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The Florists' Review 



Jdnb 26, 1U13 



During the Summer Months 



You will find the largest value for your money in the better grades of stock. 

 They are well worth the difference in price, and your customers will be of the same 

 opinion. In all seasonable flowers very noticeable is a better grade of quality. 



BEAUTIES 



Local and Eastern stock 

 $1.00-$;}.00 per doz. 



VALLEY 



Excellent stock— any quantity 

 $3.00-$4.00 per 100. 



CATTLEYAS 



Large flowers, the best 

 $6.00-$7.50 per doz. 



SWEET PEAS 



Large supply, all colors 

 75c-fl.00 per 100. 



DAGGER FERNS 



$1.50 per 1000. 



EASTER LILIES 



Nearly all open flowers 

 $1,50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ROSE PLANTS 



Ready for delivery now. 

 Beauties, 2i2-in. pots .... 100, $8.00; 1000, $70.00 

 PinkKillarney.3-in, pots. 100, 8.00; 1000, 75.00 

 While " ,3-in. pots, 100, 8.00; 1000, 75.00 

 Maryland, 2Hj-in. pots.... 100, 7.50; 1000, 65.00 



THE LEO MESSEN CO., Wholesale FlorisU 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. n xt ii PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Visitor: Walter Mott, representing 

 Benj. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. 



FHII.ADELFHIA, 



The Eastern Market. 



The time has come when Philadelphia 

 stands first in the floral world among 

 the cities east of the Ohio river. She 

 no longer aspires to the lead; she has 

 attained it. No other city in the east 

 distributes such vast quantities of cut 

 flowers over so large a territory. When 

 the plants and florists' supplies are 

 added, her position becomes even 

 stronger. 



A change has come over the situation 

 with the week ending June 25. The 

 supply of flowers has diminished. This 

 is due in part to the extremely hot 

 weather of mid-June, which brought in 

 crops rapidly and sent the tired plants 

 downhill with a rush, and in part to 

 the anxiety of the growers to finish the 

 season's planting before the Glorious 

 Fourth, 



Beauties from Newport and from 

 Wyndmoor have been selling well. Kai- 

 serin is coming forward as a summer 

 rose, and so is My Maryland, while 

 there still are some Richmond of good 

 quality and a few of both the Killar- 

 neys. Mrs. C. W. Ward and some of 

 the white, notably Alma Ward, White 

 Perfection and White Wonder, can still 

 be had in good form when carnations 

 are wanted. Some Victory, too, add 

 color. Most of the carnations are unfit 

 to oflfer, so that those mentioned, when 

 well grown, are eagerly sought. Easter 

 lilies are more plentiful and are selling 

 well at better prices, owing to the 

 prevalence of funeral wDrk. Valley is 

 just a little short of demand, as the 

 growers shorten production about June 

 20. Peonies are coming out of cold 

 storage in good shape. All the colors 

 can be had for some time to come. 

 Cattleyas are plentiful, but lack sup- 

 port. Sweet peas are a trifle less plen- 



BERGER BROS. 



Summer Flowers Always on Hand 



Roses, Lilies, 



Sweet Peas, 



and Outdoor Stock. 



Asparagus Sprays and Dagger Ferns 



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



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tiful and generally are fine, since the 

 rains, though in some sections the ex- 

 tremely dry weather of last week has 

 told against them. The odds and ends 

 of outdoor flowers sell slowly; there al- 

 ways are more of them than anybody 

 wants, or at least it seems so. Greens 

 are not in demand and some of the 

 growers have been requested to dis- 

 continue cutting for the present. 



The Club Outing. 



The second annual picnic of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, held Thursday, June 19, was 

 a glorious success. About 225 mem- 

 bers with their better halves, present 

 or to be, and the children enjoyed to 



the utmost a sail on the Delaware, the 

 baseball and the sports at Washington 

 park. It was a jolly crowd, with every- 

 one in the spirit of the day. The base- 

 ball game was one of the best ever 

 witnessed on such an occasion. Seeds 

 went down before Flowers by a score 

 of 3 to 6, thanks to the fine pitching 

 of Sharp, the catching of Swan and the 

 all-round play of Brunswick and Mc- 

 Intyre. Benedict Gibbs was umpire. 



While the baseball game was in prog- 

 ress the sports were run off in front of 

 the grand stand. Mrs. James W. Hea- 

 cock and Mrs. Stewart H. Miller cov- 

 ered themselves with glory in the ladies ' 

 events. Francis Stokes won the sack 



