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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



June 4, 1908. 



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For June Weddings and Commencements 



^^M^l^S^^ Cattleya Moesiae, never finer than now. We have this splendid variety in 



quantity. 



M>^j^--^S^^ We are the recognized headquarters for Beauties in Philadelphia, and can 



furnish long-stemmed flowers by the hundred. 



W^^w^^^-wf %/^ll^^mA Our specialist will have a large supply of choice stock for the 

 mnCy TClllt>y June weddings. 



Sweet Peas 



Outdoor grown, in all the leading colors. 



OUR SERVICE IS UMEXCEIXED. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO., Wholesale Horists 



1209 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



consider the proposition favorably, it is 

 thought. 



Other matters of minor importance 

 will he considered. The meeting will 

 be held at the Young establishment on 

 East Fifth street. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Decoration day business was decidedly 

 discouraging. The weather conditions 

 were so unfavorable that satisfactory 

 handling of cut flowers was impossible. 

 A large quantity of the stock received 

 was absolutely useless, wilting down so 

 quickly in the heat that it was impossi- 

 ble to send it out. Even stock that ex- 

 perienced judges considered safe for ship- 

 ping orders was in some cases unfit to be 

 used when received. There were heavy 

 orders from the battle towns up the 

 state on Thursday, but owing to the ex- 

 treme weather, these orders, even when 

 the stock was received in excellent con- 

 dition, were not duplicated, the peonies 

 and other flowers on the buyers' places 

 coming in such large quantities as to 

 render heavy purchases unnecessary. 



Locally, Decoration day is not more 

 than an ordinarily good day. While the 

 florists near the cemeteries are, of course, 

 especially busy, many of the best shops 

 are quite dull. The closing days of the 

 horse show brought some fashionable 

 folks to the city, and for their benefit a 

 few tasty dinners were given, calling for 

 some of the best flowers. Then, there 

 were one or two commencements. The ex- 

 cessively heavy downpour of rain on Sat- 

 urday closed the week disastrously. Sun- 

 day was, however, an active day with 

 the cemetery florists, the buyers who 

 could not come out on Saturday owing to 

 the rain making their purchases then. 

 Monday opened badly, there being a 

 great quantity of stock left over from 

 last week, much of it in wretched condi- 

 tion. Several good weddings on Tuesday, 

 followed by the Bryn Mawr commence- 

 ment, have created a demand for really 

 choice stock. 



Peonies are in tremendous supply. 

 Festiva maxima and Prince Nicholas 

 touched 12 cents when in fine condition 

 for shipping last Thursday. They are 

 now bringing from 8 to 10 cents. Good 



NICHELL'S 



Reliable Flower Seeds 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



We offer fine, plump, new crop lathhouse 

 grown seed, of high germination, at the fol- 

 lowing special low prices : 



100 seeds.... $0.40 I 1000 seeds... $ 3.00 



500 seeds.... 1.75 I 5000 seeds.... 13.75 



10,000 seeds $25.00 



Primula Chinensis Fimbriata 



hi Trade Pkt. Trade Pkt. 

 Alba Mairnifica 60c $1.00 



Chiswick Red 60c 1.00 



Holborn Blue 60c 1.00 



Kermesina Splendens 60c 1.00 



Rosy Morn ODc 1.00 



MIchell's Prize Mixture, contains only the 

 finest sorts, selected from the best strains, 

 '-J trade pkt., 60c; trade plct., $1.00. 



PANSY SEED 



MICHELL'S GIANT EXHIBITION 



ORDERS BOOKEI> NOW 

 FOR NEW CROP SEEDS. 



A giant strain which we have secured 

 from the leading Pansy Specialists in Ger- 

 many, England and France. For size of 

 bloom, heavy texture and varied shades 

 and colors, with their distinct markings, 

 this strain cannot be excelled. 



Per trade pkt., 50c; per 's ounce. 75c: 

 per ounce, $5.00. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA 6RANDIFL0RA 



Kermesina, Red trade pkt., 40c 



Rosea, Pink " 30c 



Alba, White " 80c 



Hybrida, Mixed " 80c 



HEADQUARTERS FOR LIL. EORNOSUMI 



STOCK LIMITED, ORDER QUICK. 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



Market Street, above 10th Street, 



PHn.ADieT.PHIA, PA. 



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ordinary stock, in prime condition, 

 brought 4 to 6 cents on Thursday, but 

 has since receded to 3 to 4 cents. Really 

 choice carnations were extremely scarce, 

 the fancies running up to 4 cents, and, 

 in a few cases, more. They have now 

 receded a point, but fully half the stock 

 coming in is unsalable. The indoor sweet 

 peas may be placed in the same class, 

 but the outdoor peas now coming in, of 

 all colors, are splendid stock, good flow- 

 ers on long stems, that will give satisfac- 

 tion anywhere. Cattleyas are still fin^, 

 and there is a heavy supply of good val- 

 ley brought in for the June weddings. 



Bridesmaid and Bride have deterio- 

 rated so badly with many growers as to 

 render them unfit for nice work. Of 

 course, there are some good flowers of 

 each of these varieties to be had, but 

 generally speaking Killarney is far and 

 away the best pink, and Kaiserin must 

 do service for white. 



There seems a reaction in some parts 

 of the market against the bolder Adian- 

 tum Croweanum and hybridum in favor 

 of the more graceful Adiantum cuneatum 

 when well grown. 



Gardenias can still be had of fair 

 quality, and there are some Easter lilies. 

 Japanese snowballs are about over. 



At Seven Fourteen. 



Everybody knows that the above num- 

 ber is that of the store on Chestnut street 

 where the Henry A. Dreer Co. conducts 

 its seed and plant business. It is always 

 an attractive store. The windows at this 

 season of the year are divided between 

 seed and the results, so to speak; in 

 other words, plants in bloom, perennials 

 being a special feature of the eastern 

 or Delaware window. Specimen plants 

 of Hydrangea Otaksa, in just that allur- 

 ing condition of forwardness of bud that 

 makes the prospective buyer feel that he 



