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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 10. 1919. 



RUBRUN 

 LILIES 



$8.00 per 100 



Now is the time to 

 stock up with 



SPHAGNUN 

 NOSS 



Large 5-bbl. Bales of 

 good clean Moss 



$3.00 each 



6 Bales for $15.00 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WNOLKSALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PHILADELriDA, PA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. ' WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Gladiolus 



Light and Dark Pink, Red, Yellow 

 and White 



Gladiolus will be one of the best items on 

 our list until Asters are more plentiful. We have 

 them in large quantity and a big assortment of the 

 better varieties. The warm weather does not affect 

 the quality of Gladiolus and for that reason it is a 

 good flower for you to handle. 



$6.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



EARLY CLOSIRG 



WE CLOSE 

 EVERY DAY ' 

 AT 4 P. N. 



Field-grown 



CARHAnON 

 PLANTS 



Ready for Delivery 

 after July 15 



The supply will be very 

 short — Order Early. 



time to permit Mr. Schaeffer to attend 

 the S. A. F. convention at Detroit with 

 the St. Louis party. Mr. Steitz has 

 filed application for membership in the 

 Florists' Club. 



The Eetail Florists' Association will 

 hold its monthly meeting July 14. Presi- 

 dent Weber and Secretary Ruff hope 

 for a large attendance. Notices will be 

 sent to all the members. 



All the wholesale and retail florists 

 closed half a day July 4. The leading 

 west end florists had a busy morning 

 in the sale of cut flowers of the national 

 colors. 



The S. A. F. transportation committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. Pilcher, Rowe and 

 Windier, held a meeting July 2 at the 

 Windier wholesale house. The fare to 

 Detroit will be $16.01 and berths $2.70, 

 including the war tax, making a total 

 of $18.71 for the one-way trip. A spe- 

 cial car, to be known as the president's 

 special, is being arranged for, as at 

 least twenty-five from here will make 

 the trip. ' J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The Glorious Fourth, virtually a three 

 days' holiday, had a decided effect on 

 the cut flower market. People left 

 town, that is the story. Shipping and 

 local orders were reduced or omitted 

 and there was a general easing of the 

 demand for flowers. 



The week opened well. Monday and 

 Tuesday were good days. After that 

 things grew steadily worse until busi- 

 ness almost ceased. The feature of the 

 supply was the increase in the stock of 

 gladioli. From the fields they are fine 

 and plentiful. They were selling freely 

 until the national holiday upset busi- 

 ness, when they accumulated in the 

 wholesale houses. This trouble was ag- 

 gravated by the intense heat that 

 brought them on too fast. Gladioli 

 must be cut and shipped in bud in order 

 that bruising be avoided in shipping, 



ElERGER BROS. 



GLADIOLI 



CARNATIONS, ROSES, GREENS 



A Good Assortment of Summer Flowers; White and Cslircd 



PLEASE ORDER EARLY 



1225 Race St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when rou write. 



both to the market and to the customer. 

 Judgment in cutting and care in pack- 

 ing gladioli are of paramount impor- 

 tance. The leading varieties today are 

 America, Mrs. Francis King, Halley, 

 Schwaben and Pink Beauty. Mrs. 

 Francis King, while not so striking a 

 color as Brenchleyensis, has largely re- 

 placed that one-time favorite variety be- 

 cause of the larger flowers. There are a 

 number of other good sorts that can be 

 had at times in smaller numbers. 



Next to the heavy su])ply of gladioli, 

 the most interesting thing about the 

 market is the fancy price of fine flowers 

 as compared with flowers of ordinary de- 

 gree. Cattleyas, for example, are quot- 

 ed at $1 to $1.25 each; $1.50 asked for 

 extra select. Beauties, 25 to 50 cents 

 each. Premier, Columbia and Russell, 

 15 to 25 cents, while ordinary flowers 

 can be had for low prices, excepting 

 Double White Killarney and Victory 

 roses, which bring good money. The 

 explanation is simple. There are few 

 good flowers. Those with orders for 

 high-grade stock know how few. 



Some Interesting Orders. 



With the temperature at 101 degrees, 

 Fahrenheit, on the street, and every- 

 body out of town, business seemed out 

 of the question. Yet there was one 



place where large orders were being 

 filled, on the morning of July 5, that 

 are of national interest. The facts are 

 sad, yet inspiring. A dear old lady 

 took cold on a lecturing trip, and after 

 a brief illness died of pneumonia at her 

 home in Moylan, near Philadelphia. The 

 lady was Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, leader 

 of the woman 's suffrage movement in 

 this country. Every state in the Union 

 where the woman suffrage party is or- 

 ganized sent a tribute of respectful ad- 

 miration to their leader. These tributes 

 all took the form of flowers. Some were 

 baskets, some wreaths, some sprays. All 

 were beautiful. The most striking gift 

 of all came from the national council 

 of the Woman's Suffrage Association. 

 It was a blanket of Ward roses. The 

 selection had a double significance. 

 Yellow is the color of the woman's suf- 

 rage party and dear little Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward was Mrs. Shaw 's favorite rose. 

 The order was received by Charles Bax- 

 ter, of Pennock Bros. Twenty-three 

 hundred Wards and a few Sunbursts 

 were used in making the blanket. 

 Through the courtesy of A. B. Cartledge, 

 head of the firm of Pennock Bros., the 

 blanket was seen just before it was sent 

 out to Moylan. The richness of the deep 

 orange yellow of the Ward roses was en- 

 hanced by the delicacy of the green on 



