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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 18. 191S. 



HEADQUARTERS 

 FOR 



GARDENIAS 



$1.50-$3.00 

 PER DOZ. 



THE LEO RIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



6 5-BBL BALES 



SPHAGNUM 

 MOSS 



FOR $10.00 



Cut Flowers for Easter 



The outlook for g:ood flowers and plenty of them has never been better with us. 

 in addition to the largfe. supply of cut flowers for Easter, we of ler you the best 

 service. Rely on us for your supply and place your order as early as possible. 



ROSES :: CARNATIONS :: VALLEY :: SWEET PEAS :: GARDENIAS 



VIOLETS and CATTLEYAS 



and everything in season, can be bought at a reasonable price that will insure you a good margin of profit. 



Send for our SPECIAL EASTER PRICE LIST— it Is ready now 



Seasonable Items for This Week : 



Pink Snapdragon, extra fine per 100, $10.00 



Lilac, white and lavender per bunch, 1.00 



Valley, two grades per 100, $3 00, 4 00 



Easter Lilies, the best per 100. lli.< 



Daisies, white and yellow ^ per 100, 2.( 



Pansies . per 100 bunches, 5.00 



Daffodils and Tulips per lOO, 3.00 



Acacia extra large bunches, 2.50 



GREENS 



Dagger Ferns 1000, $1 .50 



Faucy Ferns 1000, 2.0(t 



Galax, green and bronze, case, 7.50 



Wild Smilax case, 6 0<i 



Leucothoes KmK), 6.50 



Hemlock bundle, 2,o(i 



Mention The Revlpw when you write. 



in town March 15 and 16 on his way to 

 the New York flower show, 



O. W. Frese reports E. H. Mazey, of 

 the Mazey Floral Co., Minneapolis, as 

 one of last week 's visitors. 



Among the visitors last week was 

 William Craig, of Robert Craig Co., 

 Philadelphia. 



E. J, Fancourt, secretary of the S. 8. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, left 

 the city March 12, after a visit of 

 several days. 



En route home from Peoria, where 

 they spent several days with Charles 

 Loveridge and their son, C. H. Maynard 

 and Mrs. Maynard, of Detroit, were 

 Chicago visitors last week. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower situation has im- 

 proved, although I cannot expect the 

 bulb forcers or the growers of violets 

 or sweet peas will agree with me. Tak- 

 ing the reports of every wholesale 

 house into consideration, there is an 

 improvement over a week ago. Carna- 

 tions first, then roses, are the strong 

 features of the market. Bulbs, sweet 

 peas and violets are the weaklings. It 

 is possible to sell most of the bulbous 

 stock at low prices, prices that were 

 unknown at this time last year. Vio- 

 lets have lacked support from the 

 buyers. They are cheap and difficult to 

 dispose of even then. Sweet peas are 

 sold like bulbous flowers, in enormous 

 quantities; the difficulty lies in the fact 

 that the production is two or three 

 times greater than usual during the 

 third week in March. They are so fine 

 that the market is absorbing great 

 quantities at moderate prices, but it is 

 almost impossible to make a market 

 for the vast numbers at listed figures. 



BERGER BROS. 



EASTER FLOWERS 



We will have a large stock of the finest Easter Flowers at reasonable 

 prices. All orders will receive careful personal attention. 



EASTER LILIES, 8c, 10c and 12^c per flower and large bud. 

 EXTRA SELECT VALLEY, $2.00. $.3.00 and $4.00 per 100. 

 TULIPS, all colors, $2.(0 and $3.00 per 100. 

 DAFFODILS, $3.00 per 100. 



Roses :: Carnations :: Violets :: Callas 



All other Seasonable Flowers and Greens. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Th» Rerlew when yon .write. 



Orchid peas, of course, are taken in 

 preference to the ordinary variety, 

 bringing better money in comparison. 

 Carnations are in pretty good shape; 

 prices keep up well and the demand is 

 satisfactory to the wholesalers. Beau- 

 ties, while more plentiful, maintain 

 their price and the good flowers of the 

 leading hybrid tea varieties bring fair 

 figures; this can hardly be said of the 

 shorts or of poorly grown stock. 

 Easter lilies and callas are in over- 



supply; the latter are more readily 

 marketed in quantity than the former. 

 Without further specializing, the situa- 

 tion may be summed up by saying that 

 the volume of business is satisfactory 

 under existing conditions, but that 

 average prices are a little lower than 

 usual at this time. 



Convention HaU. 



There have been discussions and 

 meetings during the ten days follow- 



