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The Florists' Review 



EftnSUbEB 7, 1016. 



VICTQRY 



Carnaiion 

 Plants 



$50.00 per 1000 



THE LEO HIESSER CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nDLADELrilU,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Nttcliless 



Alma Ward - CW.Ward 



Beacon 



$55.00 per 1000 



Seasonable Items 



we can recommend to you : 



EASTER LILIES 

 Dozen $1 .50 



GLADIOLI 

 100 $3.00-$5.00 



ASTERS 

 100 $1 .50-13.00 



NEW GREEN GALAX 

 Per case $7.50 



EXTRA LONG DAGGER FERNS 



Per 1000 .....' $1.50 



In lots of 5000 per 1000, 1.35 



Beauties $1.00-$3.00 per dozen 



Locally grown stock, the best for color and quality. 



Russell and Prima Donna $5.00-$ 10.00 per 100 



The best two pinks of the newer varieties. 



Maryland, Thora, Ophelia $3.00-$6.00 per 100 



These roses show good quality. We have a good supply of them every day. 



Sunburst .$3.00-$6.00 per 100 



Sweetheart $1 .00 per 1 00 



Roses are more plentiful and show very good quality for this time of year. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Afarket. 



The first week of September has not 

 brought any marked change in cut 

 flower conditions. Those who have few 

 flowers are impressed/ with their scar- 

 city by the number of chances they 

 miss. Those who have flowers know 

 that alertness is needed to market them 

 properly. All agree that business is 

 good for the season.- Mark that, for 

 the season. ■. 



There is a vast difference between 

 the price and the demand for fine asters 

 and gladioli and the price and the de- 

 mand for the so-called junk of the same 

 species. Of course, this is always true 

 of everything, but it is especially so 

 of asters and gladioli today. More of 

 the fine ones would be welcome, and 

 contrariwise. Easter lilies are short- 

 ening in numbers. The price has again 

 advanced. Beauties are in improved 

 demand. Golden Glow chrysanthemums 

 made their appearanco with this month. 

 Tritomas are here also, only awaiting 

 autumn foliage to b^o™6 popular. 

 Tuberoses sell fairly, in limited quan- 

 tities. 



The Eighth of ApriL 



Easter, 1917, will fall on the second 

 Sunday in April, the eighth day of 

 the month. This will make the social 

 season, S-eckoned from Thanksgiving 

 until Lent, eighty-three days long, as 

 against 100 days last season. Thanks- 

 giving will fall on Thursday, November 

 30; Christmas and New Year's will both 

 fall on Monday, rather an awkward 

 day; St. Valentine's day will come on 

 Wednesday, February 14, and Lent com- 

 mences one week later, with Ash 

 Wednesday, February 21. 



Club Meeting. 



Cannas occupied the attention of the 

 Florists' Club at the meeting Septem- 

 ber 5. E. H. Michel, with Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., illustrated an excellent ad- 



BERGER BROS. 



SENPLE'S ASTERS 



The finest Asters coming into Philadelphia — all colors. 



We are receiving fine flowers of the leading varieties and will soon, 



have them in quantity. 



GLADIOLI — America and all the best sorts. 



Other Specialties : 

 Easter Lilies— Maryland Roses— Asparagus Sprays 



When You Are in the City Call at 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Rerlew when joa write. 



dress on cannas with sixty vases of 

 canna blooms. He held his audience 

 well throughout the talk. Robert Pyle 

 followed Mr, Michel, bringing in more 

 canna lore. Joseph Heacock spoke in- 

 terestingly of his trip south. 



The nomination of officers resulted as 

 follows: For president, A. Farenwald 

 and W. F. Therkildson; vice-president, 

 David Colflesh; treasurer, George Craig; 

 secretary, Fred Cowperthwaite and 

 David Rust. 



Doings at Norwood. 



The Norwood place of the Robert 

 Craig Co. is rapidly increasing in size. 

 One new greenhouse, 12x300, has been 



built mostly from material brought 

 over from the south house on the city 

 place. This house has been built with 

 three narrow tables and two walks and 

 is already filled with cyclamens. An- 

 other house, 32x150, is just finished and 

 will be filled with large Areca lutescens, 

 which are to be hardened off while the 

 pipes are being put in and connected. 

 The shell of another 32x150 house is up, 

 ready for the sashbars. Two more 

 houses, one 32x150 and the other 

 28x150, are to follow during September 

 and early October. A good deal of 

 the material comes from the range that 

 was torn down on the slice of property 

 sold at the city place, but some new 



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