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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januabz 12, 1011. 



CARNATIONS 



THE SUPPLY Is INCREASING 



VALUES IMPROVING ACCORDINGLY 



In quality Carnations have reached the highest point of perfection for the season. Our supply is large 

 and quality the very best. We are in a position to give absolutely the best Value in Carnations. 



Alma Ward and Mrs. C. W. Ward • • . $6.00 per lOO 



The choicest blooms in the market, and we have the largest supply of them in Philadelphia. 



Fancy Carnations . • . • t" $4.00 per lOO 



Such varieties as Enchantress, Winsor, Winona, Victory, Beacon, White Perfection, White Enchantress, etc. 

 ALSO, a satisfactory grade at . . .,•.: $3.00 per lOO 



tWe continue to have a good supply of Ricfimond and Killarney* In the fancy and special 

 grades we are offering some very choice stock. Our growers are producing better Roses than ever. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St. ti Philadelphia 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. 



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FHHiADEIiPHIA. 



Tbe Bising Eastern Market. 



The cut flx)wer market is in poor 

 shape; business is dull, with prices low 

 and irregular. Conditions have changed 

 materially since the holidays. The 

 heavy crop of roses is passing. It would 

 hatdly be correct to say has passed, for 

 there are still a good many, although 

 their decreasing number is shown in 

 better average prices. Carnations, on 

 the contrary, have increased in num- 

 bers. Prices have fallen; the Wards 

 are now obtainable at the figures quoted 

 for best Enchantress a week ago. White 

 carnations drag. Accumulations of 

 ordinary white are jobbed off at low 

 prices. Sweet peas are extremely fine; 

 generally speaking, the best sell much 

 more readily at the highest listed prices 

 than do the poor peas at the lowest 

 prices. Lavender have not always as 

 long stems as the pink and white. Cat- 

 tleyas are fine and plentiful; when 

 pushed they go fairly well at prevailing 

 prices, which are about half those asked 

 at Christmas. Gardenias are in splendid 

 shape, but the market for them is dull. 

 Violets suffer with their bosom friends 

 (may I be allowed this joke once 

 moref). Lilac is in good supply, the 

 quality very fine. Paper Whites are 

 tremendously plentiful and can general- 

 ly be sold at some price. Eomans are 

 cheap and rather interfere with the sale 

 of lower grade valley. High grade val- 

 ley sells moderately, but the supply is 

 in excess of the demand. Lilies drag, 

 though callas are more active than the 

 Easter variety. Daffodils are increas- 

 ing in numbers. Yellow tulips have 

 made their appearance. Pansies are in 

 fair request. Greens sell well, generally 

 speaking, aspa^&gus particularly so. 



Christmas Plants. 



The street asserts in a positive sort 

 of way that a member of a prominent 

 firm said the other day that the Christ- 

 mas plants offered by his house this sea- 

 son were the finest that he had ever 

 handled. Inasmuch as this firm stands 

 for tha^lant rather than the cyt ^flower 

 as a (^ristmas present, and in view of 

 the large increase in the demand for 

 plants this season, a few notes about 





Mid-winter Flowers 



Choice Richmond, Maryland and White Kil- 

 larney roses in all grades. 



Violets, single and doitfble ; very fine. 



Lilies — Easter Lilies and Calla Lilies; good 

 stock. 



Carnations, in all colors. 



BERGER BROS. 



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 1305 rilbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The most centrally located Wholesale House In Philadelphia 



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them seem timely. It was learned that 

 a large number of the Christmas plants 

 in question were grown at Forty-ninth 

 and Market streets; that these plants 

 were considered so perfect that an espe- 

 cially heavy advance order for them 

 was placed. So Bobert A. Craig was 

 interviewed on the subject. Mr. Craig 

 has done as much, perhaps a little more, 

 than anyone else in this city to advance 

 the blooming plant standard by his cul- 

 tural skill and enthusiasm. 



"Poinsettias were most popular in 

 the medium sizes when made up. Five 

 small plants in an 8-inch pan, when com- 

 bined with ferns, were effective. Next 

 in popular favor came the 7-inch azalea 

 pans, three-quarters the depth of an 

 ordinary pot. These contained three 

 i'^mall poinsettias, selected for the size 

 of their bracts, and some green. Every 

 p«^nsettia order included some small 

 plants in 3-inch and in 4-inch pots for 



basket work. The salmon-pink cyclamen 

 made a color addition that was popular. 

 All colors in cyclamens went well ex- 

 cepting one shade of pink that fades an 

 ugly blue. The smaller cyclamens were 

 also freely used in baskets and hampers. 

 The azaleas went particularly well. Per- 

 haps this was due to the fact that we 

 only grew three varieties, all bright 

 colors. One of these, Hexe, failed to 

 come in time, but will prove useful dur- 

 ing January. The medium sizes of be- 

 gonias were most in request. The Lons- 

 dale Lorraine is most called for in 

 Philadelphia, the older type outside of 

 Philadelphia, where the Lonsdale type 

 is unknown. Agatha has been dis- 

 carded. We did not push Glory of Cin- 

 cinnati, as the stock was limited. Ficus 

 pandurata sold better than ever before 

 in its history, both single and branch- 

 ing. I think the market for this plant 

 is broadening. Crotons were eagerly 



