The Florists' Review 



August 8, 1912. 



ASTERS 



The best, 100, $2.00. Good stock, 100, $1.00-$1.50 



The quality is up to the usual standard for 

 this time of the season, the blooms being large 

 for early varieties. 



■ v. 



GLADIOLI 



$4.00-$6.00 per 100 



Good flowers, clean stock, in perfect condi- 

 tion. Can furnish them in quantity of any vari- 

 ety you wish. 



VALLEY . . 100, $3.00-$4.00 

 EASTER LILIES . doz., 1.50 



LILIUM RUBRUM .... bunch, $1.50 

 LILIUM RUBRUM, short stems . 100, 5.00 



FIELD-QROWN CARNATION PLANTS. 



Look for our classified advertisement. We know we can give you entire satisfaction 

 as to the quality of our plants. ' 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



N. W. Corner 12th and Race Sts. :: :: xx PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention Thf Review when you write 



vacation on Mount Washington, in the 

 White mountains, where he finds the 

 air and scenery delightful. 



W. N, Craig. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bisiug Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market is perhaps not 

 quite so brisk as it was a week ago. 

 The first week in August has brought 

 a fair amount of business, but it would 

 have been larger had there been more 

 good asters and more good roses. The 

 early crop of asters is declining, leav- 

 ing many poor flowers that are hard to 

 sell. The midseason varieties are com- 

 mencing, but they are not yet plentiful. 

 Those that are arriving are of good 

 quality. White roses are scarce and 

 more good pink roses are needed. Gla- 

 dioli are plentiful and sell pretty well. 

 Dahlias have been coming in for a fort- 

 night. The cool weather has made 

 them surprisingly fine. The first Hy- 

 drangea p^niculata has arrived. It is 

 welcome for design work. Easter lilies 

 have advanced in price. Valley is 

 hardly equal to the demand, while 

 cattleyas are quite unequal to even the 

 modest orders received for them. Small 

 white flowers are selling. A few new 

 crop local Beauties have reinforced the 

 eastern stock. Greens are, of course, 

 plentiful. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia August 6 John West- 

 cott, chairman of the transportation 

 committee, was instructed to cooperate 

 with Baltimore and Washington in ar- 

 rangements for traveling to the Chi- 

 cago convention. It is probable the 

 party will leave Philadelphia on the 

 morning of Monday, August 19, over 

 the Baltimore & Ohio. The one way 

 rate for ten or more together is $15.40, 

 sleeping car berth $2. The Grand Pa- 

 cific hotel is favored for club head- 

 quarters in Chicago, though no official 

 action was taken. 



A letter was read from the New 

 York Florists' Club asking cooperation 

 in a publicity campaign. President 

 Thurlow appointed .To.seph Heacock, 



BERGER BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 I40-142 N. 13th St. - Philadelphia, Pa. 



BRONZE GALAX LEAVES 



S7.00 PER CASE 



Choice ASTERS in all colors 

 EASTER LILIES 



WHITE FLOWERS for design work 



Growars Daslrous of Makins a Chans* Call or Corraapond With Ua. 



MeDtlon Tbe Kevlew wnen tou wnie 



chairman; Edwin J. Fancourt and Al- 

 bert M. Herr as publicity committee. 



East End and the Sunken Garden. 



Xavier E. E. Schmitt was superin- 

 tending a variety of jobs that were go- 

 ing actively forward in and around 

 Horticultural hall. Mr. Schmitt led the 

 way to the orchid house, containing 

 many rare varieties as well as the bet- 

 ter known sorts. It is a collection that 

 would hold the orchid lover for hours, 

 for there was material for a notable 

 group in the embryonic stage. The in- 

 terest of the hour, in an afternoon in 

 late July, was outside rather than in- 

 side, so Mr. Schmitt led the way to the 

 east end, where the superb example of 

 carpet bedding draws large crowds. The 

 specimens are in excellent condition, 

 the designs appropriate and the work 

 exceedingly well done. The prominent 

 positions in these carpet beds are given 



to the rare plants. There are thirty-two 

 varieties of agave and fully as many of 

 cactus and euphorbia. 



The field in which these specimens 

 appear to be growing is formed of 

 dwarf, prettily colored plants in solid 

 masses, with borders of a different 

 variety. Prominent amony them is 

 the bronzy green of Sedum aureum, 

 just tinted with gold. Beyond these 

 beautiful masterpieces — and there are 

 a number of them — is the great bed of 

 the east end, an immense affair, filling 

 the entire center with its trees and 

 shrubs, its statuary and the ever chang- 

 ing border, planted in wavy lines. This 

 mammoth grass-surrounded bed is edged 

 with deep scarlet single geraniums, 

 known as Chicago Seedliug. Next 

 comes Feverfew Little Gem, just com- 

 ing into bloom, its pure white contrast- 

 ing daringly with the scarlet band out- 

 side, while it blends and contrasts by 



