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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 3. 1919. 



CATTLEYAS 



We have them 

 EVERY DAY 



The Beit Varietiei ii Semn 



Now is the time to 

 stock up with 



SPHAGPN 

 ROSS 



Large 5-bbl. Bales of 

 good clean Moss 



$3.00 each 



6 Bales for $15.00 



THE LEO RIESSEH CO. 



WNOUSJIU PLOMSTS 



12th and Race Sts., mLADELniU, fk. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



We are gettii^ in more of tfie 



Better Varieties of Roses 



now than ever before. The supply of Russell is increasing, 

 and we are handling them hj the thousands. You cannot 

 get anything better during the summer months than a 

 well-grown Russell Rose. You will always find a 

 sufficient supply of good flowers here to take care of your 

 requirements. Look over our list of Roses. 



RUSSELL, COLUMBIA, PRIMA DONNA, 

 HADLEY, RICHMOND, McDONALD, 

 SHAWYER, MARYLAND, KILLARNEYS, 

 OPHELIA, SUNBURST, AARON WARD 

 and CECILE BRUNNER 



Roses will be the best items for several weeks. 



EAILY CLOSIRG 



WE CLOSE 



EVERY DAY 



AT 4 P. M. 



Field-grown 



CARRAnON 

 PLANTS 



Ready for Delivery 

 after July 15 



The supply will be very 

 short — Order Early. 



Weber, Jr., will follow in the latter part 

 of July. 



Mrs. E. K. Diemer, head of the Die- 

 mer Floral Co., on South Broadway, had 

 a number of good-sized weddings last 

 week and reports the best business sea- 

 son in years. 



Martin Eeukauf spent a few days 

 here recently in the interests of H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



Gus Buedi, marriage license clerk at 

 the city hall, announced that this June 

 broke all records for marriage licenses 

 up to June 26. The number totaled 

 1,172, and he predicted that before the 

 end of the month it would be 1,300. No 

 wonder all local florists report heavier 

 business this month than in June of 

 any other year. 



St. Louis florists as yet have not de- 

 cided on a bowling team for the Detroit 

 S. A. F. convention, but could at short 

 notice put in some of the old-timers 

 who won the championship and the 

 Evans challenge cup at Omaha in 1898. 

 They are C. A. Kuehn, Carl Beyer, C. C. 

 Sanders, Emil Schray and J. J. Beneke. 

 Should these five make the trip, no 

 doubt St. Louis will be represented in the 

 bowling. 



Little has been heard of late concern- 

 ing the revival of the Missouri State 

 Florists' Association. Why cannot we 

 get busy like the Texas florists and have 

 a convention in the near future? What 

 say you. President Kaupp and Secretary 

 Archiasf Let's get things started! St. 

 Louis is in line; now let us hear from 

 Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield, 

 Sedalia and other Missouri cities on 

 this plan of reorganization! J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The last week in June saw much ac- 

 tivity in flowers. There was only a 

 moderate supply of good flowers with 

 plenty of orders for them, conditions 

 that kept the market in a healthy state. 

 Roses are more abundant than usual at 

 this season and they are selling better 



BERGER B ROS. 



CHOICE STOCK GLADIOLI '''''• ■•••*'■« V»ri.ti.. 



ROSES, CARNATIONS. CANDYTUFT 

 ALL SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS 

 1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



than usual, partly because they dte ex- 

 tremely nice and partly because th«re is 

 so little that is really choice. The ex- 

 pected increase in the supply of orchids 

 did not come, or rather, an c^tra de- 

 mand used them up in no time, so that 

 the price has advanced instead of reced- 

 ing. There are rather more select carna- 

 tions than seemed possible a fortnight 

 ago. The out-of-town sweet peas are a 

 little more plentiful; it seems that the 

 crop, while late, is not such a failure as 

 it was supposed to be. Gladioli, both 

 indoor and outdoor-grown, are coming in 

 more heavily. There are a few sending 

 Easter lilies, which may or may not con- 

 tinue for a time. Lilium candidum is 

 over. They have been succeeded by nice 

 pink lilies (Lilium splendens). Lark- 

 spur is over. The first early asters have 

 arrived. There is purple and lavender 

 candytuft in addition to the white, that 

 adds variety. Greens are still in active 

 demand. 



Peace. 



It was the hour before noon, June 28, 

 when suddenly a tremendous noise rent 

 the air. It was an extraordinary noise. 

 Bells were ringing, whistles blowing and 

 screeching in great numbers. It meant 

 that the treaty of peace had been 

 signed; the war was over. Just at that 

 moment a tall, fine looking man passed 



with a smile and a word of cheerful 

 greeting. Memory flew back over space. 

 For more than four years that man had 

 suffered as only strong men can suffer. 

 Not with physical pain, but with keener 

 mental anguish. His friends had looked 

 on, longing to help, but powerless to do 

 so. They never doubted he would 

 triumph in the end. But his fight had 

 to be fought and the victory won. The 

 fight had been fought, manfully fought. 

 The smile and the cheery words were 

 proof that victory had been won. But 

 the noise has ceased. Peace is declared. 



Tlie Plant Season. 



The spring plant season has seen sur- 

 prising changes. Opening rather quietly 

 early in May, it attained great strength 

 as Decoration day approached. Prices 

 were well maintained and stock in bloom 

 was completely exhausted. June saw a 

 steady decline in business and in prices. 

 At the close of the month there was a 

 large amount of good stock unsold. NO 

 one thought that prices in May would 

 go so high or that they would remain 

 so firm; no one expected that prices in 

 June would go so low or be so unsteady, 

 yet such were the facts. Taken as a 

 whole, the season has been a good one, 

 with some disappointments. It seems to 

 prove that better prices can be obtained 

 for good stock that is in good time, and 



