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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 11, 1917. 



Cattleyas, 



$(5.00 per dozen 



Dendrobium For- 

 mosum, 



$9.00 per dozen 



Oncidium, 



$5.00 per 100 



Valley, $io.oo per lOO 

 Easter Lilies, 



$12.00 per 100 



Rubrum Lilies, 



$().00 per 100 



Wild Asters, 



75c per bunch 



You can always depend on 

 us for the very best values 

 that the market permits. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rilLADELPeiA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Chrysanthemums 



Yellow - White - Pink 

 $2.00-$2.50 per dozen 



For this week we will have more Mums, better 

 flowers and carefully selected slock. 



Dahlias 



They are at their best now. Nowhere will you find 

 Dahlias in such a variety. While ihey last you should 

 take advantage of the opportunity to offer your custo- 

 mers what is most seasonable in the cut flower line. 



A sample shipment will convince you that you can 

 handle them at a good profit. 



Roses 



We can furnish you the 

 following varieties: 



Russell 



Shawyer 



Maryland 



Killarney 



Prima Donna 



White Killarney 



Hadley 



Richmond 



Thora 



Ophelia 



Sunburst 



Fireflame 



Aaron Ward 



Donald McDonald 



C. Brunner 



Geo. Elger 



The supply of the better 

 grades of roses is increasing. 

 When you want good roses 

 call on us. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There has been a fair amount of 

 business, with more than enough flow- 

 ers for all orders. The shortage in car- 

 nations has helped the sale of dahlias, 

 which now are being used in great num- 

 bers. The average price on dahlias is 

 higher than that of last season. The 

 general market conditions are a little 

 better than they were a year ago at this 

 time, despite the war and its effect on 

 transportation. Roses are in heavy sup- 

 ply and form the mainstay of the mar- 

 ket, with dahlias. They at times are 

 overabundant in tlie poorer grades. 



Chrysanthemums are becoming more 

 and more prominent; only the early 

 varieties are here so far, many of them 

 in excellent form. Golden Glow, Smith's 

 Advance and October Frost have been 

 reenforced by Unaka, Chrysolora and a 

 few more, affording a nice assortment. 

 There are a few more carnations com- 

 ing in. They bring pretty good prices, 

 quality considered. To be more ex- 

 plicit, most of tlie carnations are short 

 in stem; there are few really fine flow- 

 ers borne on good stems. Cattleyas are 

 becoming more plentiful; they liave 

 fallen to one-half the price of three 

 weeks ago. There are a few oncidiums 

 and vandas, but hardly any gardenias. 

 Wild asters are in tlieir prime; they 

 are most decorative. The regular asters 

 are about over; tlieir season has been 

 curtailed by delay in transit. Cosmos 

 is popular. 



Most of the wholesalers feel that the 

 express deliveries are better now than 

 during September. 



An Important Conference. 



The leading shippers of ])lants and 

 cut flowers have given mucli thought 

 to the problem of improving the express 

 service, or, to put it more correctly, 

 asking the express companies for need- 

 ed reforms, which will meet the chang- 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



EARLY VARIETIES IN ALL COLORS 



DAHLIAS 



Were never finer. A good assortment. 



ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS, 

 EASTER LILIES, GREENS 



We want your business, please 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



iug conditions due to war demands. 

 After much thought, the hearing before 

 tlio Interstate Commerce Commission 

 in Washington has been abandoned. In 

 its place a confeience between the rep- 

 resentatives of the shippers in this city 

 and tlie vice-presidents of tlie three ex- 

 ])ress companies, who constitute the 

 final court of appeal, was held in New 

 ^'ork city Tuesday morning, October 9. 

 Tlie representatives of the Philadelphia 

 shippers were Robert Craig, chairman; 

 Fred Cowperthwaite, secretary; Arthur 

 A. Niessen, Frank P. Myers, Samuel S. 

 Pennock, Paul F. Richter and Herbert 

 G. Tull. They laid before the express 



cliiefs several plans that they believed 

 would remedy the evil of delay and re- 

 store the express service to a reason- 

 able degree of reliability. The vice 

 presidents of the Adams and Wells 

 Fargo companies were present and said 

 tlie jilaiis would be considered. Noth 

 ing definite was promised at the meet- 

 ing. 



Cannas. 



People who have been riding on the 

 New York division of the Pennsylvania 

 railroad between Camden and Trenton 

 have enjoyed a magnificent sight this 

 summer as tliey passed Riverview. The 



