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Febbuabt 13, 1908. 



SPRING FLOWERS 



WE OFFER A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT 

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PANSIES FORGET-ME-NOTS TULIPS 

 DAFFODILS FREESIA SWEET PEAS 



and will be glad to fill your orders for these and all other flowers on the market on 

 short notice. Our service is unexcelled. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market 



Conditions in the cut flower market 

 are decidedly disappointing, the supply 

 exceeding the demand. White roses and 

 Asparagus plumosus are more sought 

 after than anything else on the list. 

 Forget-me-not has made its appearance 

 just in time for St. Valentine's day, but 

 there is hardly enough to give the buy- 

 ers much opportunity to show their ap- 

 preciation of this dainty flower, so ap- 

 propriate for the season. 



The supply of bulbous flowers is large, 

 daffodils, tulips, freesia all being at their 

 best. Romans and Paper Whites can 

 still be had in quantity, but they are on 

 the wane. The variety of orchids has 

 been reinforced by pink Iselias, a pretty 

 addition. 



The general effect of the present de- 

 pression in the market is felt most by 

 the poorer grades of flowers, which, ex- 

 cepting when useful for funeral work, 

 can only be sold at greatly reduced 

 prices. A word must be said of the 

 fine quality of sweet peas and violets 

 now coming into the city. The former 

 have stem, color and fragrance sufficient 

 to recommend them to the most fastidi- 

 ous buyers, while the cream of the vio- 

 lets, both in singles and doubles, would 

 be hard to excel. 



Valley is entirely too plentiful. The 

 long and short grades of American Beau- 

 ties are in good supply, the medium 

 grade being difficult to obtain, as is 

 usual until the spring crop comes in. 

 Tea roses are a trifle lower in price than 

 a week ago, tl»«< poorer grades in colors 

 averaging lowe* prices than Bride. Car- 

 nations of fancy grade find a fair mar- 

 ket, the select and ordinary grades being 

 the laggards. Enchantress is the most 

 popular variety today, quantity consid- 

 ered. 



Artistic Arrangements. 



The most striking novelty seen here 

 in a long time is the window decora- 

 tion at the "Sign of the Rose," the 

 tasteful English shop of Charles Henry 

 Fox. The decoration is a Valentine 's day 

 dinner-table. The table is close to the 

 window, so as to be in full view from 



lEPHilOLEPIS IIDEIIPOHLII 



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

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

 frond. Well grown stock ready now. 214-inch, $3.50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 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 Tilbert St., Philadelphia 



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the street. The most impressive feature 

 is- the transfer of the usual centerpiece 

 arrangement from the middle of the table 

 to one end, the idea being that the view 

 of the guests will not be impeded by the 

 flowers and foliage, and the place often 

 so difficult to fill opposite the hostess 

 is occupied by the flowers. This idea 

 will recommend itself especially where 

 there is only one member of the family 

 present. In the present arrangement 

 the end opposite the hostess is occupied 

 by a figure of Cupid, poised ready to 

 throw his dart. Behind him are the 

 wounded hearts, represented by Rich- 

 mond roses, tastefully arranged with 

 graceful adiantum fronds. Beside each 

 guest's plate is a little heart-shaped 

 favor filled with violets, while larger 

 favors of the same shape, also filled 

 with violets, occupy the center of the 

 table. The idea is fully completed with 

 silver, glass and china. 



Thomhedge Ntirseries. 



The Thornhedge Nurseries, established 

 ten or twelve years ago on thirty-three 

 acres of ground about three-quarters of 

 a mile from Newton Square, Delaware 

 county, Pa., have grown to a marvelous 

 extent. The nurseries now cover over 

 400 acres, including some of the most 

 beautiful country near Media. It is 

 nbt the general beauty of the nurseries 

 that will espacially interest florists, but 

 that portion devoted to trees, shrubbery 

 and outdoor flowers. The feature that 

 most impresses the yisitor at Thornhedge 

 is the definite aim toward specimen 

 shrubs of a size not easily obtained in 

 other nurseries. The Colorado blue 

 spruce, for instance, is grown on and 

 shifted as required until perfect speci- 



mens of large size are produced. Every 

 offer, no matter how tempting, is re- 

 fused for medium sized or small plants. 

 A number of retinosporas and other 

 evergreens are also specialized. Another 

 feature of the nurseries is the flowering 

 shrubbery, almost every variety known 

 to the decorator being grown in quantity, 

 more or less. Dogwood, spiraeas, deut- 

 zias, long-stemmed summer asters, cos- 

 mos, etc., are found here in great abun- 

 dance. Some idea of the extent of the 

 Thornhedge Nurseries may be conceived 

 by the fact that it produces 1,000 bush- 

 els of wheat, the master mind of the 

 place believing that nothing is more 

 disastrous than unproductive energy on 

 a farm. 



Various Notes. 



The shop windows this week are full 

 of suggestions for St. Valentine's day, 

 many of them most beautiful. Hampers, 

 heart-shaped boxes and dainty baskets, 

 all tastefully filled, adorn the show- 

 window. 



A grower was taken ill one cold night 

 recently, with no one near on whom he 

 could call for assistance in taking care 

 of the boiler that heated his greenhouses. 

 His wife finally secured the aid of a 

 neighbor, who ran for the doctor and 

 then sat up all night firing the boiler. 

 The true neighborliness of this deed 

 should not be in the least marred by 

 the fact that the neighbor is a dealer in 

 coal. 



William C. Herbert, of the firm of 

 David Herbert & Son, Atco, N. J., was 

 in town a few days ago. Mr. Herbert 

 reports a good demand for dahlia roots. 



Prof. C. Henry Kain lectured on "Di- 

 atoms ' ' before the Germantown Horticul- 



