The Florists^ Review 



Septdmbbr 4, 1919. 



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'I17E: have ^ never 

 ^^ been in better 

 shape to supply the 

 wants of our cus- 

 tomers. 



With our present 

 supply of cut flow- 

 ers, we don't see 

 how you can do bet- 

 ter than place your 

 orders with us. 



Our supply is am- 

 ple, the quality is 

 improving and our 

 service is the best! 



We appreciate your 

 business. 



TBE LEO RIESSER CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nDLADELPHIA, PA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



GREENHOUSE-GROWN ASTERS 



OF EXCEPTIONALLY FINE QUALITY 



The supply of good Asters has increased consider- 

 ably, and from now on they will be ample until the end 

 of the season, A few weeks ago we had a quantity; 

 now Quality is more in evidence, and the latter is the 

 more desirable. The Best Asters are the indoor-grown 

 stock. You will find them exceptionally fine. 



Gladioli 



You are obliged to carry some stock during the 

 summer months, and you have less risk of loss in Gla- 

 dioli than any other flowers you can buy. We have all 

 the standard varieties, especially Augusta, America, 

 Halley, Francis King, Schwaben, Pendleton, etc. 



EARLY CLOSING 



WE CLOSE 



EVERY DAY 



AT 4 P. M. 



Rubrum 

 Lilies 



They are inexpensive and 

 very desirable for design 

 work. We have them in 

 quantity, both in long and 

 short stems. Pink Lilies 

 make a good showing and 

 on account of their good 

 keeping quality they 

 should be used more freely. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



journeyed to Bretton Woods in the 

 White mountains and are there at the 

 present time. I. L- B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business was poor during the last 

 week of August, so poor that the few 

 buyers interested in flowers could pick 

 and choose and drive hard bargains, 

 confident that refusal to meet their 

 terms would only add to the waste. As 

 usual in a dull market, the good flowers 

 were sold because prices were moderate, 

 while the medium grades and the shorts 

 were allowed to waste their beauty un- 

 seen. It was a discouraging week, es- 

 pecially so for asters. There were lots 

 of asters, many, many more than were 

 wanted, and the sales of all but the 

 fancy grade were fearfully disappoint- 

 ing. 



Roses fared a little better than most 

 of the other flowers, because there were 

 few of them and there always is a little 

 demand for them. Columbia is develop- 

 ing into the leading summer pink rose. 

 It Li a marvelous grower and possesses 

 £jte points in its glowing color, strong 

 stem . and healthy foliage. Premier is 

 splendid, but is not yet so plentiful. 

 Russell is not in crop at present. Mary- 

 land is mostly offered in short lengths. 



Easter lilies have reappeared. Gla- 

 dioli are in good supply. The first dou- 

 ble cosmos has come. 



A Thrilling Tale. 



Harry W. Jones, manager for the 

 Bellevue-Stratford flower store of J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons, was returning home 

 the other evening when he remembered 

 that the key of his apartment was not 

 in its accustomed place in his trousers' 

 pocket. This was awkward^ecause Mrs. 

 Jones was at the shore. Being a man 

 of resource, Mr. Jones decided that his 

 best chance of gaining entrance to his 

 abode lay in opening the cellar window. 



BERGER BROS. 



Will be happy to receive your regular or 

 special orders for high grade Carnations, 

 Chrysanthemums, Violets, Roses, etc., for 

 the^coming season. 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



A full line of 



all seasonable 



Cut Flowers 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



5 South Mole Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Why Not Start the Season Right? 



BY SENDING YOUR FLOWERS TO THE 



PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



1615 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



He successfully accomplished this feat 

 and all would have gone well had not a 

 passer-by seen a pair of legs disappear- 

 ing through the window and notified 

 the sergeant at the Twelfth and Pine 

 street police station that a burglar was 

 entering a house near by. Several cops 

 rushed around and found Mr. Jones 

 with a light in the cellar. Explanations 

 were unavailing, despite the fact that 

 Mr. Jones' appearance is calculated to 

 inspire confidence even under such try- 

 ing circumstances. They marched him 

 to the station house and would not re- 



lease him until he sent for a friend who 

 could identify him. 



The New House at Boelofs. 



Much interest is felt in the new 

 greenhouse now being erected by the 

 Joseph Heacock Co., at Roelofs. Any 

 greenhouse that is being built this year 

 is interesting. This one is especially 

 so because it is well known that it was 

 the ambition of Joseph Heacock to have 

 four of those large greenhouses at Boe- 

 lofs. Two he built during his lifetime. 

 This is the third. It proves that the 



