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The Florists' Review 



Sbptembbb 5, 1912. 



ASTERS 



$1.00 @ $2.50 per 100 



Asters continue to be in good supply, and we 

 can furnish you good values in all grades. Try a 

 shipment and be convinced of the fine quality of 

 our stock. Let us fill your next order — you will 

 be pleased with your purchase. 



DAHLIAS 



$1.50 @ $3.00 per 100 



You cannot afiford to be without them. We 

 can furnish all the new and best varieties for cut 

 flower purposes. All regular orders or orders 

 placed in advance are packed at the farm. This 

 gives you a better selection, and it avoids more 

 than one handling. 



BRONZE QALAX, $7.00 per case 



BEAUTIES— $1.00 @ $3.00 per doz. VALLEY— $3.00 @ $4.00 per 100. 



Look for our classified adv. of FIELD-GROWN CARNATION PLANTS. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florbts 



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PHILADEIJ>HIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The last days of August and the first 

 days of September have been disastrous 

 in the cut flower market. There has 

 been no outlet for many of the flowers 

 sent into town, with the result that 

 there has been much waste. There is 

 just one scarce flower on the entire list, 

 the cattleya. Asters and roses are 

 abundant; the poorer grades are only a 

 source of worry. Gladioli are going off 

 a little, while dahlias are slowly in- 

 creasing in numbers. Out-of-town busi- 

 ness is quiet. 



The Coming Season. 



Thursday, November 28, 1912, Thanks- 

 giving. 



Wednesday, December 25, 1912, 

 Christmas. 



Wednesday, January 1, 1913, New 

 Year 's. 



Wednesday, February 5, 1913, first 

 day of Lent. 



Friday, February 14, 1913, St. Val- 

 entine's day. 



Sunday, March 23, 1913, Easter. 



A Carnation Wrinkle. 



Paul R. Klingsporn spent an inter- 

 esting day in Detroit as the guest of 

 Mr. Stahelin, who showed him his 

 movable greenhouses. To avoid lifting 

 carnation plants from the field to the 

 house, the stock is planted outdoors in 

 the spring. In the fall the houses are 

 run over them on tracks; the heating 

 pipes are then put in and connected. 

 Mr. Stahelin says that this plan saves 

 at least six weeks in growing the stock, 

 besides keeping the plants free from 

 check. Mr. Rahaley, of the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange, told Mr. Klings- 

 porn that Mr, Stahelin 's carnation 

 blooms brought the highest price in the 

 Detroit market last winter. 



Club Meeting. 



President Thilow called a well at- 

 tended meeting of the Florists ' Club of 

 Philadelphia to order September 3. 

 After the minutes, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 of Boston, made a long address urging 



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that Philadelphia take her place in the 

 lead at the National Flower Show in 

 New York and at the next convention 

 at Minneapolis. An interesting sym- 

 posium on the Chicago convention fol- 

 lowed. All our representatives had 

 some interesting thing to tell and a 

 word of appreciation for their hosts. 

 Adolph Farenwald read a carefully pre- 

 pared paper on the wonderful interna- 

 tional show in London, which he at- 

 tended. 



The Leo Niessen Co., for the Peacock 

 Dahlia Farms, exhibited a handsome 

 collection of dahlias in a dozen fine 

 varieties, including their famous pink, 

 Dorothy Peacock. 



A Floral Clock. 



There were a good many callers at 

 Captain Cameron's- office in City hall 

 last week to see the clock that had 

 been presented to the captain on the 



occasion of his promotion to that rank 

 in the detective bureau. The clock, 

 which is two feet in diameter, was made 

 of pink roses. The face is of gold metal, 

 with the numerals in Hebrew characters 

 instead of Eoman, as usually seen. The 

 inscription on the clock is, "I am wait- 

 ing for the original." The inscription 

 is explained in this way: Captain Cam- 

 eron had a watch that he considered 

 as a luck piece. It was made in Por- 

 tugal in medieval times. The numerals 

 were in Hebrew, and on the back was 

 a picture of Moses delivering the ten 

 commandments to the children of Israel 

 at Mount Sinai. When the Captain re- 

 ceived his promotion to be captain of 

 detectives, a friend, after much per- 

 suasion, borrowed the watch. He took 

 it to August Muller, asking him to 

 make a floral facsimile. Mr. Muller, 

 knowing that Harry Bayersdorfer 

 prides himself on being able to do any- 



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