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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Fbbbcabt 26, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



ROSES 



Our supply in that direction 

 will be increasing from now on. 

 Among our rose consignors we 

 count some of the most successful 

 growers in this section. We want 

 to make special mention of our 

 stock of 



Killarney 



The best of them are worth 

 $25 . 00 per 100. The quality is very 

 fine, and at the price is hard to 

 beat. In the medium grades, 

 stock selling at $5.00 to $15.00 per 

 100, we can also give you very 

 good value. Those sizes we can 

 famish in almost any quantity. 



Richmond 



Red roses have always been a 

 leader with us, and we have never 

 had better stock to offer than we 

 have today in Richmond roses. 

 Prices range from $5.00 to $35.00 

 per 100, and you can depend on 

 getting from us in any grade the 

 best value to be had. 



ACACIA 



PUBCSCKNS 



The crop will last for another 

 two weeks. The excellent demand 

 that we have had for Acacia is 

 the best indication that the trade 

 fully appreciates the beauty and 

 novelty uf this stock. Those that 

 know Acacia, know that we have 

 the finest stock in the country, 

 and that nowhere is it to be had 

 in such quantity. 



We can make prompt shipment 

 of all the new and standard varie- 

 ties of 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



List and prices on request 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Violets— Violets 



The finest single Violets are coming into the market 

 today in great quantities; they are excellent value at 

 present prices and barring an unfavorable change in 

 the weather, we can fill your orders for select stock in 

 quantity. 



We offer for next week Freesia, Valley, Daffs and 

 Sweet Peas as specialties in spring flowers. The qual- 

 ity was never better. 



Our specialty is filling orders on short notice. 

 Wild Smilax for the Decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Open tm 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riling Eaitern MarkeU 



The pre-Lenten season has closed with 

 a rush. Social activity seemed to increase 

 as Ash Wednesday drew near, until the 

 festive season ended on Tuesday with as 

 lively a demand for the six days previous 

 as this market has ever experienced. The 

 number of orders shipped out of town 

 was large, while the local uusiness was 

 up to high water mark. 



Summarizing market conditions, it may 

 be said that the rose crops, barring Beau- 

 ties, are coming on, the shorter grades 

 showing greater activity than fancy 

 stock. Carnations continue rather scarce, 

 the demand exceeding the supply, white 

 being more active than pink, a condition 

 foreign to this market until within the 

 last fortnight. Cattleyas are scarce, but 

 gardenias are fairly plentiful and of ex- 

 cellent quality. Violets, thanks to the 

 warm, springlike weather, have come on 

 with a rush, the houses being reported as 

 * ' blue. ' ' Enormous quantities of violets 

 have been marketed, but so large was the 

 production that prices necessarily fell, 

 the street taking up much of the surplus 

 at low figures. 



The advent of southern daffodils 

 marks the decline in price for the local 

 stock. The southerns are as yet inter- 

 esting only to the fakers, but all the 

 greenhouse-grown bulbous flowers are ar- 

 riving in increased quantities and, de- 

 spite an excellent demand, prices are re- 

 ceding all along the line. Mignonette has 

 been in active demand, much choice stock 

 being sold at listed prices. Callas have 

 also sold well, with Easter lilies follow- 

 ing closely. 



The green market has improved, plu- 

 mosus and adiantum being in active de- 

 mand, while smilax improves slightly. 

 There is no demand for Sprengeri. Val- 

 ley has been going fairly at moderate 

 prices. Sweet peas are active when of 

 quality. 



Hatboro. 



Eugene Weiss is one of the best known 

 florists in Philadelphia. His Germantown 



place, his store on North Eighth street 

 and his greenhouses at Hatboro are well 

 known to all our florists. Mr. Weiss 

 himself has a host of friends who will 

 be glad to hear that he is up and doing 

 once more, after his midwinter illness. 

 He now gives his personal attention to 

 his greenhouses at Hatboro, adding not 

 a little to th^ pleasure of his visitors by 

 his cheery talk as he conducts them about 

 his place. The houses are of the older 

 style of construction and are devoted to 

 roses and carnations. The roses grown 

 are Bride, Bridesmaid and Killarney. 

 The carnations include Winsor, Lieut. 

 Peary, Aristocrat and some of the older 

 standard varieties. So vigorous and full 

 of bloom were the carnations in these old- 

 style houses, some of them sash-built, that 

 one could not help wondering whether 

 with the aid of houses of modern con- 

 struction Eugene Weiss would not be in a 

 class by himself as a carnation grower. 



Southampton. 



Stephen Mortensen first came to this 

 city in the early 90 's, heralded as an 

 orchid expert from St. Louis. He proved 

 to be an all-round grower of the first 

 rank, roses finally supplanting, orchids 

 in his affections. As a rose grower today 

 he is considered among the best who 

 favor the Philadelphia market with their 

 flowers. Mr. Mortensen 's progress at 

 Southampton, where he is considered 

 among its most progressive business men, 

 has been chronicled in this column from 

 time to time. The object of the present 

 note is to describe the latest addition 

 to his plant, made last season. It is a 

 beautifully constructed house. Lord & 

 Bumham make, 43x265, with concrete 

 sides. It is planted with somewhere 

 pear 6,000 Bridesmaids, whose stocky 

 growth and well colored blooms bear 

 evidence of their enjoyment of the fa- 

 vorable conditions. Bride, Biehmond and 

 Mrs. Jardine, in addition to more Brides- 

 maids, fill the other house of Mr. Morten- 

 sen 's place. Own-root roses are gradu- 

 ally giving way to grafted stock. A 

 long row of sashes over the grafted cuts 

 in the propagating house are largely de- 

 voted to My Maryland, "The Great 



