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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



January 23, 1908. 



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WBITE ORCHIDS ^^'^'^->'-' 



I^ABXiXA AH0BP8 AXiBA 



$50.00 per 100 



White and Yellow DAISIES 



r A TTT GV A C $6.oo4i$7.50 



t A 1 i LC I A J per dozen 



GARDENIAS PANSIES 



BEAUTIES 



We expect a steady supply and our stock is of exceptional quality. Our "Specials" of 



Richmond, Maids, Brides and Killarney are very choice. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Msts 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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sor is a good sort and a great many more 

 could be used, but the supply is limited 

 and there is not enough to meet the 

 demand. Beacon is good and the grow- 

 ers say it is a free bloomer and a good 

 selling variety. White Perfection is at 

 its best and is a good commercial white. 

 The flowers are or enormous size. Law- 

 son and White Lawson are up to their 

 standard and bring fairly good prices. 



The heavy crop of gardenias is about 

 over for a few weeks and the call for 

 them is much better, the price remaining 

 about the same. 



Sweet peas are going fairly well and 

 are much improved in quality. Laven- 

 der and white are the most sought after 

 and bring $1 to $1.50 per hundred. Vio- 

 lets, which were plentiful at the begin- 

 ning of last week, have fallen off in the 

 cut and good singles seem to be a little 

 scarce. There are still a few good poin- 

 settias to be had. Spring sto<^, such as 

 lilacs, tulips and daffodils, cleans up 

 fairly well. Freesia and yellow daisies 

 are in good demand. Valley and mignon- 

 ette are too plentiful and are hard to 

 move. Cattleyas are good stock, C^- 

 ripediums are plentiful and hang nre. 

 Harrisii lilies are in fair demand and 

 the quality is fine. 



Green stuff is selling in good shape and 

 is a trifle scarce. 



The Ball Season* 



The large private and subscription 

 balls continue at the rate of one or two 

 each week and it is safe to say that never 

 have these balls been given on a more 

 elaborate scaje. The decorations have 

 been striking in every instance and in 

 some cases have shown a degree of taste 

 and originality highly creditable to the 

 floral artist. 



It is much the fashion for our florists, 

 both wholesalers and retailers, to say 

 that these balls have little effect on the 

 market and general business. While this 

 may be true to some extent, the state- 

 ment is certainly misleading. Leaving 

 Igreens, which they except, out of consid- 

 eration, we find that over 1,000 of the 

 new rose, Wyndmoor, alone were used 

 in the first of these decorations, while 

 in many of the others cut flowers have 

 been used more extensively than in for- 

 mer years, especially on the supper ta- 

 bles. But it is not in the ball decora- 



Tbe most beautlfal as well as the most useful Fern ever offered. 

 It is suitable botli for specimen pot plants and for nsingr as a cut 

 frond. Well rrown stock ready now. 2^-inch, $3.60 per dos.; 

 $26.00 t>er 100; $200 00 per 1000. 4-incb. $10.00 per doz.; $76.00 

 per 100. Specimens in pans, 12.00, $8.00 and $6.00 each. 



WM. P. CRAIG, 1305 Filbert St, Philadelphia 



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tions alone that business benefits, but 

 also in the dinners that generally precede 

 these festive occasions. Sometimes these 

 dinners are large and the tables hand- 

 somely adorned. Even when small, a few 

 choice flowers are sure to be required. 



An Interesting CataIog[ue« 



The commissioners of Fairmount park 

 have issued a catalogue of all the tender 

 plants in Horticultural hall. The preface 

 describes the erection of the hall for 

 the Centennial in 1876 and its main- 

 tenance since then. The raising of the 

 vast roof ten feet higher, with addi- 

 tional glass for light; the addition at 

 the east end for the Carpenter collection, 

 the fitting up of the west end as a cactus 

 house and other improvements, are also 

 described. The catalogue proper is de- 

 voted to a list of the names of all the 

 plants in the hall, many of them brought 

 there by exhibitors at the time of the 

 Centennial and now of great value. 

 Each class is given a brief introduction 

 and a few of the principal specimens are 

 described at length. The catalogue is 

 illustrated with an excellent photograph 

 of the parterre or sunken garden, planted 

 in summer time, also with photographs 

 of the main hall, of the cactus house, of 

 the fern house, and of the show room at 

 the east end when filled with azaleas and 

 lilies in the spring and when filled with 

 chrysanthemums in the fall. While no 

 name is attached to the catalogue, it is 

 understood that the preface and descrip- 

 tions are written by the landscape gar- 

 dener, Oglesby B. Paul, while the correct 

 compilation and classification of the 

 names of the plants is the work of the 

 superintendent, Zavier E. Schmidt. 



Various Notes. 



A. Pericat, the orchid grower of Col- 

 lingdale, is recovering from an attack of 

 pneumonia. 



M. Eice & Co. are receiving new and 

 novel Easter effects on each incoming 

 steamer. 



Robert Scott & Son, of Sharon Hill, 

 have a nice lot of Mrs. Jardine in 2^4- 

 inch pots. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report a heavy 

 demand for Japanese air plants and flo- 

 rists' supplies of all kinds. 



B. Stahl had a good bit of funeral 

 work for Bovertown last week. 



The Lord & Bumham Co. is said to be 

 working on the plans for a large green- 

 house establishment near Philadelphia. 



The Leo Niessen Co. says the social 

 season is making a good market for 

 cattleyas, gardenias and other choice 

 flowers. 



The Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. is 

 receiving some fine heliotrope, which has 

 two heads on a stem and is much ad- 

 mired. 



A. Farenwald is much pleased with 

 Miss Kate Moulton rose, the cut of which 

 is sent to the New York market. 



Wm. J. Baker is receiving some excep- 

 tionally fine Golden Spur. Carnations 

 are also in good shape. 



Edward Reid is on a trip south but 

 will be back by the end of the week. 



The Florex Gardens are cutting a fine 

 lot of long Beauties and carnations, 

 which are handled by E. Bernheimer. 



Ask Harry Berger whether he thinks 

 Bridesmaid is a thing of the past. 



E. J. Fancourt, of the Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., says the ribbon business is good 

 and that everywhere retailers are al- 



