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The Florists' Review 



July 10, 1913. 



Easter Lilies, $10.00 per lOO 



' In lots of 50 at the 100 rate. They are fine Lilies and a bargain at the price. Well grown and 

 well hardened for shipping. Lilies always make a splendid showing for almost any purpose. 



Gladiolus, - - - - $4.00-$6.00 per 100 



We have some very good spikes of Gladiolus in pink, white and red. All the best varieties, such as 

 Victoria, America, Francis King and others. A desirable assortment, our selection, at $4.(X) per 100. • 



Cattleyas doz., |()00-$7.50 Valley .^«^ 10 », |.S.0O-$4.a) 



Beauties doz., 1.00- ;].00 ■ Sweet Peas 100, .75- l.OO 



Dagger Ferns lOOO, $f .50 



Remember, we are headquarters for the best Dagger Ferns in Philadelphia. We make you a special price in case lots. 



Field-grown Carnation Plants. Look for our Classified advertisement. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale PlorlsU 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. » st is PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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a change in his plant this season and 

 expects to award the heating job to 

 the Simonds Heating & Specialty Co., 

 of this city. The latter concern 

 reports a number of big contracts this 

 month, including the heating plants of 

 Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, Mich.; the 

 Cleveland Cut Flower Co., Gilbo Floral 

 Co., Akron, O. ; j^. F. Ferry, Rochester, 

 Mich,, and George H. Mellen Co., 

 Springfield, O. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eaitem Market. 



The Glorious Fourth and the hardly 

 less glorious fifth, for many of the 

 business houses were closed all or part 

 of that day, so interrupted the usual 

 course of events that business was poor 

 for the current week, July 3 to July 9. 

 The extremely hot weather that we 

 have had lowered the quality of flowers 

 cut from plants that have been bloom- 

 ing throughout the season to such an 

 extent that it vfhB sometimes hard to 

 find flowera good enolpgh for the orders. 

 There is some good stock: Easter lilies, 

 valley, Beauties from down east, sweet 

 peas from New York state, gladioli, 

 Centaurea imperialis, white and laven- 

 der, and asters mostly from Lancaster 

 county. These asters are two or three 

 times as good as they were a week ago, 

 to judge from the price, and they are 

 welcome in the absence of many good 

 carnations. Mrs. Taft is proving a 

 good summer rose. The demand is like 

 the zephyr by the sea; it springs up 

 unexpectedly, then dies away again. 

 Still there is about as much doing as 

 usual at this season. 



Cleaning Glass. 



We all know the difficulty of getting 

 dirty glass into such condition that 

 plants will grow underneath it. Every 

 one has his pet formula, muriatic acid, 

 scrubbing brush and water with plenty 

 of elbow grease added and so on, but 

 none of them are satisfactory. The 

 glass men use hydrochloric acid to clean 

 glass. This acid was tried last week 

 successfully by the Robert Craig Co., 

 to clean the glass on one of the com- 



BERGER BROS 



Can fill orders for Summer 

 Flowers AT SHORT NOTICE 



Easter Lilies, Pink and 

 White RoseH, Valley 



ALL OUTDOOR FLOWERS AND GREENS 



140-142 N. 13th St - • Philadepa, Pa. 



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pany's houses at Forty-ninth and Mar- 

 ket streets. The acid diluted with 

 water was applied with scrubbing 

 brushes attached to handles. It took 

 four men four hours to clean a house, 

 20x100 feet. The men used rubber 

 gloves, a sliding scaffold and great care 

 not to burn themselves. The acid 

 cleaned the glass thoroughly and took 

 all the paint off the bars, but did not 

 injure the wood. I am unable to give 

 the proportions of hydrochloric acid and 

 water. If the mixture is too strong, 

 the glass will be frosted; if it is too 

 weak, the acid will not eat the smut 

 from the glass. Mr. Craig has promised 

 to give the proper proportions when he 

 has fully tested the mixture. . 



The Founders' Week Pageant. 



The wonderful display given in this 



city a few years ago is still fresh in 

 the minds of all who saw it. The dec- 

 orated cars, the scenery, the costumes 

 on living figures, all reproduced with 

 historic' fidelity, were masterpieces of 

 skill and ingenuity. Not every one 

 knows how these results were produce 1- 

 When those who planned the affair had 

 their work well under way it became 

 necessary to find some one who couid 

 execute the plans, A contract had '» 

 be made, to produce all that was needed 

 for a given sum of money. To do tbiS 

 almost every known kind of labor, both 

 skilled and unskillfed, had to be ei"- 

 ployed. The time was limited to about 

 ten weeks. No one had ever done' any- 

 thing of the kind before. John P. and 

 Edward Habermehl stepped forward 

 and took the contract, rose at five every 

 morning until it was finished, overcame 



