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The Florists' Review 



jAMDABir 16, 1913. 



High -Grade Carnations 



Quality is the most important question when buying carnations. 

 Our constant aim is to have the very best varieties obtainable, and 

 we instruct our growers accordingly. Good stock is in good supply, 

 and we are quoting attractive prices. 



SPECIALS rOR THIS WEEK 



Freesia, pure white Per 100, $4.00 



DaflFodile, long stems. 



Mignonette, long spikes " " 



Pansies 100 bunches, 



Sweet Peas, selected stock Per 100, 



Sweet Peas, good stock Per 100, 75c @ 



4.00 

 5.00 

 8.00 

 1.50 

 l.CQ 



Dagger Ferns Per 1000, $1.50 Green Leucothoe Per 1000, $7.00 



Fancy Ferns " " 2.00 Bronze Galax Per case, 7.50 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. xi i: ss PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The R.Ttew when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



There is more business going than 

 usual for the second week in January, 

 with so many more flowers than are 

 generally produced at this time that 

 prices are low. It seems as though 

 every carnation grower who supplies 

 this market had his plants in full crop 

 from two to three weeks after the hol- 

 idays. Prices have fallen so low that 

 they are scarcely one-third what they 

 were then; perhaps one-quarter would 

 be nearer the mark. It is difficult to 

 find an outlet for the crop at market 

 prices. This is partly due to the warm 

 weather that prevailed during the first 

 half of the week ending January 15, 

 weather so warm that the buyers dis- 

 trusted the keeping qualities of the 

 divine flower. Golden Spur has joined 

 Trumpet Major, affording splendid daf- 

 fodils at moderate prices. Freesia, 

 too, has become a staple flower, while 

 sweet peas of all grades and colors are 

 more plentiful. Violets are in heavy 

 supply and there are more gardenias 

 than the market can easily absorb.- 

 Cattleyas are in excellent supply. 

 Valley is fairly abundant. Koses, 

 though not so plentiful as a week ago, 

 are sufficient for the demand, except 

 the novelties, which are scarce. Good 

 white roses sell slowly, but the short 

 grades are in request. The out-of-town 

 orders add strength to the market. 



The January Meeting. 



A thick fog, so dense that the lights 

 on the motors and cabs on Broad 

 street gleamed like fireflies through a 

 midsummer haze, wrapped the city 

 closely. It drifted into the clubroom, 

 giving it an odd appearance, suggestive 

 of tobacco smoke after an all-evening 

 session. The chairs were filled by the 

 club's best array of talent, men who 

 came to listen and learn, rather than to 



BERGER BROS 



SPRING FLOWERS 



WHITE LILAC, Pure White, Large Heads 



DAFFODILS, Trumpet Major 



VIOLETS, Second to None 



SWEET PEAS, All Colors 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, LILIES 



THE MOST CENTRAL WHOLESALE CUT 

 FLOWER HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA 



140-142 N. 13th St. • • rhiiadelpiiia, Pa. 



Mention Ibe Keview wnen you wnie 



be amused. Koutine business over. Presi- 

 dent Thilow introduced the speaker of 

 the evening, Charles Henry Fox, in a 

 few well chosen words. Mr. Fox 

 opened with an apt story, then told his 

 hearers that wholesalers should never 

 retail and that all should cooperate to 

 prevent the extremely high prices often 

 caused by ignorance of conditions and 

 so, as well as by timely suggestions, 

 increase the need of flowers. Wallace 

 E. Pierson followed with a good speech ; 

 everyone agrees that Mr. Pierson is 

 always well worth hearing. Walter P. 

 Stokes was next. He said that, while 

 we are in business for money, business 



is part of our lives and should be made 

 pleasant by mingling with each other. 

 He believes in moderate prices be- 

 cause the American people dislike be- 

 ing pulled when they want anything. 

 Adolph Farenwald said that it is all 

 very well to condemn high holiday 

 prices, but asked what the poor grower 

 is to do without fair returns for his 

 hard summer's work under glass? Mr. 

 Fox was on his feet in an instant to 

 assert that the prices last Christmas 

 were most reasonable; no fault to find 

 with them. It was the anticipated 

 prices that did harm; for instance, $2 

 per hundred being asked for violets. 



