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The Florists' Review 



August 7, 1913. 



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BE41TIE8 IN QIANTITY 



New crop, mostly with stems 12-28 inches long, $1.00-$2.00 per dozen. Our. Beauties are in splendid 

 condition for shipping and very desirable stock for you to handle during the hot months. 



g^M IknWfkW lie -\1> the best varieties PilCTPD I II I P d A large supply every da7 

 tlL'f«i#IVI.IJ9 $8.00.$5.00 per 100 C/%9 1 l-K LII-li-9 $10.00 per 100 



ASTERS, $K00-$3.06 per lOO 



We now have a large supply of good Asters. At |l.oO-$2.00 we can furnish you excellent stock. 



Shorts for design work at $1.00 per 100. 



Sphasnum Moss 8-bbl. bale, $2.00; 6 for $11.00 Oreen Galax 1000, $1.00; per case, $7.50 



DaA^ DIap«#A Beauties, a-inch pots 100. $<).00: 1000. $so.00 



■%V9V r^iaUI9 Beauties, 2>fl-inch pots 100, 8.00:1000, 70.00 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sim. xs » st PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



The first week in August finds the 

 market dependent for its strength on 

 a limited supply of good flowers. Where 

 these flowers abound, reports are fairly 

 eatlsfactorv; where there is a prepon- 

 derance of ])oor flowers reports are 

 depressing. Nearly all the wholesale 

 houses have too many poor flowers, 

 usually asters, gladioli and roses. East- 

 ern Beauties, a few new crop local 

 Beauties, Mrs. Taft roses, Easter lilies 

 and some asters make up the bulk of 

 higher gia<ie stock. For these there 

 has been an excellent (t<.'mand. The 

 supply of Marylan<l has fallen oflf. 

 Kaiserin and valley are about equal 

 to the demand. Killarney roses and 

 carnations are as nearly out of the 

 market as they can be while so largely 

 grown. Gladioli are arriving in less 

 satisfactory condition thai: a week ago; 

 there are more low grade and fewer 

 high grade flowers. The out-of-town de- 

 mand is good for the season. 



"Artcrete." 



Wonderful progress has been made 

 during the last few years in the use 

 of concrete. While it is true that 

 concrete is not new, as evidenced by 

 the pyramids of Egypt, the uses to 

 which it is being put are keeping pace 

 with the times. Concrete buildings of 

 great size and height aro seen every- 

 where, but concrete vases, urns, window- 

 boxes, fountains, columns, statues, 

 shafts and tables are new in their wide 

 variety of form and design. The Hall 

 Concrete Products Co. has a large es- 

 tablishment at Grasslands, in Delaware 

 county, of unusual interest. The com- 

 pany owns eight acres of ground on 

 which are situated buildings with al- 

 most 50,000 square feet of floor space. 

 There are handsome oflBces, factory, 

 workshop, and a show room filled with 

 the finished product. This show room 

 fakes the form of a long, narrow build- 

 ing traversed from end to end by a 

 tramway for bringing the heavy con- 

 crete pieces from the molding room to 

 the shipping room. A stroll through 



BERGER BROS. 



WILL BE GLAD TO 



TALK TO YOU ABOUT 



BUSINESS FOR THE FALL 



New Crop Roses Lilies 



Fine Giadiolus Asters Vaiiey 



Assorted Wliite Fiowers 



140-142 N. lath St - • riiiladelpiiia, Pa. 



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this 300-foot show room reveals the 

 progress that has been made in con- 

 crete work. Here are fountains in white 

 concrete, marble-like in its purity, with 

 a finish that exhibits a life in pleasing 

 contrast to the heavy deadness so often 

 seen. Beside the fountain is a granite 

 urn with ornamentation showing sur- 

 prising fidelity to nature. Beyond are 

 more vases finished in antique, the glue 

 molds imparting a softness not other- 

 wise obtainable. Window-boxes in great 

 variety are seen, both in the show room 

 and in the offices, v/here those intended 

 for inside use are in position. These 

 concrete boxes will not absorb water. 

 I think Mr. Kail said that was the rea- 

 son for their retaining their color de- 

 spite the ravages of sun, air and water. 

 At any rate, these concrete products! 

 become harder with age, ringing with 



metallic sound when tapped after they 

 have once become thoroughly hardened. 

 Colors are sometimes used; several spe- 

 cial orders in pink were waiting the 

 packers. Our leading florists have just 

 begun to take an interest in these con- 

 crete products. They seem destined to 

 fill an important place among the utili- 

 ties of the future. 



Various Notes. 



The annual meeting of the Henry A. 

 Dreer corporation showed a splendid 

 season. The officers were reelected: 

 President, William F. Dreer; vice-presi- 

 dent, J. D. Eisele; secretary, J. Otto 

 Thilow; treasurer, Herbert G. Tull. 



B. Eschner, of the M. Rice Co., re- 

 ports that the advanc.3 sale of red 

 capes, red ruscus and red Japanese 

 frieze is unprecedented. He attributes 



