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The Florists' Review 



August 27, 1914. 



New Crop Beauties 



$l00-$300 



PER DOZEN 



The supply is increasing. The quality is remarkably good for so early 

 in the season. We are headquarters for Beauties in this market and 

 can assure entire satisfaction, both as to the quality and price. 



ASTERS --All Colors 



$i.00-$2.00 per lOO 



Plenty of good Asters at reasonable prices. At $1.50 we can furnish you 

 e&cellent stock. 



Easter Lilies llliinn Rubrum 



$10.00 per 100 $1.50 per dozen Bunch of 26 flowers $2.00 



Both Quality and Quantity. It is the quality of our Lilies we want to 

 make special mention of. When ordering state if you want open flowers or 

 all buds. 



Bronze Galax— Per case* $8.50 



Well bronzed, and leaves of a good size, mostly 3^ inches and over. 



Field-grown 

 Carnation Plants 



2S,000 Mrs. C. W. Ward 



$7.50 per 100 $65.00 per 1000 



250 at 1000 rate. 



We have inspected the plants in the 

 field. They are bushy, strong plants, 

 ready for immediate shipment. Mrs. 

 Ward is the best carnation of that 

 shade of pink on the market. 

 For Complst* List 

 Classlfisd 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., wholesale FIoHsU 



5 and 7 W. Centre Street 

 BALTIMORE, MD. 



N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Sts. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



New crop Beauties are the leading 

 feature of the market; to them may be 

 added Golden Glow chrysanthemums, 

 and so too may tuberoses. The rose 

 crop seems a little lighter in the hybrid 

 tea varieties. The new season's carna- 

 tions are appearing here and there to 

 strengthen the rather weak remains of 

 lieist season's crop. Asters are tem- 

 porarily slackening. Gladioli are less 

 plentiful. Cattleyas are scarce, but they 

 can be had by scurrying around. There 

 are plenty of lilies and valley. The de- 

 mand has been poor, with occasional lit- 

 tle runs of business here and there. 



The Seed Situation. 



Charles H. McKubbin, speaking for 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., takes a hopeful 

 view of seed conditions brought about 

 by the war in Europe. Of course no one 

 can tell just what the effect would be 

 should the struggle continue indef- 

 initely. Assuming, however, that the 

 war will not be of long duration, it is 

 fair to suppose that a large part of the 

 seed crops now ready for harvest will 

 be saved. Even should the men go to 

 the war, it seems probable that the 

 women and children will make an 

 effort to save the crops on which so 

 much labor has been expended and on 

 which so much depends. The seed 

 farms of France and Germany are not 

 in the immediate vicinity of the armies, 

 making it more likely that the harvest 

 may be saved. While we depend large- 

 ly on Germany for certain fine strains 

 of seeds, particularly of vegetable 

 seeds, it would be possible to get most 

 of these seeds elsewhere. The fact that 

 we still have six weeks before it is 

 necessary to make up the seed cata- 



BERGER BROS. 



Offer exceptionally fine 

 facilities to the growers 

 for marketing their stock. 

 Plenty of room. Good 

 light. Good ventilation. 

 Good service and eleven 

 years' successful exper= 

 ience. 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



logues will give the seedsmen a chance 

 to find out where they stand in the 

 meantime. Today it seems more than 

 likely that the English and French 

 grown seeds will reach us safely, while 

 the German seeds may be harvested 

 and held in safety until later. 



A Rose Slip. 



George Craig, who has just returned 

 from the Boston convention, has shown 

 me a neat little rose slip intended for 



the guidance of the buyer for a retail 

 store. This slip appears to have been 

 prepared for the Chicago market, some 

 of the names printed upon it, such as 

 Bostand, Ophelia, Black Beauty and 

 Chicago, being nearly unknown here. 

 The names are printed in the middle, 

 with spaces ruled off on the left for 

 quantities and on the right for prices. 

 The sizes of the type for the different 

 varieties are rather startling; Mrs. Taft,^ 

 Stanley and Mock appear in exceeding- 



