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The Florists^ Review 



DBCBMBKB 16, 1920 



trimmed with some excellent decorations 

 made from cured weeds. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. is now a 

 member of the F. T. D. 



Otto Ackerman, of the Biverside 

 Floral Co., recently lost his mother. 



Coal is now arriving in Columbus, but 

 the price has not fallen much. 



PHTLADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is no question that the cut 

 flower market is dull — dull just at a 

 time when it ought to be active. There 

 are balls and parties and dinners and 

 dances where flowers are used, only- 

 there are not enough of these gay affairs 

 to make much impression on the market. 

 The market is now so big that it takes 

 the interest of the great mass of the 

 people to affect it. These entertain- 

 ments do not interest the great mass of 

 the people beyond reading about them 

 in the society columns of the dailies. 



The market has been steadily declin- 

 ing for two weeks. Nobody expects now 

 that it will improve before Wednesday, 

 December 22. Some idea of conditions 

 can be gleaned from the fact that Paper 

 Whites, the weakest item on the list, 

 dropped from $6 to $8 to $3 to $4 in 

 quantity. 



Chrysanthemums have outlasted their 

 season. The city salesmen say it takes 

 selling to move chrysanthemums now. 

 They often have to link them to some- 

 thing desirable or shade the price or put 

 a few in each order to dispose of them. 

 The choice has narrowed pretty much to 

 Nonin, Scidewitz and some late pom- 

 Vp^s. Yes, they probably will last un- 

 til Christmas; the majority wish they 

 would not. 



^ There are not nearly so many carna- 

 tions as it was thought there would be 

 by this time. Perhaps this is why the 

 good blooms have held their place so 

 well. Laddie is now plentiful enough 

 to talk about. It is in first place, with 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward and Pink Delight close 

 behind. The well grown pinks and 

 whites come next, with short-stemmed 

 and poor flowers in the rear. 



Roses are the main crop today and 

 they are likely to remain so for at least 

 a month. Taking it all through, they 

 have held well; only here and there 

 whisperings are heard of cheap sales. 

 Generally such sales are not worth more 

 than they realize. The bulk of the rose 

 crop has not come. 



The remaining flowers on the list are 

 obtainable in moderate numbers. 



Christmas greens are exceedingly 

 alive. * ■' 



Christmas Prospects. 



The dark weather of the past month 

 has cut down the supply. The signs of 

 overproduction this Christmas grow 

 fainter and fainter. The feeling is gen- 

 eral that there will be a good supply of 

 cut flowers at fair prices. There is lit- 

 tle likelihood of a surplus. 



Christmas Plants. 



The growers who make a specialty of 

 Christmas plants have received a large 

 number of orders. A good Christmas 

 is assured. 



Robert A. Craig and Cornelius A'ander 

 Breggan are justly proud of the stock 

 of the Robert Craig Co. The cyclamens 

 are wonderful; they resemble azaleas at 

 Easter. The basket crotons prove that 

 a tall plant can be perfectly grown in a 

 small pot. In begonias, Melior and Mrs. 



For 



Christmas 



and 



New Year's 



we strongly recommend the purchase of Roses. 

 Considering the quality of the Roses that we 

 have at the present time, they show better 

 value than any other flower. 



Beauties of a quality that will please the most particular 



buyer. 



Russell and Columbia, from shorts up to 36-inch stem flow- 

 ers. More Columbia than Russell; a good supply of both varieties. 



Premier, Shawyer, Ophelia, Sunburst, Wards, 

 Double White and Pink KiUamey, Richmond 

 and Cecile Brunner. 



There will be no shortage of good Roses with us and if your 

 present source of supply is not reliable send your order here. 



For flowers of really good quality we do not think that you will 

 find a better supply in the Philadelphia market. In addition to 

 this, we offer you the kind of Service that has made a standard 

 for itself and which we are always still trying to improve upon 

 iu every possible manner. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Br«che« 1201-3-5 R.e. St. 



^ SSSSPcfoN PHILADELPHIA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



HIGH GRADE CARNATIONS 



Poinsettias : Roses : Paper White Narcissi : Stevia 

 EASTER LILIES all the year around 



1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



Everything in Cut Flowers 



We can fill your orders 

 for fine stock 



THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



Onr Motto, 'The Golden Role" 

 1618 Ranst«ad StrMt, PHILADELPHIA 



