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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 29. 1018. 



June Weddings and Commencements 



BEAUTIES $1.00-$3.00 per dozen 



Our Beauties compare favorably in quality with anything being offered. When you 

 want good Beauties, let us supply you. We have almost any quantity of them. 



PEONIES $5.00=$8.00 per 100 



During the entire month of June we expect a good 

 supply of all the best varieties grown. 



VALLEY $3.00-$4.00 per 100 



You can always depend on us for Valley, 

 it and of good quality. 



Plenty of 



SWEET PEAS 75c=$1.00 per 100 



A large supply of excellent quality, in white, pink and lavender. For good Peas, 

 there is always such a demand that we have no surplus of them at any time. If you 

 want a large quantity, place your order in advance. 



CORNFLOWERS— 1000, $7.50 

 CATTLEYAS— doz.,$6.00- 7.50 



STOCKS— too, $5.00 

 DAISIES- 100, 1.00 



EASTER LILIES— 100, $10.00 

 EASTER LILIES— doz., 1.50 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale Flomts 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. st ss tt PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon writ.. 



ployed by the receiver and is open for 

 a new connection. 



Burglars again visited the store of 

 the Auburndale Goldfish Co. on the 

 night of May 23. As was the case 

 earlier in the year, little of value was 

 taken and no damage was done, owing 

 to the fact that K. N. Cooper, the man- 

 ager, profited by the last experience 

 and now leaves the safe open. 



J. A. Evans, Richmond, Ind., was a 

 visitor last week. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern lyiarket. 



Peonies dominate the market. The 

 supply is heavy and the quality is fair 

 to good. They are being used wherever 

 it is possible to use them, for they 

 make a better showing for the money 

 than anything else. High prices are not 

 asked, under existing conditions. There 

 are too many flowers and not enough 

 business, although really choice peonies 

 are more readily sold at the top prices 

 of $6 to $8 than are the ordinary 

 grades at $3 to $4, only there are few 

 of the fine ones. Carnations have suf- 

 fered since the arrival of the peonies. 

 The carnations that are poorly grown 

 do not keep well and are no end of 

 trouble to all concerned. Fine carna- 

 tions have brought fairly good prices, 

 but they do not sell themselves by any 

 means. 



Roses have been plentiful. The 

 fancy grades have the preference on 

 the heavily stocked market at the low 

 prices that are asked. There has been 

 a little spurt in the demand for Beau- 

 ties, also felt by the better grade of 

 Richmond. Sweet peas have been in 

 fair supply at prices that had fallen a 

 little in sympathy with the rest of the 

 market. Gladioli are fine; Brenchleyen- 

 sis, May and Augusta are all in de- 

 mand. Baby gladioli are less plentiful. 

 Iris is nearly over. Cattleya gigas is 

 still at a premium. Quite a lot of val- 

 ley goes out of town on the orders for 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



select stock, wherein lies the strength 

 of the market. 



The Crisis in Cut Flowers. 



There was a time not so long ago 

 when it was the accepted thing to make 

 much of every grower, big or little, 

 when he came to town. He received 

 hearty greetings everywhere; his hands 

 were warmly shaken; the health of his 

 wife and children, if he had any, was 

 asked about with solicitude; he was 

 made generally to feel that he was an 

 important person indeed. This was nat- 

 ural, for what was a fellow going to 

 do when he had orders for flowers and 

 did not know where in the world to 



get them? Every source of supply was 

 carefully guarded and there were times 

 when price was no object at all if the 

 flowers could only be had in time. 

 Those days have passed. At first the 

 change came slowly, the growers grad- 

 ually drifting into the wholesale houses 

 instead of dealing direct. Prices ad- 

 vanced at first. With the increase in 

 supply, an increase so rapid as to al- 

 most daze the onlooker, came lower 

 prices except in times of scarcity or 

 in cases of high quality. The trend 

 of prices has been steadily downward, 

 taking it all the season through. The 

 point has now been reached where the 



