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The Florists^ Review 



NOTIMBBB 4, 1920 



exhibition now beinff hoJld at the New 

 York state armory. The decorating waa 

 done by George T. Boucher. 



Hugo Teute, of Brighton, N. Y., is cut- 

 ting b. large quantity of chryganthemuniB 

 of several varieties, including pompons 

 in various shades. ^ 



The Rochester Florists'; Association 

 has resumed its monthly meetings for 

 the coming winter. The energetic secre- 

 tary, Irwin S. Briggs, is working hard 

 for this winter's entertainment. 



A remarkably pretty window decora- 

 tion is seen in the store of Felix Alberts, 

 in which Halloween decorations are dis- 

 played to good advantage. A good 

 quantity of Japanese lanterns (Physalis 

 Franchetii), bronze and yellow pompons, 

 pumpkins and oak foliage are artisti- 

 cally grouped. H. J. H. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



By common consent, the dahlia sea- 

 son of 1920 closed with the month of 

 October. The florists said that the pub- 

 lic was tired of dahlias; the wholesalers 

 said that they could not handle dahlias 

 with so many chrysanthemums and 

 carnations in the market; the growers 

 said that the dahlias were about done; 

 so the dahlias went out with the month 

 and with them went two other outdoor 

 flowers, the aster and the gladiolus. 

 Both were reported as finished some time 

 ago, but both made a final spurt just 

 before closing their season, with rather 

 different results. The asters, though 

 of good quality, were passed by unap- 

 preciated, while the gladioli sold fairly 

 well at good prices. Of the outdoor 

 flowers, only cosmos and hardy chrys- 

 anthemums remain. 



Chrysanthemums rule the market. 

 Richmond, Marigold, Halliday, Bon- 

 naffon, CSiieftain, Lillian Doty and 

 Bager are the leading varieties. Chrys- 

 olora and Oconto are disappearing. The 

 warm weather brought Oconto in with 

 such a rush that white was overdone, 

 a fate that was shared by white carna- 

 tions. The feature of the chrysanthe- 

 mum situation is that really fine fiowers 

 are scarce and in brisk demand, while 

 medium and low-grade stock is over- 

 plentiful. The warm weather has 

 lowered the quality, while the buyers 

 seem to want quality and are willing to 

 pay for it. Pompons are becoming im- 

 portant. Those grown under glass are 

 quite desirable, except in white. The 

 outdoor stock is hardly good enough to 

 suit most of the customers. 



The change to cooler weather has had 

 a beneficial effect, though it has not 

 been with us long enough to be gener- 

 ally felt. Another week of such weath- 

 er as prevailed at the close of October 

 will tone the market wonderfully. White, 

 though not preferred in other flowers, is 

 the favorite color in swmt peas. Some 

 fine peas are seen now. Mpst of the roses 

 are short-stemmed and long-stemmed 

 roses are in demand, owing mainly to the 

 meager supply. The outlook for No- 

 vember is promising. 



Olub Meeting. 



The meeting of the Philadelphia Flo- 

 rists ' Club Tuesday, November 2, was 

 held at the City Club. Although the 

 weather was stormy, a fairly large rep- 

 resentation of florists gathered. Robert 

 Eift,. the speaker of the meeting, had 

 advertising as his si^bject. 



President A. M. Campbell strongly 



The call for Rotes is now tor smek vwrietiet as 



RUSSELL 

 PREMIER H>d COLUMBIA 



We have more of these varieties than any other, and in these 

 three good Roses we offer you a grade of stock which is hard to 

 beat. 



In Corsage Roses, we can furnish you AARON WARD, 

 McDonald and CBCILB BRUNNER. 



Other varieties we can furnish are OPHELIA, RICHMOND, 

 SUNBURST, MARYLAND. DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY 

 and SHAWYER. 



CARNATIONS 



show a big improvement in the quality. We will be very strong 

 on good Carnations from now on, especially in C. W. WARD, 

 ENCHANTRESS SUPREME and MATCHLESS. If you need 

 regular shipments of CARNATIONS, write to us. 



More of the Better varieties of 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



We can furnish you every good commercial 

 Plenty of 



POMPONS 



in Bronze, Yellow, Pink and White ia many different varieties. 

 What is in season you can always find here. 



LET US HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists 



BnmchcK 1201-3-5 Rac* St. 



WASHINGTON * ***1-^^PVU M i T 1!TL1/\, 



are commg m. 

 variety. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



ASSORTMENT. VIOLE I S 



POMPONS 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 



EASTER LILIES all the year around 



ROSES CARNATIONS GREENS 



1609 Sansom Street HilLADELPHIA 



Mums VALLEY Carnations 



Double Wiiite, Ward, Sunburst, Ophelia 



AND OTHER GOOD ROSES. 

 A BEAUTIFUL LOT OF POMPONS. 



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



ALL KINDS OF GREENS. 



TBE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXdANGE 



Our Motto, "The Golden Rule" 

 1618 RaiMt«ad Str««t, PHILADELPHIA 



