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The Florists^ Review 



JONB 2, 1921 



them Sanders, F. C. "Weber, Joseph 

 Witek, F. H. Weber and the George 

 Waldbart Floral Co., report splendid 

 trade for Memorial day and a number 

 of advance orders for weddings for this 

 month. 



Haun & Wies, East St. Louis florists, 

 are sporting a new Dodge automobile 

 for delivering. It replaces the old 

 Ford, which was recently burned. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fillmore, Sr., 

 celebrated their forty-first wedding an- 

 niversary at their home, on Nebraska 

 avenue, with a dinner May 26. 



John Nyflot, F. H. Meinhardt, John 

 Shields and the Koenig Floral Co. did 

 a rushing business for Memorial day. 

 They are all opposite the two largest 

 cemeteries in the north end. 



All of the local growers in St. Louis 

 county will have a heavy supply of 

 gladioli this season. W. A. Rowe Co., 

 C. E. DeWever, Philip Goebel, Jr., 

 Oscar May, Thomas Kirkwood, Alois 

 Kopp and George and Joseph Deutsch- 

 mann have at least 500,000 bulbs 

 planted out this year, and there are 

 plenty of smaller establishments, which 

 also planted a few thousand. 



In the floral departments at Vander- 

 voort's and Famous-Barr, the heads say 

 that, in spite of the fact that their 

 places were closed May 29 and 30, ad- 

 vance orders kept them busy filling 

 Memorial day orders behind closed 

 doors. 



The St. Louis Florists ' Club will cele- 

 brate its thirty-fifth anniversary at the 

 greenhouse establishment of W. J. 

 Pilcher, at Kirkwood, Mo., Thursday 

 afternoon, June 9, with a meeting of 

 great importance, a lunch and a smoker. 

 President Eowe requests every member 

 to attend and join in the celebration. 

 Automobiles will leave the wholesale 

 district at 1 o'clock, in order to open 

 the meeting at 2 o'clock, after which 

 there will be plenty of time to celebrate 

 the occasion. J- J- B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The week opened badly. There was 

 a large supply of flowers, many of them 

 of rather poor quality; they accumu- 

 lated in spite of all the efforts of the 

 wholesalers, business being light. Then 

 came a change. A number of street 

 men from the up-state towns came into 

 the market. They bought heavily of 

 low-grade stock at prices that, of course, 

 were of their own dictation and grad- 

 ually cleared up the surplus. The reg- 

 ular Memorial day business commenced 

 on Thursday with the houses that ship; 

 by Friday the market assumed a health- 

 ier tone'. About 11 o'clock Friday 

 morning a good many florists from up 

 the state came into the market in per- 

 son; they bought freely of everything 

 that suited them. These sales, com- 

 bined with the already large number 

 of mail and telegraphic orders, made a 

 decided impression. Stock shortened; 

 prices advanced; the wholesalers called 

 in their reserves. By Saturday the 

 market was extremely brisk. At the 

 close of business on that day, there was 

 every indication that the volume of 

 business for Memorial day would be 

 large, possibly the largest in history. 



The quality of the flowers was not all 

 that was desired; there was some fine 

 stock, much of it, but there was also a 

 great deal of stock that required 

 apology. 



The demand for Cut Flowers during June will 

 be largely for 



WEDDINGS and 

 SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS 



You will need good flowers for that kind of work 

 and you are absolutely safe in depending on us for 

 the Best that the season affords. We especially 

 recommend: 



PEONIES 



in white, light and dark pink. • We guarantee 

 every flower to be in perfect condition when packed. 



RUSSELL 



the largest supply in Philadelphia you will find 

 with us. The Best of all the pink Roses during 

 the warmer months of the year. 



VALLEY ORCHIDS 



EASTER LILIES 



GLADIOLI 



DELPHINIUM 



At this time of the season, it is always advis- 

 able to place your orders early. It is quite an 

 advantage to place your order where there is a re- 

 liable source of supply and where your orders have 

 personal attention. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



W/uflesale FlorisU 



BnndiM: 1201-3-5 Rae* St. 



SSfe^^^^N PHILADELPHIA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Extra fine outdoor 



SWEET PEAS 



in five colors 



Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, 

 Snapdragons, Delphinium Belladonna 



ORDER EARLY. PLEASE 



1609 Sansom Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



CARNATIONS ROSES 



SWEET PEAS DELPHINIUM 



VALLEY TEN-WEEK STOCKS 



THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



•ur Motto "The Golden Rule" 



1615 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia 



