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48 



The Florists' Review 



July 20, l!)K2 



PHILADEIJ>HIA. 



The Market. 



Tlie market is overstocked with flow- 

 ers. Gladioli and roses are abundant. 

 A good many are sold, but there are en- 

 tirely too many for the business. Prices 

 are low. There is waste. To turn from 

 these depressing facts to the condition 

 of the supply, asters are more plentiful 

 and some of them arc exceedingly nice. 

 Piaster lilies are dependable as ever, 

 even in summer. Orchids are cheaper 

 and there is greater variety; to Cattleya 

 Mossiaj and C. gigas are added C. Gas- 

 kclliana and C. Mendolii. Valley has 

 dropped back in price. There are jiretty 

 ]nnk lilies. Everything is plentiful. 



Conditions in Germany. 



Bernard Eschner, president of the M. 

 Rico Co., and Mrs. Eschner sailed for 

 Europe April 15. They returned to 

 their homo, at Elkins Park, July 7. 

 Mr. Eschner, who is looking splendid, 

 talked of his trip in his company's 

 handsome building July 15. He said: 



"There is nothing to fear from Ger- 

 man}-. Those who expect cheap Ger- 

 man goods will be disappointed. We 

 can make baskets cheaper and much 

 better here than they can make them 

 over there. The incentive to work in 

 Germany lias gone and with it German 

 efficiency. Formerly the Germans 

 worked ten to twelve, even fourteen 

 liours, ;i day; now they work eight. 

 Their wages are going up, up, up and 

 they make nothing, because they are so 

 heavily taxed to pay the Allies and be- 

 cause the value of tlie German mark, 

 in which they are paid, is steadily di- 

 minishing. They do not care to work. 

 Added to this, raw material is getting 

 more expensive. Their factories are 

 ])usy, when there are no strikes, but 

 South America and England get their 

 products. Rates of exchange with those 

 countries arc more favorable than 

 with us. 



"The Germans are making just the 

 same styles of baskets that they were 

 making eight years ago. They arc not 

 made so well and they cost a lot more. 

 We have improved vastly in that time 



"We went to see the Passion play, at 

 Oberammergau. We were deeply im- 

 jiressed. It is given every ten years, to 

 commemorate the disappearance of the 

 pestilence there. I could not imagine 

 anyone sitting still for eight solid hours 

 and yet we did it and were thrilled. 

 From 8 a. m. to noon and from 2 p. m. 

 to 6 p. m. we sat with an immense silent 

 throng, spellbound as we gazed over the 

 mountains and listened to that play. It 

 was sublime." 



Baseball. 



The standing of the baseball clubs is 

 now as follows: 



Won I^st 



nirkmore 3 



Xiesaen 3 O 



Kaversdorfer 2 1 



Craig 1 2 



Dreer 1 2 



Indeppnrtonts 1 2 



Retailors 1 2 



Pennoolj 3 



Bickmore defeated the Independents, 

 at Lansdownc, in an exceedingly inter- 

 esting game, by a score of 16 to 8. The 

 Retailers, painfully short-handed, were 

 overwhelmed by Bayersdorfer, at Bel- 

 mont. 15 to 0. The Craig team were 

 unable to muster their forces and lost 

 9 to to Niessen, at Belmont. The 

 remaining game at Belmont, Pennock 



Seasonable Stock That We Recommend 



GLADIOLI 



$4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100. They are in full crop with our growers. 

 Wonderful quality and the best varieties. 



are more plentiful, and they are also improving in quality. 

 $2.00 to $5.00 per 100. 



EASTER ULIES 



If you want to carry some flowers in stock, there is nothing better thaa 

 Easter Lilies. We have thousands of them every day. 



RUSSELL ROSES 



Our growers are cutting a large quantity of thejn every day. It is the 

 best of all the Pink Roses during the summer. 



CALL ON US NO MATTER WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale FlorUta 



1201-3.5 Race St. 



WASHINGTON, D. c. * mTlli^r^UliLa^rilA 



BERGER BROTHERS 

 GLADIOLI 



EASTER LILIES, VALLEY, ROSES 



WeUrgrown Gladioli in all the leading varieties 

 1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



EDWARD REID 



EASTER LILIES 



GLADIOLI 



ASTERS 



AND OTHER SUMMER FLOWERS 



KAISERIN COLUMBIA BUTTERFLY 



and all other principal varieties 



V^mn Thmy'rm Rmid'* Thmy'rm Right 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



4 South Mole Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



ASPARAGUS 



StriM* nJ 

 BnckM 



Adiantui 

 And Greens 



vs. Dreer, made up in excitement for i to ;i l.-ite start, it was agreed to plav 

 what was lacking in the others. Owing ' seven innings. At the dose ,)f the 



