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The Florists^ Review 



JuNB 3. 1915. 



Chrysanthemums 



2^-lnch Pots 



2500 Nonin . . . $25.00 per 1000 

 7600 Bonnaflfon 25.00 per 1000 



Can also furnish other va- 

 rieties out of pots. 



THE LEO MSSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PHILADELPinA,?! 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, O. C. 



PEONIES 



Most of the local Peonies are coming in now, and we can supply any quantity in dark 

 and light pink and white. Splendid flowers for shipping, including all the best varieties. 

 Good flowers as low as $4.00 per ICO. 



EASTER LILIES 



$8.00 per 100 

 You never find us without good lilies, 

 and on short notice can supply most any 

 quantity. 



Gladioli, 100, $8.C0 

 Beauties, dozen, $1.00-$3.00 



VALLEY 



$3.00-$4.00 

 Two good grades, and enough to All 

 your order. It is cut in the right condi- 

 tion for shipping. 



Cornflowers, 1000, $6.00 



New Dagger Ferns, 1000, $1.50 



CHRYSANTH!MllM CUHINGS 



WHITE- ^ 100 1000 



Smith's Advaace ......$2.00 $16.00 



Polly Rose 2.00 16 CO 



Charles Razer ^^..... 2.00 16.00 



White Bonnaflon...Jwv-- 2.00 18.00 



J. Nonln 2.00 16.00 



Early Snow 2.00 16.00 



William Turner 2.00 17.60 



Lynnwood HaU , 2.00 16.00 



OctoberFrost -..^ 2.00 W.OO 



H. Frlclt rr 2.00 16.00 



C. Touset 2 00 16.00 



Timothy Eaton 2.00 17 60 



Wm. H. Chadwlck 2.60 20.00 



YELLOW— 



GoldenGlow 2.00 15.00 



MaJ. Bonnaflon 2.00 16.00 



Monrovia 2.00 16 00 



Chrysolora 2.00 16.00 



OctoberFrost.. 2.00 16 00 



Roman Gold 2.00 17.60 



Yellow Jones...., 2 00 17.60 



Golden Wedding 2 00 16.00 



R. Halllday 2.00 16,00 



Golden Chadwlek 3 00 26.00 



Yellow l«:aton 2.00 17.60 



Jerome Jones . i .■ 2.00 17.60 



PINK— 



Paciac Supreme 2.00 16 00 



M and Dean 2.00 16 00 



Jeanne Rosette 2.00 16.00 



Plnklvory 2.00 16.00 



Chieftain 2 60 20.00 



Unaka 2.00 16.00 



Dr. Enguehard 2.00 17.60 



Pink Chadwlek 8.00 26.00 



Glory of Pacific 2.00 16.00 



William Duckham 2.00 IB 00 



Minnie Bailey .....».00 16.00 



Blackhawk (Red) .,.;. 2.00 16.00 



250 of one variety at the thonSMad rate. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM TOMPONS 



Diana (White) ..$1.60 $12.60 



Klondyke (Yellow) ,. 1.60 12.60 



Menaon The Review when yoo write. 



PHUiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower business for Me- 

 morial day was most satisfactory. The 

 phenomenally wet weather retarded and 

 improved flowers to an extent that up- 

 set calculations. About one-half the 

 quantity of flowers of a year ago 

 brought as much money — that was the 

 general opinion. It is probable that 

 the total business was much larger here 

 than last year. The limit to business 

 lay in the supply, which compelled the 

 refusal of orders. Nearly everyone 

 misjudged the market and sold some 

 stock too low; when unable to supply 

 it themselves, they were obliged to buy 

 at a higher figure. 



Peonies were the principal flowers. 

 The white variety, P. festiva maxima, 

 has been so largely planted that it was 

 more plentiful early in the week than 

 the pink varieties. By the time the 

 holiday arrived all were sold at prices 

 ranging from 4 to 6 cents; some espe- 

 cially fine stock at 8 and even 10 cents. 

 The rain of May 29 and 30 held back 

 several orders until the morning of 

 May 31, when business was unusually 

 brisk for a holiday. The quantity of 

 peonies sold, while large, was not near- 

 ly so large as it would have been with 

 clear weather instead of cold rain. The 

 expedients resorted to, in order to open 

 the peonies, were varied. One whole- 

 sale house decorated its front pave- 

 ment, which, as it chanced, was on the 

 sunny side of the street. Another stood 

 its peonies up in the office and lighted 

 all the gas jets. Still another filled its 

 floor space over night and ran the 

 heater. Somehow they were opened and 

 sold. 



Carnations were hardly so plentiful 

 as the market required, but there was 

 not the expected scarcity. They 

 brought 3, 4 and 5 cents. Peonies and 

 carnations were the principal flowers; 

 after them everything sold, roses, sweet 



BERGER BR08. 



PEONIES 



WHITE PINK 



RED 



Extra Select Valley, Sweet Peas 

 Gladioli, America, Hollandia, Augusta 

 Easter Lilies, Roses and Carnations 



ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



MePtlon The ReTtew whea yon write. 



peas and cornflowers probably best, at 

 no special increase in prices, although 

 the market was firm. The sweet peas, 

 mostly indoor grown, developed more 

 strength than expected. Some quality 

 stock brought from $1 to $1.50 per hun- 

 dred, although 40 cents to 75 cents was 

 the general price. Outdoor flowers, 

 such as snowballs, mock oranges and 

 irises sold better than for many years 

 past. 



The spring plant market was seriously 

 aflfected by the cold weather of the 

 last ten days. Generally speaking, all 

 the stock in bloom has sold, but it has 

 not been possible to get so much of it 

 in bloom as usual with so much dark 



weather. It is hoped that the usual 

 fall in price after Memorial day will 

 be postponed this season, as it is be- 

 lieved that good weather will bring ex- 

 cellent business. 



The cut flower market was active 

 June 1 and 2. Valley, sweet peas, pink 

 roses and peonies were in brisk de- 

 mand. 



The Possibilities of Memorial Day. 



I had a little chat with George S. 

 Hampton May 29. It is always a pleas- 

 ure to listen to Mr. Hampton. He has 

 ideas that he expresses in words clear- 

 ly. I will try to give his thought just 

 as he gave it to me: 



