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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Mat 27, 1909. 



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News Column 



J0oe Weddings 



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Commencements 



We have always found a brisk 

 demand for good stock during the 

 early part of June. You will find 

 with UB the choicest stock in every 

 line that is to be had at this season 

 of the year. We would like to call 

 your attention to some of the stock 

 that we can advise recommending 

 to your trade. 



Beauties 



The best at $2.50 and $3 per doz. 



Valley 



Very choice stock. 



$3.00 and]$4.00 per 100. 



Cattleyas 



* $7.50 per doz. 



Peonies 



$6.00 and:$8.00 per 100. 



The local peonies are somewhat 

 later than usual. The first week 

 in June, in fact, during the entire 

 month we expect to have a good 

 supply, of all the best varieties to 

 be had. 



Sweet Peas 



75c and $1.00 per 100. 



Very choice stock in pink, white 

 and lavender. Peas are a great 

 favorite in the month of June, in 

 fact, of the better grades 

 never see an over supply. 



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Roses 



A very satisfactory grade at 

 $6.00 per 100, and choice stock in 

 Richmond and Killarney at $8.00 

 and $10.00 per 100. For design 

 work, good value at $4.00 per 100. 



Dagger Ferns 



$2.50 per 1000. 



Theleo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



, 1209 Arch Street 



PHILADH-PHIA 



7:00 a. fli. to S:00 p. m. 



For June Weddings 



aiid Commencements 



New Crop Beauties, Large Buds, Fine Color 



Medium and long stems $1.50 per dozen 



Short stems 75c to 1.00 per dozen 



PeonieSf very fine stock, all colors, in fancy, select 

 and ordinary varieties, at moderate prices. 



All Orders Receive Prompt Attention 



to 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Louis Horticultural Society's fall flower 

 show. The medal was founded by the 

 trustees in 1893. Any information re- 

 garding this medal will be furnished by 

 Prof. William Trelease, director of the 

 garden. 



Henry Ostertag, W. C. Smith and 

 Charles Schoenle, the club's trustees, will 

 start next week on an inspection trip, to 

 find a suitable place for holding the 

 club's annual picnic, which takes place 

 during July, and it may be that the out- 

 ing will be held on the east side this year. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



A change has come over the cut flower 

 market as complete as it was unexpected. 

 The unusual cold prevailing during the 

 storm that lasted from May 20 to 23, 

 with the absence of sunshine, cut down 

 production — one help, it is believed. 

 Prices became firmer and in some cases 

 advanced, where quality was evident. 

 Even where there was no advance, aver- 

 age returns will be far better, waste 

 being reduced. 



Peonies have been retarded, receipts 

 being light early this week. The locally 

 grown Beauties have paled before the 

 eastern stock, which has come to the front 

 with a rush. Other roses have not suf- 

 fered so much from climate and competi- 

 tion, and where called for are bringing 

 fair values. 



Carnations are in demand when good, 

 white rather more so than colored. Prices 

 are firming in anticipati6n of Memorial 

 day. Outdoor sweet peas give needed 

 tone to their indoor sisters. Good stock 

 is wanted, but there is much that is not 

 good. Cattleyas continue in moderate 

 supply. , 



Gardenias are doing better, the south- 

 ern stock not having arrived. The ad- 

 vance guard of snowballs act as samples 

 for the buyers in search of a big dollar 's 

 worth a few days hence. 



Dagger ferns are the leaders in greens. 

 Smilax has taken a brace and is selling 

 better. There is much stock in the whole- 



sale houses that is not equal to market 

 requirements. Its outlet is found in the 

 curbstone broker. 



Memorial Day Prospects. 



The opinion prevails that the demand 

 for the holiday will be on or before Sat- 

 urday, May 29. Flowers arriving Mon- 

 day, May 31, are not expected to be in 

 more than ordinary demand. The peony 

 crop will be largely influenced by the sun- 

 shine and temperature prevailing during 

 the next forty-eight hours. Carnations 

 promise to be in only fair supply. The 

 white varieties, as a rule, have withstood 

 climatic conditions better than the col- 

 ored. Enchantress in many cases has 

 retrograded. Roses will be plentiful in 

 the lower grades, but hardly in the upper. 

 The crops with many growers are going 

 off. Outdoor sweet peas are coming into 

 bloom. 



Crotons. 



Crotons are growing in popularity as 

 bedding plants, and for window boxes at 

 this season, and as basket plants for the 

 Christmas holidays. The beds at Girard 

 College that are now filled with pansies, 

 daisies, the remains of the bulbous flow- 

 ering stock and the beautiful hardy blue 

 Phlox divaricata, will soon be filled with 

 coleus and with crotons. The crotons are 

 Mr. Lonsdale's special pets. He has a 

 fine stock of them in the best bedding 

 varieties. He depends on the well-known 

 standards. Queen Victoria, Bothschild, 

 Dayspring, Langii, fasciatum, and for 

 edging, Weismanii, planting both one and 

 two-year-old plants, with occasional speci- 

 mens of greater age for the center. 



In addition to these varieties, Mr. 

 Lonsdale has in quantity two seedlings 

 of his own, raised at Wyndmoor about 

 six years ago. These are the yariety 

 named after himself by his friend Robert 

 Craig and the variety which, I think, he 

 named after this same friend. Both va- 

 rieties are proving of sterling merit. Both 

 can be found commercially grown at 

 Forty-ninth and Market streets, and pri- 

 vately — or shall we say academically! — 

 grown at Girard College. The first-named 



