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The Florists^ Review 



AuGCST 23, 1917. 



FIELD-GROWN 



CARNATION 

 PLANTS 



C. W. Ward 



Alice 



Siegwart 



Miss Theo 



R. P. Enchantress 



L. P. Enchantress 



Supreme 



Alma Ward 



Matchless 



White Enchantress 



White Wonder 



White Perfection 



Belle Washburn 



Champion 



Beacon 



Victory 



Send for complete list and prices. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed with all 

 plants shipped out. 



THE LEO RIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI PLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLiU)ELrilIA,rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



THE BEST VALUE YOU WILL FIND IN 



Seasonable Flowers 



so LET US SUGGEST A EEW ITEMS JO YOU 

 HIGH-GRADE ASTERS 



The best of the season are coining in 

 $1.00-$3.00 per 100 



EASTER LILIES 



$8.00-$10.00 per 100 



RUBRUM LILIES 



$6.00 per 100 



NEW CROP BEAUTIES. 



THE BEST— $2.50 and $3.00 per dozen 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flowet- market continues dull. 

 There are plenty of flowers to meet a 

 light demand. Asters are the principal 

 flowers; Semple's Branching asters are 

 fine. Any that remain of the earlier va- 

 rieties are poor. Most of the gladioli 

 are poor and the quality is falling off. 

 The price is low. There has been a fair 

 demand for Easter lilies. The supply is 

 smaller and the price has advanced. 

 Cattleyas are quite scarce at high 

 prices. Valley is to be had on timely 

 notice. There are some good Eussells 

 and Beauties, besides fine flowers of 

 other roses that stood the summer sun. 

 A few hydrangeas are sold. Not much 

 green is apt to accumulate. 



The Belgian Mission. 



A ripple of activity disturbed the 

 slumbering summer sea of business 

 August 20 when the Belgian mission 

 came to Philadelphia just for a day. 

 The Chamber of Commerce tendered the 

 visitors a luncheon of perhaps 600 covers 

 at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. The 

 Manufacturers' Club gave them a dinner 

 in the evening. The decorations, ar- 

 ranged by Harry W. Jones, of J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons, were of flags of the 

 two countries, Belgium and our own, of 

 plants and of cut flowers. In order to 

 make the visitors feel at home, Mr. 

 .Tones sent for an extra supply of well 

 trimmed bay trees. The cut flowers, ar- 

 ranged in low baskets, were of the Bel- 

 gian national colors, red, yellow and 

 black. Can you guess the flowers ? The 

 red was Gladiolus Mrs. Francis King; 

 the yellow and black were supplied by 

 sunflowers. The guests left in the eve- 

 ning for New York. 



Coal. 



There are times when it requires some 



special aim to keep at work, an aim 



* much higher than mere money return, 



IT PAYS 



you to buy our Greens. 

 In every line we aim to 

 carry the best to be had. 



NEW 

 GREEN GALAX 



$1.00 per 1000 

 $7.50 per case 



BRONZE GALAX 



$1.50 per 1000 

 $10.00 per case 



EXTRA LARGE 

 DAGGER FERNS 



$1.50 per 1000 



SPHAGNUM 

 MOSS 



Six $2.00 bales fcr $11.00 



ADIANTUM 

 HYBRIDUM 



$1.60 per 100 

 400 for $5.00 



Mention The R«Tlew when you write. 



BERGER BROS. 



CHOICE ASTERS IN ALL COLORS 



The Finest Varieties of 



Gladioli-Easter Lilies 



A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF SUMMER FLOWERS 



SHIPPING ORDERS CAREFULLY FILLED 



Visitors to the New York Convention are cordially in- 

 vited to call on us on their return trip through this city. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



important as that return must be. The 

 aim in writing this column is, and al- 

 ways has been, to try to benefit my 

 brother florists, to interest and amuse 

 them, too, but, most of all, to benefit 

 them; to tell them any little thing that 

 may be of value to them; to tell it with- 

 out fear or favor. This is merely intro- 

 ductory. 



John R. Andre, of Doylestown, is a 

 successful florist and a successful coal 

 merchant. Mr. Andre was asked the 

 question August 16, ' 'Should florists buy 

 their coal now?" Mr. Andre replied 

 positively that they should. "There is 

 always a ])ossibility, " Mr. Andre said, 



"of being wrong, but all the indications 

 jxiint to the danger of waiting. Even 

 now deliveries are slow. While prices 

 may go down, it is most unlikely that 

 they will do so. " ' 



Mr. Eisele Is Speaking. 



There is a little group of people seated 

 on the })orch of a homelike house at 

 Riverton. It is J. 1). Eisele 's house and 

 it is Mr. Eisele who is speaking: 



"It looks as though we should have 

 to adapt ourselves to some changes this 

 season. Take, for example, the almost 

 certain al)sence of azaleas and arauca- 

 rias from abroad. We have an excellent 



