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The Florists^ Review 



JCNB 19, 1913. 



During the summer months you will always find with us 

 the best the market affords. We can recommend to 

 you for this weeic : 



Beauties dozen. $1 .00-$ 3.00 



Maryland, 24-inch stems 100. 8.00 



Maryland, choice stock 100. 4 00- 6.00 



Valley 100, 3 00- 4.00 



Cattleyas dozen, (5.00- 7.50 



Easter Lilies (50 at 100 rate) 100, 10.00 



Sweet Peas, all colors 100. .75- 1.00 



Dagger Ferns 1000. 1 .50 



Rose Pld.ntS I ^^^^ *°*^ ^^^^ Killarney. from 3-inch pots . . . .fS.OO per 100. $70.00 per 1000 

 Own Root — Ready Now ) Maryland, from 2i2-inch pots 7.00 per 100. 65.00 per 1000 



( 25 



250 



1000 

 rate 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale FlorUb 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. . ts it is PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention Th. Rerlew when yon wrtf . 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The third week in June brought the 

 hottest weather of the season without 

 completely upsetting the market. The 

 demand for commencements has un- 

 doubtedly fallen off, but there are many 

 other ways in which flowers are used 

 that have more than made up for this 

 loss. More flowers are used for wed- 

 dings than in the past, and many more 

 for parties at the suburban clubs and at 

 the country houses. There has been 

 heavy shipping of valley, carnations, 

 roses and asparagus. The stock good 

 enough to qualify for such orders has 

 brought an excellent price, but much 

 stock is not good enough to qualify and 

 this has to be sold at an exceedingly 

 low price to dispose of it at all. There 

 has been quite a lot of funeral work 

 that has made white roses in request. 

 Sweet peas, outdoor grown, are in full 

 crop. They are freely used, at declining^ 

 prices. 



The market, compared with the first 

 three weeks in June last year, shows 

 fully as much business, with so many 

 more flowers that prices are much lower 

 for all except select stock. 



The Club Outing. 



Thursday, June 19, will long be re- 

 membered as a red-letter day in the his- 

 tory of the Florists' Club. The second 

 annual outing on the Delaware river to 

 Washington park took place. I say 

 "took place" because you will read 

 this after the fun is all over, although 

 it is written just before anybody has 

 started for the Arch street wharf. The 

 attractive program of events will give 

 you some idea of what was planned. To 

 this you must add the best of fellow- 

 ship and that holiday spirit, heightened 

 by the presence of the fair sex and the 

 rollicking alike of grownups and of 

 children. The program: 



Baseball game between the Seedsmen and Cut 

 Flower Men, players of the winning team to 



receive stickpins presented by the Retail Florists' 

 Association of flilladelphin. 



Ladles' potato race, prizes presented by S. S. 

 Pennook-Meehan Co. 



Mon's wheelbarrow race, prizes presented by 

 the I-eo N lessen Co. 



Ladles' running race, 50-yard dash, prizes pre- 

 sented by H. Bay<'r8dorfer & Co. 



Men's sack race, prizes presented by the Henry 

 F. Mlchpll Co. 



Ladies' wheelbarrow race, prizes presented by 

 William Henry Maule. 



Fat men's race,*50-yard dash, prizes presented 

 by Henry A. Hreer, Inc. 



Girls' running race, seventy-five yards. 



Boys' running race, seventy-flve yards, prizes 

 presented by M. Rice Co. 



Running race between Adolph Farenwald, 

 David Rust, Victor Groshens, Edward Towlll. 

 prize to winner presented by "the Laird of Ran- 

 stcad street." 



Mr. Eschner Abroad. 

 Bernard Eschner, president of the M. 



Rice Co., returned June 14 after a three 

 months' absence in Europe. Mr. Esch- 

 ner, who was seen at his office June 16, 

 is in splendid health and spirits. He 

 visited forty of the principal cities on 

 the continent and saw all his corre- 

 spondents and many sights of interest. 

 Mr. Eschner was struck by the low 

 wages paid for many kinds of work, 

 and by the long hours. The flower mar- 

 ket in Brussels, an open square, where 

 produce is sold from 4 to 6 a. m. and 

 flowers afterwards, chieflv bv women, 

 was interesting. The flowers are offered 

 in bunches on trays at buyers' prices. 

 The sight is a pretty one. An umbrella- 

 shaped Crimson Rambler in full bloom 



