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The Rorists^ Review 



Jdnm 5, 1919. 



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JUNE 



is the month for 



Commencements 

 and Weddings 



and we recommend to you 



Fine Large Cattleyas 

 White Spray Orchids 



The better grades of 



ROSES 



such varieties as : 



Russell - Cr)lumbia 



Hadley - Ophelia 



Sunburst - Shawyer 



The first two weeks in June 

 are usually busy weeks sliad 

 it should be worth something 

 to you to know a good source 

 of supply. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PIDLADELniU, fk. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PEONIES 



5. 6 and 8 cents 



Plenty of Festiva Maxima, and other good 

 varieties in white, light and rose pink. Special 

 price in large quantity. ; 



There is almost no limit to our supply and you 

 should get our quotations before placing a large 

 order. 



Peonies will be one of tht^ best items in cut 

 flowers, and you should use them whenever possible. 



We can furnish fully developed flowers for 

 immediate use, or tight buds for stock. 



New Dagger 

 Ferns 



$2.50 per 1000 



Nearby stock, extra long 

 Ferns 



Double Blue 

 Cornflowers 



$1.00 per 100 

 7.50 per 1000 



Double Stock 



75c per bunch 



Delphinium 

 Belladonna 



$1.50 per dozen 



Mention The R«t<«w when you wrlt^ 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



To make a clear description of the 

 doings in the cut flower market during 

 the closing week of May, certain fac- 

 tors must be borne in mind. Memorial 

 day is far more of a plant than a cut 

 flower occasion in so far as Philadelphia 

 is concerned. A geranium or a rose 

 plant in bloom has many more friends 

 here than a bunch of cut flowers, how- 

 ever beautiful. This is probably due 

 to the fact that Memorial day comes in 

 the month when most of the soft-wooded 

 plants are transplanted outdoors and 

 they are, therefore, more suitable at 

 that season for beautifying the ceme- 

 tery. The cut. flower demand comes 

 from out of town, mostly from the bat- 

 tle towns in Pennsylvania and in New 

 England, where the occasion is marked 

 by handsome floral displays. The suc- 

 cess of Memorial day in the cut flower 

 market is dependent on two things: 

 First, the supply of carnations and of 

 peonies in this market; second, that the 

 season be not so far advanced that the 

 districts from which the orders come 

 have their own outdoor flowers. Given 

 the first and without the second, a good 

 Memorial day business is almost cer- 

 tain. There is a third important condi- 

 tion necessary. That is cool weather. 

 Hot weather spoils business. 



All the conditions wefe favorable in 

 the main. Carnations were good and 

 fairly plentiful. Peonies were in from 

 the sheltered districts. Central Penn- 

 sylvania had few outdoor flowers, New 

 England none, and the weather was 

 cool until the last moment; then it be- 

 came warm. The result was the best 

 Memorial day business this market has 

 ever enjoyed. Prices were firm and 

 pretty high until the shipping orders 

 were all filled. Peonies went out in 

 one, two, three, five and even ten thou- 

 sand lots. Extraordinary efforts were 

 made to get them in as late as Wednes- 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



n jp f\ 1\T I IT C "^HE FINEST VARIETIES 

 R £4 KJ i^ 1 MLd O WELL GROWN 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 



EVERYTHING IN FLOWERS 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



day night. Great quantities came, but 

 not enough. Some orders were held un- 

 til Thursday morning for want of stock, 

 when they were all filled. The warm 

 weather came and more peonies and 

 more and more, and the market broke 

 and thousands of late arrivals were un- 

 sold. Most of the peonies that came by 

 May 28 brought $8 to $10 per hundred; 

 a few brought $12 per hundred. Those 

 that came in after noon May 29 brought 

 about half those prices and many of 

 them remained unsold. The wholesalers 

 are not keen about putting peonies in 

 cold storage. There is too much loss. 

 Where it is a choice between putting 

 them in cold storage or losing them al- 

 together, those not too far developed 

 are apt to go into cold storage. 



Carnations" brought $6, $8 and some 

 extremely fine blooms $10 a hundred. 

 That was found to be the most that the 

 market would stand. While the supply 

 was short of the demand, the whole- 

 salers found that the market would not 

 pay more and wisely let well enough 

 alone. 



There was no special demand for 

 fancy roses. There were not enough 

 Beauties to make an impression, but 

 there were lots of Russell. The top 

 grades were neglected. Russell at $15 

 to $20 was not wanted. Ordinary 



grades of the smaller roses sold well 

 at $4 to $8 and occasionally $10. 



Ten weeks' stocks, feverfew and 

 other garden flowers were wanted. 

 Asparagus sold as it rarely has at Me* 

 morial day. r ^-i^ 



Heavy receipts of peonies have de- 

 pressed the market at the close of the 

 week. The continued warm weather 

 has brought in lots of all kinds of flow- 

 ers. 



The choice flowers of less prominence 

 are orchids, which include two cattleyas, 

 Mossise and gigas; sweet peas, mostly 

 from coldframes, although there are 

 still a few fine indoor-grown blooms; 

 larkspur and Canterbury bells. Valley 

 is over. Gladioli are in moderate sup- 

 ply. The best come from the green- 

 houses. There are also some 'from the 

 south, grown outside. 



The Plant Market. 



The general impression seems to be 

 that the plant market is healthy, but 

 not buoyant. Most of May has been 

 unfavorable for outdoor planting, ow- 

 ing to the frequent rains. Prices have 

 been extremely high; still, the market 

 has been good. Memorial day with 

 those fiorists who do a cemetery' busi- 

 ness has been better than usual. The 

 difficulty is the old one; buyers will not 



