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The Florists^ Revkw 



Mahch 23. 1922 



put up. Saturday night and Sunday 

 George Wittbold had crews at Field's, 

 Mandel's, Stevens' and the Boston 

 Store. A number of wholesale-house 

 employees were used to supply the neees- 

 sary increase in man power. 



Visitors. 



Morris H. Levine, New York ribbon 

 merchant, was here last week, on his 

 way to Indianapolis and the show. He 

 says business is good with florists al- 

 most everywhere and that a satisfac- 

 tory Easter and spring trade seems as- 

 sured. 



Robert Miller, of Farmington and Salt 

 Lake City, Utah, has been here for a 

 few days, the guest of Guy French, on 

 his way to the Indianapolis show, where 

 he will be a judge. 



Among last week's visitors was Mr. 

 Hurst, of Tipton & Hurst, Little Rock, 

 Ark. Business is good down there and 

 when Mr. Hurst went home he was ac- 

 companied by George Bates, a well 

 known retail store man recently with 

 Holm & Olson, St. Paul, and J. M, 

 Gasser Co., Cleveland. 



T. P. McElroy, of Grand Forks, N. D., 

 was here for several days last week. 



Fred Henoch, of the Ove Gnatt Co., 

 La Porte, Ind., was at his company's 

 Chicago office March 20 for a confer- 

 ence with salesmen. 



PKELADEIiPHIA. 



The Market. 



The supply of flowers for the week 

 ending with Sheelah's day was large. 

 Barring roses only, everything was 

 plentiful. Much of the stock was good, 

 prices were moderate, sales were heavy. 

 The two closing days of the week, those 

 favored by St. Patrick and his chosen 

 one, were the finest and the busiest of 

 the six, a reminder that white carnations 

 advanced from $6 to $8 per hundred, 

 influenced by those who had thought- 

 fully provided themselves with green 

 dye. Enchantress did not share in the 

 advance. The excellence of the stock 

 and the moderate prices stimulate 

 the demand, which is surprising when 

 the dullness in many lines of business 

 is considered. The really heavy trading 

 is in sweet peas, carnations and daffo- 

 dils, with everything plentiful and a 

 wide range of quality. It is generally 

 possible to make up a good assortment 

 for all shades of purchasers. 



Beauties are steadily increasing in 

 numbers. Coupled with this fact, comes 

 the good news that the three principal 

 sources of supply will all increase their 

 planting of Beauties this season. Even 

 orchids and gardenias are now classed 

 as plentiful, while snapdragon is in its 

 glory. 



Easter Plants. 



"A rose should have from four to 

 eight blooms at Piaster. That's why we 

 grow Magna Charta; it makes such a 

 showy Easter plant. ' ' The speaker, one 

 of the firm of Aschmann Bros., was in 

 one of the rose houses that contained a 

 fine lot of thrifty plants in 6-inch pots 

 — Magna Charta, Beauties, which they 

 also do exceptionally well; Baby Tau- 

 sendschoen and Ellen Poulsen. 



The hydrangeas were good. Mme. 

 Chautard, Lilie Mouillere and Trophee 

 are all well budded, with lots of healthy 

 foliage. 



There are 4,000 lilies, all giganteum, 

 that will make Easter nicely, without 

 hurrying. A house of primroses, 



The supply of flowers continues in abundance 

 in all of the seasonable lines. 



BEIAUTIES — The supply is increasing. The quality 

 is better than we generally have at this time of the year. 



ROSES — There are plenty of Roses to take care of the 

 demand. We also can furnish you plenty of Hadley, 



Russell, good Double White Killamey, etc. 



You will find our Roses of very good quality. 



In CARNATIONS, you will find it difficult to find 

 another supply like ours. Our Carnation growers confine 

 themselves to the best known varieties, and varieties that 

 have the best keeping qualities, such as Mrs. C Mi^. 

 Ward, Matchless, Enchantress Supreme, 

 Washburn and Laddie. 



The Best VALLEY can now be bought at $6.00 per 

 100. A good grade at $5.00 per 100. We can furnish you 

 almost any quantity on short notice. 



CATTLEYAS — They are quite plentiful now, and we 

 always have them on hand, and on a few hours' notice we 

 can furnish you several hundred of them. 



Let Ds Know Your Requirements tor Easter Wow 



W^e can give you some advance information on the supply 

 and you can depend on us for the Best Supply of Flowers 

 that has ever been offered. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholescde Florists 



Branche.: 1201-3-5 Rae* St. 



5ftK^%« PHILADELPHIA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



EASTER LILIES 



Callas Sweet Peas Snapdragons 



Carnations Roses Daffodils 



Tulips Greens 



1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



EDWARD REID 



EASTER LILIES ORCHIDS SNAPDRAGONS 



SWEET PEAS CALLA LILIES 



DAFFODILS CARNATIONS 



VIOLETS VALLEY 



PREMIER COLUMBIA BUTTERFLY 



AND ALL THE LEADING ROSES 



W^cn They're Reid't They're Right 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



