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The Florists^ Review 



May 31, 1917. 



DOUBLE BLUE 

 CORNFLOWERS 



$1.00 

 Per Hundred 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PinLADELPinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



See our Classified Ad 

 for 



CHRYSANTHENDN 

 CDTTDIGS 



June Weddings an^ School Commencements 



They will have the call dur- 

 ing the month of June and if 

 you depend on us, you will 

 never be disappointed. Our 

 Beauties give satisfaction to 

 your customers and prices are 

 very reasonable. 



will require quantities of good flowers. You will find with us the choicest of 

 seasonable flowers. You can depend on us for the best the market affords and 

 we recommend to you: — 



Pink and White PEONIES 



fresh cut, not from storage. Varieties that have the best keeping qualities. 



VALLEY ORCHIDS 



A fresh supply every day Splendid big flowers in light 



of the best quality. and dark colors. 



RUSSELL - PRIMA DONNA - HADLEY 



OPHELIA - SUNBURST 



In Roses we have some extra fine long-stemmed stock and they show real 

 quality; also a good supply of the medium and shorter grades. 



_„_|.* On account of the cool weather Carnations are in good condition. Our supply consists of 



dllla.LlOllS Matchless, C. W. Ward, Supreme, Alice, all varieties that have splendid keeping qualities. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



bany, Tnd., enclosed. It is requested 

 that every florist return his card. 



Baur & Steinkamp and Edwin Tem- 

 perley have been cutting some fine 

 gladioli. E. E. T. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Weakness marked the trading in the 

 cut flower market until May 25. Then 

 came an improvement. Excellent ship- 

 ping orders took some of the best of 

 the fresh stock, while the quantity 

 buyers carried off all that was salable 

 of four days ' accumulation of all kinds 

 of flowers. Between these two classes, 

 the purchasers of the high and the low 

 grade, came an increased demand from 

 the great medium class of buyers, who 

 form the backbone of the market. The 

 result was that by the time business 

 ended May 26 the market was clear 

 of salable flowers. This started mat- 

 ters well May 28, but, owing to the 

 necessity of going to press a day 

 earlier than usual, further report is de- 

 layed until next week. 



The serious feature of the cut flower 

 business for Memorial day this year is 

 the absence of peonies. Many ad- 

 vance orders already have been de- 

 clined because the flowers cannot be 

 obtained. Hardly any local peonies 

 will be ready, few from Baltimore and 

 only a part crop from Washington. 

 While this will strengthen the balance 

 of the market, taken all in all it is a 

 detriment. Some orders for peonies 

 will allow of no substitute. Then 

 again, the presence of a heavy crop of 

 peonies after Memorial day is apt to 

 seriously impair values. 



The cool weather has kept flowers in 

 good shape. Carnations particularly 

 have been more than usually satisfac- 

 tory for the season. Spanish iris, so 

 popular earlier, has been in oversup- 

 ply. Beauties are going off crop. There 

 has been no special call for valley or 



BERGER BROS. 



Orchid Peas 



in all 

 colors 



PEONIES-EASTER LILIES-CARNATIONS 

 ROSES-GREENS -SPANISH IRIS -GLADIOLUS 



Your special orders, large or small, for everything seasonable 

 in cut flowers will receive careful attention 



WE HAVE FINE STOCK AND KNOW HOW TO PACK IT. TRY US. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The ReYlew when you write. 



for sweet peas. Lilac and blossoms 

 have been popular. There are sweet 

 peas from outdoor vines. Cornflowers 

 are becoming more plentiful. Given 

 cool, bright weather. Memorial day 

 will be a busy occasion. 



Vegetables Under Glass. 



Much has been thought and said 

 lately by some of our florists regard- 

 ing the wisdom of helping produce 

 food for next winter, by devoting some 

 of the space in their greenhouses and 

 hotbeds to growing vegetables. Will it 

 pay? To answer this question cor- 



rectly is the problem. To throw son. 

 light on the matter, the case was lai 

 before Charles H. McKubbin, of Henr 

 A. Dreer, Inc. He answered empha 

 ically, ' ' No, the florist had better stic 

 to flowers." 



When further urged that florist 

 were adept growers, not novices, M 

 McKubbin said that success with vef 

 etables required a life study, just a 

 does success with flowers. Most vegr 

 table growers, he thought, are specia 

 ists with one or at most a few crop- 

 and they know every detail connects 

 with the culture of these crops. In ^ 



