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The Florists^ Review 



Jdne 26, 1919. 



CATTLEYAS 



We have tliem 

 EVERY DAY 



Tke Beit Varieties in Season 



Now is the time to 

 stock up with 



SPHAGNUN 

 HOSS 



Large 5-bbl. Bales of 

 good clean Moss 



/ $3.00 each 



6 Bales for $15.00 



THE LEO RIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALK PLOMSTS 



12th and Race Sts., niLADELrillA, R 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



FOR QUALITY AND QUANTITY 



RUSSELL 



is the leader in Roses at this time. Buy our Rus- 

 sell, and you will have the satisfaction of getting 

 the best in pink roses. We have them in large 

 quantities every day and can furnish then^ by the 

 thousand on a few hours' notice. / 



Hadley, Ophelia, Shawyer md Haryland 



are all splendid Roses for the hot months of 

 the year, and we recommend them to you. 



EARLY CLOSING 



WE CLOSE 



EVERY DAY 



AT 4 P. M. 



Field-grown 



CARHATION 

 rLANTS 



Ready for Delivery 

 after July 15 



The supply will be very 

 short — Order Early. 



M»iitlon Th* RgTtew when yon writ*. 



Various Notes. 



E. A. Wilhelmy reports the sale of his 

 lease and states that he does not intend 

 to reenter business until it picks up in 

 the fall. 



T. W. Lisy has moved to his green- 

 houses on East One Hundred and Six- 

 teenth street, where he intends to build 

 a residence. 



Christine will move her store several 

 doors east on Hough avenue, near East 

 Seventy-ninth street. She thinks this 

 will be a better location. 



Mr. Lamprecht, of Lamprecht Bros., 

 Ashland, O., was a visitor. He was 

 just leaving Lakeside hospital, where he 

 had been for two weeks after an opera- 

 tion. 



Louis Hecock, of the Hecock Floral 

 Co., of Elyria, O., was a visitor. He has 

 a new Ford touring car. W. F. B. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Eoses are the mainstay of the cut 

 flower market. They afford quality and 

 variety not to be obtained in any other 

 flower. Orchids and larkspur are valu- 

 able aids for filling orders for choice 

 flowers. Gladioli, greenhouse-grown, 

 are excellent and more plentiful. Yel- 

 low is the color most sought, probably 

 because there is little of it. America 

 sells well. There are some candidum 

 lilies and a good assortment of outdoor 

 flowers. This list of flowers that can 

 be obtained is incomplete without car- 

 nations, of which there are a few really 

 fine blooms. 



Peonies are over. Those that went 

 into cold storage open came out in bad 

 shape. It was hot when the flowers 

 were cut and stored. The outdoor sweet 

 pea crop has proved a failure; the ex- 

 treme heat early in the season was bad 

 for them. There are almost no Easter 

 lilies. Callas and valley are over. 



BERGER BROS. 



FANCY GLADIOLI 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, SWEET PEAS. 

 OUTDOOR FLOWERS, ALL VARIETIES. 



Please Order Early. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tli# R*t1#w wtami ▼•« writ*. 



There are a good many poor flowers that 

 find little favor. 



Business has kept up well. A number 

 of weddings and school commencements, 

 where flowers were freely used, have 

 helped to keep up the demand. The 

 regular run of business is steadily dimin- 

 ishing. "It is getting like summer," 

 is the way the retailers put it, but they 

 all say that summer is not nearly so dull 

 as in the past. There is generally some- 

 thing doing and occasionally there is a 

 really busy day. 



The plantsmen are still doing a fair 

 amount of business. 



The Portland Show. 



Jesse A. Currey, of Portland, Ore., 

 writing to a friend in this city, describes 

 the outdoor rose show there. There 

 were 266 entries. Mr. Currey captured 

 six first prizes. The two that gave Mr. 

 Currey the greatest pleasure were the 

 victory of Ulrich Brunner in the class 

 for hybrid reds and the award of the 

 blue ribbon to Grande Colomb as the 

 best rose among the hybrid teas over a 

 big field of competitors of recognized 

 merit. Grande Colomb was sent to Mr. 

 Currey two years ago by Captain George 

 C. Thomas, of this city. It is described 

 as resembling Ophelia in color, but of 

 different form, broader and much fuller. 



The P. H. S. Garden. 



Plans are well under way looking to 

 the establishment of a garden in Fair- 

 mont park, to be laid out, planted and 

 cared for by the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. After consultation 

 with the park commission, the ground 

 lying between Horticultural hall and 

 Belmont avenue, on both sides of the 

 sunken garden or canal, has been se- 

 lected as a suitable place. All the archi- 

 tects of Philadelphia have been invited 

 to submit plans for the garden in com- 

 petition for prizes of $1,000 for first, 

 $400 for second and $200 for third prize. 

 These plans will be judged by the so- 

 ciety's committee shortly. The plan ad- 

 judged winner will be submitted to the 

 park commission for approval. 



Boss. 



That was the sign on the window. It 

 was early on the morning of the longest 

 day in the year and everything about 

 the Fifty-second street store of Frank 

 M. Ross was ready for business. It was 

 an interesting sight. The entire front 

 had been utilized for display, so that 

 the front window looked like the par- 

 quet circle in a crowded house, the par- 

 quet being represented by stands -filled 

 with plants on the pavement in front. 



