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The Florists^ Review 



Adodst 12, 1920 



things recently destroyed by the fire 

 which gutted his office and packing shed. 



Kirby Boerstler, who conducts Kirby 's 

 Flower Shop at Little Rock, Ark., is in 

 town. 



Mr, Eoth, Jr., of Lafayette, Ind., has 

 been combining business and pleasure on 

 a trip to this market. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



- The Market. 



The first week of August has been 

 dull, with a large supply of flowers. The 

 four summer staples, gladioli, asters, 

 Easter lilies and roses, have been good 

 and cheap in every sense of the term. 

 There is nothing special to comment 

 upon beyond the fact that prices are 

 lower on gladioli and on asters than they 

 were a week ago. 



Improvements. 



A good while ago the street was much 

 interested in the real estate operations 

 conducted on Ludlow street by Samuel 

 S. Peniiock. Mr. Pcimock had found 

 that there was a demand for workshops 

 for the Chestnut street stores; so he 

 purchased a number of dwelling houses, 

 rented the upper floors to the Chestnut 

 street stores for workshops and, after 

 taking down the dividing walls, threw 

 the lower floors into his store. This 

 was done with five dwellings adjoining 

 the two occupied by his store. Today 

 the S. S. Pennock Co. business has out- 

 grown this extended ground floor. The 

 upper floors are to be requisitioned for 

 the ribbons and supplies and for the 

 bookkeeping department. This will 

 give all the room on the ground floor 

 for the cut flowers, save only what is 

 needed for the j)rivate offices. 



Extensive improvements are also 

 being made in the refrigerating plant 

 in the basement, which will make it 

 quite superior in all its equipments. 



Our Uncle Sam. 



The United States government has 

 shown a disposition to help us in our 

 struggle with insect pests that is worthy 

 of encouragement. Congress has made 

 no direct appropriation for the pur- 

 pose, but the officials of the Department 

 of Agriculture have arranged for the 

 use of a small sum of money appropri- 

 ated for the suppression of tropica? 

 insects. The work, which is largely ex- 

 perimental, has been aided by state 

 knowledge and state money. We can 

 do a lot to encourage our government 

 in aiding us by writing to the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, at Washington, 

 D. C, and telling them of any insects 

 that are troublesome in or out of the 

 greenhouse and asking their advice. In 

 our effort to get rid of them, our gov- 

 ernment is in a position to do this work 

 a whole lot better than we can do it 

 ourselves and some real benefit sliould 

 result. 



The Drift of the Times. 



There is a decided movement among 

 carnation growers toward roses this 

 season. The report comes from half a 

 dozen different sections that roses have 

 been planted, not many in any one 

 ]dace — the movement is in the experi- 

 mental stage as yet — 1)ut enough in the 

 aggregate to make quite a difference in 

 the cut flower market. It is curious 

 that this change comes after a season 

 of high prices for carnation blooms, 

 but the plants, as a rule, did not pro- 

 duce well last year. Two reasons are 



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A Supply of 



that you can depend upon every day in the year is what 

 we offer you. 



If you are buying flowers outside of your local market, 

 you w^ill do well to send that business in our direction. 



No matter w^hat the season of the year may be, we aim 

 to carry a complete line of everything in season. 



Asters, the best we have had so far this season. Some 

 of the stock shows exceptionally good quality. 

 $2.00 to $5.00 per 100 

 Some extra choice at $6.00 per 100 



GLADIOLI 



More of the lighter shades are coming in. We can fill 

 an order for almost any size. 



$4.0O to $6.00 per lOO 



Easter Lilies, that we consider much better than the 

 average stock. 



$15.00 per 100 



RUSSELL COLUMBIA OPHEUA 



HADLEY, MARYLAND and WHITE ROSES 



Mostly of the shorter grades and up to 18 inches. You 

 will find our Roses very good for this time of the season. 



Da^er Ferns, per KKX) $ 2.50 



Fancy Ferns, per 1000 3.00 



New Green Galax, per 1000 2.00 



New Green Galax, per case .... 12.50 



Business Hours 7 A. M. to 4 P. M. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Branches: 1201-3-5 Rac* St. 



WASHINGTON MrtTLRM.^J\MJ rA < r l^LA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



PREMIER, COLUMBIA, and other Good Roses 



GLADIOU DELPHINIUMS 



ASTERS EASTER UUES 



With our improved service we can handle additional consignments of 



good stock to advantage. 



We close dally at 4 p. ni. Saturdays at 1 p. m. 



1609 Siuisom Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



GLADIOLI 



Panama, Niagara, Schwaben, Pendleton, Myrtle, Halley 



AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. 



GEORGE AEUGLE, Prop. 



1517 Sansom Street :: PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



