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The Florists' Review 



December 26, 1912. 



For NEW YEAR'S and JANUARY 



Stock we can hififhly recommend for QUALITY: 



RICHMONDS - KILLARNEYS - BEAUTIES 



Our growers are cutting freely of these high-grade Roses. Quality and 

 price considered, you will find them the best value in Cut Flowers. 



Mignonette. 

 Pansies 



per 100, $8.00 



.per 100 bunches, 8.00 



Pussy Willow per bunch. 75c 



Valleyp the best per 100, $4.00 



New Bronze Galax per case, $7.50 



Green Leucotlioe, 24-in. sprays per 1000, 7.00 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale FlorUts 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. s: tx » PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The R.Tlew when yon writ.. 



attention. One of the most attractive 

 last week was arranged entirely with 

 yellow orchids, yellow roses, orange 

 trees and yellow ribbons. But one must 

 take a day to see them all and appre- 

 cite their beauty. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Boston Invasion. 



Thomas F. Galvin, Inc., the well-known 

 Boston retail florists, have made a lease 

 on the property at 561 Fifth avenue, 

 corner of Forty-sixth street, for a term 

 of twenty years from October 1, 1913, 

 with two renewal privileges, each for 

 a term of twenty-one years. The lease 

 shows an annual net rental of $87,000. 

 The lessees will erect a six-story build- 

 ing 25 X 100 feet, the lower floors of 

 which, it is understood, will be used 

 for a retail flower store. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The dull week preceding the holiday 

 leaves the market in unusually good 

 shape. There has been enough business 

 to carry off the rather moderate sup- 

 ply at fair, not fancy, figures. The 

 striking feature of the week has been 

 the continued scarcity of carnations 

 and the strong supply of the Killarney 

 roses. These two facts are mentioned 

 together because of their bearing, one 

 on the other. Good judges assert that 

 the heavy supply of the Irish rose in 

 the shorter grades will do much to make 

 up for the shortcomings of the divine 

 flower. It is an interesting situation 

 because the asking price of carnations 

 for Christmas is no greater than it was 

 last year, despite the shortage. This 

 is explained in two ways: First, that 

 Killarney can often be used in place 

 of carnations; second, there is a limit 

 beyond which it is dangerous to push 

 the price. 



The general tone of the market is 

 healthy, in direct contrast to last year 

 at this time. Beauties and Bichmond 

 are high in price. So, also, are the 

 novelty roses. The Killarney and My 

 Maryland, on the other hand, are de- 

 cidedly reasonable and in them there 

 is heavy trading. Violets are in poor 

 supply, as always before Christmas. 

 Paper Whites and stevia are the refuge 



BERGER BROS. 



ROSES 





RED 

 WHITE 

 PINK 



The best of values in all grades. 

 Order early for New Year's. 

 All varieties of Cut Flowers. 



We wish that this New Year may bring: you 

 HAPPINESS and PROSPERITY 



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



Mention Tb« Review when tou wnie 



of the low priced orders. Cut poin- 

 settias have been neglected, presum- 

 ably for their potted sisters. 



The demand for Christmas greens 

 has been large. The wholesalers aim 

 to get this class of stock out of the 

 way by the close of the shortest day 

 of the year. Their effort has been suc- 

 cessful. Holly, boxwood, lycopodium 

 and laurel wreathing have been shipped 

 in large quantities, mistletoe in smaller 

 lots. The quality generally has been 

 good. Christmas trees are in rather 

 limited supply. 



An Incident Abroad. 



David Fuerstenberg, president of the 

 Florex Gardens, went out of his way, 

 while in Germany, to visit a florists' 

 establishment of note. Upon his arrival 

 there he was confronted by several 

 signs forbidding admission to visitors 

 under any pretext whatsoever. Un- 



daunted, Mr. Fuerstenberg sent in his 

 card. After a long delay he was 

 ushered in with ceremony and shown 

 all over the place. His host then asked 

 him whether he was surprised at being 

 admitted in spite of the signs outside. 

 On being answered in the affirmative, 

 the German florist explained that he 

 had an American foreman who was 

 conducting his place on the American 

 plan, which he did not wish his neigh- 

 bors to copy. When the card came in, 

 the manager telephoned the name to the 

 foreman and the answer came back in- 

 stantly: "That's the fellow with the 

 big house at North Wales; let him in." 

 So Mr, Fuerstenberg was shown every 

 courtesy and consulted on the American 

 style of greenhouse that the German 

 grower planned to erect. 



Various Notes. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have received 

 their first shipment of Easter baskets 



