The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 12, 1908. 



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BEAUTIES RICHMOND 



We can furnish the choicest stock of long-stemmed 

 flowers in any quantity* . .^t 



Fine flowers on heavy canes. 



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ACACIA PUBESCENS 



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 Horists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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DENVER. 



Carnations have been coming into the 

 market in heavy quantities, with the re- 

 sult that prices are about as low as they 

 ever get at this time of the year; but 

 at present writing it looks as if this 

 condition will be only temporary. There 

 also is a great deal of other stock, of 

 some kinds more than enough. Beauties 

 are in sufficient supply, while tea roses 

 are abundant and of good quality. 

 Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and all bulb 

 stock, on account of the spring weather 

 we have had, are coming in in large 

 quantities. 



The Lenten season may curtail busi- 

 ness, although as yet it has not seriously 

 affected it. Funeral business has been 

 brisk during the last two or three weeks, 

 owing to quite a number of prominent 

 people having passed away. But there 

 has been little going on in the way of 

 decorations or entertaining so far this 

 season. 



Thomas Long, of the Elitch-Long 

 Greenhouses, has returned from a, busi- 

 ness trip east. E. S. K. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The situation has altered decidedly 

 since last week. The supply still exceeds 

 the demand, at times to such an extent 

 as to create an extremely weak market. 

 American Beauty roses, which were ex- 

 tremely scarce at the close of the pre- 

 Lenten season, have become so much 

 more plentiful that prices have fallen 

 one-third on the specials. They nearly 

 all seem to be specials, and are so fine 

 that at listed quotations Eichmond meets 

 with little support. Brides, Maids and 

 Killarney are fine, the best continuing 

 to hold the prices of a week ago. 



The overproduction of carnations is 

 as great as during the last half of Febru- 

 ary. Enchantress is still the principal 

 sufferer, this variety being better value 

 for the voney than anything on the mar- 

 ket today. Sweet peas are also in over- 

 supply. The poorer grades bring no 

 price at all, but good flowers on long 

 stems command a fair figure. 



The quantity of left-over flowers that 

 went to the street on Saturday was | 



TuberousBegonias 



FINE, SOUND BULBS 



Doz. 100 1000 



Slnde Bflzed $0.35 $2.00 $18.00 



separate colors 35 2.25 20.00 



DoubleMlzed 45 3.50 32.50 



Valley Pips for Easter 



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

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

 They are not bousrbt to sell. I buy them to force, iny< 

 ■elf. Write me for prices, stating quantity wanted. 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Alyssum, White Carpet $0.10 $0.25 



AsparagDS Nanns... per 1000, $3.00 



BalsMn, Alba Perfecta 20 .75 



Candytuft, Empress 10 .20 



Cosmos, Giants 10 .25 



Lobelia, Crys'l Palace Compacta .'25 1.25 



Lobelia, Crystal Palace 15 .50 



Migfnonette, true Machet 10 .35 



Pansy, Stokes' Stand., best ever .50 6.50 



Tr. Pkt. 



Pansy, Mme. Perret $0.40 



Salvia Splendens, my own 



growing 25 



Salvia Bonfire, my own grow- 

 ing 30 



Oz. 



$3.00 



1.00 



2.00 

 Pkt. 



Sweet Peas, fine mixture $0.25 



standard named sorts 25 



orchid-flowering 75 



219 Marlcet St., PHILADELPHIA 



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amazing. There are conflicting reports 

 as to how the Greeks fared with this 

 stock, but it was certainly of better 

 average quality than they are accus- 

 tomed to handling. 



With the advent of Lent the supply 

 of bulbous flowers has fallen off. A 

 fair demand has sprung up for single 

 daffodils, which keeps the price steady. 

 Tulips are not much sought after; even 

 Couronne d'Or remains unnoticed. Vio- 

 lets, while cheap, are in fair demand, 

 especially good singles. The supply of 

 gardenias is light. Cattleyas appear less 

 plentiful. Valley has been in moderate 

 demand. There is no especial call for 

 greens. Shipping business is fair at 

 times. 



A Man of Resource. 



It is generally admitted that a busi- 

 ness man must have certain qualities: 

 Energy, integrity, truthfulness, resource 

 are generally admitted to be essential. A I 

 well-known retailer of this city (I will ' 



not tell you whether his initials are the 

 first, middle or the last letters of the 

 alphabet) tells an excellent story illus- 

 trating this point. A certain shop had 

 an order for a plateau of pink tulips. 

 At that particular time it so chanced 

 that pink tulips were not to be had any- 

 where. The proprietor, having promised 

 his customer a plateau of pinK tulips, re- 

 solved that the plateau of pink tulips 

 should be forthcoming. He therefore 

 mixed a mild solution of red ink, dipped 

 white tulips carefully in it, made his 

 plateau (the tulips were a beautiful 

 pink) and no one was any the wiser. 

 This is resource. 



The Cheerful Pink. 



The telephone rang imperatively. It 

 was Myers & Samtman asking whether 

 Phil wanted to see something fine. But 

 you will say that is absurd; both Mr. 

 Myers and Mr. Samtman could not have 

 talked through the telephone at once. 

 Not at all. It really was Myers & 



