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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 3, 1907. 



Very Fine Stock 

 With Long Stems 



Laelia Anceps Alba 



POINSETTIAS, very fine, in quantity. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES— We have the largest and finest stock 



of this rose in Philadelphia. 



CATTLEYAS — A splendid stock in fine condition. 



The Leo Niessen Co« 



WHOLESXLE FLORISTS 



1217 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Our Service Is Unexcelled. 



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Mention The ReTlew when jou write. 



the big retail establishments and the 

 •wholesale markets and stores and see for 

 oneself what devotion to the interests 

 of growers and customers means. Doz- 

 ens of employees and many of the prin- 

 cipals had no sleep during these two long 

 days and nights and some put in seventy- 

 two hours without a wink, while the 

 happy growers slept the sleep of certain 

 surplus in the bank account, and no fur- 

 ther winter worry on the coal question. 

 The rest of the year is velvet for them. 



I was talking with the author of 

 "How to Grow Violets" Saturday and 

 he declared a competent grower could 

 raise as good violets around Chicago as 

 any one in Dutchess county. It all de- 

 pends on knowing how. He never has 

 visited Chicago, howevej, and was not 

 posted on the wet air, the smoke, and the 

 level country. But even when I told him 

 he said, ' ' Let them go out a hundred 

 miles, then, where the air is dry and 

 the hills are to be found, and put a com- 

 petent man to work and I'll guarantee 

 as good success as any one achieves at 

 Rhinebeck. ' ' So there you are, and it is 

 surely worth the trial, for violets lose all 

 the sweetness in a thousand-mile journey 

 and New York can use all the violets 

 that are worth using, grown within a 

 hundred miles, and use them while they 

 are warm. J. Austin Shaw. 



WILLIAMSPORT. PA. 



Fire at Evenden Bros.' lower green- 

 houses at 3 o'clock on the morning of 

 December 24 did damage which will reach 

 $6,000, with no insurance. The fire was 

 discovered by the watchman in a pile 

 of coal behind the boilers. He called 

 William Evenden, who resides near the 

 lower greenhouses, but the fire had 

 gained such headway that the interior 

 of the boiler room was a mass of flames. 

 Seeing that the situation was serious he 

 called upon the Williamsport fire depart- 

 ment and in the bitter cold two com- 

 panies fought for three hours, doing 

 splendid service in preventing the spread 

 of the flames. 



The boiler house was consumed and 

 all of the woodwork of the ice house 

 was burned. A corn crib containing 

 about 400 bushels of corn was prac- 

 tically ruined and a wagon shed was de- 



stroyed. One end of one of the green- 

 houses was burned out. 



The contents of five of the big green- 

 houses were frosted through the lack of 

 heat, the rose and carnation houses suf- 

 fering most. Oil stoves were hurriedly 

 obtained and rushed into the other 

 houses to try to save their contents. 

 Temporary connections were quickly 

 made with another boiler and it was 

 made to help out as far as possible. The 

 Christmas stock had all been taken to 

 the upper greenhouses and so escaped 

 the general destruction. 



As soon as the ruins of the boiler 

 house were cool enough to work in Mr. 

 Evenden had a force of men ready and 

 began at once to clear away the debris. 

 The work of installing a temporary heat- 

 ing plant was begun at once and a new 

 permanent plant will be erected and put 

 in operation as quickly as possible. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risin£ Eastern Market. 



Business has been extremely dull since 

 Christmas, duller, in fact, than it has 

 seemed for, a number of years. New 

 Year's was a good day, but by no means 

 a little Christmas. Prices have been weak 

 and irregular, there being at times quan- 

 tities of this or that flower that could 

 not be disposed fit a.t anything like mar- 

 ket value. The curious part of this is 

 that entertaining has been going on at 

 a brisk rate, parties and balls succeeding 

 each other in rapid succession. While 

 flowers in quantity are used for many of 

 these festivities, their use has not been 

 sufficiently general to make a serious 

 impression on the market. 



The dark weather has had a bad effect 

 on the quality of some varieties of stock, 

 making the better grades more difficult 

 to supply than would ordinarily be the 

 case. Beauties have been abundant and 

 at times long-stemmed flowers were in 

 oversupply. Tea roses of fine quality 

 have found ready sale, but the majority 

 of the stock coming in is only medium 

 at present. Carnations have been more 

 plentiful than seemed possible two weeks 

 ago. Prices receded one-half immedi- 

 ately after Christmas, and have remained 

 fairly firm since. Some exceptionally 



Wietor Bros. 



51 Wabash Avenue, 

 CHICAGO 



Current Price List 



AMEBIOAV XEAUTT Per doz. 



Extra long stems 98.00 



36-incli stems 7. CO 



30-inoli stems 6. DO 



24-lnch stems 5.00 



20-iiich stems 4.00 



18-inch stems 3.00 



15-lnoli stems S.OO 



la-lnoh stems 1.00 



8-inch stems 75 



PerlOO 



Brides, fancy $10.00 



" ifood 6.00 



Bridesmaids, fanoy.. lO.OO 



ffood... e.oo 



Uberty, fanoy lO.OO 



" ffood te.OO to 8.00 



Biohmond, fanoy lO.OO 



" ffood e.oo to 8.00 



Chatenay, fanoy 10.00 



" tfood e.oo 



Unole John, fanoy lO.OO 



•• jrood 6.00 



Perle e.OO to lO.OO 



Boses, onr selection. 4.00 



CABBATIGVB, Good 3.00 



" Panoy 4.00 



All other stock at lowest market rates. The 

 above prices are lor select stock. Extra select or 

 inferior st' ck billed accordingly. No chari^e for 

 packing. Prices subject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



fine Beacon sent by Edward A. Stroud to 

 the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. realized 

 Christmas prices at New Year's. But 

 this was, of course, an exception to the 

 rule, most of the fancies selling for one- 

 half those figures. Gardenias are in good 

 supply, thanks mainly to the skill of 

 Bobert Scott & Son, who have a large 

 cut in sight. Violets have remained fair- 

 ly steady since Christmas, the lack of 

 sunshine cutting down the supply consid- 

 erably. Sweet peas are more abundant. 



