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The Florists^ Review 



Septembek 13, 1917. 



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FIELD-GROWN 



Carnation 

 Plants 



We can furnish in 

 quantity : 



C. W. Ward 

 Alice 

 Miss Theo 

 Ench. Supreme 

 R. P. Enchantress 

 L. P. Enchantress 

 Matchless 

 Alma Ward 

 White Enchantress 

 Champion 



We have good plants of 

 all of these varieties and 

 guarantee satisfaction. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLKSALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rBILADELPHIA, ?h. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



CUT FLOWER 



DAHLIAS 



in Variety and Quality exclusive with us. 



Our Dahlias this year are better than ever. 



Nowhere are Dahlias handled on such a large 

 scale as with us. 



We have marketed Dahlias successfully for 

 a number of years, and our increased sales each 

 season are the best proof that our customers are 

 satisfied. 



It is the best flower for your Fall Opening. 



Can We Make You a Sample Shipment ? 



BEAUTIES 



The best, $3.00 per dozen 



We can furnish them in 

 almost any quantity. 



The supply of 

 GOOD ROSES 



is increasing 



The following varieties 

 show extra good quality : 



Russell 



Thora 



Ophelia 



Prima Donna 



Sunburst 



Hadley 



Maryland 



Shawyer 



Let us fill your next 

 order. 



Mention The R«Tlew when you write. 



of Philadelphia. John Doswell reports 

 business good, with a good demand for 

 weddings and funerals. Miss Bon Silene 

 Doswell will leave the first of next week 

 for St. Louis, to visit her sister. 



A. J. Lanternier & Co. are showing 

 some fine Hoosier Beauty and Aaron 

 Ward roses. They are also cutting some 

 excellent outdoor snapdragons. Funeral 

 work has had a good run, and there are 

 several wedding orders booked for the 

 next few weeks. 



Miss Wenninghofif is assisting her 

 brother, Edgar Wenninghoff, at the 

 store. Business has been brisk. The 

 Flick Floral Co. had the decoration and 

 bouquets for a large wedding last week. 

 The decoration was most elaborate. 



R. F. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Tliero is an improvement in the cut 

 flower market. Dahlias are arriving in 

 larger numbers and are selling well. 

 More than a score of varieties are of- 

 fered, many of them most l)eautiful. 

 Minnie Burgle is, perhaps, the most no- 

 table addition to tliose named last week. 

 While the demand for asters is not keen, 

 a goodly number are sold at prices that 

 are fair, (iladioli are plentiful. They 

 sell rather well at low figures, usually 

 $3 per hundred. The asters really de- 

 serve more mention. Choice stock brings 

 $.S and $4 per liundrod and a few of 

 these make $5 per Innulred. Good asters 

 bring .$L' ]»er Inindicd, wliile ordinary 

 and jtoor tlowers beg at any ])rice and 

 then do not always sell. Sometimes they 

 job and sometimes they waste. 



Koses are plentiful in the shorter 

 lengths; there is not a large quantity 

 of good stock. There is a fair number 

 of lilies, but little valley and few or- 

 chids. The badness of the express serv- 

 ice is a serious drawback, particularly 

 west and soutli. p]ast the service has 

 been fair. 



BERGER BROS. 



DAHLIAS 



The cool nights have brought on good Dahlias 

 for the opening of the season — try them. 



ASTERS — GLADIOLI — EASTER LILIES 



GOOD ROSES in all varieties 

 SHIPPING ORDERS A SPECIALTY 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



An Early Easter. 



The social season of 1917-18 will 

 last just seventy-seven days, reckoning 

 from Thanksgiving day, Tliursday, No- 

 vember 29, until the commencement of 

 Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 13. 

 Easter will fall on Sunday, March 31, 

 nine days earlier than this year. Christ- 

 mas and New Year's will both fall on 

 Tuesday, a day of the week that will 

 require special preparation by both re- 

 tailers and wholesalers for handling 

 their business. 



The Bulb Outlook. 



There have been many stories current 

 regarding the failure of Dutch bulbs to 



reacli this country. It was said there 

 was an embargo on Dutch bulbs; that 

 they were being used for food and so on. 

 Information from reliable sources in this 

 city la to the effect that the bulbs are 

 sure to be here in large numbers this 

 week. The steamer Waaldyk is said to 

 have sailed from Kotterdam September 5 

 bound for New York with 26,000 cases 

 of bulbs and a Dutch commission on 

 board. This now fashionable escort is 

 considered here as a guarantee that the 

 bulbs are really coming. The feeling 

 here is that the Hollaiidt is had a scare 

 and were afraid to risk their bulbs on a 

 chance in these jterilons times and that 

 they never seriously intended cutting 



