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The Florists' Review 



AUODST 14, 1913. 



BEAUTIES, - $1.00 -$3.00 per dozen 



Our local grown Beauties are the best we ever had at this season of the year. The supply consists mostly 

 of the short and medium, stems from 12 to 28 inches long. The flowers are of a good color and size. 



ASTERS, 



$1.00 -$3.00 per 100 



The mid-season crop, varieties of better quality. We can give you splendid stock at $2.00 per 100. Good 

 flowers for design work as low as $1.00. Having quantities to select from, we can assure you as to quality 

 and we are also in the position to quote you the lowest market price. 



CATTLEYAS, dozen $6.00 @ $7.50 EASTER LILIES, dozen $ 1.50 



VALLEY, 100 3.00 @ 4.00 EASTER LILIES, 100 10.00 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, $2.00 per 5.bbl. bale; 6 for 11.00 



FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS. 



.look for our Classified adv. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sta. is n tt PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The R«Tlew when yoo writ*. 



L. F. Pacette is- calling on the im- 

 porters of bulbs and iurserjiv stock for 

 Bernard, Judae & Co. 



Eichard Salm has returned from his 

 automobile trip and will look after 

 things at the Morton Grove plant of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. during the con- 

 vention period. C. G. Anderson, man- 

 ager of the plant department, Guy 

 French, head of the carnation depart- 

 ment and president of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club, and both A. F. Poehlmann 

 and A. H. Poehlmann will be absent 

 from Morton Grove during the gather- 

 ing of the Society of American Florists. 



E. F. Kurowski and P. L. McKee, 

 of the John C. Moninger Co., will at- 

 tend the S. A. F. convention at Min- 

 neapolis and have charge of the com- 

 pany's exhibit there. There will be a! 

 complete iron frame house and a Monin- 

 ger boiler, as well as details of the 

 various construction materials made by 

 the company. 



Eobert C. Kerr and wife, of Houston, 

 Tex., are in town to remain until time 

 to start for the Minneapolis convention. 



Visitors: Charles Summerfield, Spring- 

 field, Mo.; Mr. Furrow, of Furrow & 

 Co., Guthrie, Okla.; J^ C. Steinhauser, 

 Pittsburg, Kan.; Sam GraflF, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



The crying need of the market is for 

 good asters. There are lots of asters 

 coming in that are worthless; nobody 

 wants them; it is just a waste of time 

 growing, cutting, shipping and trying 

 to sell such stock. The evil is so seri-: 

 ous that the aster growers must meet 

 it squarely, and meet it now, or they 

 will have all their work in future for 

 nothing. There is a splendid demand 

 for good asters, but the wholesaler who 

 sends out poor stock will lose his busi- 

 ness. Neither the wholesaler nor the 

 retailer can aflford to do this. Can the 

 grower? 



The market is in rather poor shape 

 this week. More good asters are needed 

 and, at times, more cattleyas, of course 

 to a limited extent, for the quantity 



BERGER BROS. 



WILL BE HAPPY TO 

 TALK BUSINESS WITH YOU 

 FOR THE COMING SEASON 



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Summer Flowers Sent Promptly 



New Crop Roses Easter Lilies 

 Asters Gladioli Valley and Greens 



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



Mention The Reriew when yoo write. 



of cattleyas required is as compared 

 to the quantity of asters about as one 

 to 100. There are so few cattleyas 

 that it is diflScult to scrape up enough 

 for orders. The rose market has been 

 grievously overstocked. The poor roses 

 suffer most. The supply of gladioli is 

 falling off, likewise the demand for 

 them. Easter lilies continue good prop- 

 erty. Valley is rather quiet. There 

 is little doing in carnations. A few 

 gardenias are seen. Take it all in all, 

 the market is fair for mid-August, but 

 the supply is too large. 



The National Flower Show. 



When the August meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club had disposed of routine busi- 

 ness and the transportation plans for 

 reaching Minneapolis had been ex- 

 plained by the chairman and by the 

 secretary, the serious work of the eve- 



ning commenced. This was the ques- 

 tion of whether Philadelphia should or 

 should not ask the Society of American 

 Florists for the right to hold the next 

 National Flower Show. It soon becam-' 

 apparent that conditions were less fa- 

 vorable than in June. The attendance 

 was small; those who were really ii- 

 earnest about holding the show her 

 were few indeed; a hall in the centra' 

 part of the city had proved diflScult tc 

 obtain. Under these conditions ther' 

 was nothing left for the club to do bu 

 to lay the whole matter on the tabic 

 for the present. There is a strong feel- 

 ing in favor of holding the show here 

 This feeling can be ripened into suc- 

 cessful achievement if properly fos 

 tered, but the obstacles are serious and 

 it will require the concerted effort of 

 a body of earnest men to overcome 

 them. 



