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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 30, 1907. 



FOR JUNE WEDDINGS 



PEONIES, an immense stock in all colors. 



ORCHIDS, choice Cattleyas and Laelias in quantity. 



BEAUTIES, of finest quality, all you want. 



The Leo Niessen Co« 



Wholesale Florists. 1 209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Op«n from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Our Sorrloo la Unoxoollod. 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



box created lively discussion. Among the 

 most interesting and instructive were, 

 "What causes hot water to circulate in 

 pipes?" and "Does a moist atmosphere 

 prevent red spider?" Judging from the 

 discussion that followed, there would 

 seem to be a large majority of the opin- 

 ion that a moist atmosphere alone does 

 not prevent red spider. Two fine vases 

 of Gladiolus Peach Blossom and Blush- 

 ing Bride were exhibited by S. Carl- 

 quist, for which he was awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit. G. H. I. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising; Eaitern Market. 



The dark, cool weather has created un- 

 usual market conditions on the eve of 

 Memorial day. Frequent showers spoiled 

 much of the outdoor stock until the last 

 moment, the market being largely de- 

 pendent on indoor and southern flowers, 

 with a sprinkling of eastern bulbous 

 stock. The shipping demand is heavy. 

 The local demand, due as much to the 

 horse show entertainments as to the holi- 

 day, is brisk. Prices have become firmer, 

 with slight advances here and there. 

 Peonies, both southern and a few locally 

 grown, are bringing higher average 

 prices than ever before at this season. 

 Carnations are not plentiful; colored 

 varieties are much scarcer than white. 

 Roses are selling well. Even the poorer 

 grades, when of fair quality with clean 

 foliage, are in demand. Iris is plentiful. 

 Much of the cheaper greens is being 

 consumed. 



A Wholesaler's View. 



One of our brightest wholesale florists 

 expresses his surprise at the number of 

 good growers who let their stock go down 

 hill during May. He admits that most 

 of the flowers bring very little return, 

 but contends that good flowers bring 

 more than poor flowers during times of 

 overproduction and that from now on 

 good stock will bring paying prices. The 

 wholesaler referred especially to tea 

 roses, which are in many cases poor and 

 badly mildewed, but what he said ap- 

 plies to all varieties of stock. There is 

 no question as" to the truth of this state- 



ment. It would pay, and pay well, to 

 keep all plants in condition until the day 

 they are thrown out. The difficulty lies 

 in the excess of work which comes in the 

 spring, the trying weather conditions, 

 and the weakened vitality of many of 

 the plants. The impression created by a 



I have told my business here and 

 will ask you to discontintte the paper 

 until I get located again. I do not 

 know what we should have done 

 without 



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It was the ONE paper we all looked 

 to every week to keep us up-to-date 

 in all lines, and the advertisements 

 were a source from which we could 

 always get a supply of whatever 

 stock we wanted on short notice. 

 JOSEPH SLADE. 



Red Deer, Alberta. 

 May 20, 1907. 



study of the market is that to grow poor 

 flowers is a very bad business, indeed. 



A Good Example. 



One of our most successful business 

 men, who has just had his own window- 

 boxes filled, writes Phil urging the im- 

 portance to all florists of beautifying 

 their places of business. Time and ma- 

 terial spent in this way is money well 

 ppent, that will yield interest, educating 

 the public to admire and love plants and 

 flowers, a love that will in time create 

 the desire to have some flowers of their 

 own. Every one of us should do some- 

 thing to foster this love. It may be by 

 prettily filled window-boxes, effective 

 beds, neatly trimmed grass and hedges, a 

 well-arranged shop window or conserva- 

 tory, or a clean, orderly greenhouse. All 



these things help, 

 share? 



"Won't you do your 



Various Notes. 



Antoine Wintzer, vice-president and 

 manager of the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa., will speak at the Florists' 

 Club meeting in Horticultural hall, Tues- 

 day, June 4, at 8 p. m., subject "The 

 Deterioration of Forcing Boses, the 

 Cause, the Eemedy. " 



A. Farenwald, of Hillside, Pa., has re- 

 ceived $3,750, or 46 cents a plant, for 

 8,000 Richmond roses frozen February 4. 

 He is now replanting the rebuilt range. 



W. Atlee Burpee sails for Europe Sat- 

 urday, June 1, to be absent three months. 



M. Rice and Mrs. Rice are expected to 

 arrive in New York next Saturday. 



Fred Ehret's store is the garden spot 

 of Fairmount avenue. A conservatory in 

 the rear adds to its charm. 



Edwin Lonsdale has the beds at Girard 

 college filled in beautiful array. A rib- 

 bon border of the early blue Phlox 

 divaricafca is very effective. 



Julius Kohler & Son, of Frankford, 

 are sending in some very well flowered 

 spiraja. 



A. Harvey & Sons, Brandywine Sum- 

 mit, received $750 worth of roofing ma- 

 terial, posts and gutters for a new house 

 29x105, as well as the labor of rebuilding 

 a house broken by snow February 4. The 

 section is now yielding a good crop of 

 tomatoes. 



A new coalition, to be styled the Trust 

 Busters' Association, is said to be in its 

 incipient stages. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has 25,000 peonies 

 for Decoration day. Poeticus and dagger 

 ferns grown 1,200 miles apart attest its 

 enterprise. 



The creditors of the Rosary Flower 

 Shop met last Wednesday. 



The contents of the Curran greenhouses 

 were sold at auction Monday. Phil. 



El Paso, III.— The El Paso Carna- 

 tion Co. has purchased the one-half block 

 on which its greenhouses are situated 

 from MVs. Charles Bingner. 



Cortland, N. Y. — On the evening of 

 May 21 the fire department was called 

 out by a fire at Hike & Jones' place. 

 The flames were soon extinguished. 



