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The Florists' Review 



Apeil 1, 1916. 



Buy your 



Gardenias 



at Headquarters 

 $1.50-$3 00 per doz. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., riIILADELPIIIA,PA. 



BALTIMOBE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Fine 



YELLOW and WHITE 

 DAISIES 



$2.00 ... per 100 



BEAUTIES of the Best Quality 



Beauties are comiog in stronger, and we are in a position to give you the finest stock at reasonable prices. Don't neg- 

 lect to get our price when you are in the market for Beauties. Our price will interest you 

 and the quality of the stock will bring us your future business. Don't hesitate to recom- 

 mend our Beauties to your customers. They give satisfaction wherever we sell them. 



Dagger and Fancy 



FERNS 



$2.00 - - per 1000 



BRONZE GALAX 



$7.50 - - per case 



LILAC 



White and Lavender, bunch, $1.00 



No let-up to our supply. Liberal size 

 bunches and the best to be had. 



SNAPDRAGON 



$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100 



Mostly pink, also yellow and white. It 

 makes a splendid showing. 



SPENCER PEAS 



stock. 



All desirable colors in unlimited quantity. Can furnish them by the thousand of one 

 shade or color. The quality is unusually fine; in fact, some of the Peas are exhibition 

 Such Peas as we offer you will help you to make new customers for you. 



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FHIIiADEIJ?HIA. 



Tlie Market. 



The amount of business transacted 

 during the last week of March was 

 fully as great as that of any other 

 week during Lent save only the week 

 of St. Valentine's; some say it was 

 greater, but the number of flowers was 

 so large that the market lacked life. 

 Prices were low, flowers were left over, 

 conditions were unsatisfactory. Car- 

 nations continue the strong flowers on 

 the list; they sell well at good prices 

 and seem likely to do so imtil after 

 Easter. Koses have weakened with 

 each succeeding day. The receipts are 

 heavy and the lower grades bring less 

 than carnations, an unusual condition 

 at this season. Violets improved just 

 a little. The singles are disappearing. 

 The light doubles sell better than the 

 dark doubles, which are not appre- 

 ciated as they should be in this mar- 

 ket; in fact, the price of Marie Louise 

 has been scandalously low throughout 

 the season. Sweet peas have been in 

 pretty good demand, but owing to their 

 number, the buyers bear the prices 

 unmercifully at times. The average 

 price on sweet peas, as on violets, is 

 lower than usual during March, al- 

 though the really high grade stock 

 brings fair money. This fancy stock 

 is, of course, of the orchid-flowering 

 type, finer than ever seen here before. 

 Daffodils are selling a little better 

 than a week ago. Emperor leads. 

 There is dullness in Easter lilies; callas 

 fare better. Smilax is in heavy demand 

 and some fine stock is offered. Ferns 

 and asparagus are selling well. 



Three Trips. 



A friend suggested that it is a good 

 thing to get your nose off the grind- 

 stone and go about a little. He kindly 

 offered to go, too, and you know friends 

 generally don't offer to take it them- 

 selves when they give advice. So three 



BERGER BROS. 



VALLEY SWEET PEAS ROSES 



Our stock is good— we want your orders. 

 A complete assortment of decorative flowers, including 



Lilies, Callas, Snapdradon, Daffodils 



TULIPS, in all colors, a specialty 

 OUR SERVICE IS PROMPT 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



trips were arranged, for three after- 

 noons in March. 



The first of these visits was paid to 

 William A. Leonard. I have always ad- 

 mired William A. Leonard, but that 

 doesn't in the least prevent our having 

 scraps when we meet. For instance, Mr. 

 Leonard assures me that he planted a 

 house with three entirely different kinds 

 of soil. Part of the house was filled with 

 the best soil he could obtain, part with 

 inferior soil, and part with soil dug 

 from his stokehole. After the plants 

 had been growing some months he asked 

 me to point out the different kinds of 

 soil in that house. I couldn't do it. 

 He said he couldn't either. Now, I 



know that if I indulged in any such 

 tomfoolery on my place I would 

 "bust." Mr. Leonard shows no signs 

 of busting; his plants look well. Then, 

 again, William A. Leonard is growing 

 a variety of rose that is particularly 

 subject to mildew. Everybody who 

 grows that rose tells you it is a good 

 rose, only look out for the mildew. Some 

 of our crack growers have confessed to 

 me that they could not grow this rose 

 because it mildewed so readily. Now, 

 Mr. Leonard has this rose in all sorts 

 of places, under the ventilators, near 

 the doors, and wherenot. It has no 

 mildew. He drops the temperature sud- 

 denly, but he gets no mildew. I know 



