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Th e Weekly Florists^ Revie^# 



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December 10, 1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Greens 



..For.. 



Christmas 



HOLLY 



Dark green foliage, well ber- 

 ried, $4.50 per case, standard 

 size. 



BOXWOOD 



Choice stock. 15c per lb., in 

 50-lb. cases. 



HOLLY WREATH 



Extra heavy wreath, well made, 

 $12.00 and $15.00 per 100. 



LYCOPODIUM 



50-lb. bags. Roping. Price 

 on application. 



MISTLETOE 



Will sell in less than case lots. 

 $5.00 to $10.00 per case. 



MOSS 



Fadeless green sheet Moss. 

 $3.50 per bag. 



GALAX 



Bronze and green. $1.00 per 

 1000; $7.50 per case. 



LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS 



Bronze and green. 75c per 100; 

 $6.50 per 1000. 



WILD SMILAX 



Selected stock. $5.00 per case. 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



■*' '-'■■, 



Christmas Greens 



Imported Tree Box, $7.50 per caee (50 lbs.) . 



W0II Berried Holly, $5.00 per case. 



Laurel Wreathing, $4.00 and $5.00 per 100 yards. 



Holly Wreaths, $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 per 100. 



Green and Bronze Galax (new crop), $7.50 per case. 



* Everything Seasonable in Cut Flowers. 



We are prepared to supply choice stock and in quantity. 



ORDER EARLY, PLEASE. 



W. E. McKISSlCK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riling Eastern Market 



The cut flower market has met with a 

 slight reverse since last week's report; 

 nothing serious, just a check on the pre- 

 hoUday advance. Carnations felt it most, 

 and expected to feel it least, because 

 everybody argued carnations would be in 

 demand after the chrysanthemum season. 

 Somehow the chrysanthemum season has 

 hung on longer than expected, and carna- 

 tions have not felt the lively demand 

 anticipated. Nonin mums still are re- 

 ceived in some quantity. These and the 

 soft roses due to warm weather may 

 account for the poor sale of white carna- 

 tions. 



Violets have felt the check. It was 

 partly their own fault, because they were^ 

 so extremely scarce Thanksgiving week 

 that the price was pushed up to a pro- 

 hibitive figure for the everyday buyer. 

 The result was a decided falling oflE in 

 the demand. While the supply is still 

 light, prices are less than half those of 

 a week or ten days ago. 



Boses have suffered in the shorter 

 grades, but the finer stock is selling at 

 satisfactory prices. American Beauties 

 are rather in oversupply, the usual early 

 December advance in price being absent. 

 Mrs. Jardihe is pushing to the front as 

 a winter rose, some choice blooms of this 

 variety running a close race with medium 

 Beauties in size of flower, stem and 

 foliage. 



The demand for the aristocratic sec- 

 tion, in which class cattleyas and gar- 

 denias may be placed, has fallen off, 

 indicating that most of the debutantes 

 have had their coming-out teas. There 

 is still sufficient demand to keep the lim- 

 ited supply at a high price. 



Sweet peas are more plentiful, pink 

 and white being obtainable in most of 

 the wholesale houses, while lavender is 

 scarce. Mignonette, bouvardia and yel- 

 low and white daisies are improving, but 

 are not plentiful. A little myosotis has 

 made its appearance, and snapdragon is 

 seen here and there. The first poinset- 

 tias are in. 



Wild smilax is selling well, but the 

 tame article is not particularly sought 

 after. 



There is a decided increase in shipping 

 demands, some excellent out-of-town 

 orders having been filled recently. The 

 first German in Baltimore, December 7, 

 did not create the demand expected, 

 there being but six or eight debutantes, 

 in place of fifty last year. The opening 

 of congress in Washington on the same 

 day has ceased to be a floral event, the 

 ruling off of floral gifts from the mem- 

 bers' desks proving the deathblow to this 

 once popular custom. 



The Spiraea Situation. 



Astilbe or spiraea, as it is generally 

 known, is considered one of the hardiest 

 and cheapest of the Dutch grown roots 

 in general cultivation. They furnish 

 more for the money than almost any- 

 thing else, and when well grown are 

 extremely profitable to our florists. It 

 is, therefore, a matter for general regret 

 that owing to the dry summer in Hol- 

 land, Spiraea Gladstone has proved an 

 almost total failure. Orders for this 

 popular variety of spiraea have been 

 filled only partially, and the roots that 

 have reached this country in both grades 

 are far, far below those of last season. 

 The two other varieties of spirssa gen- 

 erally forced, floribunda and multiflora 

 compacta, are fortunately in abundant 

 supply and of excellent quality, so that 

 fairly satisfactory substitutes for Glad- 

 stone can be obtained. 



An Invitation. 



The essayist of the evening had just 

 concluded and Phil was meditating on 

 his remarks about araucarias and red 

 neckties when a gentle voice whispered 

 in his ear, "Won't you come and see 

 me?" It was Godfrey Aschmann, who 

 makes araucarias, or Christmas trees, as 

 they are popularly called, a specialty. 

 And as everybody wants to know the 

 secret of Godfrey Aschmann's success, 

 Phil at once accepted, and faithfully 

 kept his appointment. It was striking 

 noon before he arrived, so he planned 



