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The Florists^ Review 



May 7, 1014. 



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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 

 every retailer. Can we add 

 your name to our list? 



At the present quotations most every florist can handle 



BEAUTIES 



The supply continues to be large and we oifer you the best at $3.00 per dozen; 

 the medium at $1.00 to $2.50 per dozen. We do not only oflfer the lowest 

 market price, but also give you assurance of the best to be had in quality. 

 50 of a size will be billed at the 100 rate. 



There's no limit to the supply of 



ROSES 



Roses offer a splendid opportunity for a special sale. If you can use 

 Roses in quantity, write us for quotations. Our prices will surely interest you. 



Specials for this week: 



SNAPDRAGON. 100. $4.00-$6.00. Fancy pink or assorted colors. 



GARDENIAS, 100, $8.0O-$15.O0. 



CATTLEYAS, dozen, $6.00-$7.50. 



DAISIES, white and yellow, 500 for $5.00. 



SPANISH IRIS, 100, $5.00. 



VALLEY, good stock, $3.00; best, $4.00 per 100. 



LEUCOTHOE, Green. 12-inch sprays. 1000, $3.00. 



LEUCOTHOE, Green, long sprays, 1000, $6.50. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florbts 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sim. tt tt it PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



GREENS 



Dagger Ferns 1000, $2.60 



Fancy Ferns 1000, 3.00 



Galax, bronze 1000, 1.00 



Galax, bronze per case, 7.60 



Galax, green 1000, 1.60 



Galax, green per case, 7.50 



Mention Th» R«Tlew when yon write. 



things, which causes great annoyance 

 to the wholesalers. The express com- 

 panies have taken off a number of runs, 

 and the railroads refuse to take boxes 

 of flowers, marked "Funeral Supplies," 

 as baggage, notifying shippers that they 

 can only take undertakers' supplies. 

 This makes it hard to reach out-of-town 

 people with rush orders. Clarke. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



May day brought an improvement in 

 the cut flower market that was wel- 

 come; not such an extraordinary im- 

 provement, for conditions were bad the 

 closing week of April, but there was 

 more life to business, making average 

 prices better. Some said it was better 

 demand, some gave credit to the weath- 

 er, while others thought the high tide 

 of supply had passed. Perhaps all com- 

 bined produced the effect. Prices are 

 low, extremely low, with much poor 

 stock that brings little or nothing, for 

 nobody wants low grade stock when he 

 can have better stock for a trifle. 



The first peonies have arrived from 

 the south: Festiva maxima and a pink, 

 nice flowers but a little short in stem 

 as yet. Spanish iris continues in de- 

 mand, with the stock rather limited. 

 Gladioli, greenhouse grown, are arriving 

 in larger numbers, many of them of ex- 

 cellent quality. Cattleyas are quite 

 plentiful, Mossiaa commanding a better 

 market and a better price than Schroed- 

 eraj. Beauties are in heavy supply, with 

 prices moderate. The heavy crops of 

 white roses are going off. Pink roses are 

 plentiful. Red roses are not much in 



BERGER BROS. 



LARGER QUARTERS have brought 



larger business. That means your largest 



orders can be entrusted to us. 



A splendid stock of fine Roses, Carnations, 

 Sweet Peas, Lilies, Yellow Daisies, 

 select VaUey, etc. 



TRY OUR PROMPT SERVICE 



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1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



demand. The best carnations are sought 

 at low figures, but many are not equal to 

 the market's requirements. The carna- 

 tion crops appear lighter than usual at 

 this season. Sweet peas are on the down 

 track, but some frame-grown stock adds 

 tone to the quality. Violets are over. 

 Daffodils seem unseasonable. Lilies still 



are overdone, although less so than re- 

 cently. Many of the odds and ends in 

 cut flowers are disappearing. 



The Plant Growers' Side. 



Two weeks ago the Retail Florists' 

 Association's side of the Easter plant 

 controversy was given in this column. 



