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NOVKMBBB 27, 1919. 



Beauties 



We recommend our Beau- 

 ties for their good quality. 

 The supply consists mostly 

 of the specials — very few 

 medium and shorts. 



Roses 



That we have an ample 

 .supply of Good Roses every 

 day should certainly inter- 

 est you. 



COLUMBIA 



PREMIER 



SHAWYER 

 - OPHELIA 

 • SUNBURST 

 and AARON WARD 



are some of the varieties we 

 recommend to you. Let us 

 make you a shipment and 

 you will buy again. 



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THE LEO HIESSEII CO. 



WHOLISALI FLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., PHILADELrilU, fk. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Boxwood and Lycopodium 



Order now your requirements for Christmas. 



Nearly every year there are some customers 

 whose orders cannot be filled for the reason that 

 the supply is exhausted. 



Boxwood is ready now for shipment. Why not 

 place your order today ? 



We guarantee our Boxwood and Lycopodium to 

 be first class in every respect. You take no chances 

 in placing your order with us. 



Boxwood 25c per lb. 



Lycopodium 1 Sc per lb. 



Prices subject to change without notice. 



Carnations 



As far as quality is 

 concerned, we do know 

 there are none better com- 

 ing into Philadelphia. 

 We guarantee the Carna- 

 tions that we ship out of 

 town we have received 

 from the growers the same 

 day. If you could see the 

 large quantities we ship 

 every day, you would not 

 hesitate to depend on us 

 to supply you. 



WUte Uac 



We received our first 

 shipment of White Lilac 

 last week, and from now 

 on we will have a fresh 

 shipment of Lilac in every 

 day. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PTrrr.ADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Martin Gannon has never known such 

 a Thanksgiving since he has been in 

 the business. That statement of Mr. 

 Gannon's pretty accurately describes 

 market conditions at the close of busi- 

 ness on the Saturday before the holiday. 

 Flowers are surprisingly scarce. There 

 ia| enough business to use them all at 

 pftces that' are advancing. The strength 

 of the market is the shipping business, 

 which has been heavy all week, carry- 

 ing off quantities of fine stock. Late 

 chrysanthemums have done exception- 

 aHy well. A large number are sold at 

 $4 and $5 per dozen and a few even 

 ati$6 per dozen, usually in fancy values. 

 Pompons have ascended to 50 cents, 

 75' cents and even $1 per bunch. Per- 

 ha )s the most interesting advance is in 

 cii nations, where the pink novelty, Lad- 

 dL , has gone from $6 to $10 at a bound, 

 leaving the cream of the standards at 

 the former figure. There really seems 

 no'limit to the prices. Take the cypripe- 

 dium, for example. That modest flower 

 ':a bringing 25 cents on insigne and 50 

 •,ents on Sanderas. Cattleya Trianae has 

 come and gone right up and so have gar- 

 denias. White lilac is also here, with 

 promise of staying for six months. 



In roses it is noticeable that the buy- 

 ers want medium-grade flowers. The 

 fancy stock is sold out, but there is not 

 the keen demand for it that marks the 

 demand for mediums. 



Beauties have advanced again; so 

 have Russell and Ophelia. Wards go 

 well and all the pinks, but white is 

 quiet. Eeturning to carnations, white 

 is poor stock; so are Paper Whites. 

 Violets are popular. There are a few 

 more sweet peas. _^^ 



The Question of Prices. 



It chanced that there were two lots 

 of the late single chrysanthemum Mrs. 

 E. G. Godfrey side by side on the conn- 



ERGER BROS. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Big Late Sorts and Pompons 



Rosen, Carnations, Violets, Paper Whites, 

 , ^ Steviia, Boxwood Sprays 



AVrite for Prices 



1225 Race St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



ter. They came from two different grow- 

 ers. The bunches in each lot contained 

 exactly six sprays. Yet how different 

 was their appearance! The bunches in 

 one lot were large, with an abundance 

 of perfect, well colored, shapely flowers, 

 borne on long, strong stems clothed with 

 deep green foliage. The bunches in the 

 other lot were small, the flowers were 

 pale and watery in appearance, the 

 stems were short and rather weak, the 

 foliage was meager. The wholesaler, 

 John Berger, of Berger Bros., said that 

 the first lot brought 75 cents a bunch 

 and that the second lot were harder to 

 sell at three bunches for $1. Verbum 

 sapient! . 



Carnation Mrs. O. E. Akehurst. 



There were stories floating about of 

 a certain good-looking house of carna- 

 tions that were shaping well for De- 

 cember. So it was with pleasant an- 



ticipations that a cordial invitation to 

 come and see was received. The house 

 was all that could be desired. It was 

 filled with clear, even plants filled with 

 buds, the foliage of that deep blue that 

 suggests perfect health and is the col- 

 oring of the Colorado blue spruce. The 

 variety, there was just one in that 

 house, was evidently not a cropper. It 

 was of the cut-and-come-again type so 

 satisfactory in winter. It was an early 

 bloomer and it had good, stout stems. 

 The flowers were of excellent size, fra- 

 grant and of that popular shade of pink 

 that is neither light nor deep, but that 

 has life in the shade. The variety was 

 Mrs. C. E. Akehurst. The grower, Emile 

 H. Geschick, said that he bought Mrs. 

 Akehurst when it was flrst sent out, that 

 he bad been against it when it was in 

 the field, but that he had decided to take 

 a chance and had benched it in the 

 greenhouses when bringing in his other 



