 hours of victory. It will take time. 



Chrysanthemums continue to rule the 

 market. Pompons are selling better. 

 Violets are in demand, but the quantity 

 offered is small. Good mignonette has 

 come and some pansies. Snapdragon is 

 improving. There are a few gardenias, 

 but most of them are only fair in qual- 

 ity. Callas are in moderate supply. We 

 have reached that part of the chrysan- 

 themum season where the difference be- 

 tween the good and the poor is strongly 

 marked. The well-grown stock that is 

 clean and pleasing in appearance is in 

 high favor, while poorly grown, dis- 

 eased or bruised chrysanthemums find 

 few friends. The bunches of side spray 

 flowers are neglected in the wholesale 

 houses. Indications point to a fair sup- 

 ply of chrysanthemums for Thanksgiv- 

 ing, with the possibility of a shortage. 

 Some growers are nearly cut out now; 

 others will have a good cut of late va- 

 rieties. 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



Will have plenty of Flowers for Thanksgiving 



ORDER EARLY, PLEASE 



BONNAFFONS CHADWICKS SEIDEWITZ 



POMPONS CARNATIONS VIOLETS 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tlie BeTtow wfc«a jw waf. 



Coal. 



A friend has asked whether the fact 

 that No. 1 buckwheat coal is now open 

 to florists has been clearly understood 

 by all. "Because," he adds, "it is per- 

 fectly possible that the government may 

 withdraw this permission at any time." 

 Better buy all the No. 1 buckwheat you 

 need now. 



A Tour of Inspection. 



Immediately after the announcement 

 of peace, or, to be exact, bright and 

 early Thursday morning, November 14, 

 a party of fourteen gathered to spend 

 a day visiting the greenhouse ranges of 

 interest near Philadelphia. It was a 

 party of notables, men who have made 

 their mark in some special branch of 

 our profession, men whose names are 

 well and favorably known all over this 

 broad land, wherever florists dwell. It 

 was an annual affair, something of a 

 club affair, that usually occurs early in 

 October, but was postponed this year 

 until — after the war. 



To suit the number to the day of the 

 month, there were just fourteen mem- 

 bers present. Four represented that fa- 

 mous floricultural family, the Burtons, 

 John, Alfred, George and Hughey. Three 

 were distinguished out-of-town visitors. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



CARNATIONS - ROSES - POMPONS 



and aU scasonabl* flowers. 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



1517 Sansom Street, Philadelphia 

 We dose at 5 p. m. 



Mention The Berlew whwi yo wriU. 



John R. Andre, of Doylestown; Edmund 

 A. Harvey, of Brandywine Summit, and 

 William Lehr, of Baltimore. One was a 

 scion of a noted Philadelphia family of 

 florists, J. William Colflesh, Jr. The 

 four great cities of Washington, Balti- 

 more, New York and Philadelphia were 

 represented in their cut flower distribu- 

 tion by three more, William E. McKis- 

 sick, Arthur A. Niessen and Samuel S. 

 Pennock, while last, but by no means 

 least, came the three ablest horticul- 

 tural writers in the city today, William 

 H. Engler, Robert Kift and G. C. Wat- 

 son. 



They traveled in four touring cars, 

 visiting the three Burton places, Myers 

 & Samtman, George E. Campbell, John 

 Savage, the Florex Gardens, the Joseph 

 Heacock Co., Stephen Mortensen and 

 Adolph Farenwald. More would have 

 been accomplished had daylight permit- 

 ted. The party lunched at Hatboro 



