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The Florists' Review 



Sbptembeb 21, ltl8. 



Wild 

 Smilax 



We can furnish 

 on short notice 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., niIIJU)ELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Carnation 

 Plants 



Our supply is getting 

 small. Place your order 

 soon. 



BEAUTIES 



$1.00-$3.00 per dozen 



Our Beauties are of the usual high-grade, 

 the best in Quality that you will find in this 

 maritet. • 



ROSES 



We are offering a grade of Roses a trifle 

 better than the average stock. It will pay you 

 to get in touch with us for your needs in Roses. 

 You can make your selection from the follow- 

 ing varieties; 



RICHMOND AND HADLKT 



RD8SKLL • PRIMA DONNA 



8HAWTKR • BRILLIANT 



MARYLAND ■ SUNBURST • THORA 



OPHELIA • SWEETBKART 



Our prices and good service will interest you. 



We Offer YOU the Most Complete STOCK of 



High-grade DAHLIAS 



With their main object to produce quality, our 

 growers are showing remarkable results. We can 

 - furnish Dahlias in large quantity of assorted colors 

 and varieties, or in one color, if some particular 

 shade is desired. We are prepared to meet the 

 demand for this popular autumn flower and would 

 be pleased to send you a trial shipment. 



$2.50-$4.00 per lOO 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The opening of the present week, 

 fieptember 14, found the market in bad 

 shape. There was an oversupply of 

 flowers that had suffered from hot 

 weather. The cooler weather that fol- 

 lowed was accompanied by impraved 

 conditions. The supply of flowers fell 

 off to an extent that enabled the de- 

 mand to take most of the salable stock 

 soon after it reached the city. There 

 was no improvement in prices, except 

 for fine quality flowers, notably in Rus- 

 ^lell roses. 



The feature of the market as the 

 week draws to a close, September 20, 

 18 the dahlia. Conditions are so differ- 

 <>nt from those of a year ago that they 

 merit description. Some of the dahlia 

 growers have dropped out this season, 

 others have reduced their planting, 

 w^hile all those tiow in the field have 

 been compelled to pay higher prices for 

 cultivating their dahlias than they have 

 •ever done before. This has increased 

 the expense of production and reduced 

 the quantity. The wholesalers, fully 

 alive to these conditions, are endeavor- 

 ing to get a better price for dahlias, 

 knowing well that unless they do it 

 wijl not be worth while to grow good 

 stock. So far they have succeeded mod- 

 erately; the average price for dahlias 

 bas been better than the price of a 

 year ago. This is due partly to the 

 shorter supply and partlv to the ef- 

 forts of the wholesalers aforementioned. 

 The leading varieties of dahlias now 

 on the market are Arabella, Sylvia, 

 Castleton, Lyndhurst, Jack Rose, Mc- 

 Cullough, Dorothy Peacock, .Tohn Wan- 

 amaker and White Swan. 



The trading in Easter lilies has been 

 quite lively; they go up and down with 

 surprising rapidity. Both asters and 

 gladioli show clearly that they are Hear- 

 ing the end of their season. Tuberoses 

 have been selling fairly well, but tri- 



rofi 



BERGER BROS. 



ASTERS GLADIOLI 

 EASTER LILIES 



New Crop Carnations and Roses 



Our central location, modern equipment and careful service 



enable us to fill orders for fresh flowers 



promptly and weU. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



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tomas lack support. Cosmos is in de- 

 mand; so are the finer hydrangeas, 

 now well colored. New crop carna- 

 tions are increasing in number, while 

 roses show greater variety than last 

 season; the one-time favorite, Killar- 

 ney, shows a marked decline in num- 

 bers. Mrs. Russell is good and plenti- 

 ful. All the roses sell fairly, except 

 the white, which seem to be cut too 

 closely. Valley is a little more plenti- 

 ful in anticipation of October weddings, 

 but orchids are still scarce. 



At Boelofs. 



Joseph Hcacock pointed the way 

 through a splendid field of corn that 



evidenced good cultivation and good 

 sod. Every scrap of this corn goes into 

 the silo to make ensilage to feed the 

 cows that feed the roses that make the 

 renown of the Joseph Heacock Co. 



The roses were just starting into 

 growth. They had been rested, pruned, 

 cleaned, tied, fed and watered. The 

 pruning was especially interesting, the 

 5-year-old plants showing cuts two eyes 

 above last year 's growth with regularity, 

 the first pruning being rather low, to 

 avoid building the plants up too high 

 in later years. The young plants are 

 in the smaller houses. The new one 

 just built is in Canadian Queen, while 

 Hadley has replaced Radiance in the 



