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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 11, 1915. 



HEADQUARTERS 

 FOR 



GARDENIAS 



$1.50-$3.00 

 PER DOZ. 



TBE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rinLADELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



6 5-BBL. BALES 



SPHAGNUM 

 MOSS 



FOR SI 0.00 



BEAUTIES 



$1.00— $5.00 per Dozen 



Place your order where you have the assurance your 

 order will be filled to your satisfaction. 



In quantity we bill them at the hundred rate. 



SNAPDRAGON 



Pink. $10.00 per 100 

 Yellow and White, $1.50 per dozen 



The quality is much better than what is generally 

 offered. It has splendid keeping qualities. Note our 

 price on the Pink Snapdragon. 



SPENCER PEAS-91.60 per 100 



They are well worth the price. Such Peas as we offer you will help to 

 build your business. 



LILAC— White and Lavender, bunch, $1.00 



Good-sized bunches, and just now Lilac is at its best. A fresh supply 

 eyery morning. 



EASTER and CALLA LILIES— $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100 



The Easter Lilies are worthy of special mention. They are well growu, 

 have long stems and perfect flowers. 



GREENS 



Dagger Ferns 1000. $1.60 



Fancy Ferns 1000, 2.00 



Galax, green and bronze, case, 7.50 



Wild Smilax case, 6.00 



Leucothoes 1000, 6.50 



Hemlock bundle, 2.50 



VALLEY, 2 GRADES, 



100, $3.00-$4.00 



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PHILADEIiPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is depression in the cut flower 

 market, most noticeable in the bulbous 

 flowers. Violets are considered even 

 worse, were that possible, by some of 

 the wholesalers, while valley and sweet 

 peas are also in oversupply. This is 

 especially unfortunate as regards sweet 

 peas, because they are so unusually 

 fine. The market has tanen more sweet 

 peas than ever before at this- season, 

 but it seems as though all the growers 

 are on crop at once and prices have 

 declined. The Spencers are taken in 

 preference to the ordinary peas where 

 quality is desired, and the prices ob- 

 tained for Spencers are so moderate that 

 ordinary peas sell for figures quite 

 ridiculous. 



There are so many bulbous flowers 

 now that they deserve further mention. 

 Tulips suffer' sadly. Couronne d'Or is 

 the only variety short of the demand; 

 all the others are woefully cheap. Paper 

 Whites are worse still. Freesia will 

 only sell in limited quantity. The sup- 

 ply of daffodils has fallen off a little; 

 Emperor leads, with G^>lden Spur and 

 Double Von Sion following. 



Lady Campbell violets command a 

 shade better price than Marie Louise, 

 but that is not saying much. 



Carnations and roses are the stronger 

 features of the market; neither are in 

 heavy supply, but there are enough of 

 both to fill all orders at prices that sag 

 in sympathy with the market for bulb- 

 ous stock. 



Calla lilies, though increasing in num- 

 ber, sell fairly well at an average that 

 is lower than a week ago. Easter lilies, 

 when they arriy^|.in perfect condition, 

 are in fair request, but, unfortunately, 

 many are bruised in transit; this should 



BERGER BROS. 



sWeEt peas daffs 



Just as fine as they can be grown. 

 Spencers and ordinary in all colon 

 at low prices for such splendid stock. 



Are better value today 

 than eVter seen here. They 

 will please you. 



Extra Select VALLEY, VIOLETS, CALLAS, 

 CARNATIONS, ROSES 



FINE QUALITY 



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be prevented. Acacia is about over. 

 Forget-me-not and mignonette are plen- 

 tiful. Pussy-willow iand forsythia are 

 quite often used. 



The out-of-town demand, usually for 

 selected stock, is of course the strength 

 of a market on which two-thirds of the 

 supply is grown for shipping. Without 

 this demand chaos would follow. 



The Carnation Meeting. 



Last week's report of the carnation 



meeting of the Florists' Club may be 

 properly supplemented by a little sketch 

 made up of a few scenes that occurred 

 during the evening. When J. Otto- 

 Thilow rose from a forward bench and 

 in a clear voice, with well chosen words,- 

 offered the Henry A. Dreer handicap 

 bowling cup, he assured every member 

 present that the handicaps would be so- 

 arranged that he could win that cup 

 once, or, with a bit of luck, even three 

 consecutive times. During the heat of 



