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The Florists^ Review 



December 7, 1016. 



Cypripediums 



$15.00 par 100 



We will have plenty of good 

 Cypripediums for the next 4 

 or 5 weeks. 



THE LEO HIESSEN CO. 



WNOLISALI PLOMSTS 



12tli uA Race Sts., mUDEIf IIU,nL 



■ALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



Gardenias 



The entire cut of the largest 

 Gardenia grower is handled 

 by us. Plenty of them 

 now. 



Cut Flowers for Christmas 



Don't take a chance and be disap- 

 pointed. Place your order today for 



Boxwood 



$7 50 par 50-lb. crat* 



Last year the supply was short. 

 You take no chance in buying our 

 stock. It is the right kind and 

 there is absolutely no surplus wood. 



Lycopodium 



$10.00 par 100 Iba. 



I'HIS is a subject of much interest to all cut- flower buyers. We can assure you 

 ^ of two most important points— that we expect to have the stock, as well as the 

 facilities for handling a large business. Our service is dependable, our prices ac- 

 cording to market conditions. Let us know your requirements and we will submit 

 our prices. 



BEAUTIES 



Roses Carnations Cypripediums 



Gardenias 



are some of our strong points for Christmas. 



BOUVARDIAS 



The double variety in pink and white. 

 Large clusters of flowers and steins 12 to 24 

 inches long. 



CARNATIONS 



Our growers have in Quality surpassed 

 their production of other years. Why not buy 

 the Best? They will not cost you any more. 



BEAUTIES 



With their main object to produce quality, 

 our growers are showing remarkable results. 

 Buy your Beauties at Headquarters. 



Mentloa Th« Bvwlmw when yon wrif . 



Turner which originated at the univer- 

 sity greenhouses last year must also be 

 mentioned as one of the features of the 

 show. An attractive exhibit of vege- 

 tables grown in the student gardens and 

 greenhouses was also staged in the 

 service building. C. B. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Iifarket. 



The first seven days of the social sea- 

 son, including Thanksgiving day and 

 the early days of December, have 

 brought changes in the cut flower mar- 

 ket. Chrysanthemums have virtually 

 closed their season, a season that was 

 better at the end than at any other pe- 

 riod. The Thanksgiving demand cleared 

 nearly all that were left, which were 

 not a great many. Now Jeanne Nonin, 

 a few Eaton, Chadwick, Mistletoe, 

 Crane and some pompons are all that are 

 left. The list sounds well, but there is 

 not much to it. 



The absence of the chrysanthemums 

 and the short crops of roses have left 

 a void in the market that makes the de- 

 mand rather ahead of the supply of 

 choice stock. Prices have not advanced 

 much, but they are firmer, with a likeli- 

 hood of soon going higher. 8o far 

 Thanksgiving marked the high tide, 

 which receded slightly afterward. There 

 is a little more valley about and de- 

 cidedly more orchids and gardenias. 

 Easter lilies are in demand, while Paper 

 Whites and stevia meet with favor. 

 Sweet peas are getting more plentiful; 

 they show a vast difference in quality. 

 The low-price peas do not compare with 

 the fancy orchid-flowered peas. The 

 shipping demand is active, showing un- 

 mistakably that many sellers now are 

 becoming buyers. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in the club room of Hor- i 



BERGER BR08. 



EASTER LILIES 



CHOICE STOCK 



BOXWOOD SPRAYS, glossy green, exceedingly nice, 



50 lbs., $7.80; 100 lbs., $14.00 



ALL THB BEST CUT FLOWERS IN THB MARKET 

 VIOLETS A SPECIALTY 



JEANNE NONIN, the fine Late White Mum 



1225 RACE ST. PHrUDELPHU 



HratiM Tfc» 9mfUm 



ticultural hall Tuesday, December 5. 

 Harry Bates, J. M. Brown, G. G. Ed- 

 mundson and Charles Niemann were 

 elected members. Bartley J. Doyle, 

 vice-president of the World's Sales- 

 manship Congress, delivered a telling 

 address. He urged the broadening in- 

 fluence of organizations, proposing that 

 each member must contribute some 

 ideas in order to get the most benefit 

 from such associations. 



The Florex Gardens, of North Wales, 

 exhibited a handsome vase of Rose Sep- 

 tember Morn, a light pink sport of 

 Prima Donna, which they will send out 

 next spring. Montague C. Wright, who 

 has made such a wonderful success of 



the Lord & Burnham Co. Philadelphia 

 oflBce, will take charge of his company 's 

 Chicago office at New Year 's. 



The Chrysantliemum Season. 



Exception has been taken to the note 

 that appeared in this column last week 

 to the effect that William K. Harris con- 

 sidered the chrysanthemum season just 

 closed the best in seven years, Phil 

 had previously published his own con- 

 clusions on this point. These were 

 gathered from many sources and were, 

 in brief, that the season had been an 

 uncommonly bad one, particularly so 

 during the first three weeks of jTovem- 

 ber. Mr. Harris differed from this view 



