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The Florists^ Review 



January 8, 1920. 



Cattleyas 



There is a larger 

 supply on the mar- 

 ket, and the prices 

 are most reason- 

 able. 



We expect to have 

 a sufficient supply 

 of good Orchids all 

 of this month, and 

 it is safe for you 

 to depend on us 

 for your require- 

 ments. 



THE LEO IIIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALK PLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., PIILADELrilU, PA. 



BALTIMORE. MP. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Roses of the Better Grades 



will be in good supply during all of January and 

 February. 



We have never had to offer a better supply, or 

 a better quality of such varieties as Russell, Had- 

 ley, Columbia, Shawyer, Ophelia. 



If you want something extra fine, we can furnish 

 Roses of exceptionally good quality with stems 30 to 36 

 inches long. 



KILLARNEY, BRILLIANT, MARYLAND continue 

 to come in strong, mostly of the longer grades, 



BEAUTIES 



Most Beauty buyers know that we make a specialty 

 of Beauties and carry the largest supply of them in this 

 market. This is the only house where you can buy John 

 and George Burton's stock. Buy your Beauties at Head- 

 quarters. 



Wiiite Lilac 



There has been an 

 unusual demand for 

 Lilac this season. 

 Our Lilac grower 

 reports an increas- 

 ed supply for this 

 month. This puts 

 us in a position to 

 fill almost any sized 

 order. 



Ours is the only de- 

 pendable supply in 

 this market. 



Our Lilac grower spec- 

 ializes in Lilac. It is his 

 only crop, and he grows 

 it to perfection. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The W. A. Eowe Co., of Kirkwood, is 

 sending in good shipments of Calendula 

 Orange King, Paper Whites, stevia, car- 

 nations and bouvardia. These shipments 

 were much looked after during the last 

 two weeks. 



Eetailers of East St. Louis, 111., report 

 a big increase of business in all lines 

 for the holidays. Miss Doussard, Grimm 

 & Gorly, J. J. Friday and August Mir- 

 ring say they sold everything in plants 

 and cut flowers and at good prices. At 

 Belleville, 111., G. W. Grossart, A. G. 

 Fehr, W. E. Ogle, Henry Emunds and 

 Matthew Schoenberger say that the ex- 

 pected happened in that they had the 

 best Christmas and New Year's business 

 in years. In Alton, 111., the Alton Floral 

 Co., Joseph Krug and Miss Dietchey say 

 that the business was much better than 

 that of any previous year they can re- 

 member. All of these firms buy their 

 cut flowers and other supplies in the 

 St. Louis market and some of them are 

 almost daily visitors in the market. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Monday, December 29, was a big day 

 in the market. The shipping orders 

 that went out of town were large and 

 numerous. The market was so well 

 cleaned that the lighter days that fol- 

 lowed were sufficiently active to pre- 

 vent stock from accumulating. The 

 extreme cold that arrived with the new 

 year held back the diminishing supply. 

 By Saturday afternoon, January 3, the 

 market was bare of flowers. During 

 the week there was a surplus of fancy 

 long-stemmed roses, for which the de- 

 mand has almost ceased since Christ- 

 mas. These were disposed of for the 

 first assembly ball for use in the decora- 

 tions and on th? supper tables. 



There are several interesting features 

 of the market that have developed dur- 

 ing the week. The rose crop, which was 



BERGER BROS. 



CARNATIONS 



Roses Violets Sweet Peas 



Paper Whites Stevia Greens 



Callas Poinsettias 



Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



Roses 

 Carnations 



Callas 

 Sweet Peas 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



5 South Mole Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



PLUHOSUS 



StriBft aid Bucket 



ADIANTUM 



and Green 

 of all kinds 



expected to last for some time, is al- 

 ready declining. The carnation crop is 

 much smaller than at this time last year. 

 The pro])ortion of pink in some houses 

 is disappointing. There are wholesalers 

 who say that seventy-five to eighty-five 

 per cent of the carnations they are re- 

 ceiving are white. This is attributed 

 to the stem-rot among the pink varieties 

 in the field, to the fact that Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward is not at its best now and that 

 Enchantress Supreme is a cropper. 



The oncoming crop of Cattleya TriansB 

 has caused a decline in the price to more 

 moderate figures than have been seen 

 for a long time. The crop is expected 

 to last for a couple of weeTcs. 



Wliite lilac has been a quite impor- 

 tant flower during tlie holidays. It is 

 good and quite popular for fine work. 



Sweet peas have been somewhat dis- 

 a]ipointing. There is a moderate supply 

 of violets. Cypripediums are over. Paper 



LILAC 



Peas, Stevia, Roses, 

 Carnations 

 Snapdragons 

 Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



Wholesale Plorists 



1517 Sansom St. Philadelphia, Pa. 



GEORGE AEUGLE, Proprietor. 



There is some 

 Poinsettias are 



Whites are quite scarce 

 Narcissus Soleil d 'Or. 

 well exhausted. 



Many orders were booked for delivery 

 early Monday morning, January 5, for 



