The Florists' Review" 



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AccKJBT 24, 1916. .;. 



Carnation 

 Plants 



Look for our Classified ad. 



Your order will have our 



best attention. 



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THE LEO HIESSEN CO. 



WHOLKSALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., riIILiU)ELriIU,PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Carnation 

 Plants 



The surplus of plants is 

 not as large as usual. 

 Place your order now. 



OUR smrriNG business 



is getting larger each season, which shows that 

 the stock we are sending is giving satisfaction, 

 and that our service is reliable. 



Some stock shows good quality and we recom- 

 mend to you: 



Russell — Ophelia — Maryland 



These Roses are fine and will hold up well. 



Beauties, $1.00-$3.00 per dozen 



New crop from young plants. You will like the quality 

 of these Beauties. 



Lilies 



There is no let-up on our supply. When you want good 

 Lilies call on us. 



We are Headquarters for 



all the staple greens. You can depend on us for 

 the best quality obtainable, and in many instances 

 our prices are more attractive. 



Dasrsrer Ferns, $1.50 per 1000 



Bronze Galax 1000, $ 1.50 



" case, 10.00 



Green '' 1000, 1.00 



case, 7.50 



Adiantum 100, 1.50 



Smilax dozen, 2.50 



" 100, 20.00 



Sphagnum Moss 5-bbl. bale, 2,00 



6 5-bbl. bales 10.00 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Astermuras, the name given to large- 

 flowered, long-stemmed asters of a 

 showy type, are the feature of the 

 market this week. They command $3 

 and, occasionally, $4 per hundred, read- 

 ily. They come in pink, white and 

 lavender. The general aster situation 

 is not rosy. It is becoming generally 

 known that the aster crops in many 

 sections of the east are a failure. So 

 serious is the loss that there are grow- 

 ers who will cut almost nothing from 

 their aster patches, while others will cut 

 but a half crop, and those of poor qual- 

 ity. The loss of the asters is seriously 

 felt in the cut flower market; flowers 

 are scarcer than seems believable at 

 this dull season. Eelief is expected 

 when the dahlias come into their own. 

 The first dahlias are coming in now, but 

 until cool nights become a settled thing 

 dahlias are too soft to be satisfactory 

 either for shipping or for critical local 

 buyers. 



Roses are becoming a little more plen- 

 tiful. Prima Donna and Sunburst, with 

 a few Double White Killarney, have 

 come to the assistance of the regular 

 summer varieties. Cattleyas have 

 bounced upward from $7.20 to $10 per 

 dozen, with sales at even $1 each, a 

 surprising thing in August. Valley 

 continues scarce at $5 and $6. There 

 are hardly any carnations, save a few 

 field-grown flowers, that sell, which is 

 unusual. Gladioli and Easter lilies con- 

 tinue mainstays. The etceteras go fair- 

 ly well; even Hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora has resumed something of 

 its old-time salableness. 



Down at^am Houston. 



So far as can be learned, there were 

 only six Philadelphians who answered to 

 roll call at the S. A. F. convention at 

 Houston, Tex., last week. Like the 



BERGER BROS. 



ASTERS GLADIOLI 



Pink— White— Lavender AMERICA 



The finest cuts in Philadelphia of high grade and all the fine 



sorts. 



EASTER LILIES and WHITE FLOWERS 



MARYLAND and KAISERIN ROSES 



VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



WE CLOSE DAILY AT FIVE O'CLOCK 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



noble 600, this small but gallant body 

 acquitted itself gallantly. They were 

 Paul Berkowitz, George S. Hampton, 

 Joseph Heacock, Martin Keukauf, Harry 

 S. Royer and Arthur Zirkman. 



Discussing the exhibition of the so- 

 ciety, Raymond Brunswick^ expressed 

 the opinion that a trades' display held 

 in connection with a really fine flower 

 show, such as the National nower Show 

 of last March, was far more satisfac- 

 tory from an exhibitor's standpoint 

 than a trades' display held in connec- 

 tion with a convention in midsummer. 

 Mr. Brunswick thought that one large 

 trade exhibition a year was enough and 

 that, when held in connection with a 



flower show of magnitude, it would re- 

 imburse the exhibitor for his outlay, a 

 happy result that rarely is to be ex- 

 pected in August. 



Godfrey Aschmann's Place. 



The stock of plants is in promising 

 condition for early fall and winter use. 

 Some of the plants are ready now; 

 • others are following in succession. As 

 of old, araucarias are prime favorites; 

 they are a promising looking lot that 

 please all the visitors. Then come 

 the ferns. John Godfrey Asehmann 

 considers the old Boston fern as the 

 leader still, when it is properly grown. 

 Scottii he thinks comes next, with 



