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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 6, 1910. 



All Varieties of 



ROSES 



Listed here we can furnish 

 in quantity. 



RUSSELL 



PREMIER 



COLUMBIA 



PRIMA DONNA 



SHAWYER 



MARYLAND 



KILLARNBYS 



HADLEY 



SUNBURST 



OPHELIA 



AARON WARD 



FIREFLAME 



DONALD McDonald 



DOUBLE WHITE KIL- 



LARNEY 

 CECILE BRUNNER 



Nearly every variety worth 

 while growing. Our ROSES 

 will make money for you. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., PlILADELrilU, rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON. 9. C. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



$ 2.00 to $ 4.00 per doz. 

 12.00 to 25.00 per 100 

 Extra Selected, $5.00 per doz. 



The midseason varieties are coming in; better 

 and larger flowers. We can fill orders of any 

 quantity of the varieties in bloom. You will find 

 them of a very good quality. We can give Mums 

 at all prices according to the grade of stock. 



POMPONS 



Indoor-grown Pompons in all colors and a large 

 selection of varieties. 



BEAUTIES 



There is an ample supply 

 of the medium and long 

 grades to take care of the 

 demand. If you need 

 BEAUTIES, you will do 

 well to let us supply you. 

 We can fill your orders on 

 short notice. 



Carnations 



Our stock is improving, 

 both as to size of flowers 

 and length of stems. If 

 you need CARNATIONS 

 you are safe in depending 

 on us to supply you. 



Mwttlon Th« H«Tt«w when you writ*. 



for Halloween, in which cornstalks, 

 pumpkins, witches and cats played a 

 prominent part. Yellow and bronze 

 chrysanthemums were chiefly used for 

 all the windows for this event. 



George T. Boucher has an attractive 

 window display of dishes and vases 

 iilled with bulbs and pebbles. Small 

 vases of pompons fill in nicely as a back- 

 ground. 



R. G. Slicker, of the A. L. Randall Co., 

 Chicago, 111., was a recent visitor to the 

 trade. Julius Berg, of Lion ft Co., New 

 York, also called on the trade recently. 



Frank Lavigne, Jr., of Bloss street, is 

 growing some fine mums, for which he 

 finds a ready sale. 



Hart & Vick, Inc., are selling large 

 quantities of bulbs of all kinds. 



Arthur M. Newborn, of 701 Monroe 

 avenue, is working entirely on his 

 Christmas stock of baskets filled with 

 dried flowers and foliages. 



George B. Hart has leased the adjoin- 

 ing 3-8tory building, which is now being 

 used for storerooms and shipping rooms. 

 Electric lights and a motor have just 

 been installed for use in the paint room, 

 where the greater part of the baskets 

 will be decorated. H. J. H. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



A visit to any of the meat and prod- 

 uce markets, such as the one in the 

 Reading terminal, will help to make 

 clear the conditions in the wholesale 

 cut flower market. In these markets 

 many of the stalls display flowers for 

 sale. They offer great quantities of 

 dahlias and pompons and cosmos at 

 moderate prices. The result is that 

 the market for low-grade stock is over- 

 loaded to an extent that makes impos- 

 sible anything approaching fair returns 

 for the stock. The wholesalers handle 

 as little of the outdoor stock as they 

 can, because it is certain to cause dis- 

 appointment. They prefer instead to 



BERGER BROS.I 



Exceptionally well grown 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



that are a pleasure to handle 



FANCY VIOLETS, CARNATIONS, ROSES, POMPONS 

 Everything in Cut Flow^ers and Greens 



1225 Race St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



M«atfc» The BotIiw whan jon writt. 



CHARLES E. MEEHAN 



5 South Mole Street, 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Mention The Barlew when jon write. 



PLUNOSUS 

 ADIANTUH 



and Greeni if 

 an lands. 



concentrate their efforts on the better 

 grades of flowers, those grown under 

 glass. For them, or rather for part 

 of them, there is a market at fair fig- 

 ures, with the aid of a lot of hard work. 



The absence of frost so late as the be- 

 ginning of November, combined with 

 the extremely warm weather, so warm 

 as to eclipse the weather records, makes 

 flower selling a difficult matter. The 

 large varieties of chrysanthemums sell 

 best, when well grown. Turner and 

 Eager, white; Bonnaffon, Marigold, 

 Richmond, Chrysolora, yellow; Pink 

 Chieftain, McNiece and Pacific Su- 

 preme, pink; Strafford, bronze, and To- 

 haksa, bizarre, are among the leading 

 sorts. The pompons and the smaller 

 Japanese varieties do not fare well. 

 What few violets are coming in sell 

 moderately. 



Roses and carnations are neglected. 



Orchids are so scarce that they have 

 had another and most surprising jump 

 in price. Cattleya labiata is nearly 

 over and there is no Cattleya TriansB in 

 sight. There are a few fancy cypripe- 

 diums and a few Oncidium varicosum. 



Calla lilies are here. They have met 

 with a cordial reception. It is under- 

 stood that additional Beauties can be 

 cbtained on advance orders. 



Summing up the market, it is about 

 on a par with most years at this season. 

 This comparison excludes last year, 

 when conditions were not normal. 

 There is a lot of business going, with 

 the buyers controlling the situation. 



The Trip among the Boses. 



George Burton gave his annual party 

 to see the roses growing under glass 

 Tuesday, October 28. This trip takes 

 place each year about the time of the 



