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The Florists^ Review 



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OCTOBBH 25, 1917. 



Beauties 



THE BEST 

 $30.00 per 100 



Next Grades 



$3.00, $2.50, $2.00 

 per dozen 



The supply consists 

 mostly of the best and 

 medium grades. It is very 

 important for you to know 

 where you can buy Beau- 

 ties of the best quality at 

 all times. Depend on us 

 and you will have every 

 assurance your order will 

 be filled. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PfflUDELPinA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



We can furnish you 



ROSES 



of the best quality, in most any quantity, and all 

 the varieties worth growing. 



Russell in quantity, extra fine flowers, some with 

 stems 30 inches long. Also Prima Donna, Ophelia, 

 Sunburst, Shawyer, Maryland, Pink and White 

 Killarney and many others. 



For the best value, buy our $10.00 Specials, in 

 short or medium or long roses. 



Chrysanthemums 



Yellow - Bronze 

 Pink - White 



$2.00-$3.00 per doz. 



$12.00-$20.00 

 per 100 



The best varieties for 

 shipping purposes. Any 

 variety of commercial 

 merit you will find here. 



Pompons 



$3.00-$5.00 

 per dozen bunches 



We will have more of 

 a variety to offer you for 

 this week. 



Mention The Beview when you write. 



pointed manager for the state of Ehode 

 Island. 



V. A. Vanicek, of Middletown, last 

 \ eek served on the jury of the Superior 

 court at Newport. 



"William Curry, of Wadley & Smythe, 

 has returned from the Newport hospital, 

 where he underwent a slight operation. 



W. H. M. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The midseason chrysanthemums have 

 arrived, vastly improving the quality of 

 the queen of autumn. The assortment 

 now includes Golden Glow, Chrysolora, 

 Eobert Halliday and Major Bonnaffon, 

 yellow; Tint of Gold, bronze; Unaka 

 and Pacific Supreme, pink; Oconto, 

 Crystal Gem, Polly Rose, October 

 Frost, Smith's Advance and Early 

 Snow, white; and there is a good assort- 

 ment of pompons. Generally speaking, 

 the mums have been selling well, at 

 excellent prices, but there have been 

 dull days. 



Carnations have shown a decided im- 

 provement in quality and in numbers. 

 Matchless, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Enchant- 

 ress, White Perfection and Benora are 

 rounding into form, together with others 

 not here named; the rounding includes 

 additional inches on the stems. Carna- 

 tions have been in brisk demand, at 

 good prices. 



Chrysanthemums and carnations are 

 the strong features of the market. 

 Roses are the weak feature. There is 

 an excessive supply of poor roses — not 

 so much poor in quality as poor by 

 comparison with the better roses and 

 with other flowers. They also have un- 

 usually poor stems. 



The outstanding feature of the mar- 

 ket this week is the change from out- 

 door to indoor flowers. Dahlias re- 

 ceived another blow October 21, from 

 which they are unlikely to recover. 



BERGER BROS. 



Chrysanthemums 



Plenty of Good, Clean Stock in all Colors — 

 We Can Fill Your Orders. 



POMPONS 



Greenhouse-grown — Selected Varieties. 



Fancy Violets Easter Lilies 



Calla Lilies Carnations Roses 



Greens and Oak Foliage 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



Chinese asters, tritomas, tuberoses and 

 even gladioli have passed. Cosmos only 

 remains, and some Hydrangea panicu- 

 lata grandiflora. Cattleyas are plentiful 

 enough to be possible in hundred lots 

 at hundred prices. Violets are extreme- 

 ly good, both in singles and in doubles. 

 There are a few more gardenias and 

 just a little bouvardia. Valley contin- 

 ues high in price, with little prospect 

 of lower figures. Easter lilies have not 

 yet suffered from the competition of 

 white chrysanthemums. Oak foliage is 

 in moderate demand with the advent of 

 gayly colored chrysanthemums. Aspar- 



agus plumosus is selling pretty well. 



The surprise of the market is the 

 sweet peas. They continue exception- 

 ally fine for so early in the season. The 

 disappointment of the market is the 

 absence of the debutante. The orders 

 for coming-out teas, usually the strength 

 of the market at this season, have been 

 few. Seemingly society is interested in 

 war relief work rather than in social 

 festivity. Yet there is a healthy de- 

 mand for flowers for everyday use. 



Ferns. 



Florists from all over the country are 



