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The Florists' Review 



October 12, 1916. 



Orchids 



The Best, doz., $6.00 



GARDENIAS 



Dozen, $3.00 



THE LEO RIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELriIU,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, O. C. 



Valley 



$6.00 per 100 



We can always fill 

 your order. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



$2.00-$3.00 per dozen; $15.00-$20.00 per 100 



BEAUTIES 



The Best, $25.00 per 100 



We know we can give you 

 satisfactory value in Beauties, 

 and if we are not supplying you 

 now, you should give them a 

 trial. 



In white, yellow and pink. More of 

 them and flowers of a better quality. 

 On account of the large supply we 

 can select the flowers carefully, and 

 you can look for perfect stock. 



NEW GREEN 



LEUCOTHOES 



75c per 100; $6.50 per 1000 



MEXICAN IVY 



75c per 100; $6.50 per 1000 



DAHLIAS 



are at their best now, and while they 

 last you should take advantage of the 

 opportunity to offer your customers what is most seasonable in the cut 

 flower line. Nowhere will you find a supply of high-grade Dahlias such 

 aswe offer you. $3.00-$4.00 per 100 



Mention The BeTlew Trhen yon writa. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There are those who say that we have 

 •had Indian summer during this second 

 week of October; there are those who 

 say that we have had no such thing. 

 They all agree that when the mercury 

 rises above 80 degrees it is extremely 

 bad for the cut flower market. 



The effect of the heat has been to 

 completely change conditions. Flowers 

 that were scarce a week ago now are 

 ■extremely plentiful. With so many va- 

 rieties in strong supply at the same 

 time, the market has become over- 

 loaded, despite increased demand. The 

 striking features of the market are 

 that chrysanthemums are now pushing 

 dahlias aside and that the fancy vari- 

 jeties of orchids have appeared in mod- 

 erate quantities. The chrysanthemums 

 •now available are Smith's Advance, 

 -October Frost, White Frost and Polly 

 Bose, white; Golden Glow and Chryso- 

 lora, yellow; Tint of Gold, orange; 

 XTnaka and Pacific Supreme, pink. They 

 are mostly of excellent quality and sell 

 well, the whites especially so. 



Single violets are now excellent. 



The orchids embrace Cattleya labiata, 

 Dendrobium formosum, Vanda cserulea 

 and a few oncidiums and fancy cypripe- 

 diums. The dahlias have increased in 

 number with the warm weather to an 

 extent that has overloaded the market. 

 Fine gladioli may still be had and a 

 few rather poor asters. Oak foliage is 

 fine. The shipping demand is strong. 



Election Night. 



There was bustle and activity on the 

 floor of the Florists' Club at the annual 

 meeting held in Horticultural hall on 

 the evening of October 3. Every chair 

 was taken and there was a fringe of 

 members who found places on the bil- 

 liard tables or shufBeboard, or stood. 

 John Westcott was heard telling a 

 friend that there ought to be an elec- 



BERGER BROS. 



Dahlias in Variety 



BARLY MUMS— Yellow, White and Pink. 



NBW CROP CARNATIONS that are especially well grrown. 



ROSES— Sunburst, Maryland, Russell and the Killarneys. 



EASTER LILIES, CALLAS, SNAPDRAQONS, 

 VALLEY, VIOLETS, QREENS. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Brlew when joa write. 



tion every meeting night — it arouses so 

 much interest. President George Bur- 

 ton called the meeting to order, after 

 allowing grace for the tardy. Boutine 

 business was rapidly pushed through; 

 then the election of oflScers to serve 

 during the coming year was called. 

 Tellers were appointed, printed tickets 

 distributed and a linA quickly formed. 

 The election was so serious an affair 

 that a judge was in charge of the polls 

 to see that no member exercised his 

 privilege without right or too frequent- 

 ly. This caused some delay. 



While the line is waiting there is 

 time to see why so much interest has 

 been awakened. The contest for presi- 



dent is not an extremely serious one. 

 Most of the members feel that one of 

 themselves, who has been identified with 

 the club's life for so long, has earned 

 this highest honor. The case with the 

 secretaryship is quite different. The 

 members are pretty evenly divided be- 

 tween those who want to continue the 

 present order of things and those who 

 do not. There is always a certain 

 amount of business in the club's poli- 

 tics. It is understood that in the case 

 of the presidency, two of the great 

 houses of the city that take a deep in- 

 terest in the club's welfare are united; 

 whereas in the case of the secretary 

 they are opposed. 



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