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The Florists^ Review 



August 31, 1916. 



Carnation 

 Plants 



Look for our Classified ad. 



Your order will have our 



best attention. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELPIIIA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Carnation 

 Plants 



The surplus of plants is 

 not as large as usual. 

 Place your order now. 



For the 

 Best 



Beauties 17 



$1.00-$3.00 per dozen 



When it comes to Beauties, we can serve 

 you better than anyone else in this market. 

 You can depend on us to be able to fill your 

 order for them at any time and we can prom- 

 ise you good stock. The quality of our Beau- 

 ties is very good, probably better than you 

 might expect at this time of the year. Our 

 supply consists mostly of the medium and long. 



Ophelia 



$3.00-$6.00 

 per 100 



Some extra fine stock, $8.00 per 100 



It is a splendid Rose to use during the warm months 

 of the year. While Rosts are scarce, and you should use 

 Ophelia instead. 



MARYLAND - RUSSELL 

 PRIMA DONNA 



They are the three best in pink Roses, and we can 

 furnish you good flowers in these varieties. In red we 

 can furnish Hadley in quantity ; we also have a tine sup- 

 ply of Sunburst. 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Semple 's asters are the feature of the 

 market this week. They are even bet- 

 ter than the astermums, and both are 

 fine. There are hardly half enough as- 

 ters coming into town to satisfy the 

 demand, in the absence of carnations. 

 Most of the asters now are of good 

 grade; the poor stock is decidedly in the 

 minority. Roses are an important fac- 

 tor. The larger number are of ordi- 

 nary grade; they do duty in place of 

 asters and carnations. The smaller 

 number are high-grade. Curiously 

 enough, Beauties do not share in the 

 activity" of the other roses. The supply 

 of Beauties has increased to an extent 

 that at times exceeds the moderate de- 

 mand. Gladioli stand next in impor- 

 tance; they are mostly of good quality 

 and they have advanced in price. 



Dahlias are just beginning to make 

 their appearance in numbers sufficient 

 to be considered; the cooler nights help 

 them. Asparagus plumosus sprays stand 

 next on the list, though they are a 

 green rather than a flower. Easter 

 lilies close the list of staple commodi- 

 ties. The supply is quite large, the 

 demand sufficient. Cattleyas and val- 

 ley are extremely scarce. It is diffi- 

 cult to fill a considerable order for 

 either, and next to impossible unless 

 notice is given in advance. The outdoor 

 flowers, which played so important a 

 part earlier in the season, have waned. 

 The heat, the drought and, now, the 

 cooler nights, have contributed to this 

 result. 



Summing up the month of August, a 

 thoughtful observer of the market as- 

 serts confidently that the volume of 

 business has been a little, just a little 

 larger than that of last year 's August 

 and that it has taken many less flowers 

 to bring this result. Prices were better, 

 with less waste. 



BERGER BROS. 



SEMPLE'S ASTERS 



Astermums ^'^v'.'i^.r 



The finest coming into Philadelphia 



Gladioli, all colors Easter Lilies 



Maryland and Kaiserin Roses 



EARLY DAHLIAS 



When You Are in the City Call at 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



WK CLOiK DAILY AT nVI O'CLOCK 



Mention The Rerlew when you writf. 



The Convention at Houston. 



A middle states' member of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, who took 

 the trip to Houston, Tex., for the con- 

 vention August 15, was interviewed re- 

 garding his impressions of Texas in 

 midsummer. His reception was cordial, 

 but when the subject of the convention 

 was broached he became serious. "I 

 am afraid it is the wrong season for 

 those who live here to go south," he 

 said. "It was hot, too hot for active 

 exercise, but that did not matter, for 

 I did not feel like doing much while 

 there. C. W. Ward's California-grown 

 bulbs were extremely fine, as fine as I 



have ever seen. They were the feature 

 of a rather small exhibition. The at- 

 tendance was as large "as could be ex- 

 pected so far from the great horticul- 

 tural centers. I hope that the society 

 will not decide to go so far south 

 again." 



Why He Succeeds. 



The 



telephone bell rang. Said a 

 voice: "I left a little box of flowers 

 in your friend's car. Where is it!" 



"I am afraid that box is still in the 

 car, now on its way home, fully twelve 

 miles away. I will go in at once and 

 get it." 



The speaker was the head of one of 



