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The Florists^ Review 



August 28, 1913. 



ASTERS, - - $1.00 to $3.00 per 100 



Asters can be had in any quantity. Thie quality is up to the usual standard for this season of the year, the 

 blossoms being large and of good color. At $1.50 to $2.00 per hundred, we can furnish you excellent stock. 

 Shorts for design work, good flowers, at $1.00 per hundred. Having quantities to select from, we offer you 



advantages that you cannot find elsewhere. 



BEAUTIES, 



)t nnd elsewhere. , 



$1.00 to $3.00 per dozen 



at $5.00 to $12.00 per hundred, which are in good 



Our growers are cutting quantities of the medium grades, at $5.00 to $12.00 per hundred, which are in good 



demand with the trade, and you should And ready sale for them. The flowers are excellent for so early in 



the season. They are of a fair size and good color, with plenty of clean foliage. 



EASTER LILIES 



$10.00 per 100 



Our Lilies are fine, and can strongly recommend them to you. Our supply is a steady and dependable one, as 

 some of our growers make a specialty of growing Lilies during the Summer months. 



FIELD GROWN CARNATION PLANTS look for *our Classified adv. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale PlonsU 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sim. ' si n :: PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Rpylfw when yoo wrlta. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



There is a tlieory afloat that the end 

 of August is the dullest time of the year 

 in the flower market, something like the 

 dark cloud having a silver liuing, 

 September staiuling for the silver. Be 

 this as it may, the market has been dull, 

 extremely dull. There are some cheer- 

 ing features. The early asters are over. 

 With them has gone much of that poor 

 stock 80 distressing to everybody. 

 Semple's form the main body of the 

 asters now and Semple 's are mostly fine 

 quality, (iladioli have taken a new 

 lease of life; there are some magnificent 

 flowers coming into market. Red is 

 particularly fine. The scarcity of cat- 

 tJeyas.jL'ontinues. The stock for the order 

 for fifty that oan be filled is apt to come 

 from a number of different sources, 

 while he who fills it wears a smile or 

 gives a sigh of relief, according to 

 temperament. There is no other special 

 change in conditions, but a change for 

 the better is expected soon. 



An Inspection Trip. 



It was noticed in the Broad Street 

 station an hour before noon, August 

 27, that many persons had little, square, 

 yellow cards attached to their coat 

 lapels. There was i)rinting on the 

 cards, difficult to discern at a distance 

 iis they bobbed up and down with the 

 motion of the wearers. Most of those 

 tagged were hearty, bronzed individ- 

 uals, who seemed to find ))leuty of 

 friends among those similarly tagged. 

 The center of attraction for all was 

 a gate marked "Special train for Henry 

 F. Michell Co. 'g Seed House inspec- 

 tion trip to Andalusia, Pa." 



Both members of the house were there 

 welcoming their guests, the one 

 gracious, the other cordial. The hope 

 of the house was there, just returned 

 from the Minneai»olis convention. The 

 secretary of state was there, an<l with 

 him a stall from Five-eighteen, designed 

 to form the commissary department. 

 The guests numbered nearly iiOO garden- 

 ers and fiorittts, ^^ ^tag party of eminent 

 herticultural standing. The train le/t 



BERGER BROS 



Ask a share in your business for the I 

 cominfiT season. The best facilities, ten | 



I 



? years' experience, an earnest desire to ^ 

 I treat all fairly are offered to you. I 



ASTERS ROSES LILIES 



All Ctlin Piak and White Caster tnd ValleT 



GLADIOLI 



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



Mpntlon Tlie Reylew when yoo write. 



liroad *!treet station at 11:30 a. m. By 

 a little after noon the whole party was 

 swarming over the trial grounds, their 

 interest centering in the efforts of tiie 

 commissary so thoughtfully ]>rovided 

 for them by their host. Then came the 

 inspection; 1 must jiass lightly over 

 the words of the silver-tongued orator. 

 Tt lasted until 4 o'clock, when train 

 tin)e arrived. 



There are eighteen acres of level, 

 treeless land in the trial grounds of 

 the Henry F. Michell Co. at Andalusia. 

 They border directly on llie Pennsylvania 

 tracks, a i»ebble's-throw from the sta- 

 tion, affording excellent advertising op- 

 portunities that were quickly seized. The 

 center of that side of the ground that 

 borders on the tracks. is occupied by a 

 raised circular bed .containing no less 

 than 1,2(10 clum|>s'of King Humbert 



cannas, their brilliant coloring con- 

 trasting eff"ectively with the smaller 

 l>eds of ."JOO, of the yellow Mrs. Alex- 

 ander Wallace, and with the thick 

 greensward. Doubt as to the origin of 

 the sward is removed by a large sign, 

 not out of sight of the tracks, that 

 reads, "Always Sow Michell 's Ever- 

 green Tvawn (Jrass Seed." Cannas have 

 been given an important place at Anda 

 lusia. Their increasing popularity, their 

 easy culture and the frequency of rogues 

 in the stock received, caused the selection. 

 There are many fine varieties, Mrs. 

 Alfre<l F. Conard, rosea gigantea, 

 Kganilale and Pink Beauty of Hungaria, 

 partly rechiistened to clarify, are a 

 few among the many sorts. Salvias, 

 Bonfiie, /Zurich, et ah, add their daz 

 zling jicarlej; to the rich riot of color. 

 A great part of the gj'ounds is be- 



