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The Florists' Review 



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QCTOBKB 26, 1916. 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per dozen 



25 at the 100 rate. 



Not only large flowers, but 

 also the best varieties. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELrHU,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Valley 



$6.00 per 100 



A steady supply; enough 

 every day to fill all orders. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



$1.50-$3.00 per dozen; $10.00-$20.00 per 100 



BOXWOOD 



$14.00 per 100 lbs. 



Delivery December 1st. 



Very best quality. 



No unnecessary wood. 



Prices subject to change. 



Our growers are bringing in a fine 

 lot of Mums now, varieties that ship 

 well and give satisfaction. With the 

 large supply to select from, you can 

 positively depend on us for the best 

 market value, 



POMPONS 



$3.00-$5.00 per dozen bunches. 



Our growers have added many new 

 varieties. Pompons are becoming more 

 popular every year, and you should not 

 omit them from your display. 



Good Roses 



That we have in quantity and 

 can recommend to you: 



Russell 

 Sunburst - Ophelia 



Prima Donna 



Shawyer - Brilliant 



Aaron Ward 



Pink and White KiUamey 



Fireflame - Sweetheart 



Every one of them is a good 

 rose. In Roses the market offers 

 the best value. Our prices are 

 reasonable. 



Mention Tha R«Tlew when yog write. 



PHILADEIfHIA. 



The Market. 



The queen of autumn has swept all 

 other flowers aside. The dahlia made 

 heroic efforts to retain its place, despite 

 two sharp blows from Jack Frost. There 

 are quite a lot of dahlias now from the 

 farms, or part of the farms, that suf- 

 fered only slightly. The rose also made 

 a fight to keep its place, but without 

 avail. Valley has done well in a smaller 

 way, the quantity consumed being sur- 

 prisingly large; larger, in fact, than 

 last October. 



Returning to chrysanthemums, there 

 are some fine flowers of the earlier mid- 

 season varieties. Oconto is a promis- 

 ing white in its first year here; Chryso- 

 lora is the leading yellow, quality and 

 quantity considered. Marigold and 

 Golden Queen are splendid; Robert 

 Halliday and Comoleta also are with 

 us. The pinks are represented by Pa- 

 cific Supreme and Chieftain; the last- 

 named has just arrived. Tint of Gold 

 still stands for bronze, or orange. The 

 most important addition to the list of 

 chrysanthemums comes in the form of 

 pompons, grown under glass, in frames 

 and outdoors. Their quality may be 

 graded in the order of their surround- 

 ings, just given. They cover a range of 

 color in numbers surprisingly large. 

 The market has taken kindly to them. 



Carnations still are short of the de- 

 mand, although they are becoming more 

 plentiful and are improving, except on 

 hot days, such as, f&r instance, October 

 20. A day like that reduces the value 

 of the carnations about one-half, be- 

 cause they get sleepy so early that 

 they are shunned by many good buyers. 

 Orchids are quite plentiful and meet 

 with favor. A change in orchid con- 

 ditions here is due to the fact that the 

 Field collection at Washington, D. C, 

 has been sold and shipped to Fort 

 Wayne, Ind. From this collection for- 

 merly came many of the mixed orchids 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



We offer high and medium-grade blooms of the best midseason 



sorts. All colors. 



Carnations — Our growers produce quality flowers that are round- 

 ing into form. They grow the leading varieties. 



Violets — We recommend our fancy singles. 



Roses, Valley and all seasonable 

 Cut Flowers and Greens 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Brlew when yon write. 



sent out from here. There still are a 

 fair number of vandas, dendrobiums 

 and oncidiums, with plenty of cypripe- 

 diums. 



Snapdragon is quite a factor. There 

 are some sweet peas, pansies, daisies 

 and mignonette. Violets have not been 

 much in demand; the singles have suf- 

 fered most. 



To sum up the market, tne supply ex- 

 ceeds the demand and probably will 

 continue to do so for the next three 

 weeks, barring some unforeseen change 

 in conditions. 



The Rose Show Here. 



At a meeting of the executive com- 



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mittee of the American Rose Society, 

 held in New York city October 23, the 

 committeemen approved the plan pro- 

 posed by President Samuel S. Pennock 

 of holding an independent exhibition 

 in Philadelphia next spring. Hereto- 

 fore the American Rose Society has 

 held its annual meeting and exhibi- 

 tions in connection with the national 

 society or with some state horticultural 

 society or florists' club. Now it is 

 proposed that the society shall hold 

 a show of its own. The time has come, 

 it is urged, when the society should 

 hold its own show and take its position 

 in. the front rank of horticultural bodies 

 of this country. 



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