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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 6, 1910. 



Niessen's 



» 



News Column 



Of special value and 

 Interest to the 



Retail Cut Flower Buyer 



October is a month of weddings. 

 You will require choice and 

 dainty flowers for the Bride and 

 Bridesmaids. Something showy 

 and effective for decorative pur- 

 poses. For the latter we can oflfer 

 you the better grade of flowers in 

 quantitj-, or something that will 

 make a good showing, yet inex- 

 pensive. We feel sure that you 

 can make your selection from the 

 following: 



Pink and White 

 Killarney 



In excellent condition for so 

 early in the seasop. The best, 

 $6.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



Chrysanthemums 



Pink, White and Yellow. $2.00 

 to $3.00 per dozen. 



Dahlias 



The kind where quality is the 

 first consideration. We have all 

 the best varieties for cut flower 

 purposes, $1.50 to $3.00 per 100. 



Valley 



$3.00 and $4.00 per 100. 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per dozen, $40.00 per 100. 



Adiantum Hybridum 



Extra long, choice fronds. $1.50 

 per 100. 



Easter Lilies 



$1.50 per dozen. 



Cosmos 



Pink and White, The late flow- 

 ering variety. Long stems, splen- 

 did for decorating. $6.00 and $7.50 

 per 1000. 



Wild Smilax 



$6.00 per case. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



lje09 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



White, Pink, Yellow, all in fine form for so early in the season, 



DAHLIAS 



Every shade of color; we have quality and quantity. 



Good Richmond, Maryland, Kaiserin 



Long stemmed Easter Lilies; Select Valley 

 CARNATIONS 



Special Notice:— 



We will be the sole agents for the new rose Princeton, grown by Messrs. Stockton 

 & Howe, Princeton, N. J. This beautiful pink rose will undoubtedly be the most popular 

 novelty of the coming season. Keep this in mind when in need of something choice. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1305 rilbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Kising Eastern Market, 



Life has succeeded apathy in the cut 

 flower market; there is activity every- 

 where. The October weddings have come, 

 also the opening entertainments of the 

 social season, chiefly small affairs, but, 

 most important of all, the Jewish fes- 

 tival of the new year coincides this time 

 with the fourth day of October, this 

 holiday being a movable feast. All 

 these causes combined have produced 

 improvement in business. Beauties ad- 

 vanced sharply, $4 being asked for the 

 specials; Beauties are a holiday flower 

 par excellence. 



The general rose list has been active; 

 the heavy crops, seemingly off with 

 many growers, further stimulate the de- 

 mand. Carnations have improved great- 

 ly in quality. Those growers whose 

 plants have weathered the trials of 

 August and September are reaping a 

 harvest. The supply of carnations is 

 smaller than usual at this season. Sin- 

 gle violets, positively unsalable during 

 the closing days of September, have 

 jumped into a position of prominence, 

 receiving notice from all classes of 

 buyers. Doubles have not arrived. 



Really fine valley is in demand; in 

 fact, there is a shortage, but this does 

 not apply to the ordinary grade. The 

 quality of the best valley shows an 

 improvement over last month. Cat- 

 tleyas are abundant. Labiata is with 

 us in strong array. The price has 

 fallen, with further shading on large 

 orders. Dendrobium formosum and on- 

 cidiums are to be had. Gardenias are 

 improving, likewise the price. 



Dahlias have been affected by the 

 long drought, impairing the quality and 

 shortening the stems. There are, how- 

 ever, some really fine dahlias in the 

 market that sell well. The average re- 

 turns are much affected by the poor 

 stock sent in. Were this thrown away, 

 everyone would be benefited, some of 

 the wholesalers say. White dahlias are 

 more in demand than colors. 



Chrysanthemums are gradually com- 

 ing to the fore. October Frost, Opah 

 and Polly Rose are the whites; Golden 

 Glow, now nearly over, and Monrovia 

 are the yellows, while Montmort, the 

 early pink, is now displaced by the 

 great Glory of Pacific. 



Greens are moderately affected by the 

 improvement in the market. Adiantum 

 is beginning to receive attention. As- 

 ters are over; there are a few corn- 

 flowers. 



The Florists' Club, 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, held in Horticultural hall Tues- 

 day evening, October 4, was well at- 

 tended. The principal business of the 

 evening was the election of officers for 

 the coming year. All the present offi- 

 cers, who were nominated at the Sep- 

 tember meeting, were re-elected with- 

 out opposition. They were: President, 

 Joseph Heacock; vice-president, Alfred 

 Burton; treasurer, George Craig- sec- 

 retary, David Rust, 



Richard Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, 

 Md., favored the members with an illus- 

 trated lecture on "Holland and Its 

 Bulbs," that was much enjoyed. Re- 

 freshments encouraged sociability 



Robert Scott & Sons exhibited a vase 

 of their new double pink Killarney rose 

 that created a sensation. 



An Opportunity, 

 There are lots and lots of young men 

 who say they never have had a chance, 

 and feel privileged to grumble at fate 

 accordingly. Some of them are such 

 good fellows that they don't say so, 

 but they think it all the same, not real- 

 izing that there are opportunities all 

 about us provided we choose to seize 

 them. Somebody once said— alas! I 

 forget just who— that we can make our- 

 selves whatever we please, provided we 

 are willing to pay the price, adding 

 that few of us are willing. This is 

 really true^ within the bounds of pos- 

 slrivy* • ^«^^<5^^hat you want most, 

 strive wisely and well to that end al- 

 lowing nothing whatever to interfere 



