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The Florists^ Review 



Bkptembbb 3, ldl4. 



GREEN GOODS pur- 

 chased from U8 mean 

 real economy — the 

 full extent of your 

 money's worth. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



PHILADELPHIA 



WAR TALK every- 

 where, but we have 

 many vital questions 

 in our own country 

 to keep us busy. 



Your customers judge your store by the stock 

 you carry and the service you render. We can 

 materially help you in the former. To biiy your 

 Cut Flowers from us is a point in your favor. 



BEAUTIES 



of exceptionally good quality, mostly 

 medium and long 



$1.50 to $3.00 per dozen 



and special prices when ordered in 

 quantity 



New Crop 

 CARNATIONS 



Gorgeous, Wards. Pink and White 

 Enchantress ; good flowers for so early 

 in the season. 



$2.00 and $3 00 per 100 



A better supply in quantity and quality 



ASTERS 



$1.50 and $2 00 per 100 



Not too many of the better grades, 

 and an order placed early in the day 

 is a decided advantage. 



EASTER LILIES 



Mostly in bud, or open flowers if so 

 specified 



$1.50 per dozen 

 $10.00 per 100 



GREENS 



Always the Best Money 

 Can Buy 



$1.50 for 1000 good Dagger Ferns. 



$8.50 for a case of 10.000 large, well 

 bronzed Galax Leaves. 



$15.00 for 100 strings of Smilax, for 

 early fall decorations. 



$1.50 for 100 sprays of Adiantuni 

 Croweanum, of extra good quality. 



$10.00 for six extra large bales of 

 Sphagnum Moss. 



BALTIMORE BRANCH: 5 and 7 West Centre Street 



Mention The Rerlew when yog write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market is probably as bad as 

 at any time during the summer. There 

 is no life to the demand. When busi- 

 ness is summed up for the ten weeks or 

 so from June 15 to September 2 it has 

 been larger in the aggregate than of 

 yore, but it takes more flowers to do 

 the business and there is waste, at 

 times considerable. There are no fea- 

 tures to the market worth recording 

 and, as there are many other things of 

 more than usual interest, it is better to 

 pass on to them at once. 



The Bulb Situation. 



The European war has brought about 

 a condition in the bulb market of Hol- 

 land and, to a lesser extent, of France 

 and of Italy, so unusual that it is 

 worthy of detailed description. When 

 the war broke out July 29 the dealers 

 in this city became anxious regarding 

 their imports and the prices thereof. 

 Early in August it was thought that it 

 would be safer to cancel all bulb orders 

 and take chances in the open market. 

 This idea was based on the knowledge 

 that the German market, one of the 

 largest for Dutch bulbs, was practically 

 closed; that the French and Russian 

 markets were likewise eliminated. There 

 only remained the English and Amer- 

 ican markets to absorb the stock. Since 

 then the English market also has been 

 badly demoralized. The term "closed" 

 doea not mean that the Dutch bulbs 

 cannot reach Germany and the other 

 warring nations, but that there is no 

 demand for these bulbs, owing to the 



BERGER BROS. 



Offer the retail florists a 

 fine assortment of the 

 best flowers at reasonable 

 prices. Buyers are as- 

 sured that their orders 

 will receive careful atten= 

 tion. The favor of a trial 

 order is requested. 



1225 RACE ST. PHIUDELPHM 



Mention The IteTlew when yon write. 



war. After some thought it was de- 

 cided to allow the import orders to 

 stand, notifying the Holland firms that, 

 should their bulbs intended for other 

 countries be dumped on this market, 

 then the price in New York at the time 

 of delivery would rule instead of the 

 price agreed upon. The Holland export- 



ing firms promised to do all in the i' 

 l»ower to ]»roteet their American cu 

 tomers, knowing full well that a brea 

 in the market here would mean serious 

 disaster to them. There was a plan •' ' 

 foot wiioreby it was proposed that tb ' 

 Dutch government devote a sum sa''' 

 to be 15,000,n(»() guilders, or abou" 



