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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



September 12, 1907. 



CARNATION PLANTS 



We offer a splendid lot of field-grown plants in all the leading varieties. Write for prices. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



We are receiving choice flowers from young plants — much superior to blooms from old stock. 



Adiantum Croweanum '"'"'""'"' 



cut fronds. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Wholesale Florists, 1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



COMMBNCINO SEPT. 16, WB WILL BE OPEN 7 A. M. TO 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



apples in the boxes, which are enjoyed 

 by all. H. P. Joslin, Ben Avon, showed 

 assorted gladioli. Nathan Smith & Son, 

 Adrian, Mich., sent blooms of a yellow 

 chrysanthemum, Golden Glow. The buds 

 were taken July 1 and the blooms were 

 cut September 1 and reached the club in 

 fine shape. It is certainly a good thing 

 and undoubtedly the best early yellow 

 mum seen in this city. Dixmont, through 

 Mr. Zimmerman, sent a general collection 

 of hardy flowers. Schenley park is al- 

 ways there with a show, this time a 

 bunch of fine asters, also gladioli and 

 sunflowers. 



O. F. Beet has bought L. I. Neff's 

 Penn avenue store and will take posses- 

 sion at once. Hoo-Hoo. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Conditions are rather unfavorable at 

 present, the wholesalers contrasting the 

 first two weeks in September with the 

 months of July and August, to the detri- 

 ment of the former. It is only fair, how- 

 ever, to consider the increase in receipts, 

 which has not been offset by any marked 

 increase in business. The result is dull- 

 ness, with extra effort required to market 

 many varieties of flowers, at any price. 

 Beauties sold particularly well on Satur- 

 day and MonOTiy, the Jewish New Year. 

 This stock is of excellent quality. Tea 

 roses have been enormously overdone. To 

 instance this, a faker, whose word can 

 be depended upon, says that he bought 

 8,000 tea roses for $6. 



Asters continue the leading factor in 

 the market, the retailers using them more 

 freely than any other flower. The qual- 

 ity has fallen off a little in some quar- 

 ters, but still averages well, though there 

 are too many of the poorer grades. Pur- 

 ple asters are less overdone than during 

 the last two weeks. The supply of glad- 

 ioli really seems unlimited, the whole- 

 salers marketing only a small portion of 

 what they receive, or might receive, were 

 they in demand. The Ught ^Iprs con- 

 tinue favorites. Dahlias h^^flrae their 

 appearance in forceL^^fl^Rer of the 

 leading Bpeciali8t^|flHRo and Ham- 

 monton send^^^^P^lock on Saturday 

 and the^fii^^Pl^lays to some of the 



leading wholesale houses. The varieties 

 so far in evidence are pretty well divided 

 between the pompon, cactus, and decora- 

 tive classes: Sylvia, Storm King, Lemon 

 Queen, Eureka, Arabella, Standard 

 Bearer, Lyndhurst, Livoni, Countess of 

 Lonsdale, and Mrs. Jones. Despite the 



I fully intended putting in a larger 

 advertisement at this time, but the 

 small one in 



fias been so successful that surplus 



stock has been disposed of and I am 



pretty busy filling orders on hand. 



GEO. E. FEUSTEL. 



Fairport, la. 



Sept. 4, 1907. 



warm weather, the better stock is sold at 

 fair prices. 



Cattleya labiata and oncidiums can be 

 had in small quantities. Valley is plen- 

 tiful. Carnations are improving in qual- 

 ity and increasing in quantity, though 

 they are still by no means plentiful. The 

 stems are short and the flowers of mod- 

 erate size. Outdoor flowers of other va- 

 rieties find limited sale. 



The September Meeting. 



The September meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club was fairly well attended. 

 Vice-President Hahman presided. Ke- 

 ports were received from the various 

 committees in charge of the S. A. F. 

 convention, and all except the executive 

 committee were discharged. These re- 

 ports showed that the finances bad been 



carefully managed, the expenditures be- 

 ing well within the amount provided*, 

 while everything proposed had been car- 

 ried out. There was some discussion on 

 the national flower show, the general 

 opinion being that November would be a 

 more popular time than the spring, al- 

 though a better show could probably be 

 provided in March or April. A resolu- 

 tion of sympathy for Joseph Heacock, at 

 the loss of bis son, was passed. Charles 



E. Meehan's paper on "The Philosophy 

 of Wholesaling," which appeared last 

 week, was well received. John Westcott 

 complimented the workers on the success 

 of their efforts in entertaining the S. A. 



F. and in one of his most telling speeches 

 declared that Philadelphia would go to 

 Niagara 100 strong. Robert Craig and 

 others spoke on the work of the conven- 

 tion. 



Then the Ladies' Bowling Club was 

 presented with the silver trophy, em- 

 blematic of second prize won in the con- 

 vention contest. Miss Graham, captain 

 of the ladies' team, accepted the trophy 

 and handed it to President Hahman, who 

 received it on behalf of the club. Mr. 

 Hahman spoke feelingly of the pleasure 

 that he felt .in accepting the custody of 

 this first ladies' prize to grace our trophy 

 cases. Nominations for officers to serve 

 during the ensuing year were as follows: 

 President, Samuel S. Pennock, Fred Hah- 

 man; vice-president, William Graham, 

 William P. Craig; treasurer, J. William 

 Colflesh; secretary, David Rust, Edwin 

 Lonsdale. The election will take place 

 at the next meeting, Tuesday evening, 

 October 1. 



Various Notes. 



Frank Gaul, the popular mamager of 

 the Century Flower Shop, has made his 

 reappearance at this post, much to the 

 pleasure of his business associates. 



M. Rice & Col report many visitors in 

 the city during the last few days, includ- 

 ing some from California. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving dah- 

 lias from J. M. Bassett, Hammonton, 

 N. J. The flowers are fine. 



William Holmes, well known in this 

 city, has accepted a position with Mrs. 

 E. A. Williams, of Pittsburg, Pa. 



A. Blank, formerly salesman for C. F. 

 Knorr & Bro., Fox Chase, and with B. 



