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The Florists' Review 



Sbftbhbeb 28, 1916. 



Wild 

 Smilax 



We can furnish 

 on short notice 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI rLomsTs 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELriIU,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Mums 



White - Yellow 



$2.00-$3.00 

 per dozen 



Every florist should have Dahlias on display 



VALLEY 



$6.00 per 100 



We have arranged with our growers 

 so that there will be no interrup- 

 tion in our supply. The supply is 

 not as large as we usually have at 

 this time of the year, but we have 

 plenty to fill your order. 



The flowers will be at their best from 

 now on. The varieties we offer you are 

 the newest and best for cut flower pur- 

 poses, and have good keeping qualities. 

 There is nothing in the cut flower line 

 early in the season to equal our Dahlias. 

 A sample shipment will convince y#u of 

 what we say. 



BEAUTIES 



C ATT LEY AS 



From now on we will have an ample 

 supply, suflScient to meet the de- 

 mand. Fine, large Cattleyas, also 

 Dendrobium Formosum at more -rea- 

 sonable price. .When in the market, 

 try us. They will be billed to you 

 at the lowest market price. 



Don't forget that we have more Beauties than you will find elsewhere, and 

 will be filled if you depend on us to supply you. The quality of our Beauties 

 time and our price is the lowest, considering the high grade of our stock. 



that you are more sure that your order 

 is as good as any you will find at this 



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cilities. The cellar is to be used for 

 the storage of florists' supplies, includ- 

 ing packing boxes, baskets, etc. The 

 office is located in one of the display 

 windows at the front of the store. 

 Arthur Niessen, who came down from 

 Philadelphia to assist Manager Albert 

 Schnell in the final arrangements for 

 the opening of the new quarters, said 

 that he ia well pleased with develop- 

 ments. He feels positive that increased 

 business will result from the new loca- 

 tion and improved equipment and facili- 

 ties. Both the gentlemen named have 

 been receiving the good wishes of large 

 numbers of florists who have come to 

 admire the new store. C. L. L. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The waning of the outdoor flower is 

 noticeable" this week. Of course, this 

 broad statement must be qualified to be 

 true. There still are outdoor flowers 

 and they are likely to remain for some 

 time, despite the croakers, but the hey- 

 day of their summer glory is over. As- 

 ters are the most conspicuous example; 

 good asters are impossible now. Gla- 

 dioli are on the down track. Dahlias 

 and cosmos are left, with now and then 

 some fair gladioli. The trouble about 

 dahlias is the drought. If it only rains 

 while tiese lines are being printed, 

 dahlias will come into their glory; if 

 it does not rain soon, it will not make 

 any difference to the dahlia whether or 

 not it rains — they are so awfully, fear- 

 fully dry. The flowers show it to a 

 degree that no amount of cultivation 

 can overcome. 



Greenhouse-grown flowers are stead- 

 ily coming forward. There are not 

 enough of them yet to satisfy the de- 

 mand — not nearly enough good ones, 

 and the indications point to a strongly 

 increasing demand. Carn&tions show 

 greater improvement this week than at 

 any time during September. Roses are 



BERGER BROS 



MARYLAND - KILLARNEYS - RUSSELL - SUNBURST 



CARNATIONS 



MRS. C. W. WARD-MATCHLESS-ENCHANTRESS 

 EASTER- LI LI ES-CALLA 



OUTDOOR FLOWERS 



VALLEY - DAHLIAS - GLADIOLI 



GREENS 



ASPARAGUS 



FERNS 



WILD SMILAX 



WE ARE READY FOR OCTOBER BUSINESS 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



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becoming more plentiful, mostly the 

 shorts. The arrival of Cattleya labiata 

 has lowered the price of orchids. Gar- 

 denias are here, too, and a few sweet 

 peas and snapdragons. The general tone 

 of the market is better than during the 

 last two years at this season. 



Outdoor Boses. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., now is rec- 

 ognized as our leading rosarian in the 

 east. The exhibit at the National 

 Flower Show last March earned this en- 

 viable position. The work among roses 

 this season shows further advance. The 

 efforts made at Locust Farm toward 

 home-grown budded roses is most en- 



couraging. The growth on some of the 

 varieties, notably Duchess of Welling- 

 ton and Lady Alice Stanley, is heavier 

 in a single season than can be found 

 on imported plants. Turning to the 

 own-root field roses, some of the vari- 

 eties have done surprisingly well; Frau 

 Karl Druschki and Ulrich Brunner espe- 

 cially so. The experiments made with 

 soil have proved the great benefit of sod 

 turned over for roses. Either crimson 

 clover, or, better still, Timothy and 

 clover, afford fiber that encourages root 

 action even better than manure. 



Keturning from the great fields of 

 roses at Locust Farm to the exquisite 

 rose trial grounds at Kiverton, there 



