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The Weekly Florists'' Review* 



Decembeb 20, 1906. 



FOR THE HOLIDAYS 



POINSETTIAS9 very fine, in quantity. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES— We have the largest and finest stock 



of this rose in Philadelphia. 



HIGH-GRADE BRIDES AND BRIDESMAIDS. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1217 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Our Sereloe is Unozoelled. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



be able to carry quite a number until 

 Christmas. 



Minneapolif. 



Balph Latham reports good business 

 and anticipates a heavy Christmas trade 

 on cut flowers, notwithstanding high 

 prices. 



John Monson, of the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co., has a heavy stock of plants. 

 His poinsettias and azaleas are espe- 

 cially fine. He has booked a large num- 

 ber of orders. 



Amundson & Kirchener are doing sat- 

 isfactory business. Funeral work was so 

 heavy last Friday that they were com- 

 pelled to work all night. 



The New York Floral Co. complains 

 of slow trade. Feli» 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Business at this writing, just before 

 the Christmas rush, is sufficient to con- 

 sume most of the flowers that come into 

 the market at good figures. The condi- 

 tions are, however, somewhat chaotic. 

 For instance, carnations of high grade 

 advanced in price on Saturday, and on 

 the same day some went to the street, 

 an unusual thing now. American Beauty 

 roses continue in excellent demand at 

 advancing prices. The better tea roses 

 are selling well, but some of the lower 

 grades, together with Paper Whites, 

 Romans and smilax, are accumulating. 

 Bouvardia is advancing in price; pan- 

 sies are selling y\ell. Mrs. Jerome Jones 

 has disappeared from the list of avail- 

 able chrysanthemums. Poinsettia is be- 

 coming more and more a factor, the stock 

 being extremely fine. 



Christmas Plants. 



The tendency of late years has been 

 for flowering rather than foliage plants 

 at the holidays. While foliage plants are 

 still bought' to some exent, it is chiefly 

 the bright-colored varieties, the staple 

 green sorts retiring to the background at 

 this festive season. 



Among plants in flower the first place 

 this Cnristmas must be awarded to the 

 new azalea, Mme. Petrick, which is de- 

 scribed as a Cliristmas Mme. Vander 



HOLIDAY BASKETS 



Make your short-stemmed flowers pay by having an 

 assortment of our choice baskets ready. 



Holiday Hampers — Small flowering and foliage plants 

 will bring big money when tastefully combined in our 

 stylish hampers. 



Red Immortelles Waterproof Crepe Paper 



Porta Rican Mats Ruscus Wreaths 



Everything in Supplies. 



Special Notice — A day force and a night force of packers 

 will be kept at work during the Holiday Rush. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Remember ^^e are at 



1129 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



Cruyssen of lighter shade. The flowers 

 are large and full, they develop well and 

 evenly, and do not fall readily. Ver- 

 vff^neana is also excellent. Apollo and 

 Spitfire are good Christmas reds, the lat- 

 ter being the better of the two, but they 

 are hardly up to market requirements. 

 Deutsche Perle is nice, but white is not 

 the right Christmas color, and the variety 

 has some drawbacks at this season. 



Poinsettia in all sizes, from the little 

 fellows used in baskets, up to the tall 

 decorative stock, are finer and evidently 

 more popular than ever before. Great 

 quantities of short plants with large 

 heads are seen, reflecting credit on the 

 growlers. The pale pink form of Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine is said to be gain- 

 ing in popularity with the growers. Its 

 advantage over its darker sister is not 

 only a question of color, but the fact 

 that the flowers dry on the plants instead 



of falling. Cyclamens are practically 

 out of the market this season, there be- 

 ing really no plants up to the standard 

 of former years. Otaheite oranges are 

 finer than for many years; the disease 

 which affected this beautiful dwarf fruit 

 tree has seemingly been entirely over- 

 come. W^hile there are other beautiful 

 flowering plants, the above list forms 

 what may be termed the staples. For 

 filling hampers, baskets and the popular 

 birchbark arrangements they are com- 

 bined ^ith bright-hued foliage plants, 

 such as marantas, dracKnas, crotons and 

 Pandanus Veitchii. Great quantities of 

 small ferns are also used. 



Thinly Guised. 



Thomas Floyd entered the great seed 

 warehouse of Micreer & Drechell and 

 asked for Mr. Micreer. "Can't I wait 

 on you?" the smiling manager asked 



