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The Florists' Review 



December 19, 1912. 



ROSES FOR THE HOLIDAYS 



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BEAUTIES "- RICHMOND 

 PINK AND WHITE KILLARNEY - MARYLAND 



For Quality this stock is hard to beat— fine, large flowers and of splendid 

 color. Our supply consists mostly of the medium and better grades. We 

 will have plenty of good roses, and you can depend on us to fill your order. 



We also wish to call special attention to our fine stock of 



VALLEY " NARCISSUS -- STEVIA -- POINSETTIAS 

 SWEET PEAS " BOUVARDIA -- LILAC 



This stock is fine and should prove very desirable for the holiday trade. ......... 



New Bronze Qalax .... $7.50 per case 



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THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesal Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. ss xs n PHILADEL9»HIA, PA. 



Mention The Kerlew wben you write. 



He says he will put the candy and 

 fountain in the two inside stores, with 

 the flowers in the corner, which is prob- 

 ably the best locatiqn in Woodlawn 

 for a florist. He says his experience 

 with flowers proves that this branch 

 is well worth pushing. 



Erne & Klingel say that violets have 

 found a better demand during the last 

 week, 



A Percy Jones has established him- 

 self at the corner of Evanston and Wil- 

 son avenues under the name of The 

 Fashion Shop. Probably this should 

 not be confused with P. Jones, florist. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The scarcity of carnations is the fea- 

 ture of an active market that is not 

 heavily stocked with flowers. Business 

 has fallen off just a little, which pre- 

 vents the prices of all flowers, except 

 carnations, from advancing. The trad- 

 ing in roses is heavier than in any 

 other flower; most of the shipping 

 orders contain a preponderance of the 

 queen of flowers. The Richmond crops 

 have been so well timed for Christmas 

 that they are just beginning to arrive 

 in quantity. The other leading vari- 

 eties of roses show an encouraging 

 improvement in quality. The cold 

 weather has helped to brighten the 

 color of Killarney. No one seems to 

 have a crop of carnations for Christ- 

 mas. The knowing ones predict that 

 the short and medium grades of roses 

 will have to do duty instead of carna- 

 tions in many cases. Marie Louise 

 violets are in fair supply, but Lady 

 Campbell and the singles are hardly 

 equal to the demand. The former is 

 preferred out of town, while the other 

 two are favored locally. More gar- 

 denias are sold at the higher listed 

 price than a week ago. Valley is in 

 active demand. Cattleyas have become 

 firmer. Paper Whites are freely bought. 

 The demand for poinsettias is still in- 



BERGER BROS 



RICHMOND ROSES 



We will have a large supply of extra fine red roses 

 for Xmas and can fill your order to please you. 



WRITE or TELEGRAPH 

 AT ONCE 



Maryland, Pink and White Killarney and a good 

 supply of all other seasonable flowers. 



140-142 N. 13th St • • rhiiadeiphia, Pa. 



Uentlon Tbe Kevlew wben you wnie 



active. Greens of all kinds are brisk. 

 A Promising Carnation. 



The smaller of the two mammoth 

 houses of the Florex Gardens, at North 

 Wales, Pa., is largely filled with carna- 

 tions. They are planted in solid beds 

 and look remarkably well. The star 

 variety in this vast house is one of 

 their own seedlings, named Euth. This 

 promising debutante is probably 4 years 

 old. There were 500 plants last sea- 

 son; now there are nearly 10,000. Kuth 

 is described as a cerise, or cherry pink, 

 somewhat resembling the old variety, 

 Tidal Wave, in color. It is of good 

 size and pleasing form, with strong 



stems, and, best of all, it is wonderfully 

 prolific. Half of the plants were grown 

 under glass all summer; they look best. 

 The other half were field- grown; they 

 look extremely well. One of the house- 

 grown plants taken at random had 

 twenty flower shoots. So pleased are 

 the managers of the Florex Gardens 

 with Ruth that they have invited three 

 of the leading carnation experts of this 

 vicinity, Edmund A. Harvey, Edward 

 A. Stroud and Henry M, Weiss, to call 

 this week and see the new variety 

 growing. 



Various Notes. 

 Earl Kochel, one of C. H. Campbell's 



