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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 16, 1919. 



I 



Nay 30 

 Decoration Day 



is the next big day for 



Cut Flowers 



For that day we offer you, in 

 quantity, 



BEAUTIES 



A large supply of 



Roses, Peonies, 

 Carnations 



and a large list of 



Miscellaneous 

 Stock 



suitable for bouquet work. 



The demand this year will 

 be the largest you ever had. 

 Provide for your require- 

 ments now and place your 

 order at once. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., MUDELrBM, H. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



For the balance of the season we will have a l}ig supply of 



GOOD ROSES 



We can furnish you at the following prices : 



Russell — Columbia 



Specials $20.00 per 100 Fancies $15.00 per 100 



Extras 12.00 per 100 Firsts 10.00 per 100 



Hadley 



$10.00 to $'25.00 per 100 



Shawyer— Ophelia - Sunburst— Prima Donna 



$5.00 to $12.00 per 100 



Killarney Brilliant- Thora— McDonald 



$4.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Spanish Iris 



$6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Delphinium 



$2.00 per dozen 



Baby Gladiolus 



$6.00 per 100 



Snapdragon 



$5.00 to $10 00 per 100 



New Nearby Dagger Fernp, $3.00 per 1000 

 Extra fine, long, perfect Ferns— no waste. 



Rooted 



Chrysanthemum 



Cuttings 



Smith's Advance, Golden 

 Glow, October Frost, Oconto, 

 Greystone, bronze; Ivory, 

 white; Marigold, Oh. Kager, 

 Bonnaffon, Maud Dean, Seid- 

 ewitz, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 

 per 1(00. 



October Queen, Pacific Su- 

 preme, Tiger, Dr. Bngue- 

 hard, Lynnwood Hall, Whie 

 and Yellow Turner, Chief- 

 tain, Tints of Gold, $4.00 per 

 H 0; $36.00 per 1000. 

 Richmond, Mrs. M. R. Mor- 

 gan, Jerome Jones, Yellow 

 Jones, Chadwick Supreme, 

 also white and yellow; Ham- 

 burg Late White, J. Foley, 

 $6.00 per 100; $40.00 per 

 1000. 600 at the 1000 rate. 

 Order early. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. 



Mention Tli« B#tI«w when yon write. 



Herbert G. Foss, of the 305th Motor 

 Supply Train, is reported en route for 

 home. He is the son of Mrs. John M. 

 Foss, of Sharpsburg, Pa. 



Samuel Cape is cutting quantities of 

 splendid gladioli at his range near 

 Woodville. His brother-in-law, Gustavo 

 Snyder, is in charge here. 



Robert Wilkinson, formerly with the 

 Pittsburgh board of public education, is 

 now with the sales staff of the Liberty 

 Flower Shop. 



Frank Meis, an erraijd boy for G. P. 

 Weaklen & Co., was struck by an auto- 

 mobile May 3 and died next day of in- 

 juries received. Young Meis had a de- 

 fective eye, which prevented his gaug- 

 ing distances correctly and which was 

 probably the cause of his being struck. 

 He was formerly employed by the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co. E. E, S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



PEONIES FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



Carnations, Roses, Smilax, Snapdragons, 

 Daisies, Sweet Peas— and everything in season. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



The Market. 



Tlie week opened badly. An over- 

 supply of roses brought down prices on 

 Monday and Tuesday. After that the 

 supply decreased, influenced by dark 

 skies and cold rains, while the demand 

 steadily improved as the week drew to 

 a close. Friday and Saturday saw 

 brisk trading. Carnations advanced 

 .sharply under the influence of Mothers' 

 day. White brought $12 to $15 per hun- 

 dred; colored, $10 per hundred. All 

 flowers sold well. The retailers seemed 

 unable to distribute the demand enough 

 so as to prevent carnations from jui^P' 

 ing to a price that was out of all pro- 

 portion to the prices paid for nweet 

 peas or for snapdragons. The whole- 

 salers did little plunging on white car- 

 nations, but the street men were not so 

 conservative. Rumor had it that at 

 least three of them bought heavily in 

 New York and got badly singed in do- 

 ing so. The weather was against the 

 retailers; a wet Saturday and dark 

 Sunday were discouraging to transient 



business. Curiously enough, the whole- 

 salers were not affected. Production 

 was much diminished, making prices 

 firmer. By Friday night they had little 

 stock left for Saturday's business ex- 

 cept the coming shipments. 



The loan has been successful, the cir- 

 cus has gone, so have the three weeks 

 following Easter Sunday, so that, with 

 the possible exception of the present 

 week, a month of business activity may 

 reasonably be expected. 



A Twenty-Foot Wreath. 



Did you ever hear of a wreath meas- 

 uring twenty feet in diameter? Nei- 

 ther did I. Yet that is the dimension 

 of a wreath displayed in this city 

 May 15, in honor of the parade of the 

 Iron Division. It was made by J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons for Strawbridge & 

 Clothier and displayed in front of their 

 building, together with six other 

 wreaths of unusual size. Four of these 

 wreaths were twelve feet each in di- 

 ameter, while the remaining two meas- 

 ured five feet each in diameter. The 

 wreaths were all made of palm leaves, 

 colored oak sprays and other foliage. 

 No flowers were used. 



The Latest Style. 



The writer who attempts to describe 



what he or she fondly believes to be 

 what one of my friends delights in de- 

 scribing as "something new and novel" 

 runs no small risk of a rude awaken- 

 ing. It usually takes the form of a 

 hearty thump on the back and a voice 

 of derision saying, "Well, old chappie, 

 you're a good 'un, all right. That new 

 thing you described last week we have 

 been using for ten years." Neverthe- 

 less, I am going to risk the thump and 

 the derision by telling you something 

 "new and novel" in the hope that those 

 of you who have not been using it for 

 ten years may be interested. 



It came about in this way: The gov- 

 ornmont restrictions have made wire 

 scarce and high in price. Furthermore, 

 wire designs have a look that is not 

 wholly artistic. So a prominent firm 

 in this city conceived the idea of cut- 

 ting out wire frames and using sub- 

 stitutes wherever possible. Their chief 

 obstacle was the pillow. After some 

 thought a member of this firm hit on the 

 idea of using a long, narrow handle 

 basket. These baskets range from 

 eighteen to forty inches in length. 

 They are about six inches wide. They 

 are square at the four corners and have 

 tin receptacles, generally known as lin- 

 ers. They are also handsomely finished 

 outside, usually in green. When made 



