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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jamuart 21, 1900. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Spriflg Flowers 



We are offering quite a vari- 

 ety of what are ordinarily 

 classed as spring flowers. Your 

 trade will demand a change 

 from the regular line of stock. 

 We wish to call special atten- 

 tion to the Freesia. It is 

 pure white, with long stems; 

 very choice stock. 



TULIPS 



$3.00 to $5.00 per 100. 

 FREESIA 



$3.00 to $6.00 per 100. 



SINGLE DAFFODILS, 



$4.00 per 100. 



WHITE LILAC, 



50c, 75c and $1.00 a bunch. 



PANSIES, 



$8.00 per 100 bunches. 

 DAISIES-WhIte, 



$1.50 and $2.00 per 100. 

 SWEET PEAS- Pink 



and White, 



$1.00 and $1.50 per 100. 



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Choice Blooms of 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 



Gardenias 



$6.00 per doz. 



Well Rooted 



Carnation Cnltings 



of all the standard varieties and 

 the late introductions. Complete 

 list and prices mailed on request. 



..The.. 



Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Spring Flowers 



You can ofifer your customers a variety of flowers that 

 will remind theni of spring. We shall have a fine lot 

 of single Daffodils, Pink and Yeiiow Tulips, 

 Freesia and White Lilac. We guarantee the 

 quality and the packing ; the price will be reasonable. 

 We have a splendid assortment of fancy and high grade 

 Carnations. Wild Smiiax is a specialty. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Open tm 8 F. M . 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risins; Eastern Market. 



The cold, stormy weather, with its ab- 

 sence of sunshine, during the later days 

 of last week shortened production mate- 

 rially. Many of the growers were rather 

 off crop, owing to the heavy cut during 

 the holidays. The unfavorable conditions 

 made this shortness of crop more appar- 

 ent. Sunshine has improved conditions 

 this week, but flowers of many kinds are 

 still diflScult to obtain, and prices are 

 advancing. But prices are materially 

 lower today than during the highwater 

 season of January, 1907. It seems well- 

 nigh impossible to get them back to that 

 level, no matter how scarce flowers may 

 be. 



Roses are in brisk demand. All really 

 choice stock is quickly marketed, unless 

 the price be too high. The cheaper 

 grades sell even better than the fancy, 

 but prices on these grades are only mod- 

 erate. Carnations have stiffened percept- 

 ibly in the select and fancy classes, and 

 white, which has been dead stock in the 

 ordinary grades for many weeks, is now 

 selling fairly well. Cattleyas are rather 

 abundant. The supply seems sufficient to 

 slightly bear the whole orchid market. 

 Gardenias have shortened somewhat, with 

 supply and demand about equal. Valley 

 is in excellent supply and selling fairly 

 well. Violets are not selling well, though 

 the supply is large and the flowers of 

 fine quality. Easter lilies are in demand. 

 Paper Whites and Eomans are selling 

 somewhat irregularly. None are wasted, 

 but at times they accumulate and have 

 to be sold cheaply. Sweet peas have de- 

 clined. The fancy stock is selling well at 

 reduced prices, but the medium and 

 poorer grades, with shorter stems, are in 

 slight demand. Lavender sweet peas sell 

 best of all. More pink is sold and grown 

 than white. Greens have been selling 

 poorly, barring plumosus asparagus in 

 bunches. A notable addition to the mar- 

 ket is the arrival in quantity of pink, 

 white and yellow tulips. Freesia is also 

 more plentiful, and white lilac fairly 

 abundant. Mignonette of good quality 



can be had, but daffodils, while plentiful 

 in some houses, are hard to obtain in the 

 open market. There are a few nice Cam- 

 pernelles. Fansies are in fair supply. 

 The shipping demand is about nornial. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur A. Niessen, secretary and 

 treasurer of the Leo Niessen Co., was 

 married early this month to Miss Phil- 

 lips, of Baltimore. Health, wealth, and 

 happiness ! 



August Doemling, of Lansdowne, Pa., 

 will erect two new houses, 21x200 feet 

 each, for roses the coming season. They 

 will be built of Lord & Burnham mate- 

 rial, the order being placed with D. T. 

 Connor. Mr. Doemling is rapidly push- 

 ing to the front as one of the most re- 

 liable growers for the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meeban Co. 



Charles S. Gray, formerly a well-known 

 figure in wholesale circles in this city, 

 has reentered the commission world, ac- 

 cepting a position with W. E. McKissick 

 & Bros. 



Charles F. Edgar was in town this 

 week. He has resigned his position with 

 S. J. Renter & Son, Westerly, R. I., and 

 will accept a position January 25 with 

 the United States Cut Flower Co., El- 

 mira, N. i. 



Walter P. Stokes reports an unusually 

 brisk early demand for flower seeds. 



E. Raimbeault, Buena, N. J., is send- 

 ing fine lilac to John W. Mclntyre. 



Robert Kift reports some large funeral 

 orders January 18. It is interesting to 

 note that red roses and violets (not in 

 combination) were extensively used. 



J. Liddon Pennock, junior member of 

 the firm of Pennock Bros., is spending a 

 few weeks in Florida. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. has trans- 

 ferred a portion of its force from 1018 

 Market street to the new store at 518 

 Market street, to start the ball rolling. 

 This force will be used as a nucleus in 

 building up the little army required to 

 run the new store when the busy season 

 opens. 



William Munro, of Garrettford, Pa., 

 has such confidence in the good qualities 

 of the new rose. My Maryland, that he 



