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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 18. 1917. 



Beauties 



$30.00 per 100 



for the best. 



30-inch $3.00 per doz. 



24-inch 2.50 per doz. 



18- inch.... 2.00 per doz. 



If you depend on us for 

 Beauties, you can always 

 get them when you want 

 them. The quality is as 

 usual the best. 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per dozen 



Special price in lots of 

 25 or more. 



Oncidium 



$4.00 per 100 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALE FLORISTS 



12tli and Race Sts., rHILADELPillA, PA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Chrysanthemums 



$2.00 and $2.50 per dozen 

 $15.00 to $20.00 per 100 



In yellow, white, pink and bronze. 



Better varieties are coming in, larger 

 flowers and there will be plenty to fill all 

 orders. 



Chrysanthemums, Pompons 



$4.00 and $5.00 per dozen bunches 



Roses 



We can furnish you the 

 following Tarieties: 



Ruuell 



Shawyer 



Maryland 



Killamey 



Prima Donna 



White KUIamey 



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. 



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PHILADEUPHIA. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are coming to the 

 front as the leading flower. The frosts 

 of October 12 and 13 destroyed over 

 one-half of the dahlias coming into this 

 market. Some of the growers still have 

 part of their stock left. The milder 

 weather that followed is keeping these 

 dahlias in fine shape and reviving those 

 that were not killed outright, but the 

 dahlia has ceased to be the leading 

 flower. The effect of these early killing 

 frosts has been to reduce the supply of 

 flowers materially. Usually chrysanthe- 

 mums and carnations are in heavy crop 

 at this season. Today both are late — 

 chrysanthemums are only just begin- 

 ning, owing to the fact that early va- 

 rieties have not been so heavily planted 

 as in the past. Winter carnations are 

 later than for many years. Many of 

 the plants «re under size; those that 

 are in fine shape are not in crop. 



The tendency in chrysanthemums is 

 toward moderate-sized blooms; but lit- 

 tle fancy stock is offered. Golden Glow 

 is still the leading yellow. Chrysolora 

 is coming in more strongly than a week 

 ago and there are some Comoleta 

 blooms. Crystal Gem is a pleasing 

 white. Unaka is the leading pink. 

 While it is not wholly satisfactory, it 

 remains the leader until something bet- 

 ter appears. Good old Tint of Gold 

 has reappeared to represent bronze. The 

 remainder of the list includes Polly 

 Rose, October Frost, Smith's Advance, 

 Oconto and a few Pacifies. Pompons 

 have arrived. 



Roses are good, plentiful and of mod- 

 erate price. They form the backbone 

 of the market. Valley and cattleyas are 

 obtainable now, the latter at normal 

 prices. The mixed orchids include on- 

 cidiums, dendrobiums and vandas. 

 Sweet peas have come. They are sur- 

 prisingly good in white, pale pink, 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



. CHOICE STOCK IN ALL THE COLORS 



Extra Fine Easter Lilies 



ROSES CARNATIONS VIOLETS 



Our flowers are extra fine now. 



We can fill orders for high grade in quantity. 

 , -^4*-. 'liTry us. 



1225 RACE ST. PHIUDELPHIA 



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cerise and lavender, and their strength 

 is increased by Yarrawa. 



Marie Louise double violets have 

 come from the Hudson river district. 

 Yellow daisies are offered here and 

 there. 



The express situation is improving; 

 shipments are going forward with but 

 few delays. 



Dahlias. 



One of the most important of the 

 outdoor si)ecialties at tlio Rivorview 

 nurseries of Henry A. Drear, Inc., is 

 the dahlia. The space devoted to this 

 sterling fall flower has steadily in- 



creased since its first appearance here 

 not many years ago. The improvement 

 in the quality of the plants grown, and 

 in the varieties, has kept pace with 

 the increase in their number. Former- 

 ly outside specialists were depended 

 upon for the dahlias sold in the Dreer 

 store in Philadelphia. The passing of 

 that day was directly due to the fail- 

 ure of those specialists to do what is 

 technically termed "true" their dah- 

 lias. It was more than the Dreer spirit 

 of reliability could stand to have a red 

 dahlia, such as Lyndhurst, go out under 

 the label of the yellow dahlia, Mrs. C. 

 W. Bruton. Yet in those days such 



