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The Florists^ Review 



jANnABY 19. 1922 



Prices have held well, outside of the 

 aristocratic group. 



Sweet peas have strengthened the 

 supply. The Philadelphia market has 

 never seen better sweet peas in midwin- 

 ter and there are enough of them to 

 make an impression. There is a good 

 assortment of color and, while they are 

 necessarily high in price, they carry 

 the impression of giving value. The 

 early days of the week saw more carna- 

 tioni, but, with the snow storms and 

 cold wave and the clouds that followed, 

 the supply decreased. It is asserted 

 that the rose crop never went off so fast 

 after the holidays. We are told that the 

 new varieties are better than the old, 

 which is undoubtedly true, and yet there 

 are wishes that the old varieties were 

 here again, just for a month or two. It 

 looks as though the height of the orchid 

 crop has passed. Gardenias are cheap. 

 There is much poor valley about, pro- 

 duced, for the most part, by those who 

 are not regular forcers. Good valley 

 sells well. Easter lilies are almost out 

 of the market at the moment, owing to 

 the crop succession being interrupted at 

 the main source of supply. Beauties are 

 going off crop. 



Bulbous flowers are beginning to ap- 

 pear here and there, with promise of in- 

 crease shortly. Daffodils, freesias, min- 

 iature Dutch hyacinths and Iris tingi- 

 tana add their yellow, white and blue 

 to those already here. Calla lilies are 

 more abundant. Shipping is brisk. 



Fuel Oil. 



A good deal of interest has been taken 

 in the proposed substitution of oil for 

 coal as a means of heating greenhouses. 

 The chief bar in the path of those who 

 desire to make the experiment lies in 

 the unwillingness — it would be fairtr to 

 say inability — of the oil companies to 

 make favorable contracts. They instruct 

 their salesmen to talk motor oil, not 

 fuel oil. However, the plunge has been 

 made. Adolph Farenwald is heating his 

 greenhouses at Eoslyn, Pa., by means of 

 oil. He has been doing this for a month. 

 E. Farenwald, who has charge of this oil 

 burning for his father, says that there is 

 no saving in expense over coal, but that 

 oil is more satisfactory and that they 

 hope that there will be a saving. The 

 greater efficiency lies in the ability to 

 get up steam more rapidly, in case of an 

 emergency. Many pipes can be turned 

 on in the greenhouses at once without 

 the steam going flat at the gauge. Mr. 

 Farenwald has three horizontal return 

 tubular boilers. One is still equipped for 

 burning coal, in case of emergency. 

 The grates in the other two boilers have 

 been taken out. The ash pits in both 

 have been built up solidly with bricks 

 to the level of the grates. Inside the fire 

 door of each of these two boilers, an oil 

 burner has been placed. The oil is 

 pumped by a motor from two oil tanks, 

 with a combined capacity of 8,000 gal- 

 lons, placed on the ground outside. The 

 oil is warmed by being pumped through 

 a steam-heated drum on its way to the 

 burners. It is limited to a pressure of 

 120 pounds. Should the pressure exceed 

 this limit, the oil is automatically 

 switched back to the storage tanks. The 

 oil is fed from these tanks to the burn- 

 ers through a 2-inch pipe. It is released 

 from the burners through a spray. When 

 the burner is turned on and the oil ig- 

 nited, the water in the boiler is so 

 quickly heated that steam can be turned 

 on in the greenhouses in a few minutes. 

 Care is required in lighting the burners 



There Are Many Items 

 That Are Plentiful 



FREESIA, big flowers, stems 15 

 inches and over, exceptionally 

 well grown. 



VALLEY, grown from new pips; 

 thai means better valley and a 

 lower price. 



SWEET PEAS are among the Best 

 items at this time of the year. 

 Our supply is ample to take care 

 of almost any sized order. On 

 short notice, we can furnish a 

 housand flowers of any color. 



SINGLE DAFFODILS are more 

 plentiful and more reasonable in 

 price. 



WHITE LILAC. There is none 

 better and no need to pay more 

 than $2.50 per bunch. 



ORCHIDS. Take advantage of 

 the present low pri .e and use them 

 more freely. 



GARDENIAS are cheap enough so 

 you can use them for funeral 

 work. A good grade, $26.(iO per 

 100; the best Gardenias, $40.00 

 per 100. 



OUR SNAPDRAGON, as far as 



quality is concerned, is the Best 

 in the Philadelphia Market. 



CALENDULAS PUSSY WILLOW 



BABY PRIMROSE 



MIGNONETTE NARCISSUS 



DAISIES VIOLETS 



Encourage the sale of stock of this kind. Your orders are 

 sure to be filled, and prices are very reasonable. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



Branches: 1201-3-8 Rae* St. 



WASHINGTON PfIILi/VDEILPfIIa 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Early Spring Flowers 



Daffodils, Iris Tingritana, Sweet Peas, Sing^le Violets, 



Freesias, Valley, Pussy Willows, 



Carnations and Roses 



EASTER LILIES ALL THE YEAR AROUND. 



1609 Sansom Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



EDWARD REID 



ROSES 



Choice Premier, Columbia, Butterfly 



NARCISSI, CHOICE CARNATIONS, VALLEY 

 HUDSON RIVER VIOLETS, DAFFODILS 



When They're Reid's They're Right 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



