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The Florists^ Review 



May. 25, 1922 



home to St. Joseph, Mo., from Boston, 

 where Mr. Stuppy had undergone a sec- 

 ond surgical operation. High hopes 

 now are entertained for his complete 

 recovery. 



Ovo Gnatt, of La Porte, Ind., was at 

 his Chicago oifiee May 22. He said 

 that the morning mail at La Porte 

 brought the biggest run of mail orders 

 in the history of his company and that 

 business for Memorial day promises 

 to exceed all previous records. Mr. 

 Gnatt was recently in the east and con- 

 siders the florists' business there as 

 distinctly on the up-grade. 



Jacob Dietrich, well known in the 

 Los Angeles section, who sold his es- 

 tablishment to Roy F. Wilcox, passed 

 through Chicago last week on his way 

 to Germany. He was here just lone 

 enough to eat three meals, one with 

 C. L. Washburn, one with H. N. Bruns 

 and one with Frank Oechslin. 



Among last week's visitors was Dave 

 Hill, of Pittsburgh, who has the reputa- 

 tion of doing a larger business per 

 square foot of store space than any 

 other retail florist in America. Mr. 

 Hill has been a heavy buyer in Chicago 

 for several years, but this was his first 

 visit to this market and he enjoyed 

 it thoroughly. 



M. H. Lockyear, of Evansville, Ind., 

 spent May 22 in the market. Not only 

 is he a considerable buyer here, but 

 last week he shipped a cut of peonies 

 to be sold on this market. As with 

 other Evansville growers, he said his 

 flowers opened so rapidly that it was 

 impossible to handle them all and the 

 shipments, therefore, were less than 

 usual. Ho thinks festiva maxima will 

 be dropped by the Evansville growers. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The last week in May began well and 

 closed well, with a dull three days be- 

 tween. The stocks were exhausted on 

 Mothers' day and had to be replenished 

 on Monday, while the May processions 

 in the churches on the following Sab- 

 bath explained some of the activity at 

 the close of the week. For these pro- 

 cessions all kinds of flowers are used 

 at a low price. 



Peonies are coming forward as the 

 leading flower. Southern peonies are 

 still coining in strongly, l>ut the local 

 peonies liave commenced and they are 

 so fine that every peony buyer wants 

 them. The southern peonies are good, 

 but they come from a warmer climate; 

 tliey are travel-worn and there is no 

 comparison with the superb local 

 stock, aided by the unusually cool 

 weather during the bud-develo])ing 

 stage. So far tliis market is taking the 

 entire ])ro(luct ion, both southern and 

 local, at fair prices. 



Roses are in fine form for the season; 

 they are selling pretty well for the sea- 

 son; prices are lower than they were 

 one year ago. Carnations liave hardly 

 recovered from last week's excitement. 

 Prices are ])ack to normal, witli the 

 deep colors in tlie lead. Quality is ab- 

 solutely necessary to elTect sales. Svve(>t 

 peas are in many oases unsatisfactory. 

 They don't keep. The frame-grown 

 outdoor stock is all right. It is fra- 

 grant and durable. So, to ,a lesser t^x- 

 tent, is some of the indoor stock, but 

 much of the latter is of little value. 

 Easter lilies are at last recovering tlieir 

 poise. The supply is smaller; prices 



PEONIES 



For Memorial day and for the early part of June 

 we will have a big supply of very fine Peonies. 



White, light and dark pink and red, carefully 

 selected stock, the best varieties for cut flower 

 purposes. 



IN ROSES 



we particularly recommend to you the better grades 

 in RUSSELL, COLUMBIA, HADLEY, PREMIER 

 and DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY. So late in 

 the season we have never been able to offer you 

 Roses of such fine quality. When you want good 

 Roses you are sure to find them here. 



For June weddings we have arranged for a 



Large Supply of VALLEY 



You cannot buy a better grade of Valley than 

 what we can furnish. 



NEW DAGGER FERNS 



The new local Ferns are ready. They are very 

 fine, clean and extra long. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Branches: 



BALTIMORE 

 WASHINGTON 



WholeMole Florists 



1201-3-5 Rae* St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



PEONIES 



FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 

 Easter Lilies all the year around 



1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



EDWARD REID 



PEONIES SNAPDRAGONS 



SWEET PEAS CALLA LILIES 



CARNATIONS YELLOW DAISIES 



PREMIER COLUMBIA BUTTERFLY 



AND ALL THE LEADING ROSES 



When They'rm Reid'a They'r* Right 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



