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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



APBIL 25, 1912. 



MARYLAND 



RICHMOND 



WHITE AND PINK KILLARNCY 



Splendid quality, and we have them in immense quantity, so that we can assure you of the Best 

 Market Value. Try a sample shipment. You will be surprised at the fine quality and low prices. 



Specials in Roses, our selection: 



250 for - - - $12.50 



Long stems, fancy and extra grade. 



SWEET PEAS 



All Extra long, $1.00 per 100; long steme, 76c per 100. 



Can furnish them by the 1000 of one shade. 



250 for - - - $7.50 



A good medium grade. 



SNAPDRAGON 



Stalks 4 to 5 feet long, with long, heavy flowers, 

 desirable colors. Plenty of the pink. 



DAGGER FERNS, $2.00 per 1000. Fine long ferns— no waste— none better. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



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"^■rtJS* PHIIADEIPHIA, PA. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The market opened badly April 18, 

 but showed improvement on several of 

 the days following. Conditions are not 

 pleasant to describe. There has been 

 no special increase in the supply of 

 flowers, but there are a great many 

 more flowers than the ordinary buyers 

 require and special customers have to 

 be found to obtain an outlet for the 

 surplus. The dark weather that pre- 

 vailed for several days affected sweet 

 peas, shortening the supply of salable 

 stock, and to a lesser degree it affected 

 other flowers. A feature of the market 

 was the scarcity of Beauties April 19 

 and 20, a scarcity totally unexpected 

 by those best able to judge. The price 

 went up to $4 a dozen on some se- 

 lected stock, while all grades averaged 

 higher prices. Eichmond, too, sold well 

 and the general tone of the market re- 

 flected the improvement in these roses, 

 an improvement maintained April 22 

 on some varieties. We are in the sea- 

 son when Saturdays and Mondays are 

 apt to be the best days. The market 

 can be best understood by adding that 

 the quantity of any one flower in the 

 best grade usually exceeds the demand, 

 so that prices will not average accord- 

 ing to quality. Violets are almost 

 over. Oddly, the demand for gardenias 

 seems better. Cattleya MossisB is in 

 excellent form and in fair demand. 

 Lilies are generally hard to sell, ex- 

 cepting the best. Both indoor and out- 

 door lilies are abundant. There are 

 still some good Emperor, but the bulk 

 of the bulbous stock is outdoor grown. 

 Boses and carnations require no spe- 

 cial comment. Greens continue in fair 

 demand, particularly asparagus sprays. 



Various Notes. 



The sad death of M. Eice, announced 

 elsewhere in this paper, will not affect 

 the firm of M. Eice & Co. The business 

 will be carried on exactly as before by 

 B. Eschner, his partner for the last 

 fourteen years. 



The many friends of Fred Ehret will 

 learn with deep concern that he under- 

 went an operation at the German hos- 



Mentlon The Revl.w whan you write. 



The Central Market 



Such a lot of business has to be crowded into a short 

 time in spring: that it is often worth a lot to you to know 

 which wholesale house is most central. 



The one you can reach Quickest, get what you want 

 Quickest, get away Quickest, the place where your wire 

 or telephone will find g:ood stock that can be rushed to 

 the railroad station or express office in less than no time 

 is the house you need. 



We had all these points in mind when selecting; our 

 present location, and want you to prove our selection was 

 a good one for you and for 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Wbolesale Florist* 



140-142 North ISth Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention Ttie Review wben von wnw 



pital April 22. Mr. Ehret is reported 

 as doing as well as possible and his 

 speedy restoration to complete health 

 is confidently expected. 



D. Feurstenberg has sold the Floral 

 Exchange at Edgely, Pa., to a new com- 

 pany that will conduct the business un- 

 der the name of the Floral Nurseries. 

 Albert Arnold will be the managing 

 director. It is understood that the 

 present manager, Harry Simpson, will 

 be retained and that roses will be 

 grown, for the present at least. This 

 sale will come as a surprise to the 

 trade, which have always associated 

 the Floral Exchange with Mr. Feursten- 

 berg. It is understood that Mr. Feur- 

 stenberg desired to devote his entire 

 time to the management of his second 

 enterprise, the Florex Gardens, North 

 Wales. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., was obliged 

 to resort to extraordinary measures to 



catch up with the tremendously heavy 

 orders rushed on them at once by the 

 late opening of spring. Their packing 

 shed at Eiverton is the scene of great 

 activity. 



The Eobert Craig Co. will erect eight 

 greenhouses, 42x150 each, at Norwood, 

 Pa. They will be iron construction, 

 Lord & Burnham material. 



Samuel S. Pennock announces that 

 the New York branch of the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. will remove from 109 West 

 Twenty-eighth street to 117 West Twen- 

 ty-eighth street, where it will have 

 better accommodations. The old store 

 will close April 27. The new one will 

 be open and ready for business April 

 29. 



Elwood E. Martin, of the Tustin Flo- 

 ral Co., one of our ablest downtown re- 

 tailers, underwent an operation for ap- 

 pendicitis a few days ago. His friends 



