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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptembbr 11, 1919. 



Dahlias 



are in season now and you 

 cannot afford to omit 

 them from your daily dis- 

 play. The only satisfac- 

 tory way to handle Dahlias 

 is by placing a regular 

 order for shipment two 

 or three times a week or 

 as often as you find it 

 necessary. 



We have Dahlias for 

 every purpose; for Basket 

 work — Funeral work — 

 Decorative purposes. 



The kind of Dahlias we 

 can furnish you can find 

 quick sale for. 



A sample shipment will 

 convince you. 



THE LEO NIESSER CO. 



WHOLISALI FLOmSTS 



12th and Race Sts., PIDLADELrilU, rA. 



BALTIMORE. MD. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



This season will be another big year for 

 Roses. 



We have never had better variety to 

 offer. It is to your interest to encourage 

 the sale of Roses as much as possible. To 

 create a demand for them you must have 

 them on display. 



Russell, Premier. Columbia and Ophelia 

 are the kind of Roses that will produce new 

 business for you. The quality of our Roses 

 is above the average, and prices are not high. 



You will make no mistake in depending on 

 us this season for your supply of Roses. 



CHANGE OF 



BUSINESS HOURS 



7 a. m. to 

 5 p. in* 



Beauties 



The supply is not large, 

 but still sufficient to fill 

 all orders. All grades — 

 good flowers. 



Cattleyas 



Our growers are cutting 

 some very fine flowers — 

 Labiata. Order in ad- 

 vance, as the supply is 

 not large. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



bulbs, as well as some belated French 

 varieties, any day. 



Norris F. Comley had 1,000 tons of 

 coal hauled from Boston to his green- 

 house establishment at Burlington, 

 Mass., in fifteen days by auto trucks, 

 and considers it the most economical 

 and convenient way to get in his fuel, 

 he being a long distance from a depot. 

 He is growing roses heavily and has a 

 large daily cut of such varieties as 

 Francis Scott Key, Ophelia, Stanley, 

 Double White Killarney, Hoosier Beauty, 

 Radiance and Red Radiance. The last 

 named sort he is enthusiastic over. He 

 has four houses of tomatoes for a fall 

 crop, mostly Terrace Hall, and four 

 houses of sweet peas, which are now 

 starting to show buds. 



We got our September heat wave Sep- 

 tember 7 and for a day or two shade 

 temperatures have been close to the 90- 

 degree mark. Early mums, carnations 

 and roses are already showing the effects 

 of the heat. ' W. N. C. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The opening week of fall lias been a 

 mighty good second to the closing week 

 of summer for the proud position of the 

 poorest week of the season. Commenc- 

 ing with Labor day, quite generally ob- 

 served as a holiday, the market had a 

 poor start. Overloaded with the accu- 

 mulation of two days' receipts of 

 flowers, the slight improvement in busi- 

 ness was not nearly enough to overcome 

 the handicap. It is claimed that there 

 was sufficient business for the flowers 

 that came in during the last five days 

 of this week, but with those of the first 

 two days, holidays thrown in, this mar- 

 ket was overloaded. 



Many persons living in the suburbs 

 who are flower buyers in the retail shops 

 throughout the greater part of the year 

 are sellers now. They offer asters and 

 dahlias and gladioli from their own gar- 



BERGER BROS. 



DAHLIAS 



A fine lot of the best varieties. We can fill your regular 

 - and special orders. ; 



GOLDEN GLOW CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 ASTERS GLADIOLI ROSES 



1225 Race St. PHILADELPHIA 



ASTERS 



GLADIOU 



ROSES 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



"5 South Mole Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



PLDNOSUS 

 ADIANTUH 



tU Gneu if 



Why Not Start the Season Right? 



BY SENDING YOUR FLOWERS TO THE 



PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 

 1615 Rfuutead Street, Philadelphia, Pa 



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dens to their florist. Culture and the 

 frequent rains have made much of this 

 stock good. It is a difficult matter for 

 the retailer to refuse to buy from a good 

 customer who has the nerve to offer 

 "flowers from our own garden." This 

 class of business, usually done at pur- 

 chasers' prices, tends to depress the 

 market further. 



The quantity of flowers coming into 

 town is increasing. It would increase 

 much more with a little encouragement, 

 but that is lacking. Dahlias have come 

 in force to join asters and gladioli. 



These great outdoor flowers form the 

 mainstay of the market. Roses are the 

 indoor flowers. They are entirely too 

 plentiful. One-half of the fine Colum- 

 bias and other choice varieties would 

 be enough, while the short-stemmed 

 stock of standard varieties has no 

 chance whatever. 



Carnations have reappeared. Cattleya 

 labiata has come. Golden Glow chrys- 

 anthemums are a trifle more plentiful. 

 Cosmos is not selling. 



A Test. 



John Berger was describing an inci- 



