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August 8. 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



23 



HEALTHY 



CARNATION PLANTS 



All the leading varieties from the field. Write for list and quotations. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



1 209 Srch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



WHEN YOU SEE IT YOU WILL LIKE 



The qualities of this grand novelty have been passed on 

 by many growers and retailers. All are enthusiastic 

 about its alluring beauty and usefulness. It is the 

 most graceful of all Nephrolepis. 



All orders filled in rotation. 



Good strong plants from 2X-inch pots, $4. GO per 

 doz.; $25.00 per 100; $200.00 per 1000. 

 50 at 100 rate. 500 at 1000 rate. 



READY IN SEPTEMBER 



WEP.CRAI6, 



1305 Filbert 

 Street 



Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when you writ 



with the plant or flower it is intended 

 to hold. Another novelty was a vase 

 of toneware more gigantic in size than 

 anything seen heretofore. It was sug- 

 gestive of an adornment for a i^fth 

 avenue palace, or a Chicago skyscraper. 

 Some beautiful fiberware baskets in 

 dark colors exhibited artistic workman- 

 ship. 



Various Notes. 



The Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. will 

 remove to its new building at 1517 San- 

 8om street on Wednesday, August 21. 



Henry Bauer will go to Belmar, N. 

 J., on his -vacation next Saturday. 



Ernest F. Hoehl, of Madison, N. J., 

 has leased the greenhouses of Samuel J. 

 Bunting at Fifty-eighth and Elmwood 

 avenue. Mr. Hoehl will grow carnations, 

 sweet peas, plumosus and adiantum. 



Mrs. Anderson, mother of David An- 

 derson and Mrs. Edward Keid, died a 



short time ago. The funeral took place 

 July 30. 



Edward Eeid left August 5 for a two 

 weeks' vacation in the south. Harper's 

 Ferry was his first objective point. 



Paul J. Klingsporn has returned from 

 a two weeks' holiday in the Catskill 

 mountains, where he enjoyed excellent 

 trout fishing. 



Harry Berger and Mrs. Berger have 

 the sympathy of their many friends in 

 the loss of their little child. 



Miss Mary A. Baker is enjoying a 

 holiday near Lancaster, Pa. Miss Baker 

 is a hard worker and can rarely be 

 induced to leave business. 



B. Eschner, of M. Eice & Co., has just 

 returned from one of the most suc- 

 cessful trips in his history. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving new 

 crop Beauties from George Burton and 

 from Myers & Samtman, a welcome ad- 

 dition to the list of flowers coming into 



the market. Indications point to in- 

 creased receipts by the time these notes 

 appear. 



Edward J. Fancourt is enjoying a 

 slight breathing spell before the rush 

 of the convention. 



Bowling. 



The final series of games to decide 

 places on the team to represent this 

 city in the bowling tournament at the 

 Terminal alleys, August 22, was rolled 

 on the home alleys in the Florists' Club, 

 July 29. The score follows: 



Player. Ist 2d 3il T'l 



Yates 172 212 lti4 548 



I'Dlltes 167 16« 181> 522 



Dodds 202 210 1»5 007 



Graham 135 162 170 469 



Harris 178 182 170 530 



Uobertson 151 132 ]5!t 442 



Kiilok 176 1.54 143 4.37 



Klft 140 154 1(«) 463 



Adalberger 176 144 144 464 



AVestoott 12St 126 1N4 4.39 



Connor 150 244 175 569 



Tlie standing of the six high men of 



the series is as follows: 



("onnor 185 Uobertson 175 



Dodds 181 I'ollteK 173 



VateH 181 Graham 168 



Philadelphia pins her faith on this 



team, which is fully representative and 



should give a splendid account of itself in 



the coming struggle. Phil. 



PiTTSFiELD, Me.— A. J. Loder is build- 

 ing a greenhouse, 150 feet long. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The El 

 Paso County Horticultural Society will 

 hold its annual flower show August 22 

 to 24. 



Laurium, Mich.— The store of the 

 Lutey Floral Co, was recently entered 

 by burglars and .$23 removed from the 

 till. Entrance was effected through the 

 transom. 



Danville, III.— The Danville Floral 

 Co. has secured a renewal of its lease of 

 the Admiral greenhouses for a number 

 of years. The building will be remodel- 

 ed at once. 



Fort Dodge, Ia.— A large force of 

 men have been started to work re- 

 erecting the Larson greenhouses, near 

 Central avenue and Sixteenth street. 

 The buildings were torn down some time 

 ago to make room for the new warehouse 

 of the International Harvester Co. 



