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The Florists^ Review 



Septembkr 9, 1915. 



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Change of Business 

 Hours 



We are open for business 

 every day until 6 p. m. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLISALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., nnLADELnnA,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



FIELD-^ROWN 



CARNI^TION 

 PLANTS 



For complete list and prices 



see classiied ad. in 



this issue. 



HIGH 

 GRADE 



DAHLIAS 



FOR CUT FLOWER 

 PURPOSES 



$2.00 to $4.00 p«r 100. Slngl« varl«tl«Sp $2.O0 p«r 100; $18.00 p«r 1000 



IT'S THE QUALITY 

 OF OUR 



BEAUTIES 



We want to talk about. The flowers 

 are unusually good. Splendid buds of 

 a good color. We faave them in all 

 lengths and at prices from $1.00 to 

 $3.00 per dozen. In lots of 60 or more, 

 they will be billed to you at the 100 

 rate. 



Fjr your Fall opening there is nothing else in the flower line that 

 offers you the same opportunity or makes the same showing as Dahlias. 



For many purposes Dahlias will make an excellent showing, for 

 decorative purposes, for design work. 



•^ A sample shipment will convince you that you can handle them at 

 good profit and make extra sales for you. 



Send for our Special Dahlia Circular. It will be mailed to you on 

 request. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



White and Yellow, $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100 



COSMOS 



TUBEROSES 

 VALLEY 



.75c per 100; $6.00 per 1000 



5.00 per 100 



$*.00 to 4.00 per 100 



Mwtlon Th« Bot1«w when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The week shows several changes. 

 Roses shortened in supply under the 

 influence of cool weather, really good 

 stock selling well. Then came warmer 

 weather, bringing in heavier supplies, 

 with depressing effect. Asters were in 

 oversupply. Many were damaged. The 

 general condition of the aster market 

 was bad. Valley lilies continue short 

 of the demand, making a firm, rather 

 active market with good prices. Easter 

 lilies have also fared well. Cattleyas 

 are high in price, with prospects of a 

 decline on increased receipts. Gladiolus 

 America has been in pretty good de- 

 mand. Golden Glow chrysanthemums 

 have not sold well. Dahlias are com- 

 ing into season. Some fine stock is 

 beginning to meet with favor from 

 the buyers. There has been a fair 

 amount of shipping for these. Beau- 

 ties, the finer grades of other roses, 

 valley and occasionally cattleyas have 

 been in request. 



Labor day was generally observed in 

 this city. Most of the wholesale houses, 

 though not all, and many of the retail 

 stores were closed at noon, curtailing 

 business, or perhaps it would be more 

 accurate to say that the holiday cur- 

 tailed business so the stores closed for 

 lack of something to do and the work- 

 ers had a chance to enjoy themselves. 



Current Events. 



The death of Edwin Lonsdale, which 

 occurred in Los Angeles, Cal., Septem- 

 ber 1, is keenly felt in this city. Mr. 

 Lonsdale made friends of all who knew 

 him. His hearty greeting and jolly 

 laugh will be sadly missed from our 

 gatherings. One of our most success- 

 ful business men remembers how, on his 



BERGER BROS. 



DAHLIAS 



Open the season with an order for the 

 fine Dahlias that we offer. 



ASTERS GLADIOLI EASTER UUES 



The Best of Everything in Cut Flowers. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mmtloa Th* B»Tlir wbM y— write. 



first appearance at the Florists' Club, 

 it was Mr. Lonsdale who came to him 

 and made him welcome so that he 

 quickly felt at home. Another recalls 

 how, when illness deprived him of his 

 foreman, it was Mr. Lonsdale who sent 

 an expert to look after his place so 

 that nothing suffered. Still another of 

 our leading men tells how Mr. Lonsdale, 

 with patient care, taught his son the 

 art of hybridizing, as he taught many 

 other young men the finer points of 



gardening. Surely, such a life has ele- 

 vated the standard of our profession 

 and of the men who follow it. 



The Michell Outing. 



Wednesday, September 8, at 11:30 

 a. m., saw Broad street station filled 

 with small, square green cardboards 

 bobbing up and down from the coat 

 lapels of their wearers. One side of 

 the tag indicated that the fortunate 

 wearer was going out in the Michell 



