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The Florists' Revic^ 



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Sbptehbes 25, 1918. 



High-grade DAHLIAS 



$1.50 to $4.00 per 100 



We have never experienced a better demand for Dahlias, and glad to say we are prepared to fill all orders. We can 

 furnish them in large quantity of assorted colors, or in one color, if some particular shade is desired. Place your Dahlia 

 orders in advance. We do not carry them in stock. All orders are selected and packed at the farm*.'. Send for our special 

 circular on Dahlias— it will interest you. 



If you could 

 see our daily 



Receipts of Roses 



,|£ 



you could readily understand that we are in a position to oflFer you the best values and the largest selection, and many of 

 the newer varieties— Fire Fly, Sunburst, A. Ward, Bulgarie, Cecil Brunner. 



We are particularly strong on 



BEAUTIES " 



.00 to $3.00 per dozen 



A large supply of them, 18 to 36-inch stems and over. Good size buds, of a good color. When in the market for a 

 quantity, get our price. You can always depend on us to fill your order for Beauties. 



Chrysanthemums --doz., $2»0O 



Only in white and yellow; flowers of medium size. ..^ ^ 



WILD SNILAX, case, $6.00 GREEN LEUCOTHOE, 1000, $6.S0 HEX. IVY, lOOO, $6.S0 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. :: ti :s PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



increase in business, especially for wed- 

 dings. He has a great demand for 

 eement vases, window boxes, etc., which 

 are manufactured at his newly acquired 

 plant in the rear of his store. R. E. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market has shown in- 

 creasing activity, at prices that are 

 generally low. The dahlia is the lead- 

 ing flower; a quickened demand from 

 out-of-town evidences a broadening 

 market for this showy autumn flower. 

 The city stores are not using many 

 more dahlias than they did last year, 

 perhaps hardly so many, but the cities 

 within the shipping distance have 

 learned the value of the dahlia at this 

 season and they are using it freely. 

 Most of the orders go out in named 

 varieties. These of course are the 

 higher grade orders; some are sent out 

 in mixed lots, or at seller's selection. 



The conditions surrounding the other 

 flowers change rapidly just now. Asters, 

 while still plentiful, often are un- 

 equal to the demand. This of course 

 refers to the better grades. Roses 

 show increased receipts of novelties 

 with the approach of the debutante sea- 

 son. Mrs. Russell, Irish Fire Flame 

 and Sweetheart all have come. The 

 standard pink varieties are in demand 

 at prices a little below last season. 

 White has been selling well, but red 

 goes slowly, although of fine quality. 

 Beauties are in heavy supply. Valley 

 has been quite scarce. Cattleya labiata 

 is becoming more plentiful. The price 

 has' fallen. Carnations are improving 

 day by day, both in flower and in stem. 

 The price has advanced. There is a 

 ■fair supply of snapdragon. Easter 

 lilies have shortened. Last, but by no 



BERGER BROS. 



OFFER YOU THE BEST OF EVERYTHING 

 FOR THE OCTOBER WEDDINGS 



Easter Lilies, Lilies of the Valley 

 Orchids, """'-P^HK Rosebuds, 



The Showiest Dahlias in all shades 



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



means least, chrysanthemums are arriv- 

 ing in small numbers at several of the 

 houses. Some of them are fine enough 

 to warrant higher prices. Golden Glow 

 and Smith's Advance have been joined 

 by October Frost. 



The Riverview Place. 



TJie railroad conductors on the trains 

 between Trenton and Camden have 

 fallen, into the habit of calling their 

 passengers' attention to the fields 

 bordering the east side of the tracks as 

 they approach the Henry A. Dreer 



place at Riverview. They are a gor- 

 geous blaze of color, those ten acres 

 of cannas as they come into sight and 

 the trains flash past them. The cannas 

 are at their best now. They are planted 

 in solid colors, each variety by itself. 

 The flower spikes are numerous, the 

 flowers large, the colors clear and the 

 foliage luxuriant. A Hungarian va- 

 riety, Maros, is the leading white; it 

 surpasses all others in freedom of 

 bloom at Riverview. 



There are fifty acres devoted to dah- 

 lias; f^O varieties, new and old, are 



