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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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NOVEMBBK 21, 1907. 



ForTHANKSGIVING 



Wc shall have plenty of flowers of all kinds 

 to offer you for this holiday* Our service 

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THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



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to 8 p. m. 



1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Conditions have slightly improved 

 when compared with those of a week 

 ago. There are not so many chrysan- 

 themums coming into the market, and 

 the demand, particularly from out of 

 town points, is better. Business is still 

 far from brisk, however. The prices 

 realized are low and uneven, some good 

 stock being unsold. Not so much is 

 wasted, the fakers being more in evi- 

 dence. 



The midseason varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums have pretty much disappeared. The 

 late sorts are now taking their place, 

 Bonnaffon, Eaton, Chadwick and Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones being the principal yel- 

 lows and white, while Maud Dean and 

 Adelia, pinks, are to be seen in limited 

 quantities. The pompons are now at 

 their heighl, Lulu, Klondike, Briolus 

 and Quinolia being almost as familiar 

 in the market as the Major and Timo- 

 thy. Singles, too, are having their inn- 

 ing, a fine white, resembling a daisy, 

 being prominent. 



Not a great deal can be said about 

 the general list of flowers. Sales are 

 disappointing, and there is little to en- 

 thuse over in the market conditions of 

 today. Good judges confidently predict 

 an improvement by November 25, when 

 the season will open in earnest. The 

 fine growing weather of the last fort- 

 night has greatly improved the quality 

 of much of the stock coming in. White 

 violets have made their appearance. 



Fancy flowers are selling; ordinary 

 flowers not. 



Bulb Planting Season. 



The bulb planting season has been 

 jAther late this year. It is now fully 

 vnaer way. The seed houses are receiv- 

 ing many orders for tulips, hyacinths 

 und daffodils, to be planted in the beds 

 that have been filled with geraniums 

 and other soft-wooded plants during the 

 summer. At Fairmount park, the ex- 

 tensive planting of bulbs has just been 

 completed. The parterre, or sunken gar- 

 den, is filled this year with 80,000 tulips, 

 planted six or seven inches apart, to 

 assure a good effect. The varieties used 

 are Artus, Chrysolora, La Beine, Rose 



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 It is suitable botb for specimen pot plants and for using as a cut 

 frond. Well grown stock ready now. 2M-inch, $3 60 per doz.; 

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Grisdelin, Cottage Maid, Keizerskroon, 

 Proserpine, L'Immaculee, Wouwerman 

 and Duke of York. They are planted 

 chiefly in solid beds, laid out on the 

 turf. The festoons on the side of the 

 parterre are, I think, in red and white, 

 Artus and L'Immaculee. At the east 

 end a new arrangement has just been 

 completed. These beds are planted in 

 fancy tulips, chiefly. 



The Latest Move. 



The event of the week in wholesale 

 circles is the removal of W. E. Mc- 

 Kissick from 1221 Filbert street to 1619 

 and 1621 Banstead street. The move 

 was effected at night, business being 

 conducted in the old place one day and 

 opened in the new place the next morn- 

 ing. The move was made to secure bet- 

 ter facilities. The new establishment 

 has a floor space of 30x51 feet, with a 

 gallery running around it. This will be 

 utilized for the stock of florists' sup- 

 plies. A cold storage room 16x16 feet 



is built and regulated on the modern 

 lines. 



W. E. McKissick started work with 

 Samuel S. Pennock in 1893. Seven and 

 one-half years later he resigned his posi- 

 tion and soon after accepted one with 

 Leo Niessen, becoming vice-president of 

 the Leo Niessen Co. when the business 

 was incorporated a few years later. Mr. 

 McKissick resigned June 30, 1905, and 

 on September 4 of th^ same year started 

 in business for himself in the building 

 he has just vacated. Mr. McKissick is 

 a hard worker, enterprising nnd re- 

 sourceful. His business has grown rap- 

 idly, now requiring fifteen employees 

 to handle the stock of his growers. 



Victor Grosbens of Glenside. 



"When it became known that the Leo 

 Niessen Co. was selling flowers from 

 two brand-new plants, one at Glenside, 

 the other at Hatboro, it behooved Phil 

 to secure first-hand knowledge of these 

 two places of more than ordinary inter- 



