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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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NOTBMBEB 26, '1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Beauties 



BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 BEAUTIES 

 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 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 

 RICHMOND 



We will be very strong 

 on Richmond. The 

 cold weather has im- 

 proved quality lOO^^. 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



December Demands 



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Are alwayi for the choicest flowers, no matter what kind "^ 



They Must Be Choice 



We have them. VIolcts— Long stems, single, fragrant, 

 Philadelphia standard ; Marie Louise, Doubles from 

 the Hudson River. Choice roses, BeautiOSt Brides* 

 Maids, Kiiiarney, Liberty and Richmond. 

 Carnations in all the leading varieties. Wild 

 Smilax for the decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619=21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Open tUl 8 F. M. Write for Price List. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risiii£ Eastern Market. 



The cut flower market showed greater 

 activity last week than at any time this 

 fall. There were some quiet days, but 

 there could be no mistaking the fact that 

 the volume of business was larger and 

 prices firmer. 



Beauties were plentiful and finer even 

 than usual at this season. Killarney and 

 Bride have improved. Richmond is sell- 

 ing better. Mrs. Jardine is good and" 

 plentiful, but My Maryland is scarce. 

 White Killarney has made its appear- 

 ance, showing excellent form. 



Orchids are less plentiful. Cattleya 

 TriansB has advanced in price. The 

 other listed varieties, barring cypri- 

 pediums, are only in moderate supply at 

 last week's figures. 



Chrysanthemums have shortened mark- 

 edly. There are still plenty of big flow- 

 ers to be had, provided the price don't 

 interfere. Jeanne Nonin has reinforced 

 Mrs. Chadwick in whites. White Jones 

 is in the next class. Pink and yellow 

 are harder to obtain than white. In the 

 latter color Golden Dome leads. 



Carnations have not kept pace with 

 their rivals. The supply continues ample 

 for all requirements and prices rule low. 

 There was a slight advance on some fancy 

 stock. 



Violets have never been so scarce in 

 this market just before Thanksgiving, 

 and prices jumped to a figure that drove 

 many of the buyers out of the market. 

 No one seemed to have had enough for 

 either shipping or local orders. Every- 

 one was calling on everyone else for vio- 

 lets, generally without success. 



Valley showed an improvement in 

 prices realized. Easter lilies are not 

 plentiful, but there is no special demand 

 for them. 



Bunches of Asparagus plumosus have 

 been selling better; other greens are 

 quiet. Bronze galax leaves have arrived. 



The Demand for Palms. 



The fall business in palms and dec- 



orative plants, which closed with this 

 week, has been unusually active with the 

 growers in this vicinity. The consensus 

 of opinion is that the quantity of high 

 grade plants that have been shipped from 

 this market has been at least as large aa 

 in any previous season, when it is remem- 

 bered that last season was one of the 

 most active on record, the fall shipping 

 business having practically ended when 

 the financial flurry of November, 1907, 

 occurred. Comparing the plant growing 

 industry with the cut flower tra^e and 

 with nearly all the principal industries 

 in this locality, it will be seen at a 

 glance that the plant growers had espe- 

 cial cause to give thanks on Thursday. 



Should anyone ask for a cause for 

 this encouraging condition, it is not dif- 

 ficult to find; the answer will simply be, 

 quality. The quality of the Philadel- 

 phia palms and many other decorative 

 plants appeals to the buyers all over 

 the country. This quality explains the 

 healthy growth in spite of times of de- 

 pression. J. D. Eisele, of the Henry A. 

 Dreer Co., Biverton, N. J., when asked 

 regarding plant conditions, said that 

 while he had not had time to gather 

 exact figures since his return from Eu- 

 rope, he was convinced from the condi- 

 tion of the houses and the shipping room 

 that the demand was fully up to the 

 average and believed that it would far 

 exceed the demand of last year during 

 the next six weeks. Joseph Heacock, 

 president of the company that bears his 

 name, said that the demand for kentias 

 and other palms during the last season 

 was greater than ever before. Even now 

 large orders are going out daily. Mr. 

 Heacock attributed the heavy demand to 

 the publicity he had given his product. 

 Charles D. Ball said that the demand this 

 season had been so good that his stock 

 was practically exhausted in many of the 

 medium sizes. September exceeded any 

 month, with one exception, since Mr. Ball 

 has been in the palm growing business. 



The New Michell BtsilcUng. 



Tower Hall is easily the finest build- 

 ing on the south side of Market street 

 between Fifth and Sixth. Standing in 



