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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



August 1, 1007. 



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Cooliog Room 12x32 at the Store of the Leo Nietsen G>., Philadelphia. 



THE NIESSEN STORE. 



The Review takes pleasure in pre- 

 senting its readers this week with some 

 illustrations from photographs taken at 

 the new building of the Leo Niessen 

 Co., in Philadelphia. This building, 

 which was completed last February, is 

 of reinforced concrete and the appoint- 

 ments throughout are of the best. The 

 cold storage system, a model of eflScien- 

 cy and economy, and the extensive tele- 

 phone system are features of the estab- 

 lishment. 



The history of the business is briefly 

 told: Twelve years ago a young man, 

 industrious, persevering and filled with 

 enthusiasni for his work, saw the possi- 

 bilities of the commission business in 

 cut flowers, the bringing together of 

 buyer and seller. He began in a small 

 way; he met many discouragements, but 

 he stuck at it. The business grew and 

 prospered, a younger brother brought 

 his valuable aid; several times larger 

 quarters were needed. Three years ago 

 the company was formed. Today they 

 are doing a business of which they may 

 well be proud. The products of a great 

 stretch of territory are brought together 

 and placed at the disposal of those with- 

 in an area that is steadily broadening. 



SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS. 



Will sweet peas germinate well if sown 

 under glass the fore or middle part of 

 August and flower for Thanksgiving and 

 throughout the winter? Are the follow- 

 ing varieties good for winter forcing: 

 Dorothy Eckf ord, Lovely, the orchid flow- 

 ering sweet pea Gladys Unwin, and King 

 Edward VII f A. E. R. 



Sweet peas sown early in August 

 should flower in from twelve to fourteen 

 weeks. They will germinate either in a 

 greenhouse or coldirame, the latter be- 

 ing preferable to the former. As a rule, 

 germination is more uncertain in the 

 hot months, but if your seed is good 

 you should have no trouble with it. If 

 sown in frames, lift oflf the sash in the 



evening and leave off all night. Give 

 them as low a night temperature as pos- 

 sible. 



The sorts you niame, while excellent, 

 are not adapted for winter blooming, and 

 if sown now will probably not flower 

 until February or March. Use Earliest 

 of All, Christmas Pink, Florence Denzer 

 and Mont Blanc. The first two are pink 

 and white, the^ last two pure white. 

 These colors always sell well. A. Zvolanek 



has several winter-flowering sorts in 

 other colors. C. W. 



RAWSON'S SWEET PEA TRIALS. 



About 125 florists and gardeners took 

 advantage of the invitation of W. W. 

 Rawson & Co. to visit their sweet pea 

 trial grounds at Marblehead, Mass., 

 July 27. About fifty of this number 

 journeyed by special electric car from 

 Scollay Square, Boston, the remainder 

 coming by steam car, automobiles, car- 

 riages and on foot. The weather was as 

 nearly perfect as possible and the plants 

 showed the benefit of recent rains, be- 

 ing in fine bloom and all being carefully 

 selected, with all rogues removed. The 

 visit proved most interesting and valu- 

 able to sweet pea lovers, in order to add 

 to the interest of the gathering, printed 

 slips were handed out containing the 

 names of all the sweet peas on trial, each 

 visitor being asked to mark what he con- 

 sidered the twelve best varieties. 



From the forty returns handed, in the 

 vote stood as follows: 



Of other popular sweet peas, Dorothy 

 Eckford only received 6 votes, Helen 

 Lewis 2, Hon. Mrs. Kenyon 6, Lady 

 Grisel Hamilton 0, Countess Spenceor 

 seedlings 2 and E. J. Castle 2. It will 

 be noted that all the heaviest vote get- 

 ters are novelties. 



After a thorough inspection of the 

 sweet peas and other plants, all of which 

 were in grand condition, the visitors were 



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