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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Max 14. 1908. 



Place Your Decoration Day Orders Early 



AND INSURE GETTING THE PICK OF THE STOCK 



g^^^^»^g^f» We expect to have a splendid 

 ■^C"niCv9 stock ol all the leading varieties. 



Dagger Ferns 



New crop in 

 fine condition. 



n^n ll^if^ A ^h^^c^. l^looms on long 



stems in any quantity. 



#>«^pi_^«^^S^g^^ We can ship them by the 

 Cornel IIUII^ thousands in all colors. 



^>^^^^^ A fine assortment of 

 ICv3C9 pink, white and red. 



Our Service Is Unexcelled 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 





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given at Eaucher's May 19. Lunch was 

 served. O. O. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The RitinS Eastern Market. 



A friend remarked casually on Monday 

 of last week that it was "Quaker 

 Week," The full significance of this 

 statement was hardly realized by most 

 of us until Saturday night, when a sum- 

 ming up of the weather conditions 

 showed that we had had next to no sun, 

 a superabundance of rain, and cold 

 weather, most unusual for the early days 

 of May. The effect of this weather on 

 the market was marked. Production was 

 cut down considerably. Quality was im- 

 proved where the growers spared no 

 pains to keep their stock in the best pos- 

 sible condition, but quality was lost by 

 those who left any stone unturned in 

 this direction. The demand improved 

 considerably, owing, of course, partly 

 to the havoc among outdoor flowers 

 caused by the rain, and partly to other 

 conditions. Saturday saw the best clean- 

 up the market has experienced for many 

 weeks. Monday there was a fair de- 

 mand, with better average prices than 

 have been realized since the terribly low 

 prices first set in. These better average 

 prices do not indicate so much any ad- 

 vance as they do a diminution of waste. 



The principal cause of business activ- 

 ity was Mothers' day. May 10. This 

 floral festival was probably the greatest 

 surprise of the year, even to the know- 

 ing ones. The street asserted that a 

 lady on Twelfth street" (no, not 108 

 South, but some twenty hundred and 

 something north) wrote a letter to one 

 of the local dailies urging that every- 

 body celebrate Mothers' day "in honor 

 of the best mother in the world — ^your 

 mother and my mother, be she living or 

 be she dead," by wearing a white car- 

 nation. This suggestion, taken up by 

 the dailies, caught the popular fancy. 

 The result was a tremendous demand for 

 white carnations and for other flowers 

 on Saturday, May 9. Many were given 

 away in the Sunday schools and by en- 

 terprising business firms, and many were 

 sold by the retailers to their customers. 



The market was in shape for this on- 



BULB BARGAINS TO CLOSE 



TUBEROSES 



We offer (subject to being unsold on receiving order) a splendid lot of Tuberoses, at 

 the following extraordinarily low prices: 



Choice, first size, 86c per 100, $6.50 per 1000. 

 Choice, seoond size, 60c per 100, $3.50 per 1000. 



These bulbs are very fine, and must not be confounded with ordinary cheap offers. 



AsparaKo> Pl« Naaaa Seed. 100 1000 



Choice arreenhouse-grown $0.60 $4.50 



Grown In lath-hoases, 112.50 per 5000. . .40 3.00 



Asparagus SprenKeri Seed. 100 1000 



Choice greenhoaM-grown $0.20 $1.25 



Imported 15 .70 



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219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



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slaught. White, which has been fear- 

 fully overdone all through the spring, 

 was in great evidence on Saturday 

 morning. By noon on Saturday the 

 wholesalers felt the demand, and by 

 night they were completely cleaned up 

 of everything in the shape of a white 

 carnation in their places. 



Other flowers were affected to a 

 greater or less extent. Beauties, where 

 of quality, were in active demand; also 

 cattleyas, and to some extent gardenias. 

 Valley sold better than for a long time, 

 though it is reinforced by the outdoor 

 valley. Sweet peas are in demand, the 

 medium grade stock being more prom- 

 inent than the fancy. Peonies have 

 made their appearance, locally grown, a 

 soft pink variety chiefly. The greatest 

 addition to the market, however, is the 

 Spanish iris, which is fine. It comes 

 from the south, in purple, lavender, 

 white and yellow and is most decorative. 

 Southern asparagus in bunches is plen- 

 tiful, giving good value. Smilax is in 

 fair demand, but rather scarce. The 

 new crop of dagger ferns has made its 

 appearance. 



The H. F. Michel! Co. to Move. 



The street is much interested in the 

 purchase of historic Tower Hall, 518 

 Market street, by the Henry F. Michell 



Co. Tower Hall is a 5-story granite 

 building stretching back all the way to 

 Ludlow street, Nos. 511 and 513. The 

 prosperity of the company has been ad- 

 mitted by the street for many years. 

 The surprise is due to the fact of the 

 move being made five blocks east of the 

 present location, the street believing 

 that the company would never move far 

 from the Beading terminal neighbor- 

 hood. Phil called on Henry F. Michell 

 in regard to the matter. Mr. Michell 

 stated that his company would not move 

 from the present location at 1018 Mar- 

 ket street until the lease expires in No- 

 vember, 1910. That the object in mov- 

 ing is primarily to secure more space, 

 the new building giving fully fifty per 

 cent more space than the present quar- 

 ters. Begarding the location, Mr. Michell 

 said that business conditions were chang- 

 ing on Market street near the Beading 

 terminal. He said that many of their 

 best customers decline to come to the 

 store at all on account of the throngs 

 of cheap buyers by whom they are 

 jostled and retarded. He believed that 

 all their best customers would be carried 

 with them to the new location, and the 

 undesirable ones to some extent elim- 

 inated. J. A. Smith, manager of the 

 company, thought the move would be an 

 excellent one, as the efficient staff of 



