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The Florists' Review 



August 5, 1015. 



FIELD-GROWN 



CARNATION 

 PLANTS 



For the Best Plants, see us 

 We Guarantee Satisfaction 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLKSALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



FIELD-CROWN 



CARNATION 

 PLANTS 



For complete list and prices 



see classified ad. in 



this issue. 



During the Summer Months 



it is not always an easy matter to get good stock to fill an order— the quantity is not lacking, 

 but very often the quality. If you place an order with us, you can rest assured it is going to 

 be right when you get it, in price, quality and prompt delivery. For this week we suggest : 



ASTERS 



$1.00 to $2.00 per 100 

 $6.00 to $16.00 per 1000 



A large supply and a fine grade of flowers. 



, GLADIOLI 



$3.00 per 100 300 for $5.00 



We use only the best varieties for filling 

 your order. 



EASTER LILIES 



50 for $4.00 $6.00 per 100 



In any quantity, and the price is surely 

 attractive. 



ROSES 

 Maryland, Thora, Hadley, $3.00-$6.00 per 100 

 Kussell in limited quantity, $4.00-$8.00 100 

 250 medium-stem Boses for $5.00, our as- 

 sortment, a gpod selection of colors. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS-$S.OO per 6-bbl. bale, 6 bales for $10.00 



Compare them with what is usualjly called a 5-bbl. bale and note the diffeience in size and weight. Each bale wrapped. |; 



MenttoB The Berlew when yon write. 



Mrs. J. E. Hellenthal and her sister, 

 of Columbus, O. 



W. D. Desmond, of the L. S. Donald- 

 son Co., Minneapolis, Minn., is a visi- 

 tor on the market this week, and had 

 the pleasure August 2 of being escorted 

 through the greenhouses of the Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., in Morton Grove, by 

 Tim Waters, head . of the supply de- 

 partment. 



A trade caller here on personal affairs 

 was Henry Leahy, of Elizabeth, N. J. 



Among the week's visitors was 

 George Pandell, of Fort Wayne and 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



It is not a pleasant duty to report 

 the market this week. There are so 

 many outdoor flowers of good quality 

 that it seems a shame to waste them. 

 Such really fine stock deserves to meet 

 with ready demand, but it does not. 

 The hot weather, the daily rain and 

 good culture have brought in heavy 

 supplies of early asters; add to them 

 the gladioli and the everyday summer 

 flowers; then add the greenhouse stock 

 and the sum total is far and away in 

 excess of the demand. Prices are low, 

 even for this season of the year, and the 

 waste, when sacrifice sales cannot be ob- 

 tained, is large. 



Cattleyas are the only scarce flowers 

 on the market. There has been quite 

 a demand for orchids for funeral work, 

 a demand that has caused the price to 

 advance to $6 per dozen. The only 

 other features of the market necessary 

 to record are to again call attention to 

 the really fine quality of the stock for 

 midsummer and to the excellent va- 

 riety. Everything on the list is good 

 for the season. The volume of sales 

 is probably as large as usual, but flow- 

 ers are cheaper; it takes more flowers^ 

 to reach the same total of dollars and 

 cents as in former years. In some cases 



BERGER BROS 



The BEST Midsummer Flowers are 



EASTER LILIES 



VALLEY MARYLAND ROSES 



ASTERS and GLADIOLI 



WE CAN FILL ORDERS ON SHORT NOTICE WITH 6000 STOCK 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Hie BeTlew when yon write. 



it has been necessary to stop ship- 

 ments, the wholesalers finding it im- 

 possible to make an outlet for all the 

 flowers coming into town. Gladioli are 

 a little less plentiful than a week ago, 

 due quite as much to the low prices 

 as to the crops going off. Indications 

 point to early asters having passed 

 their best. This means that the finer 

 varieties of asters will soon be in the 

 market. Lilium rubrum has made its 

 appearance. Sweet peas from New 

 York state are of excellent quality. 



Current Events. 



Every florist will take pride in the 

 beautiful display of planting made in 



front of Convention hall, at the north- 

 east corner of Broad street and Alle- 

 gheny avenue, where the national 

 flower show will be held next spring. 

 Last month two of our most enterpris- 

 ing houses obtained permission from 

 the city authorities to beautify the 

 vacant spaces in front of the hall. 

 These spaces, two in number, lie on 

 each side of the main entrance on 

 Allegheny avenue. Each space is about 

 45x90 feet, stretching from the pave- 

 ment to the hall, one to the west, the 

 other to the east of the entrance. The 

 space on the west has been taken by 

 the Henry F. Michell Co., that on the 

 east by Henry A. Dreer, Inc. 



