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The Weekly Florists' Review. F.B.<.AKr s, mi!. 



ACACIA 

 PUBESCENS, 

 $2.50 per bunch 



BEAUTIES 



LONG sprays of brilliant yellow flowers, with 

 fine foliage. The choicest of all yellow 

 flowers during this month. We always have it 

 on hand. Large orders should be placed in 

 advance. 



VIOLETS 



Our Beauties are of excellent quality, as good 

 as you will find anywhere. Specials are 36-inch 

 stems and over, good heavy buds and fine color. 

 You will find our prices fair and reasonable. 

 Let us supply you. 



We guarantee our Violets to be as fresh as it 

 is possible to get them. Some of the best New 

 York violet growers make daily shipments to us. 

 Should you be able to use a quantity, we can 

 quote you a special price. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale 



Itth. and Raea Straata, 



«»"»»• PHIIADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Bavltw wh«n you wrlU. 



Wertheimer, Sam Seligman and A. L. 

 Marks, of Wertheimer Bros., New 

 York; Wm. Qrafif, Columbus, O., con- 

 sulting Dr. Billings, who advises a sec- 

 ond operation for appendicitis; J. F. 

 Anunann, Edwardsville, HI., in confer- 

 ence with C. L. Washburn on State 

 Florists' Association matters; Morris 

 Fisher, Kalamazoo. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Sislug Eastern Market. 



The feature of the first week in Feb- 

 ruary is the increase in the supply of 

 daffodils, an increase so large that the 

 market has been borne down. Golden 

 Spur are down to $3 a hundred and 

 even lower, while single Von Sion fare 

 even worse. Tulips have suffered from 

 their quality, or rather lack of it, while 

 the shorter-stemmed sweet peas accu- 

 mulate despite efforts to sell them. 



Outside of these varieties, the cut 

 flower market is in fair shape. There 

 are improvements in single violets and 

 in valley. Cattleyas are less depressed. 

 There is an active demand for the rath- 

 er modest supply of Easter lilies. As- 

 paragus plumosus is in demand. The 

 difference between the nice, compact 

 bunches of even sprays and the long, 

 ragged or short, scrubby ones is much 

 less noticeable than usual. 



Carnations are holding their own 

 well. The receipts have been heavy. 

 The market has taken them at prices 

 but little below that of the last week 

 in January. Despite the shortening of 

 the rose crop, the scarcity has been 

 confined to the lower grades. Fancy 

 and select roses have been fully equal 

 to all demands. Fancy sweet peas have 

 fared much better than the poor grade, 

 although $1 will buy all but gilt edged 

 stock. It is unfortunate that so many 

 sweet peas worth from 35 to 50 cents 

 per hundred should be coming into town 

 when the extreme cold deprives them of 

 their natural outlet, the street mer- 

 chants. Lilac is in fair demand. The 

 beautiful Acacia pubescens has come. 

 Club Meeting. 



The club meeting Tuesday, February 

 6, was remarkable; the attendance 

 filled every chair and many stood. The 



FEBRUARY FLOWERS 



For "Bomething choice" we BUfgest fancy blooms of 



Princeton -«d Richmond Roses 



For "good value for the money" we suggest select 



VIOLETS9 single and double. 



SWEET PEAS9 pink and white. 



DAFFODILS PAPER WHITES 



TULIPS 



We also have a good supply of CARNATIONS* ROSES* 



LILIE^ and all seasonable varieties of cut flowers and greens. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Wholeaale Florists 

 140-148 North 18th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



exhibits were numerous, varied and all 

 well grown. Addresses were made by 

 Bichard Vincent, Jr., who spoke of the 

 value of organization for the florist; 

 Wallace E. Pierson, in his happiest 

 vein; Stanley Fisher, Robert Pyle, 

 Adolph Farenwald, Edward A. Stroud, 

 Leo Niessen, Samuel S. Pennock and 

 John R. Andre. 



The Robert Craig Co. exhibited for 

 Stockton & Howe the new rose, Prince- 

 ton, S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., for the 

 Budlong Rose Co., staged the new rose, 

 Baltimore. A. N. Pierson Co., Crom- 

 well, Conn., exhibited Double White 

 Killarney, Mrs. Taft, Lady Hillingdon 

 and Killarney Queen, also Asparagus 

 Hatcheri strings. J. Stephenson's Sons 

 staged Mrs. Jardine and Double Pink 

 Killarney. Robert Scott & Son showed 

 Irish Fireflame, a new five-petaled 

 rose, and Double Pink Killarney. Jo- 

 seph Heacock Co. exhibited Killarney 



and White Killarney. E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., staged Sunburst. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., sent his 

 striped carnation, Benora, and Qoddess, 

 a grand scarlet. The Stafford Flower 

 Farms had five vases of carnations, in- 

 cluding Princess Charming, Gloriosa, 

 White Wonder, Mrs. Ward and Beacon. 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. exhibited a 

 vase of 100 Comfort and also staged 

 Wodenethe for Charles H. Totty, a 

 white seedling for the Cottage Gardens 

 Co., Northport for James D. Cockcroft, 

 and Wm. Eccles for Scott Bros. H. D. 

 Rohrer had a red seedling. William 

 Kleinheinz staged Miss Dimple Wid- 

 ener. Richard Lang showed White En- 

 chantress, Mrs. C. W. Ward. 



A Visit to Biverton. 



There was an atmosphere of activity 

 and bustle about the large packing 

 shed at Riverton. Men were carrying 





