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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March 16, 1911. 



Pink Killaroey, Maryland and Richmond 



We have a splendid supply of them. Our " Special " Grade is as good as you find Roses anywhere. 



Prices moderate. 



CARNATIONS 



A high grade of flowers of the market's best varieties. We have not had such values this season. You 

 need not buy cheap Carnations — We can sell you good Carnations cheap. 



BEAUTIES — Supply increasing — You can depend on us for carefully selected stock. 



ESSTER LILIES in pots. We will book orders now for shipment before Easter. Buy them in 

 bud and save unavoidable breakage. Write for prices. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St. ti Philadelphia 



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



Mention The Review when yeu wfitg/_ 



novelties were recently received and over 

 thirty more cases are expected daily. 

 Bowling. 

 The bowlers invite friends to accom- 

 pany them to Milwaukee March 19 on 

 the 9:15 St. Paul train. Tickets of 

 Ollie Zech. Scores March 8: 

 Roses. Ist 2d 3d Orchids. 1st 2d 3d 



Byers 100 97 133 Huebner . . .171 148 155 



Golbach ...143 147 170 Sweney ...135 154 142 



L. Fisher . . 158 163 187 Graff 124 172 1.3 



Wolf 143 147 134 Degnan ...127 166 144 



A. Fisher ..169 198 214 J. Zech . . . 169 141 214 



Totals .. .713 752 844 Totals . . .728 781 828 



Carnations. 1st 2d 3d Violets. 1st 2d 3d 



Avers 218 179 209 Lohrman ..201 124 121 



Riley 198 155 171 Lieberman .157 145 108 



Goerlsch . . 116 168 187 Riley 145 144 128 



Krauss ....181 109 143 Meyer 144 164 170 



Schultz 191 149 179 Sweeney ...166 170 142 



Totals . . .904 760 889 Totals . . .813 747 669 

 PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market is in a state 

 of lenten dullness. There is plenty 

 of stock, without any superabundance. 

 Prices are fair; business is light. 

 Thursday, March 9, was as dull as 

 either of its predecessors. Friday saw 

 a decided improvement, while Saturday 

 was also fairly active, although there 

 was nothing approaching a clean-up. 

 Monday, March 13, was brisk in the 

 morning and quieter in the afternoon. 

 The two following days resembled those 

 of the week before. St. Patrick's day 

 livened the demand for white carna- 

 tions, giving them a badly needed sup- 

 port that made prices firmer, even ad- 

 vancing them slightly. Prices have 

 reached a point where the street mer- 

 chants are willing to buy flowers that 

 lack support from the florists. Carna- 

 tions and violets are their favorites 

 just now, though short roses and odd 

 lots of anything cheap attract them. 



Generally speaking, the best flowers 

 sell best at good prices for the season, 

 but there arc times when good stock 

 lacks support. Beauties, the strongest 

 flower of a week ago, have dropped in 

 price. The other leading flowers have 

 changed little, except that the same 

 quality averages less. 



Speculation in Glass. 



It used to be a common failing among 

 our florists who had made a little money 



Reasonable Prices 



Flowers are low in price for their fine quality. 

 Good Values in 



Carnations of all colors 



Fancy Violets, double and single 



Richmond, Bride, Maryland 



Calla and Easter Lilies 

 Daffodils 



EASTER PLANTS 



May we select your Easter stock from Philadelphia's splendid 



assortment? 



BERGER BROS. 



...Wholesale Florists... 

 1305 Eilbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



by hard work to speculate in stocks. This 

 vice was quite general in a small way a 

 score of years ago. About that time one 

 of our principal florists, who went in a 

 little more rashly and a little less for- 

 tunately than his fellows, suddenly disap- 

 peared from view. The place where he 

 had prospered knew him no more. It 

 was whispered, "Stocks." Robert Craig 

 epitomized the situation by remarking: 

 "A few bright men make money in the 

 stock market; everybody else loses." 



Since then the stock gambling vice has 

 been less prevalent among our florists. 

 The wholesalers and retailers derive 

 enough excitement from the ups and 

 downs from a market admitted to fluctu- 

 ate more wildly than even the stock mar- 

 ket. The growers, however, in these days 

 of consignments hardly get enough ex- 

 citement from reading their returns and 

 watching the thermometer ; with them spec- 

 ulation in glass has succeeded specula- 



WILLIAM B. LAKE 



Distributor of "Superior" 



Ribbons, Specialties 



2S3S N. 34tk SL, rUMelpliii, Ft. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



tion in stocks. It is a wholly proper 

 and ofttimes profitable pastime. The 

 ability to Indulge in this amusement is 

 limited by the success of the individual. 

 A florist who has had a good year buys 

 300 boxes or even 200 or 300, unless he 

 be a Poehlmann or a Eeinberg, when his 

 wants are measured by carloads. Pur- 

 chases of this size are more frequent in 

 the west, with its wonderful railroad 

 facilities, than in the east, though this 

 season the purchases in both sections have 

 been large. 



