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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 23, 1919. 



Greens 



Of all kinds in our own cold 

 storage rooms. 



Bronze Galax 



$12.50 per case 

 Large leaves of a good color. 



D&gger Ferns 



$3 .CO per 1000 

 Clean and of a good size. 



Green and Bronze 

 Leucothoes 



$7.50 per 1000 

 We handle only the long 

 ones, 18-in. and over. 



Wild Smilax 



$6.00 per case 



Your order can be filled at 

 any lime. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12tii and Race Sts., riDLADELrinA, PA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Cut Flowrers 



We have in quantity and can recommend to you: 

 BEAUTIES 



The supply is not unusually large, but enough to take 

 care of the demand. Place your order in advance when- 

 ever possible and you have every assurance it will be filled. 



SNAPDRAGON 



Mostly pink, but also some white and yellow. Splen- 

 did stock, and we expect;to have it in quantity.^ 



WHITE LILAC 



You can use it in connection with almost any kind of 

 flowers, and it makes a fine combination. 



PUSSY WILLOW 



35c, 50c and 75c per dozen, accordmg to the size, but 

 all perfect stock. 



Rooted 



Carnation 



Cuttings 



Ready for immediate 

 delivery in quantity. 



C. W. Ward 

 Matchless 

 Beacon 

 Alice 



$35.00 per 1000 



All cuttings are guaran- 

 teed well rooted and 

 healthy stock. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Those who have flowers are now com- 

 paring results with the results of two 

 years, instead of with last year's re- 

 turns. This comparison furnishes the 

 strongest indication of the improvement 

 iu business since the war ended. Of 

 course it is not everybody who has 

 flowers. A good many have not, but it 

 shows the tide is turning in our favor. 



The usual period of post-holiday dull- 

 ness has passed, but there has been no 

 dullness. There is every indication that 

 the activity of the flower market will 

 continue throughout the remainder of 

 the winter. The only changes in mar- 

 ket conditions over those of a week ago 

 are a further decline in the prices of car- 

 nations and a disposition on the part of 

 the buyers to take medium and short- 

 stemmed roses in preference to the fancy 

 grades. There is no change in the listed 

 prices of carnations. They still stand 

 at $6 to $8. The change lies in 

 the large number sold at the lower price. 

 The deep colors usually bring the higher 

 figure, the white the lower. 



Orchids are abundant. As prices de- 

 cline, more buyers are using them. Vio- 

 lets, too, are cheaper. The early spring 

 flowers are more in evidence, especially 

 Paper White narcissi, freesias and sweet 

 peas. Valley is still to be had. A good 

 deal of business is being done with 

 Easter lilies and some with callas. 

 Snapdragon is not yet abundant. The 

 out-of-town orders are the strength of 

 the market. Transportation is, in the 

 main, excellent. Much good stock is 

 shipped daily. The inauguration of the 

 new governor at Ilarrisburg created a 

 demand for many of the finest flowers. 

 There is some entertaining and there are 

 some sad remembrances, which now 

 seem to require as many colored flowers 

 as white. 



The Big Three. 



The person who knows nothing about 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



EARLY SPRING FLOWERS 



Violets - Freesia - Paper Whites - Sweet Peas - Pussy Willow 

 Fine Carnations - Lilies - Callas 



PLEASE ORDER EARLY. 



1225 Race St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The B«t1<w when jon writ«« 



commercial floriculture but who has a 

 keen mind is at once favorably im- 

 pressed by two points in the location of 

 Edward Towill'S place at Hillside: The 

 l)rotection from the cold north wind af- 

 forded by the sheltering hill and the ex- 

 posure to the full force of the sun. It 

 seems an ideal spot for greenhouses. 

 Evidently the experts thought so, too, 

 for after Mr. Towill built at Hillside a 

 neighbor came on his right hand and on 

 his left, and built each a range of green- 

 houses. 



Every florist must love his work. It 

 is absolutely necessary. Edward Towill 

 fairly idolizes his calling. He not only 

 grows, he creates, for Edward Towill 

 was a pupil of Edwin Lonsdale. From 

 him he learned the use of the camel 's- 

 hair brush. Lonsdale, Hill, Pernet- 

 Ducher, Dickson, Scott, Wintzer, Towill, 

 had each a little world of his own to live 

 in that enabled him to forget the cares 

 of life and revel in the enjoyment of 

 creating new and beautiful varieties to 

 delight flower lovers. 



Edward Towill has the courage of his 

 convictions. He has planted a great 

 part of his gi'eenhouscs with his own 

 seedlings. He has probably adopted his 

 master's theory that varieties thrive 

 l)est at home. His own varieties are 



LILAC, PEAS, PANSIES 

 Unexcelled Freesia 



AND ALL NOVELTIES 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



1517 Sansom Street, Philadelphir 

 We close at i p. ■§. 



Mention The Review whea »ou wrtW. 



Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, a lovely pink, and 

 The Gem, yellow. He also grows Ophelia 

 and Killarney Brilliant. 



Mr. Towill 's place looks well, espe- 

 cially so when it is considered that he 

 and his brother are doing the work of a 

 good-sized range. Both are strong, husky 

 chaps, but it is surprising how much they 

 are accomplishing. 



Various Notes. 



Gude Bros. Co., of Washington, D. C, 

 exhibited their new pink carnation, 

 Democracv, at the publicitv meeting of 

 the Florists' Club. M. A. Patten & Co., 

 of Tewksbury, Mass., sent their white 

 sport of Benora, and John Cook, of Bal- 

 timore, his new rose, Mrs. John Cook. 

 Stephenson Bros., of Baltimore, exhibit- 

 ed their new pink sport of Ophelia. 



A. Thatcher, formerly with the Charles 

 F. Krueger Co., and later with John R. 



