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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbuaby 19, 1920 



Ferns 



Every day in the year we 

 can supply you with good 

 ferns. There is quite a sav- 

 ing when you buy good ferns, 

 and our price is less than 

 what you have to pay else- 

 where. 



FANCY FERNS 



Per 1000, $4.00 



DAGGER FERNS 



Per 1000. $3.00 



GREEN LEUCOTHOES 



Extra long, per 1000, $7.50 



GALAX, Green ud Bronze 



Per case, $12.50 



MEXICAN IVY 



Per 1000, $7.50 



Wild SmUax - Boxwood 



Hemlock - Laurel 



Plumosus - Adiantum 



String Smilax 



THE LEO NIESSER CO. 



WHOLKSALI PLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., mUDELriU, fk. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Gardlenias 



Until the end of the season we will be 

 very strong on good Gardenias. The 

 flowers that we handle are the best, 

 as good as any offered elsewhere. 



We represent the largest Gardenia growers in this 

 section. For that reason we are in a position to 

 take care of your requirements and fill your orders 

 to your satisfaction at the lowest market price. 

 Place a regular order with us for your weekly 

 requirements. 



We are pleased to report 

 an increased supply of 



Roses 



^ and 



Carnations 



You are safe now in de- 

 pending on us for all the 

 Roses and Carnations you 

 need. 



Our Carnations are of an 

 unusually fine quality. 



In Roses we have plenty 

 of Russell, Columbia, 

 Premier, Sunburst, Ophe- 

 lia and Double White Kil- 

 larney. 



PHTTiADEUHIA. 



The Market. 



Flowers have bloomed more freely 

 during the second week in February 

 than at any time since Christmas. They 

 have all been sold at Christmas prices 

 and many more could have been used. 

 Parties took some, home brightening 

 took some, St. Valentine's day took 

 some, but the real strength of the de- 

 mand was due, alas, to the epidemic of 

 pneumonia. They call it grip and say 

 it is not to be compared in severity with 

 the influenza that raged sixteen months 

 ago, yet it is so severe that flowers are 

 more used for sad than for joyful occa- 

 sions in the height of the pre-Lenten 

 rush. 



Sweet peas, Golden Spur narcissi and 

 roses are more plentiful. There are a 

 few more carnations and callas. Violets 

 were short of the demand early in the 

 week, but became too plentiful St. Val- 

 entine 's day. The singles did well then, 

 but in New York were in oversupply. 

 It seems hard to induce the buyers to 

 take up valley again at the higher price 

 made necessary by the higher cost. The 

 grip is affecting shipping quite as much 

 as it does local orders. Telegrams from 

 distant points for quantities of flowers 

 for funerals are not infrequent. There 

 is a slight decrease in the demand for 

 the fancy long-stemmed roses, due pos- 

 sibly to the greater number of spring 

 flowers. Tulips have come, notably in 

 double varieties, Murillo and Couronne 

 d'Or. There are a few cowslips. The 

 volume of business for the first half of 

 February far exceeds that of the same 

 fortnight one year ago. 



March 2. 



Hugo Niessen, chairman of the 

 essay committee of the Florists' Club, 

 announces that J. Otto Thilow, secre- 

 tary of Henry A. Dreer, Inc., has kindly 

 consented to give an illustrated lecture 

 on "Australia" Tuesday evening, 

 March 2. Mr. Thilow took the photo- 



BERGER BROS. 



Sprii 



mg Flowers 



DAFFODILS, SWEET PEAS, FREESIA, 



VIOLETS, VALLEY, SNAPDRAGON 



CARNATIONS, ROSES, EASTER LILIES 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 







