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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 22, 1919. 



Here are other items that we 

 can recommend to you for 



Decoration Day 



Snapdragfons 



Gladioli 



Cornflowers 



Irises 



Delphiniums 



Stocks 



Calendulas 



Daisies 



Prices are reasonable and 

 with a good demand for flow- 

 ers this should be the best 

 Decoration Day business you 

 ever had. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALK PLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., FULADELPIIIA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



For DECORATION DAY 



we expect to have a large supply of seasonable 

 Flowers. The best items on the list are 



ROSES 



of the new and better varietieSu We will have a big sup- 

 ply of Roses and are in a positiifn to give you special value. 



PEONIES 



Fresh cut flowers, not from storage. The 

 best commercial varieties in all colors. 



CARNATIONS 



The quality of our carnations will be as good 

 as they can be had for so late in the season. 



New 



Dagger 



Ferns 



Nearby stock, extra long and 

 of a very fine quality. 



$3,00 per 1000. 



Sphagnum 

 Moss 



$3.50 per bale; three 

 bales for $10.00. 



This is the largest bale of 

 Moss for the money. Each 

 bale ia burlapped. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



for having realized what conditions 

 would be this Memorial day. He pro- 

 vided a good supply of made up wreathes 

 of prepared foliage. He says business 

 was never better. 



Cornelius Kellen, of Niles Center, is 

 one of our best carnation growers. He 

 does White "Wonder and Enchantress in 

 a way difficult to duplicate. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is in fair shape 

 for the season. The unusually cool 

 weather has had much to do with pre- 

 venting the oversupply so apt to oc- 

 cur during the middle of May, far more 

 than any special business activity, for 

 business has been only moderate. It 

 has been sufficient to keep up prices and 

 prevent any accumulation of good 

 stock. This applies particularly to car- 

 nations. With a supply of about two- 

 thirds that of a year ago, prices rule 

 high and the stock continues to be in 

 active demand. Orchids are still short 

 of the demand. Cattleya Mossise fur- 

 nishes most of the flowers, with a few 

 Cattleya gigas to give variety. Prices 

 are extremely high. Outdoor sweet peas 

 from coldframes are a little more abun- 

 dant, with promise of a good crop soon. 

 The indoor sweet peas are still fair, but 

 many of them are inferior. Roses are 

 the leaders at present. It is so hard to 

 get perfect Beauties that an unusual 

 price is asked for selected long-stemmed 

 flowers. 



Eussell sells well at lower prices than 

 a week ago. Killarney can only be 

 used in bargain lots. Where 500 are 

 offered at an attractive figure, some 

 Killarneys go in; they are rarely or- 

 dered by themselves. Of course this 

 does not apply to Double White Kil- 

 larney, which is in demand. Looking 

 back to Mothers' day, it seems that 

 roses were little used. 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



PEONIES for MEMORIAL DAY 



Carnations, Roses, Smilax, Snapdragons, 

 Daisies, Sweet Peas — and everything in season. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



Easter lilies are practically out of the 

 market this week. There is promise of 

 some during June and July. Outdoor 

 valley is pretty good, the so-called Rus- 

 sian valley especially so. 



Business was at a standstill in the 

 local market May 15. There were quite 

 a lot of out-of-town orders, some of 

 them of considerable importance. 

 Practically all the florists closed for 

 most of the day to see the parade of 

 the Iron Division. This tended to ac- 

 celerate business next day to an ex- 

 tent that kept flowers moving well. 



Peonies are coming in more freely 

 from the south. Everyone predicts that 

 there will be an abundance of fine 

 peonies for Memorial day, but no one 

 feels perfectly easy about it. There 

 has certainly been enough rain to make 

 them good, given some warm sunshine. 

 Outdoor iris from the south is now 

 quite plentiful. Cornflowers are in- 

 creasing in numbers. 



Wilmington. 



One of the large dinner table decora- 

 tions of the season was arranged by J. 

 J. Habermehl's Sons, of this city, in the 

 Hotel Dupont, Wilmington, Del., May 

 15. 



The occasion was the presentation of 

 the croix du guerre by the French en- 



voy to Pierre S. Dupont and Colonel 

 Buckner, former president and vice- 

 president of the Dupont Powder Co., 

 for conspicuous services rendered to the 

 cause of the Allies during the war. The 

 dinner was given by Irene Dupont, now 

 president of the company. The table, 

 in the form of a hollow square, was of 

 great size. It measured 20x40 feet. 

 Covers were laid upon it for seventy- 

 five persons. The hollow space in the 

 center contained a fountain illuminated 

 by colored electric lights, two baskets 

 containing 100 choice American Beauty 

 roses in each, and many beautiful flow- 

 ering plants and ferns. The table was 

 profusely decorated with flowers. 



The Business Outlook. 



Inquiry among those best informed 

 shows that the general feeling is that 

 prices in all lines are likely to remain 

 high for some time to come. Some 

 opinions are that they will advance. It 

 is thought that this will mean general 

 prosperity. Everyone feels that the 

 prices paid for labor are likely to re- 

 main high and that while this con- 

 tinues, prices for merchandise cannot 

 well decline. It is pointed out that the 

 slowness of peace and the consequent 

 slowness of demobilization is an advan- 

 tage, as it enables the various industries 



