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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUARI' 28, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Beauties 



We eipect to have a good supply 

 of them during the month of Feb- 

 ruary. The beflt value we can 

 give you in the long onee, 36-inch 

 stems and over. Our Beauties are 

 of the usual high grade, the best 

 in quality that you will find in 

 this market. We will bill them to 

 you at the lowest market prices, 

 regardless of previous quotations. 

 We will give you the benefit of 

 any change in the market. 



Violets 



They will be in good supply 

 from now on. We wish to make 

 special mention of the freshness 

 of our Violets. We guarantee 

 them to be fresh. The single 

 Violets are very fine, large flowers 

 and long stems. 



Singles, 75c per 100. 



Doubles, 75c and $1.00 per lOO. 



BULBOUS STOCK 



In that line we are getting in a 

 very good supply. We can furnish 

 you any quantity of single Daffo- 

 dils; white, pink and yellow Tulips; 

 pure white, long-stemmed Freeaia, 

 Narcissus, Romans, a very choice 

 grade of Valley; in fact, everything 

 in season in bulbous stock. 



Rooted 



Carnation Cnttioss 



All the new and standard vari- 

 eties. List and prices for the 

 asking. 



..The.. 



Leo Niessefl Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Spring Flowers 



We confidently offer a complete line of these flowers, 

 so popular in the late winter. The quality is unusually 

 fine this year, prices reasonable. 



Single Daffodils, Tulips, pink, yellow and 

 white; Freesla, White Lilacs. Carnations are 

 excellent value; the select and fancy grades in all the 

 varieties are at their best now. Wild Smilax for the 

 decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1619-21 Ranstead St., Philadelphia 



Op«n tUI 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riling Eastern Market 



Conditions have materially changed 

 since the report of one week ago. The 

 weather has moderated; in fact, we have 

 been enjoying a genuine January thaw, 

 with a moderate amount of sunshine and 

 an immoderate amount of fog. The fog 

 did not do much good, but the sunshine 

 helped production to a marked degree. 

 The demand has hardly improved in pro- 

 portion to the supply, prices being a 

 shade easier. Business is good for the 

 last week in January, the volume being 

 much larger than during the scarcity of 

 the dark, cold weather of a week ago. 



Beauties have receded slightly, there 

 being an ample supply of the long 

 stemmed and a fair supply of the short 

 stemmed flowers, with a scanty supply 

 of medium grades. The proportion of 

 imperfect blooms is decreasing. The 

 specials of Richmond and Ballarney are 

 fine indeed, both in color and substance. 

 Mrs. Jardine is also good. Brides and 

 Maids are in fair supply; the short 

 stemmed flowers of Bride, the grade most 

 in demand for design work, are not equal 

 to requirements. 



The demand for carnations has quick- 

 ened, the market being better sustained 

 on all grades and varieties of a week 

 ago. White has some off days, but the 

 end of last weel^ saw a good elean-up on 

 all colorless stock. 



Violets sold fairly well toward the end 

 of last week, but the market broke with 

 the warmer weather on Monday, the 

 street taking a large portion of the stock 

 at figures that were for the street very 

 good. The supply of singles is excel- 

 lent, of local doubles only moderate. 

 Callas have been in oversupply. There 

 is no special feature to the Easter lily 

 market, the demand being generally equal 

 to the moderate supply now coming into 

 town. Daffodils are selling well, the 

 quantity arriving being larger than a 

 week ago. Freesia is also much more 

 abundant. Tulips are in good supply, 

 with a moderate demand. Gardenias 

 have been selling well indeed, and it is 



doubtful if this market has ever seen 

 such fine stock. The heavy supply of 

 Cattleya Trianse is past. Prices held 

 well throughout, and will probably stiffen 

 a little as the supply decreases. There 

 are a few Ccelogyne cristata about, and 

 also a few Dendrobium formosum. Cyps 

 are nearly over. Sweet pea conditions 

 remain unchanged — the best selling, the 

 poor begging. 



There are odd conditions in the green 

 situation. Stated briefly, bunches of 

 plumosus are scarce and high; that is, 

 you do not get as much plumosus for 

 your money; while smilax is extremely 

 plentiful, and does not sell at all. 

 - Shipping is excellent. 



Various Notes. 



Alexander B. Scott left for Summer- 

 ville, S. C, on the Florida express on 

 the afternoon of January 25. 



Joseph Heacock, James W. Heacock 

 and Robert Jamison, of Wyncote, Pa., 

 and Albert M. Herr, of Lancaster, Pa., 

 are attending the carnation meeting at 

 Indianapolis this week. 



Robert Craig, John Westcott, D. C. 

 Donohue and Dr. Lane, of this city, and 

 Julius Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. J., will 

 sail from New York January 30, on the 

 steamer Havana for Cuba, and thence to 

 the Isle of Pines, on a combined busi- 

 ness and pleasure trip. 



William J. Young, Sr., of German- 

 town, has purchased a place of thirty-one 

 acres near Pottstown, Pa. 



A. Harvey & Sons, of Brandywine 

 Summit, Chester county. Pa., will erect 

 one new house, 40x250, Lord & Burnham 

 material, for carnations the coming sea- 

 son. The Messrs. Harvey have been 

 sending high grade carnations for sev- 

 eral years past to the Leo Niessen Co., 

 their stock equaling any flowers in the 

 market. 



John Kuhn, Olney, Pa., has, in addi- 

 tion to the carnations for which he is 

 famous, a fine house of orchids and an- 

 other of gardenias. Mr. Kuhn is an able 

 grower. 



Alfred Burton, of Wyndmoor, Pa., 

 will erect two new houses, about 25x250 



