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The Florists^ Review 



April 30, 1914. 



Our Weekly 

 Price List 



gives you a market report 

 and general information on 

 stock that represents good 

 value during the coming 

 week. 



It's of special interest to 

 €very retailer. Can we add 

 your name to our list? 



BEAUTIES 



Specials, se-inch stems md over, $3.00 dozen 

 Medium .... $1.00- 2.50 dozen 



Beauties are plentiful and of splendid quality. Mostly Specials, and they 

 are the best for size and color. 50 and over of one size will be billed at the 

 quantity price. 



DOSES' ''""^ ~ ""'^^ ~ YELLOW 



We have never been in a position to oflfer youiloses of better quality, and at 

 more moderate prices. In pink we have plenty of Killarney Brilliant. In yel- 

 low roses we have a good supply of Aaron Ward and Sunburst. Also plenty of 

 good white roses. We are offering splendid value in roses in lots of 250 at 3c 

 and 5c each. 



GREENS 



Dagger Ferns 1000, $2.50 



CARNATIONS 



500 OF THE BEST FOR $15.00 



Our selection of colors. We specialize in the better grades of Carnations 

 and we only use varieties of the best keeping quality for out-of-town shipments. 



GARDENIAS, dozen $I.0O-$8.pO 



VALLEY, 100 3.00- 4.6o 



DAISIES, white, yellow, 100 1.00- 1.50 



STOCKS, assorted colors, 100 3.00- 5.00 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. it ti n PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Fancy Ferns 1000, 



Galax, bronze 1000, 



Galax, bronze per case, 



Galax, green 1000, 



Galax, green per case, 



Leucothoes, green 100, 



Leucothoes, green, 12-in. . 1000, 



3.00 

 1.00 

 7.60 

 1.50 

 7.50 

 .75 

 3.50 



Meptlon Tb« Rfrlew when yog write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



The group of wholesale florists who 

 distribute the cut flowers and greens 

 coming into the eastern market agree 

 that never before have they seen so 

 many flowers in one week. Many of 

 ithem have been closely identified with 

 this market since it became worthy of 

 the name. Their judgment, so unani- 

 mous in its expression, is noteworthy. 

 They further agree that the quality of 

 the stock is excellent for the close of 

 April, They also agree that the vol- 

 ume of business is satisfactory — quite 

 so — but, and this word should be spelled 

 with a capital — But the market is de- 

 moralized. There are so many flowers 

 that it is an actual fact that there 

 are pretty nearly two flowers for every 

 one needed, so that the average prices 

 are low, distressingly low; low to a de- 

 gree that makes it hard to send out the 

 returns to the growers, they are so 

 dreadfully low. 



That little description gives a better 

 idea of the market than any verbatim 

 account could possibly do. Take lilies 

 for example: It is not uncommon to 

 have a surplus of lilies after Easter; 

 we expect it. This season it seems as 

 though, between the growers who missed 

 Easter, the growers who assure you 

 they never intended to make Easter, 

 and the growers who force lilies for 

 cutting at all seasons of the year, we 

 have a crop of lilies of such extraordi- 

 nary size that it would take a carload 

 of dynamite to move them. The mar- 

 ■ket quotation on lilies cuts no figure 

 whatever. Those prices are obtained 



BER6ER BROS. 



A VERY FINE STOCK 



Roses Sweet Peas Yellow Daisies 

 Snapdragon Lilies Carnations 



The Finest VALLEY in Philadelphia 



HIGH QUALITY LARGE QUANTITY 

 PROMPT SERVICE 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



for a dozen, or twenty-five, or fifty, 

 or, once in a long while, for 100. The 

 man who will move a quantity is not 

 vexed by petty price considerations. 

 He gets those lilies and is regarded as 

 a benefactor to the heavily loaded mar- 

 ket. There is only one regret — that he 

 cannot use more. Other flowers are not 



so overplentiful as lilies, save perhaps 

 snapdragon, which generally can be 

 moved at some price when of good 

 quality, though this is not always the 

 case. Lily of the valley, lilac and cat- 

 tleyas are the scarce flowers on the 

 list, if one may use that term; it is in 

 a comparative sense only. 



