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20 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OcTOBKU 15, 1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



CATTLLYAS 



$«.00 Par Doz.; $40.00 Per 100 



Wc can furnish them in almost any 

 quantity. Our Cattleyas are fine; in 

 fact, we do not think you will find a 

 higher grade of flowers anywhere. 

 Please note price we are quoting in 

 hundred lots. 



BEAUTIES 



The Best, $25.00 Per 100 



They always have been a leader 

 with us. We make a strong claim 

 for quantity and quality as well. 

 Philadelphia has always had a repu- 

 tation for its Beauties, and our stock 

 lives up to this reputation. 



COSMOS 



$6.00 Per 1000 



For decorating, where a large effect 

 is desired at a small cost, nothing is 

 so appropriate as Cosmos. We are 

 offering the late variety, fine, long 

 stemmed stock, in pink, white and red. 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS 



$10.00 Per 100 and up 



We can furnish all the standard 

 varieties, due as the season advances. 

 We have some very choice stock, 

 also plenty of the medium grade 

 flowers. The latter seem most 

 popular with the average florist. We 

 can give you good value in this 

 grade. On large quantities, write us 

 for quotations. 



BUSINESS HOURS 



7 A. M to 8 p. M. 



TheleoNiesseoCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



Philadelphia 



Autumnal Orders 



Can be filled with exceptionally fine stock this season, 

 even viewed from Philadelphia's high-grade standpoint. 



Specialties for the coming week are: 



Fancy Chrysanthemums, 'white, pink and yellow. 



American Beauty Roses. 



Mrs. Jardine and My Maryland Roses. 



Selected Carnations. 



Wild Smilaz. 



W. E. McKissick 



Wtiolesale Florist 



1619=21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when you write. 



number of members being present. The 

 various committees reported progress. 

 Ed. Forter, of A. Sunderbruch's Sons, 

 was elected a member. After the busi- 

 ness meeting was over, a fine banquet 

 was spread before the members, through 

 the courtesy of Max Eudolph. Alto- 

 gether, the meeting was a very enjoy- 

 able one and all that were present ex- 

 pressed themselves as having had a fine 

 time and having greatly enjoyed the 

 hospitality of Mr. Eudolph. 



E. G. Hill was in town October 8, ac- 

 companied by his wife. 



J. T. Conger was the judge for the 

 Hamilton, O., fair. 



Mrs. Underwood, of Little Rock, Ark., 

 is visiting Mrs. A. Garges, who is her 

 sister. 



The death of Henry Glins, which re- 

 moved from our midst one of the best 

 known florists in this city, is recorded 

 in this week's obituary column. 



C. J. Ohmee. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The consensus of opinion is that 

 founders' we^ek had no effect on the cut 

 flower business in general. It is summed 

 up in this way: The additional enter- 

 tainments and decorations in the hotels 

 and restaurants were counterbalanced by 

 the loss in transient trade. 



This week has opened better, with 

 brisker demand, both shipping and local, 

 especially the former. The quantity of 

 stock coming into town, however, pre- 

 cludes the possibility of anything but a 

 buyer's market. The feature of the situa- 

 tion which stands out most prominently 

 is the increase in the number of chrysan- 

 themums. Conservative judges estimate 

 that every grower who sent in one flower 

 at this time last year is sending in two 

 today. The result is extraordinarily low 

 prices, which are the more noteworthy 

 when the quality of the stock is consid- 

 ered. It has, as is well known, been an 

 extraordinary growing season, and this 

 fact is clearly shown by the wonderfully 



high grade of nearly all the chrysanthe- 

 mums now coming in. 



Cattleyas have become so plentiful that 

 the price has fallen, bringing more buy- 

 ers into the market for this rich flower, 

 hundreds being sold where dozens were 

 used formerly. American Beauties are 

 fine and plentiful. They are selling 

 fairly well. Valley is in splendid de- 

 mand, the consumption being heavy. 

 (Jarnations have fallen off a little. Im- 

 mense quantities of dahlias, of the show- 

 iest varieties, were being sold until heavy 

 frost October 12 did serious injury. 



Dendrobium formosum can only be 

 obtained in small quantities, but oncid- 

 iums are plentiful. Harrisii lilies are in 

 moderate supply. Callas, bouvardia, and 

 mignonette have made their appearance. 

 The last is fine. Cosmos was never 

 better. Immense quantities of superb 

 blooms on stems ranging from two to 

 three feet in length go begging, there 

 being no demand proportionate to the 

 supply. Double violets are improving in 

 quality, and can be shipped anywhere. 

 There is no change in the rose situation. 

 Asters and gladioli are over. Greens are 

 in moderate demand. 



The Historical Pageant. 



The receipts of the Bapid Transit Co. 

 Friday, October 9, exceeded $77,000, the 

 largest receipts in the history of the com- 

 pany. This was due to its being His- 

 torical day in founders' week. The his- 

 torical pageant, the feature of that day, 

 may be safely chronicled as Philadel- 

 phia's proudest achievement of a week of 

 triumphs. A little bit of history in con- 

 nection with this parade will be of in- 

 terest to all members of the profession. 

 Exactly ten weeks before J. J. Haber- 

 mehl's Sons, the well known florists and 

 decorators, of Twenty-second and Dia- 

 mond streets and the Bellevue-Stratfordi 

 hotel in this city, signed a contract to' 

 furnish all of the sixty-eight tableaux 

 and floats required in the procession. To 

 execute their contract -the decorators 

 secured the use of the buildings formerly 

 operated by a brick-making company on 

 York road near Hunting park. The 



