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The Florists^ Review 



JUNI 1. 1922 



the building and the flower shop was 

 not injured. 



A. L. Vaughan was born at Bastrop, 

 La., June 1, 1864. 



S. R. McKee, of the American Green- 

 house Mfg. Co., has returned from 

 Pittsburgh with an order from the 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. for three 

 ^ipe-frame houses, 21x167, and an- 

 other from W. H. Devlin for a steel- 

 frame house, 39x217. These houses are 

 all of the Agmco 1922 model. 



Superintendent Andrew Benson is 

 kept busy these days supervising the 

 replanting at the Premier Rose Gar- 

 dens. About 50,000 plants arc being 

 replaced. 



; News of the sudden death of Lorenz 

 P. Geiger reached Chicago the day after 

 J^Icmorial day. Fuller report appears in 

 the obituary column of this issue. 



John Poehlmann thinks "Poppy 

 day," May 29, when every taggerette 

 pinned a cloth poppy on every tag- 

 geree, was a help to the sale of flow- 

 ers. He believes the mental reaction 

 to sight of the artificial in flowers is 

 thought of the natural. 



They A. B. C. sold out of red poppies 

 for May 29 — the taggers took them all. 



With appropriate ceremonies the old 

 established wholesale house of Wietor 

 Bros, closed its doors for the last time 

 May 31, N. J. Wietor and Henry Wietor 

 retiring from the business with a eom- 

 pfetence. C. A. Alles and Charles Dress- 

 ier, who have been with the firm many 

 years, June 1 joined the staff of Peter 

 Reinberg, Inc., where the roses will be 

 sold from the greenhouses to be oper- 

 ated by Henry Wietor 's sons and son- 

 in-law. The carnation range was taken 

 oyer by John Eschette and he will ship 

 to Joseph Foerster Co. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



, The Market. 



'Tlii'ie were a million flowers. Tliat 

 covered the Memorial day situation up 

 to Saturday evening, May 27. There 

 \\^as l)usiness, hut the supply was too 

 heavy. Tlie week opened badly; peonies 

 c'anic in heavily; the weather was 

 warm; flowers were plentiful, and busi- 

 ness was light. Business improved as 

 the week progressed, but the supply was 

 enormous, and there was no cateliing up 

 with it. The peony might become de- 

 njoralizod. Prices were cut and things 

 generally were at sixes and sevens. 



'The strike up-state — from the coal 

 rr'giojis usually come he;ivy orders for 

 Memorial day — added to tli(> fact that 

 the uji-state florists lind their own 

 peonies, did not imjirove mutters. There 

 was a vast difference in the quality of 

 the ])eonies — some were easily worth the 

 top (piotations of this week's list; 

 otliers could only be offered at the low- 

 est figure, with an a])ology. Carnations 

 sold jirctty W(>11. what there were of 

 them, but roses languished. Perhaps we 

 shall end better than we expect, but 

 Saturday the Memorial day business 

 looked like a disappointment. 



An Unfortunate Situation. 



The feder.'il authorities have lately 

 shown a decided disposition to recog- 

 nize commercial flower culture as a na- 

 tional industry of some importance. 

 This hns been shown through the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in various 

 ways. The department's entomologists 

 have been and still are endeavoring to 

 ;iid rose growers in destroying the 



PEONIES 



For the early part of June we will have a big sup- 

 ply 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, 

 fine, clean and extra long. 



They are very 



Plenty of Fine Orchids 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholes€de Floruts 



Branches: 120I-3-5 Rac* St. 



WASHINGTON PHILADEILPItIA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Peonies, Sweet Peas 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 



Easter Lilies all the year around 



1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



EDWARD REID 



PEONIES 

 SWEET PEAS 

 CARNATIONS 

 PREMIER 



SNAPDRAGONS 



CALLA LILIES 

 YELLOW DAISIES 

 COLUMBIA BUTTERFLY 



AND ALL THE LEADING ROSES 



Whmn Thty'rm Rmd't Thmy'rm Right 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



