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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 20, 1011. 



Good Quality and Splendid Values 



BEAUTIES, $4.00 per dozen; $25.00 per J 00. 

 LILIES, long stems, good flowers, $L50 per dozen; $10.00 per )00. 

 VALLEY, very choice, plenty of it, $4.00 per 100 ; firsts, $3.00 per J 00. 

 CARNATIONS, fancies, $3.00 per JOO; 500 fancies, our selection of 

 colors, $)2.50. 



WE OFFER SPEQAL QUALITY AND REASONABLE PRICES IN 



PINK KILLARNEY — RICHMOND — MARYLAND 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209ArchSf. tt Philadelphia 



Open from 7 •* m. to 8 p. m. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Easter Plant Market. 



It was an excellent Easter. The 

 weather, contrary to expectations, "was 

 cold and cloudy, so that there were 

 some unfinished but no overripe bloom- 

 ing plants despite the late Easter. 

 While the weather cost the growers a 

 little more coal than they expected, it 

 was a great aid in keeping finished 

 stock in condition, while to the retail- 

 ers the cool weather was a godsend, 

 for they had no waste from too rapid 

 development. The supply of blooming 

 plants was the largest the city ever has 

 known. The demand for them was 

 fully equal to the supply. This is tak- 

 ing the plant market as a whole. There 

 was waste in some places; there was 

 shortage in others. On the whole, the 

 waste appears to have been consider- 

 ably smaller than the combined short- 

 age. 



The demand commenced at the end 

 of March, with the transfer of blocks 

 of plants from one grower to another 

 to meet requirements. Then came the 

 out-of-town orders, carrying off some 

 of the finest material. The later ship- 

 ping orders and the local orders filled 

 the first five working days of last 

 week, the large department stores buy- 

 ing heavily. The week closed Satur- 

 day with a sort of free-for-all scramble, 

 growers taking the leftover stock, odds 

 and ends, good, bad and indifferent, to 

 the center of the city, where it was 

 sold. This Easter curbstone business 

 that ended with midnight was perhaps 

 the most surprising feature of the 

 week. The authorities restricted the 

 business, both in time and place, so 

 that the crowd was in a buying mood 

 when afternoon came. Good prices 

 were realized and a big lot of stock 

 was marketed, much of which would 

 otherwise have been lost. The grow- 

 ers generally did well. The retailers 

 did even better. The street men are 

 happy. 



The lily regained much of its old 

 popularity as the typical Easter plant. 

 The stock was large and fine, with few 

 late and fewer diseased. The chief 

 drawback was the want of height in 





SWEET PEAS 



rOR APRIL WEDDINGS 



Something really fine, the sort of stock not dreamed of a few 

 years ago ; all colors ; long sterna. 



EASTBR LILIES, nice stock; very decorative; prices reason- 

 able. 



CARNATIONS in, splendid shape; special rates in quantity. 



PRINCETON. Cskih you use a few blooms of this sensational 



new rose? 



BERGER BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1305 nibert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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E Blue Ribbon Valley 



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many of the plants. The prices ranged 

 from 8 cents to 9 cents and 10 cents 

 to 12 cents for each bud of finger 

 length and flower. As usual, the 12- 

 cent stock was the cheapest. 



The azalea came next. Belgium sent 

 us poorer stock than usual. This was 

 clearly shown in the quality of the aza- 

 leas flowered for Easter. Mme. Van 

 der Cruyssen was actually scarce in 

 the smaller sizes. Plants that will 

 have to hustle to be perfect by Whit- 



WILLIAM B. LAKE 



Distributor of " Superior " 



Ribbons, Specialties 



2S3S N. 34tk St, rkil«UI|Ua, U 



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Sunday were common; probably they 

 were in a majority. 



Koses came next in favor, Tausend- 

 schon and Hiawatha leading. Their 

 beauty and adaptability make them 

 easily first and second in their class. 

 Crimson Kambler held its own, while 

 the babies found their vocation in fill- 

 ing the hamper. Good old Magna 

 Charta is without rival among the hy- 

 brids. Richmond was the best hybrid 

 tea. 



