The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 13, 1912. 



Good Quality comes first, but experienced packing is also eesential to insure the 

 arrival of your order in first-class condition. Boui are insured if intrusted to us. 

 For reliable service you cannot do better. We recommend for this week : 



EASTER LILIES, $1.50 per dozen 



pel 



day, 



A steady supply every day, as good now as any other time of the year. 



VALLEY, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100 



You can't beat it for quality. "When you want good Valley, we have plenty of it. 



SWEET PEAS, 50c to $1.00 per lOO 



All the desirable shades and plenty of them every day. 



MARYLAND, $4.00 to $8.00 per lOO 



The best pink rose at this time of the year. 



GLADIOLUS, $6.00 to $8.00 per lOO 



White, pink and red— fine, big spikes. 



The Best Dagger Ferns in Philadelphia, $1.50 per 1000 



Order from us. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



^^I^Sr PHIIADEIPHIA, PA. 



EARLY CLOSINO— Commencing, June 17th, we will close every day at 6 p. m. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Near Ward Pond in the Boston park 

 system is a long, quite steep bank of 

 rhododendrons, which are grand at pres- 

 ent. They are the finest in the vicinity 

 of Boston and Kenneth Finlayson, who 

 has oharge of this section, is proud of 

 them. W. N. Craig. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bisiug Eastern Market. 



A reduced supply of first-class flow- 

 ers, with about enough business to con- 

 sume them; an immense quantity of low 

 grade stock that is far in excess of the 

 demand. These are the market condi- 

 tions today. Beauties, valley, orchids, 

 sweet peas and some Richmond, Mary- 

 land and Killarney are fine and are most 

 sought. Easter lilies are also excellent, 

 but they are overabuDdant. There are 

 few really fine carnations. The number 

 of poor sweet peas and small, short- 

 stemmed roses is large. There are cold 

 storage peonies and a few late outdoor 

 blooms. Gladioli are still about. The 

 cool, bracing weather that prevailed for 

 some days has improved the quality 

 of many of the flowers. 



The Club Outing. 



Thursday afternoon, June 6, was one 

 of the most delightful the members of 

 the Florists ' Club and their friends have 

 ever enjoyed. About 150 men and a 

 dozen ladies gathered on the steamer 

 that took them up the Delaware to 

 Cramp 's shipyard, thence down the river 

 to Washington park. The rain ceased 

 just as the party landed. Everyone 

 entered into the spirit of the games. 

 All the ladies entered the potato race 

 with hearty good will. The genial Rob- 

 ert Shoch won the fat men 's race. His 

 entry for the event was accepted on the 

 strength of the eight pounds he has 

 gained this spring. The tug of war, 

 with ten men on a side, was a titanic 

 affair. It developed into a sort of east 

 versus west, with Leo Niessen and John 

 Berger on one side and Charles E. 

 Meehan and Samuel F. Lilley on the 

 other. There were two ball games of 

 five innings each, with the Michell team 

 as heroes in both. The first game re- 

 sulted: Michell, 2; W. H. Maule, 0. The 



LILIES 



per lOO 



$8.00 and $10.00 . - - 



SWEET PEAS 



Butterfly varieties, in the best colors, $3.50 to $7.50 per 1000 



ROSES 



White Killarney, Killarney, Richmond. 



CARNATIONS 



Good bright colors, also white. 



May the Most Centrally Located Cut Flower House in 

 Philadelphia have your orders ? 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WbolAMde Florlita 

 140-148 North ISth Street, PHIIiADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention Tbe Hevlew wben tou wnie 



second was: Michell, 3; Florists' Club, 1. 

 A fine supper closed a splendid day's 

 fun, which everybody enjoyed and de- 

 termined to do his and her best to make 

 an annual affair. 



Various Notes. 



M. Rice & Co. have just won a notable 

 victory over the customs appraisers. An 

 importation of cycas leaves received in 

 January were rated by the appraisers 

 at the German market price, instead of 

 at the customary special export price. 

 Mr. Eschner went down to Washington 

 to see the assistant secretary of the 

 treasury, and after an hour's talk con- 

 vinced that official of the injustice of 

 the decision, which was overruled. 



T. Nelson Geiger has the sympathy of 

 his friends in the death of his father, 

 Lewis P. Geiger, Sr., wljich occurred at 

 Elkins Park June 9. 



W. W. Crawford has closed his store 

 at 5210 Market street. West Phila- 

 delphia. 



The Logan Nurseries will discontinue 

 business. The greenhouses will be dis- 

 mantled. This is part of the Graham 

 estate at Logan. The ground, it is 

 understood, will be sold for building 

 lota. 



Leslie Kift, son of Eobert Kift, was 

 married June 8. 



Archibald R. McHenry, one of our 

 best known downtown florists, died 

 June 9. The funeral took place from 

 his sister's residence June 13. 



Record of the departure of George D. 

 Clark over the water last month was 

 inadvertently omitted from this column. 



Edward Riley is sojourning at Seaside 

 Park, N. J. 



The new Ford delivery car of the 

 Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. was put 



