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The Florists^ Review 



June 21, 1917. 



10,000 

 BEAUTY PLANTS 



2/4-inch pots 



$60.00 per 1000 



Special price in larger 

 quantity. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rilILiU)ELrilU,PA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



ROSE PLANTS 

 X BEAUTIES 



\ 2%-inch 



$60.00 per 1000 



Ready to be put into 

 larger pots. 



Early closing during 

 the summer months. 

 Commencing July 1st 

 we will close every 

 day at 4:30 P. N. 



Timely Suggestions 



Spanish Iris, 100 . . $3.00-$4.00 



Gladioli, 100 6.00 



Easier Lilies, 100 . . 6.00- 8.00 

 Cattleyas, dozen... 6.00- 7.50 

 Cornflowers, 1000, 5.00 



Gypsophila, buDch. . .50 



Delphinium, 100... $8.00 



Larkspur, 100 $3.00- 5.00 



Sweet Peas, 100. . .75- 1.00 



Coreopsis, 100 .75 



Candytuft, bunch. . .35- .50 

 Feverfew, bunch. . . .25- .35 



prA|||rQ $4.00-$6.00 per 100, in white, light and dark pink. Every flower will 

 iCUIlltO he a good one and there should be no loss in the handling of them. 



Mention The Rerir-w when yon write. 



meeting of the committee. He says 

 that his range, which was damaged by 

 a storm, is rapidly being repaired and 

 will be in normal condition by fall. 



There has been no change in the coal 

 situation. The investigating committee 

 appointed by the governor and the coal 

 operators are trying to reach a solution 

 of the problem. 



O. E. Steinkamp has returned from an 

 automobile trip during which he vis- 

 ited Kokomo, Peru, Warsaw, Goshen 

 and South Bend, Ind. 



Ketailers report excellent business 

 last week. Numerous weddings and 

 other decorations added to regular sales 

 kept the florists busy. 



Mrs. Harry Bohne has been ill from 

 an attack of acute indigestion. 



The bedding plant business is about 

 over and most of the growers are now 

 planting chrysanthemums. 



' ' Coxy ' ' has been doing an unusually 

 bie business in cut wood ferns. 



^ E. E. T. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market is like a great ship on the 

 ocean that has been pursued and over- 

 taken by an immense wave, which com- 

 pletely engulfed it. From this deluge 

 it is now slowly recovering, righting 

 itself, as it were, and resuming its nat- 

 ural poise. The deluge of peonies is 

 passing. Nothing like it has ever been 

 seen in this market; not merely because 

 there were so many of them, but be- 

 cause they missed their natural outlet 

 of Memorial day by fully a week and 

 have poured down upon us for the last 

 fortnight, carrying everything before 

 them. Such conditions have never been 

 seen here before. Peonies were so plen- 

 tiful that they sold at ridiculously low 

 prices, or they sold not at all. Every- 

 thing else was so affected by them that 

 values were reduced to a fraction. 



Today conditions are slowly improv- 

 ing. The crest of the peony wave has 



BERGER BROS. 



HIGH GRADE PEONIES 



The most decorative flower in the market today. We can 

 offer extra good value in Peonies. 



ORCHID PEAS, all colors 



Choice blooms; grown outdoors. 



GLADIOLI, very fine; E&STER and extra large CALLA LILIES 



CARNATIONS, ROSES, GREENS 



Every shipping order receives our careful attention. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



passed. The crop from now on will be 

 largely from cold storage. Also the 

 great wave of roses and carnations ap- 

 pears to be receding. The i'p6iTrer flow- 

 ers are steadily dropping out. The line 

 between select stock of choice varieties 

 and ordinary stock of ordinary varieties 

 is more clearly marked. For instance, 

 choice Beauties, Russell, Hadley, val- 

 ley, white roses and other fine flowers 

 are more eagerly sought, at better 

 prices, while peonies, carnations, ordi- 

 nary roses and other staple stock lack 

 support. Snapdragon has been having 

 a hard time, indeed. Good outdoor sweet 

 peas are in demand. Easter lilies and 



a f.ew fine caJlas coming into the market 

 are slowly coming to the front. These 

 general notes will give a clear idea of 

 the rather unhappy conditions that have 

 prevailed during the last fortnight. 

 Everybody is tired of handling the tre- 

 mendous quantity of stock at such in- 

 adequate prices. 



Plant Auctions. 



A. T. Freeman, of Samuel T. Freeman 

 & Co., auctioneers of this city, gives the 

 following account of his experience dur- 

 ing the last few years in selling rose 

 plants: 



"Our firm for several years has acted 

 as the Philadelphia representative of 



