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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 





November 19, 1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



For 



Thankssiving 



BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 



We call special atten- 

 tion to our stock of 

 long stemmed Beauties. 

 Excellent supply, qual- 

 ity fine. 



RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 



We will be very strong 

 on Richmond. The 

 cold weather has im- 

 proved quality 100%. 



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Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. 



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Our supply will be complete 



The quality unequaled 



Place your order here and get the service 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



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nue, supplies decorations with more or 

 less regularity for several downtown ho- 

 tels, restaurants and other public places, 

 such as the Edelweiss, the Grand Pacific, 

 the Chicago Club, the Union, the Bis- 

 marck and several others. In his stock 

 of art ware he has some particularly 

 unique and tasteful pieces which were re- 

 cently imported from Japan. He also 

 handles a novelty called the Illuminated 

 Fern Stand. 



C. M. Dickinson returned November 

 17 from Little Rock, where he was judge 

 of the flower show last week. He says 

 hospitality is unlimited in that section. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The opening of the opera season No- 

 vember 17 occasioned a surprising de- 

 mand for violets. The growers were 

 caught . unprepared, owing partly to the 

 arrival of winter, which came unexpect- 

 edly November 14, in a snowstorm fol- 

 lowed by a drop in the temperature, and 

 partly to the late moving of plants into 

 the houses. Those who had violets en- 

 joyed an active business at advanced 

 prices. Hightstown and the Hudson 

 river contributed Lady Campbell and 

 Marie Louise, respectively, to aid really 

 superb singles in meeting the demand, 

 and a fair showing was made. 



Chrysanthemums have shortened con- 

 siderably since last report. Major Bon- 

 naffon is here, but is expected to leave 

 shortly. Mrs. Chadwick, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones and Timothy Eaton, all in white 

 and yellow; Golden Dome, yellow, and 

 Mme. J. Rosette, pink, about complete 

 the list of the varieties that are doing 

 duty now and are expected to remain 

 until after Thanksgiving. Prices have 

 advanced, with the probability that they 

 will remain high for all good stock until 

 the close of the autumn queen's season. 



Carnations are fine, plentiful, and un- 

 satisfactory. By unsatisfactory I mean 

 that they are selling too cheaply. For 

 some reason, prices have not advanced as 

 they should, except on thousand lots. 



which are quoted a little higher than a 

 week ago. Indications point to an ad- 

 vance in the carnation market, an ad- 

 vance that is badly needed. 



Roses are improving in quality. Beau- 

 ties have become more plentiful. While 

 they are selling well, there is no im- 

 provement in price, the supply being ful- 

 ly equal to the demand. Brides and 

 Maids have improved, some really su- 

 perb stock being seen. Richmond are 

 plentiful and of splendid quality. Ex- 

 cellent flowers of all the other varieties 

 of roses can now be found. 



Bouvardia is coming in strongly, pink 

 and red being the prevailing colors. Ro- 

 mans and Paper Whites have made their 

 appearance. Stevia serrata is also here. 

 Orchids are a trifle scarcer. Cattleya 

 labiata is making its last bow, while C. 

 TriansB is coming to the front. Yandas, 

 oncidiums, dendrobiums, and cyps give 

 an excellent range of color. Lilium Har- 

 risii has shortened considerably, the price 

 hardening. Greens are abundant. The 

 tone of the market, while not buoyant, is 

 better. For quotations, see wholesale 

 list. 



A Floral Arcadia. 



Fred Ehret sent out invitations for a 

 chrysanthemum show, to be held in his 

 combined stores at 702 North Broad 

 street and 1407 Fairmount avenue, No- 

 vember 11 to 13. The show, believed to 

 be the first formal affair of the kind 

 conducted by a commercial florist, was 

 also an opening for Mr. Ehret 's new 

 Broad street store. The two run at right 

 angles with each other, meeting in a 

 conservatory at the rear of both, so that 

 the visitor may enter the front door at 

 702 North Broad street, go back through 

 the store to the conservatory and, turn- 

 ing to his left, go through the store and 

 out through the front door of the store 

 at 1407 Fairmount avenue. Mr. Ehret 

 had gathered all the choicest available 

 material to be found in the Philadel- 

 phia market. There were specimen 

 blooms of all the leading commercial 

 varieties of chrysanthemums, many of 

 the best flowering and foliage plants and 



