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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



DbceiMbbr 17, 1908. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Beauties 



Our Btock for the Holidaye will 

 be of the usual high standard. 

 We expect a good supply of them, 

 but we advise early ordering. If 

 you will place your order with us, 

 you will have the assurance of 

 quality and goods billed at the 

 correct price. 



Richmond 



We will have some very fine 

 Richmond for Christmas, in all 

 grades. If you want something 

 very choice, we will have a lim- 

 ited quantity, stock with stems 

 from 24 to 36 inches long. 



• We will have many other good 

 things to offer for Christmas. Let 

 us mention some of the flowers of 

 which we will have choice stock; 

 your customer will appreciate a 

 variety something to select from; 



MIGNONETTE, 



selected stock 



SWEET PEAS 



BOUVARDIA 



in pink and red 



GARDENIAS 



VALLEY 



CATTLEYAS 



DAISIES, white 



CYPRIPEDIUMS 



POINSETTIAS 



Send for our Christmas Price List. 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



HERE FOR 



First— A choice selection 

 Second — Up=to=date service 

 Third — Value for your money 



PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION 



W. E. HcKISSICK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Op«n tlU 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eaitern Market. 



The conditions in the cut flower mar- 

 ket this week are rather difficult to 

 describe. Perhaps it can best be under- 

 stood by taking the case of a wagon, or, 

 let us be modern, and say an automo- 

 bile, that is caught in a ditch. The 

 ■wholesalers and growers have hold of 

 the wheels and are pushing with all their 

 might. They realize that they must push, 

 or they will not succeed. Progress in all 

 such cases is sjow, but when the car once 

 begins to move, which is expected about 

 next week, it will go forward rapidly 

 indeed. 



Prices are advancing. It is most 

 noticeable on roses; both the fancy and 

 ordinary grades are in better demand at 

 higher figures. Beauties are plentiful, 

 and unusually good value for the season, 

 at present quotations. Mrs. Jardine and 

 Killarney come next. Both are fine in 

 the special class. Richmond is also excel- 

 lent, and selling fast. These four varie- 

 ties promise to be strong factors at 

 Christmas. Bride and Maid have ad- 

 vanced in price, but they are not likely 

 to be overplentiful next week. It seems 

 more difficult to control these varieties 

 than some of the others. My Maryland 

 will not be a factor, and Kaiserin is but 

 little seen. 



Carnations sold better last week, and 

 it really seems as though the turning 

 point had been reached in the long lane 

 of adversity through which the divine 

 flower has passed. 



Cattleyas are selling well. They have 

 advanced in price to Christmas figures, 

 with indications that they will not be 

 overplentiful next week. Gardenias are 

 also in demand. More of the small 

 flowers are coming in, such as mignon- 

 ette, bouvardia, pansies, and, last but by 

 no means least, violets. Poinsettias are 

 more in evidence. Romans and Paper 

 Whites sell poorly. Greens of all kinds 

 are in demand. Before closing, it is only 

 necessary to add that valley is a strong 

 factor. 



Indications for Christmas. 



While it is impossible to give any 

 certain information concerning Christmas 

 flowers and greens, a careful survey ot 

 the field the week before Christmas leads 

 to the belief that flowers generally, bar- 

 ring unexpectedly adverse weather, will 

 be plentiful. There are a few exceptions 

 to this rule, notably poinsettias, which 

 have acted badly this season; and cat- 

 tleyas, which have sold better than usual 

 before Christmas. Brides and Maids of 

 good quality will also be rather shy. 

 Hardy greens promise to be unusually 

 fine, holly exceptionally so. 



Dutyr on Seeds. 



The American Seed Trade Association,, 

 the Wholesale Seedsmen's League and D. 

 M. Ferry & Co. have united in petition- 

 ing Chairman Payne, of the Ways and 

 Means Committee of Congress, that the 

 duty on vegetable seeds be changed from 

 ad valorem to specific duties. The pres- 

 ent duty is thirty per cent ad valorem. 

 In its stead it is proposed to substitute 

 a specific duty that will yield the govern- 

 ment practically the same revenue, but 

 will be fairer to those importing seeds. 

 This action was decided upon at a meet- 

 ing of the committee of the American 

 Seed Trade Association held in New 

 York December 2. Its representatives 

 went to Washington to present the 

 schedule agreed upon. The Seedsmen's 

 League, which met in New York on the 

 following day, telegraphed its endorse- 

 ment of the association's schedule to 

 Washington. D. M. Ferry & Co. were 

 represented at the meeting on December 

 2. It is believed that this practically 

 unanimous endorsement of the specific 

 duty by the whole organized seed in- 

 dustry will carry great weight at Wash- 

 ington. 



Edgely. 



The greenhouses of the Floral Ex- 

 change represent a definite idea in the 

 business world. It is the effort of cap- 

 ital to place our calling on a business 

 basis. Viewed from this standpoint, the 

 plant of the Floral Exchange is of ab- 



