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The Florists' Review 



iQljITOBEB 2, 1913. 



WE ARE ALWAYS 

 RIGHT IN ..:.. . 



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tkE CUT OF OVER 



100,000 

 Beauty Plants 



justifies our sayinsr that we 

 are headquarters for Beauties 

 in the East. Our growers 

 have a national reputation 

 for growing good stock. There 

 is satisfaction to the buyer 

 in placing orders Where the 

 supply is always ample and 

 the quality assured. * . 

 11.00 to $3.00 per dozen. 



QUAUTY, PRICE and SERVICES 



Our Fall Specialty DAHLIAS 



We have made tbem famous as a Cut Flower. 



rt is most essential to have the Dahlia Growers, and we '^ : 

 do have the best in the country. Of equal importance is <^ 

 the handling of them. Our method has proven a great '^ 

 success. One retailer complimented us in raying, "Dahlias 

 were not worth handling until you took hold of them." 

 Prices -$1 .,50 to $4.00 per 100. 



NOVELTIES IN ROSES 



IRISH FIRE FLAME is a Rose in a class by itself. As a novelty it 

 has no equal We have the cut of 12.000 plants, probably the largest 

 planting anywhere. We also have a large daily supply of 

 , ,, SUNBURST and AARON WARD. 



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OUR ROSES are showing WINTER FORN 



The quality is decidedly improving, a grade of Roses that 

 is not generally looked for so early in the season. We are 

 particularly strong now in 



KILLARNEYS. pink and white - BULGARIE (Mrs. Taft). 

 Prices -$4.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



GREENS 



Mexican Ivy lOOO. | 7.B0 



DaKcer Ferns 1000, 1.50 



Galax, bronze 1000, $1.60; per case, 12.60 



Galax, grreen 1000, 1.00; per case, 7.60 



Leucotboes, green 100, .76 



Spbaffnuin Moss 1-bbl. bale, 76c; 5 bbl., 2.00 



6 6-bbl. bales 11.00 



Sbeet Moss per bacr, 3.60 



Out Hemlock bnndle, 2.60 



WUdSmllax per case, 6.00 



CATTLEYAS 



Extra fine, lar^fe flowers in quantity, $6.00 per 

 dozen; $40.00 per 100. 25 at the 100 rate. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale FlorUts 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. ti » tt PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention TDe tteTiew when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



jlEastem MarlM*. 



The last week of September has seen 

 the greatest sale of dahlias in the his- 

 tory of the eastern market. There 

 was a decided improvement in the de- 

 mand and a shortage in many varie- 

 ties of staple flowers. This combina- 

 tion made an opening for the dahlias. 

 The quantities of dahlias sold would 

 not have been believed possible a few 

 years ago. Many of them brought ex- 

 cellent prices, and the average prices 

 were satisfactory. Dahlia John Wana- 

 maker headed the list. It brought the 

 highest price that has ever been paid 

 for dahlia blooms in the open market 

 here. Many dahlias were shipped out 

 of town during the week. 



Roses are not in heavy supply. 

 White roses are quite scarce. Mrs. 

 Charles Russell has come to the front 

 rapidly. This variety promises well. 

 Cattleyas are plentiful and selling well 

 at reduced rates. There are some on- 

 cidiums, dendrobiums and vandas. 

 Valley continues the surprise of the 



market; with production above nor- 

 mal, it is extremely scarce. Carna- 

 tions are getting better. Callas and 

 single violets have come. Montmort, 

 pink, and Comoleta, yellow, have been 

 added to the three early chrysanthe- 

 mums named before, Golden Glow, 

 Smith's Advance and October Frost. 

 The demand for them is brisk. 



The Show at Qimbel's. 



A two-day dahlia show, September 

 30 and October 1, was held on the main 

 floor of the department store of Qim- 

 bel Bros. There were said to be 10,000 

 dahlia blooms in 375 varieties in the 

 exhibition. They were given ample 

 space and were tastefully arranged 

 with autumn foliage and grasses by 

 Philip Freud, who is a master in the 

 art. The dahlias were brought by spe- 

 cial motor car from the farms of Da- 

 vid Herbert & Son, Atco, N. J., and 

 Henry F. Michell Co., Andalusia, Pa. 

 The arrangement under which the show 

 was held is that orders are to be 

 taken for the dahlia roots, by Gimbel 

 Bros., and filled by Henry F. Michell 

 Co. It really seems that no one who 



wants dahlias should be without them 

 next season. 



-; A Unique Sahlia Show. — ' 



The bright ninds that control the 

 destinies of the House of Dreer have 

 planned that the production and im- 

 provement of the dahlia should play 

 an important part in the season's work. 

 Some seven years ago the dahlia was 

 introduced at Locust Farm and later 

 at Riverview. James C. Clark was 

 assigned to the care and cultivation of 

 the plants and, most important of all, 

 to keeping the varieties true to name. 

 To Mr. Clark's untiring energy and 

 devotion to his work are due the splen- 

 did results that have been achieved 

 ' after overcoming many difficulties. So 

 marked has been the success with the 

 dahlia that a show was decided upon 

 for this fall; not an ordinary, every- 

 day show, where the flowers are cut 

 and laid on tables or put in jars of 

 water, but a real show, where the 

 habits, character of growth and all 

 the qualities of the plant as well as of 

 the flower may be seen and compared, 

 ope with the other. To this end Henry 



