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The Florists^ Review 



AuausT 19, 1916. 



15,000 

 White Perfection 



Field-grown 



Carnation Plants 



$55.00 per 1000 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



, WHOLKSALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELPiXPA. 



BALTIMORE, MO. WASHINOTON, D. C. 



FIELD-GROWN 



CARNATION 

 PLANTS 



For complete list and prices 



^ee classified ad. in 



this issue. 



BEAUTIES 



$1.00 to $3.00 per dozen 



If you cannot get Beauties elsewhere, try us. We have an ample 

 supply and you will find them of a quality as good as they can be grown at 

 this time of the year. You have a better chance of your order being filled 

 here than anywhere else in this market. 



LILIES 



^ 60 for $4.00 



. Every day this summer we had a 

 good supply of Easter Lilies. The 

 way we pack them and cut in bud 

 form insures their arrival in fine con- 

 dition. Lilies make a good showing 

 when other flowers seem to lack in 

 quality. 



Chrysanthemums 



$lUS0-$2.00 p«r dosen 



Golden Glow variety we can 

 supply now. Large orders 

 should be placed in advance. 

 By September 1 we will be in a 

 position to furnish any quantity. 



Greens 



Plumosus, bunch or string $ 0.50 



Sprcngeri, bunch ^ .~.,35c . .60 



Adiantum Croweanum 100» 1.60 



Smilax 100, 15.00 



Dagger Ferns 1000, 1.50 



Leucothoe Sprays, green 100, .75 



Galax, bronie 1000, 1.50 



Galax, bronze case, 8.50 



Galax, green .1000, 1.00 



Galax, green case, 7.50 



Magnolia Leaves, brnra<ireM, basket, 1.50 



Cut Hemlock , bundle, 2.50 



Sheet Moss, fadeless per bag, 3.50 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The arrival of Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums August 12 lent a bit of bright- 

 ness, a forerunner of the fall. That is 

 ^jftbout the only change in the midsum- 

 ^mer situation. Flowers are a trifle less 

 ■"■plentiful than a week ago. There is 

 some business, out-of-town and local, 

 for which really good flowers are none 

 too plentiful, but the general tone of 

 the market is decidedly summery. Cat- 

 tleyas continue scarce at even higher 

 ...prides than heretofore; Easter lilies 

 t-Tire good, but meet with only fair sup- 

 'tiort. Valley is hard|t>Bb good as usual. 

 Boses are quite scarce. I mean roses 

 of quality; the poor ones are plentiful. 

 Asters still show the effect of the daily 

 rains. Gladioli keep up well. There 

 are a few carnations and many of the 

 outdoor assortment of garden flowers. 



Current Events. 



Some of the bright minds in floral 

 circles have been grappling with the 

 question of what should be done with 

 the fine equipment in the wholesale cut 

 flower houses. There are plenty of able 

 salesmen on duty, even during vacation 

 season. There is an abundance of cold- 

 storage space, but not nearly enough 

 for the salesmen or the cooling rooms 

 to do. Would" it be feasible, they ask, 

 to take up mushrooms, berries, fruit, 

 lettuce, asparagus, tomatoes, and so 

 forth? Might not the idea be a source 

 of profit alike for grower, wholesaler 

 and retailer during the summer! It 

 really seems that something might be 

 done to cut down expenses, possibly 

 even to realize a profit, if all three 

 classes of florists took hold in earnest. 

 Is the suggestion worth trying! 



Here is a mashed potato story with 

 a moral. Leo Niessen tells it. He says: 

 "I have a friend who is extremely fond 

 of mashed potatoes, thinks it hard to 

 get enough of them. Unfortunately, I 



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my friend swallowed a penny — no, I 

 think it was a pin, one day. The doctor 

 said, 'You must go on a diet. Take 

 nothing but mashed potatoes and milk.' 

 My friend thought this was delightful. 

 The proposed cure really seemed a balm 

 for the torture and uncertainty of that 

 pin. The first day all went well. The 

 second day mashed potatoes became less 

 of a treat. On the third day it was 

 decidedly difficult to eat them. The 

 fourth day they were positively horrid. 

 Fortunately, on the fifth day the pin 

 disappeared." Now, the moral of this 

 story applies to the growing of the 

 Killarney rose. A buyer goes to a 

 flower store and asks what flowers they 

 have that are pretty. The salesman 



produces Killarney. The same buyer 

 goes later to another flower store, and 

 asks the same question, with 'similar 

 result. Do you wonder that the flower 

 buying public is tiring of Killarney! 



Various Notes. 



Eichard Stockton, the noted rose 

 grower, of Stockton & Howe, Princeton, 

 N. J., was among the volunteers at 

 the United States drilling camp at 

 Plattsburg, N. Y., where a month is be- 

 ing devoted to learning the rudiments 

 of soldiering, as a step toward prepared- 

 ness. 



George Anderson, the famous rose 

 grower of West Philadelphia, suffered a 

 stroke August 14. This was a great 



