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The Florists' Review 



JDNB 27, 1912. 



During the Summer Months 



it is very often a hard matter to find sufficient good stock to fill all Orders. We advise early 

 ordering and you are reasonably sure we can fill your order. You will find our stock somewhat 

 above the average in quality. We recommend for this week: 



BEAUTIES 

 SWEET PEAS 

 VALLEY— Special 

 VALLEY— Extra 

 EASTER LILIES 



dozen, $1 KM)— $3.00 



100, 

 100, 

 100, 

 100, 



DAGGER FERNS— Extra quality 

 BRONZE GALAX - . . 

 SPHAGNUM MOSS - - - 



1000, 

 - per case, 

 large bales, 



Business Hours, 7:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. 



.50— 1.00 

 . v., 4J(K) . 

 \ 3.«0 

 ^ 8.00 





The Leo Niessen Co. 



^^^ PHIIADCIPHIA. PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Bising Eastern Market. 



There is a perceptible falling off in 

 business with the close of the present 

 week, June 26. There have been some 

 fairly good orders, mostly shipping, a 

 few local, with the sum total less than 

 that of the week before. The quan- 

 tity of stock from the greenhouses is 

 decreasing, while cheap outdoor flowers 

 are increasing. Valley, orchids and 

 white roses have been in demand. The 

 better grade of white roses were par- 

 ticularly diflScult to obtain. Beauties 

 have been in strong supply, with rather 

 weak support. Gladioli, indoor grown, 

 have fared rather better. There is lit- 

 tle doing in carnations. Easter lilies 

 are excellent and usually find favor. 

 Sweet peas sell slowly at low prices. 

 Candytuft is quite plentiful. Delphin- 

 ium is still about. It is prized for its 

 decorative effect. 



The riorists' Club. 



It is an understood thing that the 

 leaders who control the destinies of the 

 Florists' Club aim to secure a high 

 pitch of enthusiasm among the club's 

 members during July and August. Their 

 object is to secure a large delegation 

 from one of the greatest flower cen- 

 ters of the Union to the convention. 

 Philadelphia, the distributing center for 

 flowers and plants for such an immense 

 area of territory, owes it to herself 

 that she be well represented at Chi- 

 cago in August. There is nothing so 

 contagious as enthusiasm, from a con- 

 vention standpoint, so the enthusiasm 

 over the June outing must be main- 

 tained, nay, even surpassed, by the 

 enthusiasm over the July meeting. 



To secure this end a special feature 

 has been arranged for Tuesday evening, 

 July 2, when the lecture room in Hor- 

 ticultural hall has been reserved for 

 an illustrated talk, "Among the Koses 

 in Europe," by Eobert Pyle, president 

 of the Conard & Jones Co. Mr. Pyle 

 was a judge in the great competitive 

 exhibition at the rose gardens of the 

 Bagatelle in Paris last summer. He 

 took many beautiful views while there, 

 and also in other parts of Europe and in 

 England. He has been honored by invi- 



EASTER LILIES 



are in fine form, the best white ftowers for sprays, $1.50 per 

 dozen; $10.00 per 100. ' ' « S ■ 



LILY OF THE VALLEY, $2.00, $3.00, $4.C0 per 100 



Sweet Peas, Spencer type (so-called Butterfly), in 



good colors \-.-. $5.00 to $7.60 per 100 



Ordinary Sweet Peas, nice stock. 



4.00 to 5.00 per 100 



ROSES, CARNATIONS and ALL VARIETIES OF GREENS and CUT FLOWERS 



The most centrally located Whole- 

 sale Cut Flower House in the city. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



Wbolesale Florlata 



140-142 North 18th Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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tations from the American Eose So- 

 ciety and from the New York Horti- 

 cultural Society, where his descriptions 

 and views have attracted marked atten- 

 tion. It is, therefore, no ordinary treat 

 that the Florists' Club has in store for 

 its members on Tuesday evening, when 

 a large attendance is confidently pre- 

 dicted. 



Various Notes. 



Alexander B. Scott and Mrs. Scott 

 will sail for Europe July 6. It is 

 understood that Newtownards, Ireland, 

 will be their objective point; Howard 

 M. Earl is expected to return with 

 them. 



William C. Harry left June 20 for 

 Niagara Falls, where he will spend the 

 summer. Mr. Harry's musical ability, 

 so well known at Ocean City, N. J., 

 affords him a new field for energy 

 (luring the summer. 



Louis GfitlfSk, who has been asso- 

 ciated with the flower stahd at Twelfth 

 and Chestnut streets, has returned to 

 his home in Greece. Mr. Courlas, who 

 has been sending money regularly to 

 his mother, received back his last re- 

 mittance a short time ago, coupled with 

 the request that he come home. Be- 

 fore leaving he called on his friend, 

 William J. Baker, bidding him fare- 

 well in true Grecian fashion. 



I. W. Prince, formerly manager of 

 the Overbrook Nurseries, and still ear- 

 lier with John Curwen, Jr., has ac- 

 cepted a position with William K. 

 Harris. 



The vacation season has commenced 

 in the wholesale cut flower houses. The 

 first brigade trom each house is off. 



Ralph G. Shrigley, who has been ill 

 for several months, is now ever so 



