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The Florists' Review 



JANUARX 7, 1016. 



ROOTED 



CARNATION 



CUTTINGS 



LnI br Mr CInnBed Ad 



THE LEO MESSEN CO. 



WmOUSAU FLOMSTS 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON 



ALICE and 

 MATCHLESS 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Early Delivery 



PLENTY of GOOD 



GREENS 



Dagger Ferns— 



Per 1000 $ 1.50 



Fancy Ferns— 



Per 1000 2 00 



Galax— 



Per case 7.50 



Leucothoe, extra long — 



Per 1000 6.50 



Fadeless Sheet Moss— 



Per bag 3.50 



Sphagnum Moss— 



Per 6 $2.00 bales 10.00 



Hemlock, large bundles — 



Per bundle 2.50 



Wild Smilax- 



Per case 6.00 



Mexican Ivy— 



Per 1000 0.50 



BEAUTIES 



In offering you Beauties and claiming that ours are the best you will find 

 anywhere, our statement is backed up by the most expert Beauty growers in 

 this section. We have a large supply— the entire cut of Messrs. John and 

 George Burton. If you want a quantity of them, get our quotations. You will 

 very likely find them interesting. 



CARNATIONS 



If you want quality, we can certainly give it to you in Carnatians. We have 

 some exceptionally fine stock, and quantity as well. Our quotations will inter- 

 est you if you will compare quality as well as price. Nothing will help your 

 business more than good Carnations. 



ROSES 



Killarney Brilliant is undoubtedly the best of the Pink Roses, at the pres- 

 ent time, on account of their splendid color. $4.00 to $12.00 per 100. 



Cecile Brunner— This little rose is in splendid shape at the present time, 

 and we can furnish you any quantity, $3.00 per 100. 



Fireflame and Afterglow— T«vo novelties at very attractive prices, $4.00 to 

 $0.00 per 100. 



liwitlon Th> Rerlew when yon write. 



A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Joseph Koppelman and family, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Charles Smith and family, Sam- 

 uel Eesnick, and Aaron and William 

 Cohen went to Boston Sunday, January 

 3, as guests at the wedding of Max 

 Fishelson, of N. Fishelson & Son. 



W. H. M. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



New Year's business was disappoint- 

 ing, not 80 much in the amount done 

 as in the prices, which were phenome- 

 nally low for the season. The quantity 

 of flowers left over from Christmas, 

 supplemented by the heavy cuts of the 

 crops that have just missed the holiday, 

 made a load that the market was 

 wholly unable to carry. Pink roses and 

 carnations of all colors continued the 

 greatest sufferers, the prices on these 

 flowers affecting all the others to some 

 extent. 



While there is less business than 

 during the holidays, the accumulation 

 of flowers has been worked off and the 

 market, though weak, is in healthier 

 condition. Beauties are going off a lit- 

 tle. Ked and white roses are really 

 scarce at times. Spencer sweet peas, 

 now about half of the total sweet pea 

 crop, show signs of coming in more 

 freely. Paper Whites are an awful 

 glut. Early daffodils, primroses, f reesias 

 and a few gladioli are the novelties. 

 Violets have been in excellent demand. 

 Taking it all in all, conditions, while 

 discouraging, are not nearly so bad as 

 they might be and may improve in a 

 fortnight or even less. 



The Christmas Report. 



While the greatest care is given to 

 the Christmas report on market con- 



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BERGER BROS. 



CALLA LILIES 



Very fine, in any quantity. Ask for prices 



CARNATIONS 



Very fine, in all colors 



VIOLETS - EXTRA SELECT VALLEY 

 ROSES - PUSSY WILLOWS 



Writ* us for quotations on spsclal ordors 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tbe Review when 70a write. 



ditions, there are some lights and 

 shades that should be added. Boses, 

 for example, while most overdone, were 

 also most used at Christmas. The sales 

 of roses totaled at least one-half of 

 all the sales of cut flowers, and prob- 

 ably more. Killarney, in which is in- 

 cluded Killarney Brilliant, was offered 

 in greater number than all the other 

 varieties combined, and sold in greater 

 number, so thjtt^ while Killarney was 

 overdone, a littlte^ reduction in the out- 



put would have balanced supply and 

 demand more evenly. Beauty, while 

 it sold better than any other rose, is 

 only grown on a half dozen places and 

 Richmond, the next best variety, on 

 only a few more, so that an increase in 

 these varieties might easily change 

 conditions. One reason why the car- 

 nation market broke so badly was be- 

 cause the flowers were not sent to the 

 market early, as soon as fit to pick. 

 Another reason was the large proportion 



