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The Florists^ Review 



June 7, 1917. 



DOUBLE BLUE 

 CORNFLOWERS 



$1.00 

 Per Hundred 



THE LEO RIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PinLADELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



See our Classified Ad 

 for 



CHRYSANTHENUN 



cunniGS 



June Weddings and School Commencements 



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 aifords 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. 



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



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



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. 



Mention Th«» K«>vlew when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



An unusually diflicult Aveck to do- 

 scribe closed June li, a week in which 

 there was a wide range ot" opinions 

 among those best able to judge the 

 market. The fact that stood out most 

 clearly was that peonies were late. The 

 local crop completely missed Memorial 

 day, so that greenhouse-grown flowers 

 furnished the supply almost entirely. 

 The demand was hardly equal to expec- 

 tations, taken all together. Still, busi- 

 ness was fair. Greenhouse-grown flow- 

 ers benefited both by the absence" of 

 peonies and by the cool nights that pre- 

 vailed througliout May. 



The supply of carnations for Memo- 

 rial day was unexpectedly heavy. 

 Nearly three-quarters of the carnations 

 were White. Of this color there was 

 an oversupply. Prices were from $4 to 

 $5 per hundred, with a few higher. 

 Prices declined May 31 to $3 per hun- 

 dred, which has been high since. 



There were many unfilled orders for 

 peonies to go out of town." Most of 

 these orders admitted of no substitu- 

 tion. In spite of this fact, the general 

 opinion is that the volume of business 

 was only slightly impaired by the ab- 

 sence of peonies, as staples brought bet- 

 ter prices than they would have done 

 had peonies been in crop. 



The shipping orders before Memorial 

 day were excellent, but the local de- 

 mand May 29 was marred by the rain. 

 May 30, though an ideal day, was thor- 

 oughly disappointing. However, May 

 31, June 1 and June 2 brought an un- 

 expected improvement that cleared the 

 market at lower prices. June 4 brought 

 the first local peonies. The receipts in- 

 creased on the following days. So far 

 they are selling fairly well, thanks to 

 low prices asked, $4 to $6 per hundred, 

 with a few higher and a few lower. 

 The indications are that the height of 

 the crop will be here soon. 



Vallev has been in brisk demand for 



BERGER BROS. 



PEONIES 



An unusually fine assortment of quality and varieties 



June Flowers 



The most satisfactory are 



Sweet Peas - Larkspur - Iris - Gladiolus - Snapdragon 



Also Extra Fine CALLA LILIES 

 DO NOT FORGET OUR STANDBYS 



CARNATIONS AND LILIES 



ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN SHIPPING ORDERS 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Meutluu 'i'Ue IteTJew when you write. 



the early Juno Aveddings. Easter lilies, 

 on the other hand, are in oversupply. 

 Coldframe sweet peas of the Spencer 

 type are fine and in brisk demand. Yel- 

 low daisies have been selling, but not so 

 white daisies. Green goes well. 



A Golden Wedding. 



Mr. and Mrs. Abram L. Pennock cele- 

 brated the fiftieth anniversary of their 

 wedding at their home in Lansdowne, 

 Tuesday, June .j. Mr. Pennock is prob- 

 ably the oldest florist in this country. 

 A man who has made his mark in the 

 world, ho is respected by all who know 

 him. Mr. Pennock built greenhouses 



at Lansdowne in 1861, the first year of 

 the Civil war. Just think of it, ye 

 doubters! Five years later, with his 

 brother, J. L. Pennock, he opened a 

 retail store on Twelfth street, above 

 Chestnut street, in Philadelphia. This 

 makes the firm of Pennock Bros. 51 

 years old this spring. The firm moved 

 ten years later, in 1876, to its present 

 quarters at 1514 Chestnut street. The 

 greenhouses in Lansdowne were carried 

 on for many years by Mr. Pennock 's 

 son, the late Aldrich J. Pennock, who 

 was well known as the valley king. 

 They are now operated by B. Schilders. 

 Among the sons and daughters present 



