

The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Jakuaby 80, 1908. 





$6.00A$7.50 

 per dozen 



CATTLEYAS 



White and Yellow DAISIES 



$6.00 A $7.50 

 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 Horists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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flowers, has been experimenting on some 

 cinerarias with good results. Some of 

 the plants have attained a height of sev- 

 eral feet and have flowers two inches in 

 diameter. 



At the last regular club meeting cigars 

 were passed by a representative of the 

 Kenneth Anderson Co., of this city. This 

 gentleman was explaining the good points 

 of some garden hose on sale by this flrm. 



Theodore Mitchell gave his annual 

 beefsteak party for the younger mem- 

 bers of the club January 22. The boys 

 ate beefsteak and played cards until the 

 wee small hours of the morning, and had 

 a fine time. • 



Robert Klagge, of Mount Clemens, is 

 by far the biggest shipper of stock to 

 the Detroit market. La Detroit roses, as 

 grown by him, meet with a big demand 

 and bring fine prices. In fact, this rose 

 is one of the best pink ones we have on 

 this market. 



W. B. Brown is well pleased with busi- 

 ness up to date this winter. He had sev- 

 eral decorations, not large ones but prof- 

 itable, besides his share of bouquets for 

 the numerous debutantes of the season. 



Mr. Famey, of the A. L. Randall Co., 

 spent several days in this city. He car- 

 ries a fine line of supplies, which he dis- 

 played to good advantage at the Hotel 

 Ponchartrain. Mr. Famey is well 

 pleased with business in general. H. S. 



PITTSBURG. 



Pittsburg has been experiencing some 

 very bad weather, and as most people are 

 trying to economize, the general busi- 

 ness is poor, with plenty of stock of 

 all kinds. 



This city sent a delegation to the con- 

 vention of the following persons: I. S. 

 Crall, Monongahela, Pa. ; W. R. Maebius, 

 Lock No. 4 ; E. Garland, Finleyville, Pa. ; 

 .John Walker, Youngstown, Ohio; Fred 

 Burki, .John Wyland, Charles Hoffman, 

 T. P. Langhans, E. C. Reineman and 

 John Murchie. 



Samuel Cape has the sympathy of his 

 friends in the loss of his mother. 



Theo. F. Beckert is considering closing 

 out his greenhouse business, having under 

 consideration a new proposition. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. is re- 

 ceiving some very fine long-stemmed 

 sweet peas and Beauties. 



fEPHgOLEPIS gpiEQPOHLII 



The most beautiful as well as the most useful Fern ever offered. 

 It is suitable both for specimea pot plants and for using as a cut 

 frond. Well grown stock ready now. 2J4-inch, $3.60 per doz.; 

 S25.00 per 100; $200.00 per 1000. 4-inch, $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. Specimens in pans, $2.00, $3.00 and $5.00 each. 



WM. P. CRAIG, 1305 Filbert St., Philadelphia 



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The Pittsburg Florists' Club will hold 

 its next meeting and carnation show 

 in the rooms of the Pittsburg Cut Flow- 

 er Co., 222 Oliver avenue. A large at- 

 tendance is expected on account of the 

 show and to hear the reports of those 

 members who attended the carnation con- 

 vention. 



Frank P. Myers, the Beauty grower, 

 of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., was 

 a visitor last week. Hoo-Hoo. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



W. A. Wettlin, of Hornell, N. Y., fin- 

 ished rebuilding in time for the busy sea- 

 son. He has now one of the handsomest 

 and most convenient stores in the state. 

 A very noticeable feature is the low win- 

 dow stage, constructed of tiling on a con- 

 crete base, with a gentle slope to allow 

 of drainage. The store proper is 25x55 

 feet, and connects with the houses. The 

 floor is mosaic, the counters Tennessee 

 marble. A solid cement cellar runs the 

 entire distance. While the cost exceeded 

 the estimate, he says it is the best ad- 

 vertisement he could have. 



A. H. Woeppel, Corning, N. Y., is pick- 

 ing Rose-pink Enchantress carnations 

 that sell at sight. He has great success 

 with Enchantress and intends planting 

 nothing but this family another season. 

 Having no room to spare for testing new 

 varieties, he, together with many others 

 of the craft, depends almost entirely 

 upon the report of those who can experi- 

 ment. Mr. Woeppel has several seedlings 

 that possess merit. 



George R. Clark, of Scranton, Pa., is 

 installed in his new stores at 124-126 

 Washington avenue, each one separate 

 but communicating, with a total width of 

 fifty feet by 150 feet deep. One is fitted 



up as a flower store, the other as a seed 

 store, this branch being the largest in 

 this section of the state. It gives him 

 great facilities for handling a rapidly 

 increasing business. 



Richard King, the busy superintendent 

 of the United States Cut Flower Co., 

 Elmira, N. Y., says he does not remember 

 when crops were so short as they have 

 been this season, considering that the 

 weather has been favorable. Quality has 

 been first-class, especially in Beauties. He 

 speaks highly of Lady Bountiful, consid- 

 ering it one of the best white carnations 

 yet sent out. He notes that Lawson has 

 been in greater demand than Winsor or 

 Pink Enchantress. Lawson, both pink 

 and white, is very fine. Shipping busi- 

 ness is steadily increasing, the result of 

 sending out good stock. 



H. N. Hoffman, of Elmira, has added 

 a farm of thirty acres to his valuable 

 property. This gives him one of the best 

 tracts of land in the Chemung valley, 

 with abundant soil for roses and carna- 

 tions, w. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



There has not been any great change 

 in the market in the last week. The sup- 

 ply is not heavy, though enough to 

 meet all requirements. The crop of Beau- 

 ties, which is not very heavy, is moving 

 slowly and at times is hard to sell. 

 Red roses are in good demand and bring 

 fair prices, which is due mostly to the 

 cut, which has fallen off considerably in 

 the last few days. Brides and Maids are 

 a trifle scarce and sell up very clean. 

 There has been a good deal of funeral 



