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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 13, 1921 



the second of their chain of stores at 

 810 Yonge street. 



H. "Waters' store has been enlarged. 

 G. W. Warren has repainted his store. 

 J. J. Higgins has repainted his stores. 

 H. G. Dillemuth has repainted his store. 

 Mrs. Moore has had the west store of the 

 People's Florists redecorated. 



The Toronto Retail Florists ' Club was 

 entertained by President McFadden at 

 their club rooms October 3. Preceding 

 the refreshments, G. M. Geraghty and 

 H. G. Dillemuth gave talks on the F. 

 T. D. 



Business cannot be said to be brisk, 

 but is fair. The counter trade has not 

 been heavy, but there have been several 

 weddings and a demand for design 

 work. J. J. H. 



PHIIiADELPHIA. 



The Maxket. 



A change in business came with the 

 crows the first week in October; a 

 change that was welcomed by the whole- 

 salers and growers, for it brought a re- 

 duced supply and a better demand. Busi- 

 ness improved chiefly owing to wed- 

 dings and a certain amount of enter- 

 taining, but the departure of the aster 

 and the heavy reduction in the rose 

 crop so shortened the stock of flowers 

 that the moderate increase in business 

 made them seem scarce. 



Chrysanthemums have stepped into 

 the place so long held by dahlias as the 

 leading flowers of the day. There are 

 by no means enough chrysanthemums 

 for everyone. So the special shipping 

 orders carry off the cream of the stock, 

 leaving the general market to get along 

 as best it can with a few now and then. 

 In yellow we still have Golden Glow, 

 Smith's Advance, the wonderful Sun- 

 glow and now Chrysolora; in white, 

 Smith's advance and October Frost; in 

 bronze, tint of gold; in pink, much the 

 scarcest color of all, the new Unaka Su- 

 preme and Pacific Supreme. Dahlias 

 continue an important flower in the mar- 

 ket, because of their fine quality, im- 

 proved durability and wonderful range 

 of color. Their season has passed its 

 height. Carnations are beginning to 

 improve; some respectable flowers are 

 offered, but the bulk of the stock is 

 rather small and of short stem. Violets 

 have come. Sweet peas show better 

 form. Snapdragon is here but inferior 

 in quality. The rose crop is decidedly 

 smaller than a week ago. Valley and 

 orchids are in moderate supply. There 

 are some gladioli and plenty of cosmos. 



A. Harrlsiana. 



There was to be a big meeting of the 

 Florists' Club. A stranger from the 

 sunny south was to be there. It had 

 been noised around that we should need 

 no more bulbs from Holland. "Old Vir- 

 ginny" would look after that — no more 

 duty, no more ocean freight and, best of 

 all, bigger bulbs and lower prices. Sure- 

 ly the niillenium had come. 



The stranger was of pleasing appear- 

 ance. He brought a fine exhibit of bulbs 

 that attracted favorable comment. 

 Judgment, however, was suspended until 

 the club's greatest bulb expert ap- 

 peared. With a kindly nod that all 

 knew and loved to see, he shook hands 

 with the stranger, nodded to the mem- 

 bers and, adjusting his glasses, exam- 

 ined the entire exhibit. "Where are 

 your Spurs!" he said." The stranger be- 

 came confused and gave a lengthy ex- 



VALLEY 



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Our growers are prepared to cut and 



ship sufficient Valley this coming " . 



season to give us an ample supply 



every day. You must have Valley •., 



for special purposes, and we are pre- ** * 



pared to fill your orders in small or 



large quantity. 



We have never handled better Valley 



than what we can furnish you NOW. 



Cattleyas 



The variety in bloom is well known 

 for size and quality. We aim to have 

 some Cattleyas on hand for immediate 

 delivery and on short notice we can 

 furnish several hundred without diffi- 

 culty. Place your order for Orchids 

 where you have every assurance that 

 the order will be filled. 



BUSINESS HOURS, 7 A. M. to 5 P. M. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Floriata 



BnmdtcK 1201.S-S Rae* St. 



SSSffiS^N PHILADELPHIA 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, POMPONS 



WHITE AND YELLOW 

 LATE CROP OF GOOD 



GLADIOLI 



ROSES, DAHUAS, VALLEY and GREENS 



A good opportunity for a few more growers. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Florists' Exchange 



''"''•"tu" Golden nu.e 1615 Ranstcacl Street, PHILADELPHIA 



planation. "I guess we'll be getting 

 our bulbs from across the water yet 

 a while," Mr. Harris remarked. 

 That was a good many years ago. 



Various Notes. 



Clarence U. Liggit has just returned 

 from the middle west, bringing the latest 

 news of the doings there. Mr. Liggit 

 says that the new rose America will not 

 be sent out for over a year, owing to 



the scarcity of the stock; 180,000 young 

 plants of America are said to have been 

 ordered already. Most of these orders 

 for 1922 will be allowed to stand for 

 1923. The new yellow rose Amelia Gude 

 is also to be sent out in 1923. Mr. Liggit 

 considers it the most beautiful flower 

 in its color that he has ever seen. He 

 was greatly pleased with the new rose 

 Angelus, to be sent out next spring. Mr. 

 Liggit finds the pep that pervades the 



