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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Pebruaey 4, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



Qaleotine's 



Each year we notice an in- 

 creased demand for cut flowers 

 for that day. You should not 

 fail to make the proper prepar- 

 ations to meet the demand. 

 We give below a list of some 

 of the stock in special favor 

 for that day, of which we can 

 offer you an unrivaled supply. 



MYOSOTIS, 

 VIOLETS, 



Double and Single. 

 GARDENIAS, 

 VALLEY, 

 SWEET PEAS, 

 DAISIES, 

 PANSIES, 

 TULIPS, 

 DAFFODILS, 

 FREESIA. 



ACACIA 



PUBESCENS 



We expect to have our first 

 consignment next week. This 

 is the only stock of Acacia of 

 any eize in this country. If 

 you want a dtcided novelty, 

 there is nothing to equal it. 

 Only a limited supply this 

 week. Orders should be placed 

 in advance. 



Acacia put up in 

 $2.50 Bunches. 



..The.. 



Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Tuli ps 



For St. Valentine's 



The largest stock in Philadel- 

 phia of all the leading varieties 

 of TULIPS — red, pink, yellow 

 and white. Also choice 



Treesia, Daffodils 



and White Lilac 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619=21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Carnations 



are our specialty. The 

 flowers are now at their 

 best; all the leadiag; 

 varieties. 



Wfld Smilax 



for the decorator. 



PROMPT 



SERVICE 



GUARANTEED 



Open till 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



It is a seller's market. The demand 

 has increased slightly; the supply, owing 

 to the unfavorable weather at the end 

 of last week and the severe cold at the 

 beginning of the present week, has fallen 

 off. The result is that there are not 

 enough choice flowers to fill the orders in 

 fun, and cutting is the rule. Prices have 

 not advanced, despite these conditions, 

 but they are firmer, resulting in higher 

 average returns to the grower, the buyers 

 taking without question anyihing ap- 

 proaching the desired grade. 



Carnations are the most important fac- 

 tor in the market today. The quality is 

 superb, the demand excellent. Winsor 

 appears to be the favorite, with the 

 choice whites. Enchantress, and choice 

 reds in about equal favor. The medium 

 and extra lengths of American Beauties 

 are hard to get with good flowers, the 

 specials and shorts representing this 

 variety at present. All the other roses 

 are in short supply, nothing in the rose 

 line, excepting long-stemmed American 

 Beauties, appearing abundant. 



Sweet peas have become more plenti- 

 ful, lavender and flesh color being ob- 

 tainable in quantity, these delicate shades 

 bringing higher average prices than the 

 pink and white. Violets are plentiful; 

 in fact, so plentiful that several of the 

 local shops made special single violet 

 offers. All the spring flowers are in 

 good supply and prove popular. Double 

 dafi'odils have come. Fine white lilac 

 was never more abundant. Smilax con- 

 tinues a drug. Cattleyas are fine and 

 plentiful. Local demand is brisk, ship- 

 ping fair. 



The Indianapolis Convention. 



The carnation delegates from this dis- 

 trict who attended the Indianapolis con- 

 vention of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety were Samuel S. Pennock and S. S. 

 Skidelsky, of this city; Joseph Heaeock, 

 .Tames Heaeock, and Eobert Jamison, of 

 Wyncote; Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, 

 and William Swayne, of Kennett. The 



features of the convention, from a Phil- 

 adelphia standpoint, were the election of 

 Albert M. Herr as president of the so- 

 ciety, and the capture of first prize for 

 100 white carnations by the Strafford 

 Flower Farm (Edward A. Stroud), with 

 Lady Bountiful, from seven competitors. 

 Samuel S. Pennock, in reviewing the 

 exhibition, said it was a splendid show, 

 the flowers all showing a high' degree of 

 culture. The hall was admirably adapt- 

 ed for the purpose, the attendance good, 

 the interest keen. Mr. Pennock appre- 

 ciated the compliment shown him by the 

 society when he was asked to be one of 

 the three judges chosen on the ground. 



Qub Meeting. 



At the monthly meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, February 2, there was an 

 excellent display of stock. Campbell 

 Bros. Co., of Penllyn, exhibited White 

 Perfection, Enchantress and Pink Im- 

 perial carnations, also new yellow Cine- 

 raria stellata. William Kleinheinz, of 

 Lynwood Hall, showed Sarah Hill, White 

 Perfection and Pink Imperial carnations. 

 W. F. Lacroix, of Buena, N. J., made a 

 fine display of De Marley white lilac. 

 The Pennock-Mcehan Co. staged a vase 

 of White Killarney in good condition 

 which had been received one week pre- 

 viously from the Waban Rose Conserva- 

 tories, Natick, Mass. The Strafford 

 Flower Farm exhibited six or seven vases 

 of carnations, including Lady Bountiful, 

 AVinsor, White Perfection, Beacon, En- 

 chantress and Mrs. Burnett. There also 

 was an attractive exhibit of Stock Beaute 

 of Nice. 



Albert M. Herr gave an interesting 

 address on the Indianapolis carnation 

 convention. Messrs. Gorman, Weaver 

 and other Lancaster florists were present. 



A Carnation Range. 



, It is nearly two years since Henry 

 Weiss & Sons commenced work on their 

 carnation range at Hatboro, Pa. It was 

 several times mentioned to Phil that this 

 range was something out of the common, 

 a step forward in the march o^ progress. 

 But this and that and the other inter- 



