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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptimbiib 27, 1917. 



Beauties 



The Best 



$3.00 per dozen 



30-inch stems 



$2.50 per dozen 



24-inch stems 



$2.00 per dozen 



As usual, we carry the 

 largest supply of the Best 

 Beauties in Philadelphia* 



You will find our Beauties 

 better than we usually 

 have them so early in the 

 season. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLUALK FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rilLADELrinA, fk. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



This is the Season for 



DAHLIAS 



Not having them in stock, you are missing many 

 extra sales. Our Dahlias are bettei* than ever, and 

 there is nothing at the beginning of the season 

 that will stimulate interest in flowers like a nice 

 display of the better Dahlias. 



Send for a shipment today. 



Chrysanthemums 



White and Yellow $2.00-$2.50 per dozen 



With the 

 Large Supply 

 of 



Roses 



at our disposal we are in 

 a position to give you in 

 all grades the best value. 



Special mention we wish 

 to make of 



Russell 

 Prima Donna 

 Sunburst 

 Ophelia 

 Hadley 



There is a big improve- 

 ment in the quality of 

 our Roses. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



Tlie Market. 



The market would be in good shape 

 were it not for the express trouble. In- 

 coming and outgoing shipments of 

 flowers have been lost through delay; 

 business has declined because of the 

 uncertainty of delivery; and things gen- 

 erally are in a mess. The express com- 

 panies are making efforts to improve 

 conditions, but the shippers seriously 

 doubt the ability of the companies to 

 handle their business. Please write to 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission at 

 Washingtoi^ D. C, asking its aid in giv- 

 ing the express companies the needed 

 cars to handle shipments promptly. 



It may seem funny to begin a mar- 

 ket report this way, but unless some- 

 thing is done the cut flower and plant 

 industries will receive a severe blow. 



The market is moderately supplied 

 with flowers. Dahlias are splendid, the 

 uliuaually cool, fine weather having been 

 of great assistance to them. Beauties, 

 Russells and the smaller hybrid tea roses 

 are the next most important flowers. 

 Then come asters, with a diminishing 

 number of good and an increasing num- 

 ber of ordinary blooms. Easter lilies 

 are dependable. Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums have made their appearance; 

 also a few October Frost. Cattleya la- 

 biata is slowly coming in. Valley is a 

 little more plentiful. Gardenias have 

 appeared. There are a few tritomas and 

 some tuberoses. Greens are in moderate 

 eupply. 



An Express Meeting. 



A number of leading shippers of 

 plants and flowers met Thursday, Sep- 

 tember 20, at 2 p. m., at the eflfice of 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., 1620 Ludlow 

 street, to discuss the express problem. 

 The gravity of the situation was fully 

 realized by all present. They talked the 

 matter over thoroughly, without coming 

 to any definite conclusion. Those pres- 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



CHOICE STOCK 



ROSES, EASTER LILIES, CARNATIONS, 



ADIANTUM, Etc. 



A large stock of fine DAHLIAS '" showy varieties 



ASTERS AND GLADIOU 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ent included W. A. Albertson, Edward 

 Aschmann, Howard Aschmann, John G. 

 Aschmann, John Berger, Robert Craig, 

 Robert A. Craig, Carl A. Corts, J. D. 

 Eisele, E. J. Fancourt, W. K. Harris, 

 Joseph Heacock, Mark P. Mills, Leo 

 Niessen, Samuel S. Pennock, Paul F. 

 Richter and Edward Towill. Another 

 meeting will be held Monday, October 1, 

 probably at the same time and at the 

 same place. 



The Club Contest. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held in Room C, seventh 

 floor of the Parkway building, at 8 p. m.. 



Tuesday, October 2. The only contest is 

 for the office of secretary; the president, 

 vice-president and treasurer are unop- 

 posed. The withdrawal of David Rust 

 narrows the contest down to two candi- 

 dates, Robert Kift and Fred Cowper- 

 thwaite. The older florists will undoubt- 

 edly support Robert Kift, probably to a 

 man. The younger members will rally 

 to the support of Fred Cowperthwaite. 

 It is a clean-cut contest, old methods 

 against new ones. Who will win? 



Japanese Freight. 



H. Bayersdorfer explains the trans- 

 Pacific freight situation thus: "We 



