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The Florists' Review 



April 9, 1914. 



WE ARE HEADQUARTERS 



IN PHILADELPHIA FOR 



BEAUTIES 



With an immense stock to select your order from, we can positively assure you of the best market value. 

 Beauty buyers know what good flowers are, and as it pays tC handle only the best, get into the habit of ' 

 buying our Beauties. 



This will insure the best quality, and our prices are so reasonable now that every retailer can find a profit- 

 able market for them. 

 When in need of Beauties, let us quote you. We can furnish all sizes in quantity. 



Sv^eet Peas- 



The Spencer varieties— the finest in quality we ever 

 handled. Let us fill your next order. We are anx- 

 ious to have you see the quality. 



Valley—ioo, $3.00-$4.00 



We will be very strong with fine quality Valley dur- 

 ing the next two months. Our Valley is cut in the 

 proper condition for shipping. 



Snapdragon— $8.00 and $10.00 per 100 



It is a very attractive flower, and at lITe price it makes a splendid showing. We can furnisli you almost any 

 quantity of pink, white and yellow. ^ 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sfs. 



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II PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yoit write. 



PHII.ADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market has taken a 

 brace, so that it is in excellent shape 

 for the greatest flower day of the year. 

 There are several odd conditions: Car- 

 nations are worth more than roses, only 

 you must not measure the stems when 

 comparing them; daffodils are bringing 

 a better price than during most of the 

 season, although the southerners are 

 here. True, the southern daffs are not 

 especially plentiful, nor are their north- 

 ern cousins, so perhaps it is not so 

 odd, after all, as there is a demand 

 created by the heavy supply of the 

 last two months. Single violets are 

 over, or nearly so. Double violets are 

 in good shape, thanks to the cool 

 weather; they bid fair to continue so 

 until after Easter, 



There ate no other special features 

 to the market, except that last week's 

 forecast of plenty of flowers seems sure 

 of realization. Carnations may possibly 

 be short of the demand and of course 

 there will be things here and there not 

 as plentiful as could be desired at the 

 moment they are wanted, but the broad 

 fact remains that there are likely to 

 be more flowers at the end of the 

 week than this market has ever seen 

 before. 



The Floracroft Qreenhouses. 



Edward Boss hesitated just an in- 

 stant, which way to turn: On one side 

 were the hydrangeas, on the other the 

 valley. If there was choice, possibly 

 the valley was the finer, but the hy- 

 drangeas come only at Easter and the 



BERGER BROS. 



The finest Valley 

 for Weddings 



Sweet Peas : Daisies : Roses : L^ilies 



THE BEST or EVERYTHING IN THE MARKET 



PROMPT SERVICE OUR AIM 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



valley is present for 365 days in every 

 year. The hydrangeas presented the 

 most glorious sight. Nearly 1,900 of 

 them, all heavily flowered, -with im- 

 mense trusses of bloom and 'scarce a 

 blind shoot anywhere. They presented 

 an even sheet of color; n*t a straggly 

 plant; hardly a plant above its fellows; 

 they were the perfection of the grow- 



er's art. This house was filled with 

 Otaksa. Avalanche, Bouquet Bose and 

 some of the other French varieties were 

 elsewhere. A single plant of Ava- 

 lanche carried forty heads of bloom 

 over a 12-inch tub. The valley has 

 lost none of its charm; an enormous 

 quantity is being flowered extremely 

 well. The new houses erected for lilies 



