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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 28, 1920 



continued hot weather in October has 

 had a bad effect on their plants, pro- 

 ducing a large quantity of foliage and 

 few flowers. 



The William H. Elliott Co., of 

 Brighton, is sending in a handsome lot 

 of bushy, well-flowered chrysanthe- 

 mums, which are to be seen in almost 

 every retail store in Boston. 



W. N. C. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Saturday, October 23, brought a little 

 relief after a dreadful- week. The 

 weather, which had been unseasonably 

 hot, became cooler Saturday. Hot 

 weather is always bad for cut flowers 

 this time of the year; it increases their 

 quantity, lowers their quality and 

 lessens the demand. The troubles of 

 the wholesalers were further increased 

 by the conflict between the dahlias, that 

 ought to have been over and are not, 

 and the chrysanthemums, that ought 

 to follow dahlias and did not. Of 

 course, chrysanthemums won out, but 

 the slaughter was tremendous. Surely 

 this has been a great dahlia season; in 

 fact, one of the greatest we ever have 

 had. Cheap sales and waste, however, 

 characterized its end. Chry solera, 

 Oconto, Chieftain, Halliday and a few 

 more of the midseason varieties are in 

 their prime. Fifteen dollars per hun- 

 dred is about right for good, clean flow- 

 ers. Some fancies bring as high as $4 

 per dozen, but the sale at $2 per dozen 

 and over represents a small part of the 

 total. Ordinary stock usually brings 

 $8 to $10 per hundred. In chrysanthe- 

 mums, as in every other variety of 

 flower, the best sell fastest now. Com- 

 ing-out teas and weddings require only 

 the choicest of flowers in considerable 

 variety and in moderate numbers. Pom- 

 pons have come. Sweet peas are scarce. 

 They sell readily. Violets succumb to 

 heat quickly. 



Carnations are in heavy oversupply. 

 Like dahlias, they cannot be sold at 

 anything like fair prices. A few Wards 

 bring good prices, but they are so few 

 they do not count in the general sacri- 

 fice. 



Further enumieration would merely 

 show that there are too many flowers. 

 The retailers who have orders have 

 been having a lovely time bargaining. 

 They complain that such an abundance 

 of outdoor flowers restricts prices. 



The Indianapolis Meeting. 



Philadelphia sent quality, rather 

 than quantity, to the F. T. D. meeting 

 at Indianapolis. Our representatives 

 were Charles H. Grakelow, Charles 

 Henry Fox and Alvah R. Jones. The 

 reason the meeting is referred to so late 

 *s to call attention to the Fox plan for 

 financing the national publicity cam- 

 paign. In its scope it is so big as to 

 catch one's breath, but it is perfectly 

 feasible, although it may be subject to 

 modification. A thoroughly live conven- 

 tion of somewhere near 500 members, 

 who, under Mr. Grakelow 's persuasion, 

 bought the F. T. D. News just off the 

 press at $1 per copy, warrants confi- 

 dence in this plan. 



A Golden Wedding. 



It is with great pleasure that The 

 Beview announces the golden wedding 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig, which 



This is your reliable source of supply. The supply is large 

 enough to fill orders on short notice. Mostly Specials and 

 Fancies. 



Let us ship you some Roses regularly. That will insure you 

 of a regular supply for every day in the year. Of RUSSELL 

 and COLUMBIA we will have more than of any other variety. 

 In fact, we can furnish you every variety worth growing. 



MUMS 



All the Best commercial varieties you will find with us. 

 The flowers are much better than what we have had. We 

 have a large supply, and this puts us in a position io give 

 you good value. 



From now on we can also furnish 



POMPONS 



in all colors and in many different varieties. 



When in need of flowers, let us have your order. 



THE LEO NIESSE^ CO. 



Wholetale Florists 



Branches: 1201-3-5 Rae* St. 



WASHINGTON i^riU-fcAJL/lLUr *tEA 



BERGER BROTHERS 



ASSORTMENT. V lOLEXS 



POMPONS 

 CH RYSANTH EN UMS, 



EASTER LILIES all the year around 



ROSES CARNATIONS GREENS 



1609 Sansom Street PHILADELPHIA 



VALLEY Carnations 



Mums 

 Doable Wiiite, Ward, Sonborst, Ophelia 



AND OTHER GOOD ROSES 



We have a good opening for two or three more growers of choice stock. 



ALL KINDS OF GREENS 



PHILADELriDA WHOUSALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



Otw Motto, "Th* Golden Role'' 

 1618 RamtMd StrMt, PHILADELPHIA 



