The Florists' Review 



June 5, 1013. 



BEAUTIES . $1.00-$3.00 doz. EASTER LILIES, SI 0.00 per 100 



' Our stock is as good as you will find them, and as good Qne of our growers makes Lilies a specialty during the 



as they can be grown in June. Our supply is the largest summer months. We have them as good now as at any 



m this market. Let us supply you. other time of the season. .4. ,. 



SWEET PEAS, 75c-$1 .00 par 1 00 PEQNIES, S5.00-S8.00 per 100 



You will find with us the best outdoor Peas coming to 

 Philadelphia. All the desirable shades and plenty of them Plenty of good white, light and dark pink. On a quan- 



every morning. tity we can quote you attractive prices. 



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VaUey 100, $8.00 @ $4 00 



Cattleyas doz., 6.00 @ 7.50 



Gladioli doz. 1 00 



Cornflowers 100, 1.00 



NEW DASOER FERNS 



S1.50 per 1000 



The best Ferns you can buy anywhere, and they are worth all we ask for them. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sim. 



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Wholesale Florists 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The last four days in May saw one 

 of the best markets ever experienced 

 in cut flowers in this city. It is un- 

 usual for Memorial day to see supply 

 and demand so evenly balanced that 

 there is practically nothing left each 

 day to carry over to the following 

 morning. The supply was extremely 

 large, yet the business was so brisk 

 that nearly all the good stock was rap- 

 idly taken. Prices were excellent, but 

 not excessive, and quality was fair for 

 the season. This happy condition of 

 affairs was partly due to the cool, rainy 

 weather that cut down the supply and 

 partly to the increasing popularity of 

 flowers at this season. 



Peonies were the mainstay of the 

 market; they are used in great quanti- 

 ties by many florists who do not use 

 so much stock at any other season of 

 the year. Some of them buy more for 

 Memorial day than they do at Easter. 

 These buyers will often order several 

 thousand peonies at a time. Such buy- 

 ing makes an impression on the market, 

 simply shifting the point of distribu- 

 tion to the cemeteries, or the battle- 

 fields, or occasionally to the scene of 

 some social festivity. There were no 

 excessive prices for peonies. The finest 

 Festiva Maxima occasionally brought 

 $8 and even $10 per hundred, but most 

 of the stock brought $6, as did also fine 

 flowers of other choice varieties; $4 per 

 hundred was the general price for 

 ordinary stock. Carnations advanced a 

 little in price. A few fancies brought 

 $5 and a few fancy red $6 per hundred; 

 $3 to $4 per hundred was a general 

 price for good carnations. 



There was heavy shipping for social 

 entertainments and the local parties in- 

 cident to the horse show and other af- 

 fairs created a demand for choice 

 orchids, valley, sweet peas and roses 



BERGER BROS. 



ROSES-PEONIES 



AND SWEET PEAS 



For June Entertainments 



LARGE STOCK - FINE QUALITY - rRONTT SERVICE 



WE WAMT YOUR ORDERS FOR ANYTBMG IN THE N/UUm 



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



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without any marked increase in their 

 prices. Roses were in heavy supply 

 and sold remarkably well under the cir- 

 cumstances. 



The arrival of June has brought more 

 outdoor sweet peas and with it a good 

 demand for them. Prices on peonies 

 and on carnations have declined. The 

 supply of fancy roses is increasing. 

 Excellent Easter lilies are again to be 

 had in quantity. 



Outdoor Planting. 



The regular season for outdoor plant- 

 ing in suburbs closes with 'Meiiiufial 

 day. There will still be some planting 

 done by those who move out late, or 



who postpone the planting for one 

 reason or another, and at the seashore, 

 but the season proper is over. It has 

 not been an entirely satisfactory sea- 

 son in some respects. The ice May 10, 

 the extremely hot weather ten days 

 later, and the cold, wet weather that 

 extended almost to the holiday were 

 disadvantages. Geraniums seemed more 

 difficult to flower than would have been 

 expected after so early an Easter. In 

 fact, geraniums in bloom were awfully 

 scarce during the last ten days. The 

 volume of business was probably a lit- 

 tle larger than in previous seasons, but 

 there is so much stock left in the green- 

 houses that everyone is looking for- 



