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The FI{»rJsts' Review 



SaPTBMBBB 10, 1014. 



Our customers are en- 



I titled to full value for 

 their money. Tbey 

 should get our beet ser- 

 vice. Try U8 out. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



♦, 



wholisalk: florivs 



N. W. Cor. 12th and Race Streets 



P H I LA D E L P H I A, P A. ,^6^i^rice-ii8t. 



Keep posted on the 



market, so you cati take 

 advantage of favorable 

 market conditions. Real 



HIGH-GRADE DAHLIAS 



You cannot afford to miss the sale of Dahlias* which 

 furnishes you the means of many additional sales. 



When you want 



BEAUTIES 



the finest to be had, you can get 

 them here. 



$1.00 to $3.00 per dozen 



In ICO lots we bill them at a special pi ice. 



You can depend on us now for a good 

 grade of 



CARNATIONS 



Gorgeous— Pink and White Wards— 

 Enchantress. 



The flowers are excellent for so early 

 in the season.; 



The variety of Dahlias is just as 

 extensive as last year's, in fact we 

 have been able to add many new 

 varieties. 



The quality is the best. Our grow- 

 ers are the best Dahlia growers in 

 the country. 



The packing is nearly perfect. It's 

 done at the farms, as they should not 

 be handled more than once. 



Let us send you a sample shipment. 

 Your customers will buy them. 



GREENS 



Always the Best Money 

 Can Buy 



BRONZE GALAX. 



Special price, case $ 7.50 



DAGGER FERNS, 



Extra long, 1000 1.50 



STRING SMILAX, 



Heavy strings, 100 12.00 



CUT tfEMLOCK. 



Large bundle 2.50 



BALTIMORE BRANCH: 5 and 7 West Centre Street 



MwitloB Thm BcTtow wh»a yoo write. 



side. George Breed has charge of this 

 place, which presents some features of 

 bold landscape treatment. 



A brief call was made at Clovercroft, 

 the estate of Mrs. Oscar lasigi, of Bos- 

 ton. This place of fifty acres is in 

 atockbridge. William T. Donaldson is 

 head gardener. 



The visiting committee consisted of 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar, president of the 

 society and chairman of the garden 

 committee; William P. Kich, secretary; 

 William J. Stewart, Jackson Dawson, 

 William Nicholson, A. H. Fewkes, D. R. 

 Craig, T. D. Hatfield, Robert Cameron, 

 Charles W. Parker and M. H. Norton. 

 The visitors were hospitably enter- 

 tained by the Lenox Horticultural So- 

 ciety, several of whose oflicers acted as 

 guides to the various estates. 



PHILADELPHLA. 



The Market. 



Benedict Gibbs asserts that the 

 dahlias that have reached the market 

 during the last six weeks are unseason- 

 ably early. They keep poorly in hot 

 weather, but now, with cooler nights, 

 the flowers are improving and better 

 things are expected. Asters are mainly 

 of good quality. With the really splen- 

 did gladioli and roses the market is sup- 

 plied with a tempting, assortment of 

 staples as well as with a variety of oth- 

 er flowers. ' ^ 



The close of the first week of Septem- 

 ber was disappointing. The second 

 week opened a little better, despite the 

 generally observed Labor day half holi- 

 day. Prices are low and irregular, 



BERGER BROS. 



DAHLIAS 



open the season, making a fine show in 

 rich colors at small cost 



Roses, Asters, Gladioli, Carnations, 

 Valley, Lilies, Greens 



1225 RACE ST. PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The B«Tlew when yon write. 



about wftlit might be expectied with hot 

 weather and many flower buyers still 

 absent from home. 



Dahlias. 



Leo Niessen paid a visit to the Pea- 

 cock Dahlia Farm at Williamstown 

 Junction, N. .7., recently. He found 



fifty acres of 'dahlias lindilr cultivation, 

 all in splendid shape. The crops liave 

 been timed to Come in heavily neX* 

 week, continuing until the end of l^^e 

 season. The facilities for handling the 

 cut blooms have been improved by the 

 addition of a packing shed and room 

 for hardening the blooms to the extent 



