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The; Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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October 22, 1908. 



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Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



ROSES 



We are of(erin£ you the best 

 selection of high grade stock in Phil- 

 adelphia. Among our growers are 

 some of the expert craftsmen devoted 

 to the culture of Roses. Yots can not 

 get better stock elsewhere. Below 

 we give you price for the week com- 

 mencing October 26. 



Beauties penoo 



36-in. and over . . .$20.00 to $25.00 



24to30-in 18.00 to 20.00 



18to20-in 12.00 to 15.00 



12tol5-in 8.00 to 12.00 



Shorts 5.00 



Richmond 



Firsts 3.00 to 4.00 



Extras 5.00 



Special 6.00 



Bride, Maid and Gate 



Per 100 

 Firsts $3.00 



Extras $4.00 to 5.00 



Special 6.00 



Killarney 



Firsts 3,00 to 4.00 



Extras 5.00 to 6.00 



Maryland and Mrs. Jardine 



Per 100 

 Firsts $1.00 



Extras $5.00 to 6.00 



' Special 8.00 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Good value, per doz . . . $1.00 to $1.50 

 Fancy stock, per doz . . . 2.00 



BUSINESS HOURS: 

 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



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Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Autumnal Orders 



Are not as plentiful as they will be later; when you 

 get them you want to get extra good value for your 

 money. You can do this with Chrysanthemums; 

 the mid-season varieties will be at their best next 

 week; with American Beauties they are extra fine 

 and with Violets — single and double. :: :: :: 



W. E. McKissick 



Wholesale Florist 



1619=21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risine Eastern Market. 



Conditions in the cut flower market are 

 unusual. The frost of October 12 has 

 been succeeded by more than a week of 

 extraordinarily warm weather, weather 

 that would have been considered warm in 

 summer, but is now most unseasonable. 

 The effect has been to railroad all the 

 staple crops on an already weak market. 

 Add to this cosmos, never before so fine 

 and plentiful, a few dahlias, and some 

 of nearly every known variety of sum- 

 mer blooming flowers, and you will un- 

 derstand why it is that the demand is 

 not sufficient to absorb anything like the 

 supply of flowers coming into town to- 

 day. 



There is a demand. While it is weak 

 and irregular in some quarters, in others 

 it is excellent, and there can be no ques- 

 tion that were the supply anywhere near 

 normal for this season, or were we to 

 have frost, which may come any night, 

 the market would improve decidedly. 



The early varieties of chrysanthemums, 

 Glory of Pacific family, are already wan- 

 ing. Their place is being taken by the 

 advance guard of the midseason sorts. 

 Col. Appleton, Eobert Halliday, Mme. 

 Clementine Touset, Ivory and Pink 

 Ivory being prominent. Prices rule low, 

 fully one-third lower than at this time 

 last year. The quality is excellent. Care- 

 ful examination justifies the belief that 

 more chrysanthemums are being sold in 

 this market today than were sold a year 

 ago, but the total sales will not realize 

 the same value. 



Boses are extraordinarily plentiful. 

 The smaller varieties are being moved in 

 thousand lots at special quotations to sell 

 them, it being impossible to dispose of 

 most of those that reach town in any 

 other way. The best still continue to 

 bring listed quotations, but they" must be 

 good indeed to do this. 



More carnations are being sold than a 

 week ago, but they are not bringing any 

 more than last week's low quotations, 

 although the quality is improved. The 

 hot weather interferes with their dura- 



bility. The call for valley is erratic j 

 some days it is excellent, on others poor. 

 Violets are in oversupply. So great is 

 the surplus that prices have reached a 

 level where some of the wholesalers find 

 it necessary to restrict production. Dou- 

 ble violets are improving. Among the 

 orchids, cattleyas are excellent value. 

 Oncidiums are plentiful, but dendrobiums 

 and cyps are rather scarce. There is a 

 moderate supply of Easter lilies and 

 callas. Pansies have made their appear- 

 ance and are welcome. Greens have been 

 selling better than for some time past, 

 Asparagus plumosus in bunches being in 

 brisk demand with those who make a 

 specialty of it. 



Pompon chrysanthemums have made 

 their appearance. Autumn foliage and 

 wild smilax continue important factors 

 to the decorators. Fancy cosmos is prob- 

 ably better value for the money than 

 anything else on the list today. 



Dahlias. 



A question appeared in the Review 

 two weeks ago as to the best half dozen 

 varieties of dahlias for cut flowers. Feel- 

 ing that this subject is one of great im- 

 portance to the dahlia growers, three 

 wholesale houses, making a specialty of 

 this fall flower, have been asked to give 

 their selection of varieties. In each case 

 the number has been limited to six, as 

 specified in the question, although it is 

 not intended to give the impression that 

 a dahlia grower should limit himself to 

 that number of varieties. While a range 

 of color is desirable, it is also most de- 

 sirable that a grower should have enough 

 of one variety to enable his wholesaler to 

 fill orders in quantity for that particular 

 variety. The following are the list: 



W. E. McKissick — Mary McCullough, 

 Jones, Nellie Stewart, Perle d'Or, 

 Kriemhilde, Katherine Duer. 



Leo Niessen Co. — Jack Bosie, Perle 

 d'Or, Bruton, Sylvia, Kriemhilde, Lynd- 

 hurst. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. — Jack Eose, 

 Eloise (both seedlings of William F. 

 Bassett's), Yellow Prince, Kriemhilde, 

 White Kriemhilde, Pink Perle. 



