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The Weekly Florists' Rcvkw. 



' Septexbkb 7, 1911. 



DAHLIAS 



QUALITY IS FIRST CONSIDERATION 



Our growers are producing only the best varieties for cut flower purposes. Dahlias have made a place 

 for themselves as a cut flower, and you cannot afford to ignore them. The best proof is the increased 

 demand each season. When you buy our Dahlias, you have the satisfaction of getting the best you can 

 buy. To prove what we say, try a sample shipment. The quality and value will be a surprise to you, and 

 every flower will be in perfect condition. 



Early Orders Direct from the Farms 



Look for our classified adv. of Field Grown Carnation Plants. 



Th#^ I tf^n Ni^^^tf^n Cg% wholesale florists 



Open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m.- 



Meptlon The Review when you write 



with a view to perfecting a process for 

 galvanizing aill its cast-iron gutters and 

 other greenhouse material. This will 

 prevent the breakage to which ordi- 

 nary cast iron is subject. 



Vaughan & Sperry report having 

 placed a contract with one of the Mas- 

 sachusetts shippers for 3,000,000 ferns 

 for the season soon to open. 



The Northwestern Floral Co., Gross 

 Point, has this season, twelve houses, 

 all in carnations. 



Hay fever completely floored Louis 

 Wittbold for a day or two last week, 

 but he is around again now, although 

 still suffering considerably from the 

 malady. Yellow mums are now in 

 bloom at the Edgebrook greenhouses. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The phenomenal rainfall which ended 

 with the close of August played an im- 

 portant part in the cut flower market, 

 shortening indoor and temporarily dam- 

 aging outdoor crops. Both are now re- 

 covering, but the effect of this flood 

 was felt until Labor day was past. 

 Asters are in tremendous oversupply. 

 It is a pity that so much fine stock 

 comes at once, for it does not bring 

 proper returns. The poor asters fare 

 worse. Eoses shortened sharply during 

 the storm; good pink were scarcer than 

 white. There was no actual advance in 

 prices, except on shorts, but the aver- 

 age price was decidedly better. A few 

 more carnations are coming in; some 

 good red were seen with moderate 

 stems, in addition to the white and 

 pink. Easter lilies continue prominent; 

 really good stock is in pretty active 

 demand. The first cattleyas have ap- 

 peared; they brought an astonishing 

 price — see ^ist. Dahlias are coming 

 into season. Another week will give 

 us longer stems in all colors. Cosmos 

 has come. The midsummer market has 

 been equal to last year — perhaps a lit- 

 tle more than equal. July was better, 

 August not so good. Considered to- 

 gether, they are satisfactory to most of 

 the wholesalers. 



Our Business Calendar. 

 The season of 1911-12 will bring 



DAHLIAS 



The Dahlia season has opened— our growers have 

 an unusually fine stock. The heavy rains have put 

 HBubstance into the flowers. p„ iqq 



We offer fancy Dahlias at $3.00 



Select, separate colors, at 2.00 



Ordinary, mixed colors, at. . . . 1.50 



Choice Asters, all colors* 

 Easter Lilies. New Crop Roses. 



BERGER BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1305 riibert Street, PhUadelphla, Pa. 



Per 1000 



$15.00 

 10.00 





Mention The Review when yoa write. 



Easter nine days earlier than this year. 

 The social season will be eight days 

 shorter. The day difference is due to 

 leap year. Here is the florists' cal- 

 endar: 



November 30, Thursday Thanksgiving 



December 25, Monday Christmas 



Jaiiiiarv 1. Monday New Year's 



February 2, Wednesday Lent begins 



Kebniarv 14, Wednesday St. Valentine's 



February 2», Thursday Leap year day 



Charles Henry Fox will show the belles 

 how to eourt the beaus. 

 April 7, Sunday Easter 



Club Meeting. 



Septebiber 5 Joseph Heacock presided 

 over g. fairly attended meeting of the 

 Florists' Club that was full of life 

 throughout. The Baltimore convention 

 was ably discussed by Eobert Kift, 

 John R. Andre, Wm. P. Craig, Adolph 

 Farenwald and John Westcott. Balti- 

 more hospitality was warmly praised. 

 It was decided to give a banquet in 



honor of the club's silver anniversary 

 October 3, after the annual meeting, 

 tickets $3 each. Ladies are invited. 



Nominations for officers for next 

 year were made, as follows: President, 

 J. Otto Thilow; vice-president, Thonaas 

 W. Logan; treasurer, George Craig; 

 secretary, David Rust. 



The Leo Niessen Co. exhibited four 

 magnificent vases of dahlias for the 

 Peacock dahlia farms. They were Doro- 

 thy Peacock, Golden Century, Twen- 

 tieth Century and Eckford Century. 

 Flower, foliage and stem were remark- 

 able. The Leo Niessen Co. also ex- 

 hibited a box of fancy dahlias, showing 

 the careful packing. 



Various Notes. 



Paul Lindley, of the J. Van Lindley 

 Nursery Co., Greensboro, N. C, was a 

 visitor recently. With him came 



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