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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Dbckuber 3, 1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Beauties 



are in good supply with us in all; 

 grades, especially the medium 

 sizes, which are most desirable 

 with many of the buyers. We 

 claim that the 



Quality 



of our Beauties cannot be beaten. 

 They are in excellent condition, 

 clean foliage and fine, long, well 

 shaped buds. All through the 

 month of December will have a 

 large supply of them and you run 

 no risk of being disappointed. 



Price 



is a matter regulated by the con- 

 dition of the market, but you can- 

 not get better value in any other 

 line than Beauties. Prices are 

 low and it will pay you to get our 

 figures and compare them with 

 what you are paying, but don't 

 lose sight of the quality. Pi'ompt 

 and careful service is 



Guaranteed 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Christmas Greens 



You will want a variety of Christmas Greens this 

 month, and naturally want to know where you can get 

 the best. We take pleasure in offering you extra 

 choice well berried Hollyy $5.00 per case (worth the 

 money); choice Mistletoe; new crop Bronze and 

 Green Galax, $7 50 per case (10,000); and Southern 

 Wild Smilax, $5.00 per case. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Open tlU 8 P. M. Write for Pxloe List. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market 



There has been great activity in the 

 cut flower market. Thanksgiving was 

 scarcely over before the Army and Navy 

 football game filled the city with vis- 

 itors, and caused much entertaining and 

 consequent demand for many flowers. It 

 is said that Franklin Field looked like 

 a great garden of violets, orchids and 

 gardenias. Be this as it may, there were 

 many of these dainty flowers worn on 

 Saturday, and the market was buoyant. 



The exceedingly warm weather that 

 ushered in the present week {iccelerated 

 production to an extent that forbade any 

 advance in prices. Choice roses were in 

 active demand at good prices, with the 

 poorer grades dull and irregular. Carna- 

 tions have sold better than for some time 

 past, fancies of one or two popular varie- 

 ties being especially favored. Violets 

 are more plentiful, with indications that 

 the shortage of the last fortnight will 

 not be repeated during December. Sweet 

 peas of the winter flowering varieties are 

 becoming more plentiful; some select 

 stock is bringing more than last week's 

 quotations. Cattleyas are now at high 

 water mark, with indications of an in- 

 crease in supply and probably lower 

 prices during December. Cypripediums 

 are plentiful. Gardenias are fairly 

 scarce and much in demand. Bunches of 

 asparagus continue to sell better than 

 any of the other greens. 



The Thanksgiving business in cut flow- 

 ers was satisfactory. Choice yellow and 

 pink chrysanthemums realized from $3 

 to $4 a dozen, with white a trifle lower. 

 In fact, white were in some quarters too 

 plentiful, and it required the floral offer- 

 ings for the funeral of the father of Is- 

 rael W. Durham, a noted political leader, 

 to carry off the surplus. Violets con- 

 tinued scarce and erratic, the prices on 

 both singles and doubles ranging over an 

 unusually wide stretch of figures. Be- 

 yond these two principal items in Thanks- 

 giving business, only a few general com- 

 ments are necessary. There seemed to 

 be an especially active demand for the 



CTiIke 



choicer' flowers, gardenias, orchids and 

 valley, and in some cases the excellent 

 value given in carnations caused heavy 

 buying. 



While the chrysanthemum season is 

 nearly over, there are a few varieties still 

 in the market. Mme. J. Bosette, pink; 

 Golden Dome, yellow, and Jeanne Nonin, 

 white, will probably be obtainable for 

 ten days. 



Qub Meeting. 



5ii&lea Henry Fox delivered an ad- 

 dress, before the Florists' Club December 

 1." His remarks were much enjoyed, the 

 paper being received with hearty ap- 

 plause. The attendance was large, the 

 session being followed by a smoker. 

 / Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, 

 Mass., sent a handsome exhibit of long- 

 stemmed White Killarney. J. A. Peter- 

 son, Cincinnati, sent his new begonia. 

 President Taft. 



Riverton. 



Nearly every florist who visits the 

 Dreer nurseries at Riverton goes there 

 to see one or the other of the galaxy 

 of floral lights that have aided in making 

 the place. Some go to see George A. 

 Strohlein, some to see James C. Clark, 

 some to see Harry C. Sims, some to see 

 other floral experts, but not one of them 

 has more or warmer friends than J. D. 

 Eisele. The reasons are plain. Mr. 

 Eisele was identified with the place from 

 the early days of its history; all of his 

 great ability has been given to building 

 up the place ever since, and, as a grow- 

 er once voiced the general sentiment, 

 "Eisele is a nice fellow." So you see 

 a representative of the most progressive 

 paper considered himself fortunate in 

 finding Mr. Eisele when he visited River- 

 ton. Mr. Clark was there, too, adding 

 much to the pleasure of the visit. 



Nephrolepis Scholzeli was the first 

 topic. A fern that wins the unqualified 

 approval of two such capable judges as 

 Mr. Eisele and Mr. Clark is good indeed. 

 Their judgment is based on the fact that 

 N. Scholzeli appears to be identical with 

 N. Scottii crested, and that its foliage, 

 while ample, is not dense enough to de- 



