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26 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch 5, 1908. 



ACACIA PIJBESCENS 



PANSIES DAISIES VIOLETS 



SWEET PEAS JONQUILS 



TULIPS FREESIA LILACS 



We offer also all The Leading Varieties of Flowers in Finest Quality. 



OUR SERVICE IS UNEXCELLED 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Killarney roses and also has a good sup- 

 ply of daffodils that are popular. 



The YoungstoAvn Floral Co., which has 

 a large transient trade, has been greatly 

 affected by the bad weather, but suc- 

 ceeded in disposing of 20,000 violets at 

 10 cents per bunch. 



The funeral of Edward Suder was held 

 February 26 and was attended by a num- 

 ber of florists. H. L. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The i)re-Lenten season has closed 

 quietly. There was no especial rush dur- 

 ing the last days of gayety, only a few 

 varieties of flowers being at all scarce. 

 I^incy American Beauty roses were in 

 ilemand, chiefly because there were fewer 

 of them to be had than at any time since 

 the season began. With this, and possi- 

 bly one or two other exceptions, there 

 were so many flowers of all varieties that 

 the market was never bare for a moment. 



Carnations continue extraordinarily 

 plentiful, Enchantress being so numerous 

 that the average price on this variety is 

 below that of any of the other fancies. 

 Beacon and Winsor are probably the best 

 sellers on the market today, the demand 

 for the latter variety being so keen as 

 to warrant the belief that it will be even 

 more popular next season. Good white 

 varieties do not bring fancy prices, but 

 average much better than Enchantress. 



Giant white daisies are in fair supply 

 and sell quite well. The situation re- 

 garding other flowers is but little 

 changed, the extreme weather of last 

 week having made but little difference in 

 shipments. 



Indications for the first week of Lent 

 point to but little falling off in demand. 

 The supply of carnations is expected to 

 decrease, while that of American Beauties 

 and tne fancy grades of the smaller roses 

 is expected to increase. 



Qub Meetins;. 



At the meeting of the Florists ' Club 

 March 3 J. Otto Thilow read a most in- 

 teresting paper descriptive of the Eu- 

 ropean trips of himself and J^D. Eisele 

 last autumn. He was heartiiyapplauded. 

 H. A. Dreer exhibited a new chiTi 



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TuberousBegonias 



FINE, SOUND BULBS 



Doz. 



Sinele Mixed $0.35 



separate colors 35 



Double Mixed 45 



Valley Pips for Easter 



should be put into the sand the week beginning March 22. 

 1 force Valley largely myself and have only the finest Pips. 

 They are not bouKht to sell. I buy them to force, my- 

 self. Write me for prices, stating quantity wanted. 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Pansy, Mme. Ferret $0.40 .S3.00 



Salvia Splendens, my own 



growing 25 1.00 



Salvia Bonfire, my own grow- 

 ing 30 2.00 



Pkt 



Sweet Peas, fine mixture 80.25 



'] '[ standard named sorts 25 



orchid-flowering 75 



219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



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mum, Blush Queen Alexandra. It is a 

 pretty soft pink double daisy. W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J., showed a 

 bunch of his new pink carnation. 



The club dinner will take place at Hor- 

 ticultural hall March 11. 



The Second Assembly. 



The second assembly ball, always held 

 on the Friday preceding Ash Wednesday, 

 marks the close of the gay season for 

 this city's 400. The ball was again held 

 in the Bellevue-Stratford, the handsome 

 ballroom being beautifully decorated for 

 the occasion by J. J. Habermehl's Sons 

 in their best style. It is not my purpose 

 to descri\)e the canopy of foliage and 

 flowering plants, brightened by electro- 

 liers where the patronesses received, the 

 arbor of rustic work covered with south- 

 ern smilax through which the ballroom 

 w^s entered, or the stage-setting for the 

 msicians, in which yellow and white jon- 

 juils and azaleas harmonized with the 

 4ropical green. I wish to call attention 



to an innovation in the shape of a won- 

 derful orange tree, said to have been 

 brought from Florida, that graced the 

 center of the ballroom during one dance. 

 This tree, covered with tlowers and fruit, 

 made an unusual effect, appearing in a 

 ballroom in the heart of a great city. 

 The effect was heightened by orange-col- 

 ored lights freely used throughout. The 

 supper, served in the Palm Eoom, was 

 beautified by orange and yellow flowers 

 and fruit on the tables. Dwarf plants 

 of Otaheite oranges in pots were placed 

 in the center of some tables, while on 

 others were bunches of jonquils, daffo- 

 dils, yellow tulips, yellow daisies, and 

 the exquisitely graceful Acacia pubescens. 



Conditions Abroad. 

 George A. Strohlein, of Henry A. 

 Dreer, who returned a short time ago 

 from a business trip to Europe, reports 

 that the medium sizes of kentias continue 

 scarce, with a probability that they will 

 not be equal to the demand for a year 



