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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 14. 1012. 



BEAUTIES 



The kind that open into splendid, large flowers; 

 good color and foliage. We are in position to offer 

 you the best and largest stock of Beauties in Philadel- 

 phia. They are increasing in quantity and we have 

 reduced the prices accordingly. When in the market 

 for a quantity, let us quote you. 



LILAC 



$1.00 per bunch — White and Lilac 



CARNATIONS '""*?;«' Son 



SOO for $12^0 



You should place your orders for Carnations where 

 you always find a reliable source of supply. We in- 

 vite the closest comparison with stock selling at the 

 highest prices, because we are sure of the fine quality 

 of these Carnations. Try a shipment. 



SNAPDRAGON 



fl.50 per doz,— Pink, White and Yellow 



QRBENS OP ALL KINDS AT REASONABLE PRICES 



Ferns, dagger per 1000, $2.00 Galax, bronze and green per 1000, $1.00 



Ferns, fancy per 1000, 2.00 Galax, bronze and green per case, 7.60 



Leucothoe per 100, .76 Wild Smilax per case, 6.00 



BOXWOOD, 50-lb. case, $6.00 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale 



IStli and Race Stroats, 



Florist. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADHLFHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market is a shade 

 more encouraging, though perhaps it 

 could be more accurately stated as a 

 shade less depressing than a week ago. 

 Shipping orders, the life of the market, 

 have fallen off; local buyers, except in 

 a few instances, allow longer intervals 

 to elapse between their orders. The 

 weather has been cold and stormy 

 enough to deter many of the enterpris- 

 ing individuals who would otherwise 

 take a chance on the tempting offers 

 seen on all sides. There are too many 

 good flowers coming into the market to 

 meet the requirement. Prices are ir- 

 regular, with a downward tendency on 

 quantity, particularly where the buyer 

 is not too critical. Violets, especially 

 the New York doubles, and carnations 

 have felt the depressing conditions as 

 much, some say a little more, than other 

 flowers. Tulips are in an unhappy 

 plight, indeed; the dry summer in 

 Europe shows its effect in, some say, 

 ninety-five per cent imperfect flowers. 

 It is generally admitted that the pres- 

 ent depression is always the worse. The 

 records show that what the markejt has 

 been undergoing during the last three 

 weeks is not unusual and that the vol- 

 ume of business is probably fully equal 

 to that of previous years in mid-Lent. 



Easter Plants. 



Most of the houses of the Robert 

 Craig Co. are filled with Easter plants; 

 there are more plants and better plants 

 than even one familiar with the place 

 expects to see. The varieties and quan- 

 tities of each give some idea of their 

 respective popularity. The first section 

 in point of numbers is devoted to the 

 lily, the rose and the hydrangea. The 

 lily is entirely Lilium giganteum. They 

 are of excellent height, vigorous and 

 full of buds. The rose, largely of the 

 Wichuraiana type, with a small pro- 

 portion of hybrids, is cultivated with 

 great success. The leading five varie- 

 ties are Lady Gay, Dorothy Perkins, 

 Tausendschon, Hiawatha and Juanita, 

 considered by M. H. Walsh as his best 

 introduction and an exclusive novelty 



White Carnations 



For ST. PATRICK'S DAY 



Not a hay-wagon load, but we hope enough to go around. 



Mid-Lent Specialties 



Violets — Very fine stock, single and double. 



Datfodils — Clean stock, good value. 



Princeton — The bright pink rose that blooms nowhere else. 



Easter Lilies — Two or three on a stem ; just right for sprays. 



Carnations — Well grown, in all colors. 



Roses — Richmond and White Killamey are our specialties. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Wliolesale Florists 

 140-142 North 13th Street, PHIIiADELPHIA, PA. 



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here. A triumph of culture in these 

 roses is the handle-basket made of 

 strong plants usually grown in 9-inch 

 pots so perfectly trained and flowered 

 that the outline is wonderfully clear. 

 Each basket is formed so that a pot 

 may be dropped inside and held firmly 

 in place. There are also effective 

 umbrellas and globes grown as stand- 

 ards. The Baby Bamblers include all 

 the leading varieties of that type, popu- 

 lar where small plants are desired. 

 Magna Charta is the hybrid par excel- 

 lence and is well grown. 



The hydrangea has come forward into 

 the leading division on its merit. There 

 are four houses, chiefly Otaksa, with a 

 few novelties. They have been brought 

 on without undue haste and show the 

 benefits of cool treatment. 



The second division is filled by the 

 azalea, the genista, the rhododendron. 



the daisy and the spiraea. They were 

 all well represented by fine stock. The 

 principal novelties are Mrs. F. Sander, 

 a wonderfully large flowered daisy, 

 double and pure white; and Pink Pearl, 

 hardly a novelty among rhododendrons, 

 but too scarce to be found in most col- 

 lections in the past. The genistas are 

 particularly pleasing this season. The 

 third division is filled by foliage plants 

 often used at Easter; Dracaena Mas- 

 sangeana, beautifully colored Dracaena 

 terminalis, Ficus pandurata and all man- 

 ner of ferns, Boston type. The 'entire 

 collection is well grown, reflecting 

 credit on Eobert A. Craig and Duncan 

 Macaw. 



The Scarcity of Dens. 



The manager was worried. A num- 

 ber of orders had come in from the 

 family of a railroad magnate, whose 



