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JUNB 23, 1904. 



the) sill. Ample top ventilation should 

 also be provided on both sides. This 

 allows of a free circulation of air dur- 

 ing calm weather and during windy 

 weather cold draughts can be avoided by 

 putting air oa the sheltered side only. 



W, S. Cboydon. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market is dull this week, though 

 there is about as much business as usual 

 toward the end of Jime. The commence- 

 ments are over and most of the weddings, 

 the few left for the present week con- 

 suming a fair amount of stock. 



Kaiserins are in crop and, with Beau- 

 ties, form the rose mainstays. Sweet 

 peas are awfully plentiful and cheap. The 

 knowing ones now pull out all their vines 

 but a few rows and care for those. Val- 

 ley is in fair demand, though it does not 

 always clean up. Peonies have laste*! 

 over this week, thanks chiefly to Elmer 

 Gealiring and his cold storage enterprise. 

 Smilax has taken a bad tumble and can 

 be bought at one-half the price of a 

 week ago. There are many pretty out- 

 door flowers in. They add variety but 

 do not, as a rule, yield much revenue. 

 Last, but by no means least, carnations 

 are of better average quality; that is, the 

 poorer ones are disappearing, making the 

 supply smaller. They are only in fair 

 demand. 



A New Charter. 



Last Tuesday notice was given in the 

 daily papers that application would be 

 made for a charter under the laws of 

 the state of Pennsylvania for the Leo 

 Niessen Co., wholesale florists, 1217 Arch 

 street, Philadelphia. The ofiicers of the 

 company will be Leo Niessen, president; 

 W. E. McEassick, vice-president, and Ar- 

 thur A. Niessen, secretary and treasurer. 

 The capital will be $20,000 full paid. The 

 business was started in 1895 by Leo Nies- 

 sen, ou.Thirteenth street above Market. 

 After two years he moved to Juniper 

 street above Market. Two years later he 

 moved to the northwest comer of Thir- 

 teenth and Filbert streets, where the busi- 

 ness was carried on for . the next three 

 and a half years in much larger quarters. 

 Here Mr. Niessen was joined by his 

 brother, Arthur A. Niessen and by Wil- 

 liam E. McKlssick. Hfteen months ago 

 the business was removed to the present 

 handsome quarters at 1217 Arch street. 

 The wisdom of this step has been shown 

 by the gratifying increase in business 

 during the past year. Mr. Niessen 

 lias been considering the present step 

 for fully two years. He and his asso- 

 ciates have the best wishes of their many 

 business friends. 



Roses. 



The weekly articles of "Bibes" pub- 

 lished in the Review are recognized by 

 our rose growers as the best notes of the 

 day on rose culture. His knowledge, 

 frankness and clearness are admitted on 

 all sides and to him both beginners and 

 masters of the craft are indebted for 

 many valuable suggestions. 



His article last week on the folly of 

 delaying the replanting American Beauty 

 roses l^yond the month of June is of 

 great interest. In this "Ribes" voices 

 the opinion of our leading Beauty grow- 

 ers. There is, however, a feeling against 

 this hitherto accepted rule. One of our 

 very best and largest Beauty growers be- 

 lieves in late propagation and often plants 



quite as many houses in July as in June. 

 These late houses are frequently planted 

 out of ^xS-inch pots just starting into 

 growth, the idea being to secure plants 

 that have never had the semblance of a 

 check. Experience has shown that these 

 houses paid better in many cases than 

 those planted earlier with fine plants 

 from larger pots. Local conditions largely 

 govern these results. "Ribes" considered 

 the hot summer of our central states and 

 understood his market. Here on the 

 eastern seaboard our heat of summer is 

 apt to be tempered, while the Beauty 

 market is poor until very late in the fall. 

 Some growers plant Beauties just for a 

 fall crop, following with something else. 

 Then, too, the surplus of every variety of 

 flower during part of the fall has its ef- 

 fect on the price of Beauties, so that the 

 houses cut from early often get a very 

 poor start in dollars and cents over those 

 planted later. I give these facts not 

 to dispute the truth of what "Ribes" 



NOTE 



The Bditor la pleaaad 

 when m B«ftd«r 

 prcaomts hla ideas 

 on auy ■n14«ot treated 

 In th« BSVISW. As 

 •zpsrienoe is the best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 ezohang'e of ezperienoes. 

 Many valuable points 

 are bronrht out 

 by dlsonssion. 



Good penmanBhip, spelling and gram- 

 mar, tnoug'h desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 dolncr your best. 



WB 5HALL BB QLAD 

 TO HEAR PROM YOU. 



says, for I think he is right in the main, 

 but because the demand for good Beau- 

 ties in early summer should be met; wo 

 are too apt to get into a rut. 



Notes. 



The return game of baseball between 

 the nines representing the Flower Mar- 

 ket and Robert Craig & Son will be 

 played at Myers & Santman's, Wynd- 

 moor Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, on 

 Saturday, June 25, at 3 'p. m. Both sides 

 are confident and a good game is ex- 

 pected. Jump on the train and cheer 

 your nine. 



M. Rice & Co. are busily engaged re- 

 ceiving and storing their new importa- 

 tions. Many pretty novelties are prom- 

 ised. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have a dainty 

 little daisy basket in their show case. The 

 new office is complete now and looks well. 

 Further improvements will be made be- 

 fore any new stock arrives, very soon, it 

 is thought. 



Charles E. Meehan spent a couple of 

 days this week at Ocean City with his 

 family, enjoying a well earned breath 

 of salt air. 



S. S. Skidelsky, who is one of the best 

 informed men in the business, says that 

 the active spring has in some measure 

 made up for this hard winter with the 

 florists throughout the country. 



C. F. Edgar & Co. have samples of 



their new cornucopia flower holder. It 

 will save time in wrapping and promises 

 well. 



Edward Raid has had some good valley 

 orders lately. 



Joseph Heacock has been shipping 

 palms in large numbers. 



Answers to G>rrespondents. 



Review readers are invited to send any 

 questions relating to culture or market- 

 ing of plants and flowers in Philadelphiu 

 to "Phil," in care of any of the lead- 

 ing seed or commission • houses or the 

 Flower Market. Each question will be 

 submitted to a competent person and an- 

 swered under number. Correct name and 

 address must always accompany in- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



No. 16. What is the best disposition 

 to make of the room under the benches 

 in a greenhouse t Can bulbs such as 

 tulips, French hyacinths and Paper White 

 narcissi, be grown there to advantage? 



The best growers do not as a rule 

 utilize the space under the benches for 

 growing plants or bulbs. Bulbs, mush- 

 rooms and even chickens have been suc- 

 cessfully raised there. The danger lies 

 in damaging the stock undemeatli 

 through water or bruising and in the ac- 

 cumulations of dirt. 



No. 17. What are the average returns 

 and the average expenses for wages on 

 a greenhouse plant of from 10,000 to 

 50,000 square feet of glass f 



An extremely difficult question, the an- 

 swer depending much on the season, the 

 kind of stock grown and the ability and 

 liberality of the grower. During the past, 

 a poor season, one place of 50,000 square 

 feet earned 40 cents a square foot, which 

 is decidedly above the average. I doubt 

 whether the average would reach 35 

 cents a square foot of ground space cov- 

 ered. Regarding labor, one man can 

 properly care for from 5,000 to 6,000 

 square feet of space, exclusive of firing. 

 Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past week was a busy one for our 

 florists, with work for school commence- 

 ments and weddings. There seemed to 

 be plenty of stock at the wholesale houses, 

 still the market fluctuated greatly as to 

 supplies, one day plenty of fancy stock, 

 the next hardly any. At the present 

 writing there is plenty of stock in the 

 market for all demands in the first 

 grades; fancy is somewhat limited. Now 

 that school work is over and only a few 

 weddings left for this month, the social 

 work is about ended for the season. To- 

 day (Monday) we find the market in 

 good supply in roses. American Beauties 

 of the fancy grades still go for $2 to $3 

 per dozen. Some fairly good Beauties 

 can be bought for $1.50 per dozen, with 

 shorts at 75 cents. Small tea roses in 

 Brides, Maids, Jacqs and Liberty de- 

 mand the same price as a week ago, $5 

 and $6 per 100 for the best, poor stock 

 as low as $1 per 100. Sweet peas are 

 plentiful, white and lavender selling the 

 best; 50 cents per 100 is asked and in 

 1,000 lots they are much cheaper. The 

 bulk of the carnations that are cominjr 

 in are of very poor quality. The demand 

 for fancy stock is big. These sell clean, 

 but common stock is often dumped. Can- 

 didum lilies are seen everywhere in the 

 florists' windows. Plenty of peonies are 

 still to be had at $2 and $3 per 100. 



Planting out is about over and the 



