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The Florists^ Review 



May 22, 1918. 



Our supply of cut flowers will be larger and better than ever for 



Memorial Day 



When you place your order with us, you have the satisfaction of getting the 



best you can buy at the price. Our leaders are 



Pink 



White 



Red 



Beauties, € Roses, Peonies 



J^ New CropJ^er Fenis ^"f^ 



You need Ferns in large quantity for Decoration Day. We offer you the best stock in 

 this market at a big saving. Also fine, big, fancy Ferns from storage— $2.00 per 1000. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale FlorUts 



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



Mention The Rerlew when yon writ.. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Peonies have commenced arriving 

 from the near-by fields. The cool 

 nights that we have had now and then, 

 with a timely rain, bid fair to give good 

 quality and plenty of blooms for Me- 

 morial day. The market has fallen off 

 a little during the week ending May 

 21, which is not to be wondered at, 

 with Mothers' day a week past and 

 Memorial day still a week away. In 

 fact, when this week is compared with 

 the corresponding week of previous 

 seasons there is every reason to be 

 satisfied. The crops have been heavy, 

 but most of the stock that has reached 

 the market in good condition has found 

 buyers at prices that may be termed 

 fair to middling. The difference be- 

 tween well-grown stock that has had 

 care and poorly-grown stock that has 

 not is apparent at a glance and the 

 latter has a hard time indeed in the 

 crowded market. 



The features of the market outside 

 of the all-important peony may be 

 briefly described thus: Outdoor sweet 

 peas have come; Cattleya gigas leads 

 Cattleya Mossise; double cornflower 

 has reinforced single and is fashion- 

 able for boutonnieres; asparagus sprays 

 are in brisk demand and rather short 

 supply. 



There is an excellent out-of-town de- 

 mand, from the south principally. Beau- 

 ties, carnations of high grade, valley 

 and a few other flowers are chiefly 

 used. The sweet pea crops in that sec- 

 tion are now at their height outdoors. 



Oirard College. 



The twentieth day of May in the 

 year of our Lord one thousand, nine 

 hundred and thirteen brought every 

 loyal Girard College boy back to his 

 alma mater, even though he did not 

 graduate yesterday and his whiskers 

 were silvered by time. With him came 

 his women folk when they could, mak- 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



ing the annual reunion a scene of great 

 animation. The grounds, thanks to the 

 weather and to Charles W. Cox, were 

 in exquisite condition, the grass bright 

 green, evenly trimmed, without a bare 

 spot to mar its beauty. The weathei 

 had not done so much for the beds as 

 it had for the lawns. A beautiful bed 

 of fancy geraniums had its luster 

 dimmed by the rain, while many of the 

 others plainly said that they would 

 look a thousand times prettier in a 

 fortnight. Then I shall hope to coax 

 Mr. Cox to talk about his planting. 

 Meanwhile I shall simply mention a 

 pretty little bed over on one side that 

 was formed with Ficus elastica, edged 



with the variegated anthericum; it was 

 rich and pleasing, the silvery border 

 looking like Pandanus Veitchii at a 

 distance. 



Various Notes. 



Fathers' day was inaugurated at St. 

 James' church, Sunday, May 18, when 

 every proud papa received a red rose. 



A local daily devotes considerable 

 space to an illustrated description of 

 the handsome reinforced concrete build- 

 ing of the Leo Niessen Co., at Twelfth 

 and Race streets. 



Mrs. John L. Ratcliffe and daughter, 

 of Richmond, Va., have been the guests 

 of Edward Reid at his home in Lans- 



