The Florists' Review 



NOTBMBBB 4, 1915. 





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GARDENIAS 



$2.00-$3.00 dozen 



You should place a regu- 

 lar order for your weekly 

 requirements. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



WHOLKSALI FLORISTS 



12th and Race Sts., rinLADELrinA,rA. 



BALTIMORE, MD. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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ROOTED 

 CARNATION CUTTINGS 



All the new and standard 

 varieties. Send for com- 

 plete list and prices. 



YELLOW Hill lime pink 



WHITE IwlUlwlw BRONZE 



$1.00-$3.00 DOZEN - $8.00-$20.00 100 



The best mid*season varieties are coming now— C. 

 Razer, Chi^soiora, Chieftain and many others,^ . * -- :^t 



,,^ POMPONS li 



$3.00-$5.00 per dozen banebM 



Plenty of bronze and a large selection of other colors. 



I^IIF R#lQPkQ ^^c showing unusual quality. 

 ^"* IVUoCo The quality of our roses is 

 decidedly improving, especially the supply of the bet- 

 ter grades, and we are very strong now in 

 HADLEY ■ BRILLIANT • RUSSELL - D'ARCNBERG 

 PINK AND WHITE KILURNEY ■ THORA - SUNBURST 



VALLEY. $4.00 per 100 ' 



BOXWOOD 



For delivery now or later 



$7.50 per 50-lb. crate 

 $14.00 per 100 lbs. 



Lycopodium 



$10.00 per 100 lbs. 



Only the best stock we consider 

 good enough for you and you can- 

 not do better than place your or- 

 der with us. 



GREENS 



DAGGER FERNS- 



1000 11.60 



FANCY FBRNS- 



lOCO 2.00 



WILD SMILAX->.V 



Case .;...*.... 6.00 



CUT HEMLOCK- 



Bundle 2.60 



FADELESS SHE^T MOSSk- 

 Bag 3.60 



LEUCOtHOE SPRAYS- 



1000 7.00' 



MEXICAN IVY- 



1000 6.60 



GREEN GA.L AX- 

 IOM 1.00 



Case 7.60 



The price is not unusual, but the Quality Is 

 - extra fine. 



i BEAUTIES. $1.00-13.00 perdoz. 



The flowers are large, of the right color and 

 strong steins. 



il«ntloa Tlw Brtew whwi yoo write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Balloween and All Saints' day slight- 

 ly accelerated business. Election day 

 retarded it. Speaking broadly, the mar- 

 ket is in fair shape for most of the 

 flowers, but not for roses. The best 

 midseason chrysanthemums are now in 

 full swing. With them are some fine 

 pompons and semidouble varieties. For 

 these there is demand at moderate prices. 

 Carnations have improved in popular 

 favor as the dahlias have disappeared. 

 The price of carnations is low, about 

 half of that of one month ago, but con- 

 sidering the quality of flowei'S on the 

 market, more for them could hardly be 

 expected. Valley has receded to $4 per 

 hundred, which is now a high price. 

 Easter lilies have fallen to one-half the 

 high-water mark in October, competi- 

 tion with white chrysanthemums being 

 the cause. Orchids are shortening in 

 supply and the best of them bring high 

 prices. The low figures quoted on oth- 

 ers is explained by their poor quality. 

 Gardenias are exceedingly scarce; only 

 two growers are sending flowers into 

 town and many orders were hard to 

 fill. Nobody seems to care for the mod- 

 est violet, which requires much pushing 

 to attract attention. Callas, snapdrag- 

 ons and bftuvardias are of excellent 

 quality and more numerous. Cypripe- 

 diums have come. The demand for 

 greens is a shade stronger. 



Current Events. 



The most progressive growers, realiz- 

 ing the importance of reducing operat- 

 ing expenses in these times of over- 

 production, are searching diligently for 

 improved methods. Myers & Samtman 

 have installed an apparatus for han- 

 •dling coal on their place at Chestnut 

 :Hill, which is proving most successful 

 in reducing expense. It consists of two 

 .distinct devices. The first is a portable 

 .endless chain and buckets for emptying 

 'coal cars. This machine is placed be- 



BERGER BROS 



l^f^r FANCY MUMS 



■war AND POMPftNft 



IT IS THE MOST PROFITABLE INVESTMENT ANY 

 FLORIST CAN MAKE, YIELDING RETURNS NOW AND 

 BUILDING UP FUTURE BUSINESS AT THE SAME TIME 



FINE EASTER LILIES, VALLEY, ORCHIDS, 

 CHOICE SINGLE AND DOUBLE VIOLETS. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention Tbc BfTlcw whtn yoo write. 



tween the coal car and the coal wagon. 

 The trap of the coal car is opened, let- 

 ting the coal to the ground. The elec- 

 tric current that furnishes power for 

 the machine is then turned on and the 

 machine starts. Each of the twenty- 

 five buckets scoops up a shovelful of 

 coal and runs up the inclined plane to 

 the top, where it drops the coal into the 

 wagon beneath, and so on until the 

 wagon is filled. The second device is 

 similar to the first, except that the 

 buckets are replaced by scoops that 

 carry the coal on a track from the con- 

 crete box where the wagons dump, to 

 the top of the coal pile. This link-belt 

 apparatus also is run by electricity. 



With these two machines, Myers & 

 Samtman have been able to load, haul 

 and pile 125 tons of coal in ten hours, 

 with two double and one single teams. 

 The distance from the siding to the 

 coal pile is about a quarter of a mile. 

 The cost when the coal was shoveled 

 from car to wagon and then thrown on 

 the pile was about 36 cents per ton. 

 With the new machinery the cost has 

 been reduced one-half. In addition to 

 this, the work is much lighter, as all 

 the hard shoveling is done by the ma- 

 chine. The concrete box, where the 

 wagons dump, is covered with a heavy 

 iron grating, through which the coal 



