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The Florists^ Review 



January 30, 1913. 



CARNATIONS 



■■• Our selection, 500 for $15.00 



The best assortment of pink, white and red you ever bought for the 

 price. Try a shipment and we feel sure you will come back for more. 



FERNS LEUCOTHOES GALAX 



Dagger $1.50 per 1000 24-inch Sprays, Green $7.50 per case 



Fancy 2.00 per 1000 75c per 100 Bronze 7.50 per case 



Wild Smilax case, $5.00 



Sphagnum Moss 5-bbl. bales, 2.00 



Fadeless Sheet Moss bag, 3.50 



Mexican Ivy 1000, 7.50 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale Florists 



N* W. Corner 12th and Race Sis. is is i: PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mmtlon The H.tIcw wh.n yon writ.. 



on a new catalogue of florists' supplies, 

 which will be issued at the time autumn 

 trade opens up. 



Guy Beburn is again to be found at 

 the office of A. Henderson & Co., after 

 a three weeks' absence. 



Fred Klingel, of Erne & Klingel, be- 

 lieves the way advance orders for St. 

 Valentine's day are coming in is an 

 indication that out-of-town retailers are 

 making ready to do s^npe advertising 

 and boosting. 



Among the visitors this week have 

 been: E. E. Stewart, Eives Junction, 

 Mich., exhibiting the gold medal 

 awarded him b^Jhe English Gladiolus 

 Society for his ifovelty named Michi- 

 gan; J. A. Evans, Richmond, Ind.; C. B. 

 Knickman, representing McHutchison & 

 Co., New York; Floyd Brallier, Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Bising Eastern Market. 



The tone of the cut flower market for 

 the week ending with McKinley day has 

 been fair, with the exception of a few 

 weaklings. Carnations have shown 

 gratifying strength, the colored varie- 

 ties leading. Some say that the im- 

 provement in carnations is due to more 

 moderate prices, others to a better mar- 

 ket, while still others believe that' the 

 birthday of the martyred president 

 quickened the out-of-town demand. The 

 feature of the rose market is the short- 

 age in shorts. Many more of the lower 

 grades could be used, particularly in 

 pink. Whites are moving off in better 

 shape, while Bichmond and the novel- 

 ties are diffix;ult to obtain. Beauties 

 have advanced; many are going out of 

 town, but this expression is in the com- 

 parative sense, as the cut of good Beau- 

 ties is light. 



Sweet peas are blooming more freely 

 on the sunny days. There is a good de- 

 mand. Choice valley sells readily, but 



BERGER BROS. 



TULIPS 



FOR VALENTINE'S DAY 



WHITE LILAC DAFFODILS VIOLETS 



SWEET PEAS FREESIA 



and all SPRING FLOWERS 



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



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just now there is an unusual proportion 

 of inferior stock. Tulips in all colors 

 are coming into town. Daffodils are 

 good and cheap. There is a fair quantity 

 of fine freesia. Paper Whites continue 

 to lag. It is odd how many are grown, 

 for they nearly always lag; it seems as 

 though they must be profitable, even if 

 sold at low figures. Daisies, pansies 

 and mignonette find a ready market. 

 Callas are freely used. Asparagus is 

 dull. 



The weaklings of the cut flower list, 

 violets, orchids and gardenias, are hav- 

 ing a hard time indeed; extremely low 



prices rule for all three on quantity 

 orders that do not demand selection, 

 which explains why good stock will not 

 average even the low listed quotations. 



The New Philadelphia. 



S. S. Skidelsky has furnished the fol- 

 lowing information, which will be of 

 interest to all loyal Quakers and to car- 

 nation growers generally: 



"S. S. Skidelsky & Co., of this city, 

 and two Detroit concerns have pur- 

 chased the entire stock of the pink seed- 

 ling carnation. No. 23, exhibited at the 

 show in Detroit last year. A large sum 



