The Florists' Review 



August 6, 1914. 



2 Rose Specials 



250 for $ 5.00 

 250 for 10.00 



Our selection of colors. Positively 

 fresh and surprisingly good value at 

 the price. 



ALL 

 COLORS 



ASTERS 



$1.00 to $2.50 per 100 



The mideeason crop is due now, which will insure an in- 

 creased supply and much improvement in quality. You can 

 depend on your order being satisfactorily filled. 



New Local Beauties""'*"*"" 



per dozen 



Real quality for so early in the season. 



Gladioli "";.rf«S*~ 



Special— 200, our selection, for $5.00. Only good varieties. 



CilStCr Lilies * $10.00 per 100 



We have extra fine BRONZE OALAX 

 at $8.50 per case— quality g^naranteed 



Field-grown 

 Carnation Piants 



28,000 Mrs. C. W. Ward 



$7.50 per 100 $65.00 per 1000 



250 at 1000 rate. 



We have inspected the plants in the 

 field. They are bushy, strong plants, 

 ready for immediate shipment. Mrs. 

 Ward is the best carnation of that 

 shade of pink on the market. 

 For Complete List 

 ses Classified Ad 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



5 and 7 W. Centre Street 

 BALTIMORE, MD. 



N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



MenttoB TiM B.T1.W wb«n 70a write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The supply of flowers is at low water 

 mark. The demand is not much better; 

 a little business, enough generally for 

 the best stock, with difficulty to dispose 

 of the rest. Asters are the most im- 

 portant flowers in the market. Some of 

 them are extremely fine, but most of 

 them are of medium grade. Prices are 

 low on quantity lots where quality is 

 not important. Gladioli are in heavy 

 supply and it has taken special offers 

 to find buyers for the surplus. Boses 

 are in shorter supply, although the cool 

 weather has helped their quality. The 

 first new-crop Beauties have come. 

 Easter lilies are quite scarce. There 

 are few orchids in the market. Valley 

 is in excess of requirements. 



The Effect of the War. 



The whole community has been stirred 

 by the European war news that has 

 come in over the cables with scant 

 warning, spreading alarm everywhere. 

 The immediate effect of the war on our 

 business is marked. The great center 

 of the florists' supply business of the 

 country is in this city. The recalling 

 of the ocean liners and steamships sail- 

 ing from the German ports to New York 

 has cut off the incoming supplies for 

 the fall and winter. Cables were sent 

 last week ordering that all goods ready 

 be rushed off and later that these goods 

 be shipped from a neutral port. The 

 closing of all ports on the North sea is 

 believed to end this chance of getting 

 freight over for the present. 



The effect of the cutting off of im- 

 ports, should it continue, is of interest. 

 There are enough goods now here in 

 practically all lines to satisfy the im- 

 mediate demand. This, of course, can- 



BERGER BROS. 



WANT "^^^^ BUSINESS 



FOR THE COMING SEASON 



Every Facility for Handling Cut Flowers 



All the best Summer Flowers sent 

 promptly. Careful packing. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



CHOICE VALLEY, LILIES, ORCHIDS, 

 MARYLAND ROSES, GLADIOLI, ASTERS 



Mention Th. Bartow wh.a yon writ.. 



not continue, because the bulk of the 

 imports intended for consumption at 

 the holidays are still in Europe. The 

 French immortelles and the Austrian 

 statice are not yet harvested. Should 

 war continue they probably will be lost. 

 The quantities of dried material pre- 

 pared on the other side, for wreaths 

 and other designs, cannot be duplicated 

 here. Baskets, on the other hand, can 

 and will be made here just as well as 

 abroad, though the cost will be greater. 



Basket-making in Europe is often done 

 after hours at home, or when other 

 work is slack. Wages also are low. 

 Here the baskets are made by men who 

 receive excellent pay for their work, 

 work that is a regular employment for 

 men, not an extra for the whole family. 

 Exactly what effect the changed con- 

 ditions will have on the other supplies 

 cannot be accurately foretold. It is 

 certain, however, that the energy and 

 enterprise that have made the florists "^ 



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