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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 11, 1912. 



CARNATIONS 



are more plentiful and quality very choice. Our supply consists mostly of the better 

 and newer varieties, and is far superior to what is usually offered in Carnations. We 



are 



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Headquarters for Mrs. C. W. Ward and Alma Ward 



The finest carnation on the market for size and quality. Prices very reasonable. 



White Freesia, per lOO, $5.00. Long stems, pure white — quality the best. 

 Valley, $3.0044.00 per 100. Our supply of Valley is exceptionally fine. 

 * Single Daffodils, per 100, $4.00. Pansies, per lOO bunches, $8.00. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



N W nr. 12tli art Rata Ste.. PHII.AWT.PHIA. PA. 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. 



Mention The Review wben you write 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market has fallen off a little. 

 The severe cold and snow have had 

 more effect on the demand than on the 

 supply. People do not shop much in 

 arctic weather. This eliminates tran- 

 sient business in the shops and on the 

 street. The shipping orders are the 

 strength of the market. The orders, 

 particularly for the south, are just as 

 heavy as before the wintry change in 

 weather. They call for much fine stock. 

 The local shops are not so lively as a 

 week ago, although the fashionable flo- 

 rists have all they can do in supplying 

 flowers for the social events. The gen- 

 eral market is so much in their favor 

 that they can buy all but fancy stock 

 at moderate prices. The absence of the 

 job lot buyers on Saturday was felt. 

 Many odds and ends were left over 

 that would ordinarily have been sold. 

 Carnations have increased in number 

 and fallen in price more than other 

 flowers. Beauties are firm; other roses 

 are easy, except the top grades. Daffo- 

 dils, mostly Trumpet Major, are suffi- 

 ciently plentiful for active trading. 

 Freesia has come and there are some 

 tulips of only moderate flower and 

 stem in all colors. Snapdragons are off 

 crop and hard to obtain. Wallflowers 

 are in fair supply. Asparagus is in brisk 

 demand. 



White roses of the shorter grades are 

 in active demand at prices that are bet- 

 ter than those paid for colored. Many 

 shipments arrived partly frozen Jan- 

 uary 5 and 6. 



The First Assembly. 



A terrific gale was blowing down 

 Walnut street, the wind roaring and 

 whistling around the corner of the 

 great hotel at Broad in a way that 

 made the pedestrians duck their heads 

 and gasp for breath as they scurried 

 along. The thermometer was hovering 

 around 10 degrees, the sudden change 

 from the day before making it seem 

 more like 10 below. The bright lights 

 twinkled invitingly from the windows 

 of the flower shop in the Bellevue- 

 Stratf ord. Inside was a southern trop- 



Rkhmcnd. Killar- 

 ney, White Kfl- 

 larney and 



FINE ROSES _ 



PRINCETON, OUR EXCLUSIVE NOVELTY 



Carnations Violets Easter Lilies 

 Callas Paper Whites Daffs 



And all stasonable varieb'es of CUT FLOWERS and GRf ENS 



Call, phone, write or wire to 



BERGER BROS. 



Wholesale Flortsts 



140-142 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ical scene, enlivened by northern activ- 

 ity. The refreshing green of palms and 

 ferns and the soft colors of the flowers, 

 with their delicate perfume, were in 

 striking contrast to the fierce winter 

 blast outside. Salesmen, clerks and 

 delivery boys were actively engaged un- 

 der the direction of the senior member 

 of the firm. "Wait a moment," he 

 said, and a few moments later, "We 

 have a little decoration upstairs that 

 I would like you to see; this young man 

 will show you the way." Through the 

 corridors of the Bellevue-Stratford, up 

 to the second floor, where the ball room, 

 so perfect in proportions and in archi- 

 tectural beauty, was in evening dress, 

 we went. 



It was the night of the First Assem- 

 bly ball. The decorations of the ball 

 room were beautiful. There was no 

 attempt at elaborate display, simply 



the touch that the Habermehls so well 

 understand, which enhances rather than 

 overshadows the natural beauty of the 

 ball room. A bank of green foliage, 

 plants without a blemish, screened the 

 orchestra. Specimen pans of Begonia 

 Glory of Cincinnati, birch-bark-covered, 

 arranged to bring out their glowing 

 beauty; specimen plants of bird's nest 

 fern (Asplenium Nidus Avis) sur- 

 mounting the pillars; old-fashioned 

 smilax, gracefully twined, shaded elec- 

 tric lights — ^that was all, but done by a 

 master's hand. 



In a room adjoining, Edward Haber- 

 mehl disclosed a pre- Assembly dinner; 

 sixty-two covers; a hollow oblong table 

 with rounded comers, the center filled 

 with ferns with just a little touch of 

 color, the ferns arranged with studied 

 care to produce that natural effect that 

 seems so easy when you have it done 



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