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The Florists' Review 



April 29, 1915. 



GREENS 



Adiantum: 



Per lOO tl.00-fl.60 



Farleyense: 



Per 100 $16.00 



Smllax: 



Per 100 strings $20.00 



Aspaxa^rus: 



String or bunch 60c 



Galax: 



Per case $7.60 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rHILIU)ELrinA,PA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



GREENS 



Dasrarer Ferns: 



PerlOOO $2.00 



Fancy Ferns: 



PerlOOU $2.50 



Green Leucothoe: 



Per 1000 $7.50 



MaKnolla Leaves: 



1000 leaves to a box $1.50 



Sheet Moss: 



Fadeless - bag $3.50 



BEAUTIES 



Roses 



The cut of Roses has been very 

 large, and in flUing your orders 

 for Roses, you will fiod we will 

 give you a better grade than at 

 quoted prices. We are offering 

 you unusually good value in 

 Roses, and at $3.00 and $5.00 

 we will give you a grade of 

 stock you can use for most any 

 purpose. 



$1.00-$ 3.00 . 

 6.00- 20.00 - 



per dozen 

 - per 100 



They are Btill comiog in in large quan* 

 tities, and it is up to you to take advan- 

 tage of the large supply and the reason- 

 able prices. 



Beauties always make a better showing 

 than any other flower, especially when 

 they are well grown. 



Let us quote you when in the market 

 — you cannot do better elsewhere. 



Snapdragon 



$8.00 per 100 



Several shades of Pink, also 

 in White and Yellow. It is 

 well worth the price, when you 

 see the quality. 



A good grade of Soapdragon 

 in Pink at $6.00 per 100. 



You will find no better selection anywhere than what we offer you. 

 CORNFLOWERS DAISIES STOCKS WALLFLOWERS 



SPANISH IRIS 



LILAC 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



A Philadelphia shoe factory sold last 

 week 8,000 pairs of patent leather 

 shoes to a New York shoe jobbing 

 house at 71 cents per pair. Perhaps 

 this fact will clearly bring out the 

 point that in other branches of busi- 

 ness besides our own the quantity 

 buyer obtains a better price than the 

 buyer who takes a moderate number 

 carefully selected. But it hardly seems 

 likely that any of us get our patent 

 leather shoes, if we wear them, at or 

 anywhere near 71 cents a pair. The 

 quantity buyer in the flower market 

 today has an advantage. Just take a 

 few thousand of this, that or the other 

 kind of flowers, not selected, and you 

 will find out. 



The market shows a slight change for 

 the week ending April 28, over the pre- 

 vious week. The change consists princi- 

 pally in better prices on the lower grades 

 of stock and on quantity lots, ^ile the 

 prices on high grades are hardly so 

 good with some houses, though un- 

 changed with others. We have had the 

 temperature over 90 degrees, an almost 

 unprecedented occurrence for April, 

 which has kept the supply up to the 

 high-water mark of the previous week. 

 There is considerable business for mod- 

 erate numbers of selected flowers, and 

 an enormous business in unselected 

 flowers at shockingly low prices. The 

 receipts are so heavy that it takes spe- 

 cial effort on the part of growers, 

 transportation companies and whole- 

 salers to get the flowers into and out 

 of the market in a businesslike way. 

 Everyone is taxed to the utmost and 

 everyone longs for a return to normal 

 conditions. This return is predicted 

 soon after seasonable weather arrives. 



BERGER BROS. 



WHITE CARNATIONS 

 FOR MOTHERS' DAY 



Yes, we have a fine stock of the best White GarnationB. 

 Please use some other flowers with your Carnations. 



Order early. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Beyond these broad facts there are 

 only a few particulars worthy of note. 

 Greens are becoming more plentiful; 

 while in demand, there are quite enough 

 to fill the orders. Outdoor daffodils 

 and indoor tulips are good and plenti- 

 ful. Sweet peas have felt the heat, 

 but the new crops promise to maintain 

 quality as the old ones retrograde. 

 Violets are about over. Delphiniums, 

 indoor grown, are quite a factor. Span- 

 ish iris is plentiful, the yellow much 

 more so than the purple, white and 



bronze; this makes the difference in 

 price, the former usually bringing less 

 than the other three. Fine outdoor 

 lilac has come. 



New Method of Propagating. 



Gormley Montgomery, of Toronto, 

 describes a new method of rose prop- 

 agation that has been in vogue at the 

 establishment of his uncle, J. H. Dun- 

 lop, for the last two years. It con- 

 sists in combining the advantages of 

 grafts and own root in one plant. The 



