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The Rorists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 4, 1917. 



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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 NIESSER CO. 



WHOLKSALC FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PHILADELrillA, PA. 



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 better 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 



>Wi 



There is a big imp#ve- 

 ment in the qualit), of 

 our Roses. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



gressive member of the trade. His 

 friends here wish him all that is good 

 in his new field of work. E. E. T. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



October finds improved market con- 

 ditions. Flowers are becoming better 

 and the demand for them is quickening. 

 Summer flowers are nearly over; some 

 are still to be had, but they are less 

 and less desirable day by day. Dahlias 

 are in their prime. The difference be- 

 tween the fancy, mostly the cactus va- 

 rieties, and the ordinary pompon or 

 ball-shaped varieties, is decidedly 

 marked. The fancy dahlias are in brisk 

 demand at excellent prices, while the 

 ordinary dahlias sell slowly at low 

 prices. The principal ordinary dahlias 

 are Liboni, Sylvia, Arabella and so on. 

 Sometimes they are sold in large quan- 

 tities, always at low prices, and nearly 

 always they are leftovers. The supply 

 of dahlias, though favored by unusually 

 fine weather, is smaller than a year ago, 

 owing to the shortage of labor. Some 

 growers planted less; some are unable 

 to cut all their flowers. The dahlia 

 .conditions in the wholesale market have 

 never been better locally. The demand 

 for good stock is excellent. 



Chrysanthemums are beginning to be 

 seen in small numbers in all the whole- 

 sale houses and most of the retail stores 

 — Golden Glow, Smith's Advance, Octo- 

 ber Frost and Unaka. The first-named 

 is decidedly the best so far. Carnations 

 are extremely late this season; still, 

 there is an increasing supply, some of 

 fair quality. Good single violets have 

 made their appearance. Cattleyas and 

 valley are in better supply, but you 

 would not think so, because the demand, 

 even at the extraordinarily high prices, 

 lieeps ahead. Wild asters are a desir- 

 able addition to the assortment. 



Boses, with dahlias, formed the main- 

 :8tay of the market. The varieties that 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



EARLY YELLOW, WHITE AND PINK 

 ORDER EARLY, PLEASE 



DAHLIAS 



Something fine until frost, in good assortment of colors. 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS, 

 EASTER LILIES, SNAPDRAGONS 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



were novelties a couple of years ago 

 are standards today. Killarney is not 

 seen much yet; only its double white 

 sister. Beauty is important; so is Mary- 

 land. The newer sorts, Ophelia, Sun- 

 burst, Shawyer, Hadley, Prima Donna 

 and, most important of all, Mrs. Charles 

 Russell, are abundant. Tuberoses and 

 tritomas are in evidence. Easter lilies 

 continue short of the demand. Greens 

 are beginning to sell. 



The Club Election. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in Room C, Parkway 

 building, Tuesday evening, October 2. 



The following officers were elected: 

 President, Adolph Farenwald; vice- 

 president, David Colflesh; treasurer, 

 George Craig; secretary, Fred Cowper- 

 thwaite. 



Secretary John Young of the S. A. F. 

 has appointed a strong committee of 

 seven to raise donations in Pennsylvania 

 for the publicity campaign. 



Tlie Express Meeting. 



The second meeting of the leading 

 shippers of plants and cut flowers was 

 held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms 

 in the Widener building, Monday after- 

 noon, October 1. Those present were: 



