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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 3, 1009. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



JUNE is a 



busy month 



You will want quantities of 

 flowern. We will be prepared for 

 you. You will find with us the 

 choicest of all the seasonable 

 stock. It is not always an easy 

 matter at this tim*e of the year to 

 locate good flowers. You can de- 

 pend on us for the best in quality 

 that the market affords. 



Beauties 



Choice stock in quantity 



$2.50 and $3 per doz. 



Brides 



Bridesmaids 



Kaiserins, Qates 



$4.00, $6.00 and $8.00 per TOO 



Killarney 

 Richmonds 



Good stock, $6.00 per 100 

 The best, $8.00-$10.00 per 100 



Valley 



$3.00 and $4.00 per 100 



Cattleyas 



$7.50 per doz. 



Peonies 



Good stock, $6.00 per 100 

 The best, 8.00 " 



Sweet Peas 



75c and $1.00 per 100 



Rose Plants 



Let us know your needs and we 

 will quote you. Plants ready for 

 delivery now, or will book orders 

 for future delivery. We will send 

 you a sample of the plants on 

 request. I 



TheLeoNiessenCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



High-GradeBeauties 



You will want flowers of quality for your wedding decorations, 

 your commencements, your lawn fetes and other parties. We offer 

 you new crop American Beauty roses that are superior to anything 

 in the market today. Price : 



Long stems, $4.00 a doz. Medium stems, $2.00 to $3.00 a doz. 

 Short stems, $1.00 to $1.50 a doz. 



Fancy-grade KAISERIN, choice quality, $6.00 to $12.00 

 per 100. 



PEONIESf all colors, very fine, moderate prices. 



SWEET PEASf choice outdoor-grown, for June weddings 

 and commencements. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising; Eastern Market. 



The Memorial day demand for cut 

 flowers was large; indeed, the volume of 

 business was only limited by the supply. 

 These unusual conditions were due to the 

 cool, cloudy weather, following the hot 

 wave of a fortnight earlier, curtailing 

 production all over the country. The de- 

 mand was for everything except orchids. 

 Thursday, May 27, was the banner day 

 for flowers of quality. Local commence- 

 ment orders and Memorial day shipping 

 orders required the best, and the prices 

 realized for this grade were excellent. 

 Friday and Saturday found the chief de- 

 mand for cheaper grades. The man who 

 wanted to make a big show for a dollar 

 was the prime factor, and prices nat- 

 urally declined. The bulk of the Memo- 

 rial day business was finished on Satur- 

 day. Some wholesale houses had ship- 

 ping orders that kept them at work Sun- 

 day, May 30, but these were not Memo- 

 rial day flowers. Monday, May 31, there 

 was little business, most of the shops 

 closing for the afternoon. Tuesday, 

 June 1, found an excellent demand, both 

 local and shipping, with a large supply, 

 sufficient to meet all requirements. 



Carnations were in short supply. The 

 average quality was only fair. All colors 

 were wanted; even those who usually 

 have their own carnations were buyers. 

 Under these conditions, it was unfor- 

 tunate that the supply was small, smaller 

 than last year; $2 to $6 per hundred 

 were the prices. 



Peonies from most of the local grow- 

 ers were not ripe. Only a few had them 

 in last week. A few fancy varieties 

 brought $2 per dozen, $15 per hundred. 

 The bulk of the stock Isrought from $6 

 to $8 per hundred, a few higher and a 

 few lower. 



Eoses were in demand, especially May 

 27. Eastern Beauties of superb quality 

 went at $4, while local stock was firm at 

 $3 per dozen. Good Eichmond, Kaiserin 

 and Killarney brought $10 to $12 per 

 hundred, with brides and Maids $2 lower. 



Good roses were not so plentiful as the 

 lower grades. 



Sweet peas were in good supply. The 

 glass-grown are holding out well, except 

 in length of stem. The outdoor are still 

 in their youthful stage. Most of the 

 other flowers fared better than usual for 

 Memorial day. Greens did not. Smilax 

 shows unmistakable signs of dropping in 

 price, while there is more Asparagus 

 Sprengeri about than the market can ab- 

 sorb. 



The strike of the trolley men was a 

 factor in the local business. The central 

 shops that are easily accessible rarely 

 feature Memorial day, while the ceme- 

 tery florists, who are tremendously busy 

 on this holiday, found that their cus- 

 tomers could not reach them easily; less 

 business resulted, flowers remained un- 

 sold and orders were canceled in conse- 

 quence. 



A marked change in the peony situa- 

 tion came this week. The local stock ar- 

 rived by the wagon-load, but there was 

 insufficient demand. Prices fell rapidly. 

 It was early evident that heroic measures 

 must be adopted to move the stock at all. 



Edward A. Stroud's View. 



Edward A. Stroud, of Overbrook and 

 of Strafford, has made a careful study 

 of the requirements of the wholesale car- 

 nation market in this city. Mr. Stroud 

 believes it is best to grow only self col- 

 ors, bright pink, soft pink, white and 

 scarlet, and |ttl^ one or at the most two 

 varieties of ra:ch color. His entire car- 

 nation range 'at Strafford is devoted to 

 five sorts, Winsor, Enchantress, "White 

 Perfection, Lady Bountiful and Beacon. 

 Mr. Stroud finds that the crimsons, varie- 

 gated and the others are not wanted in 

 sufficient quantities and with sufficient 

 regularity. 



The replanting of Winsor under glass 

 is well under way. The season has been 

 satisfactory since New Year's. 



Various Notes. 



Water from a fire on Chestnut street, 

 June 2, damaged the H. H. Battles store 

 at 108 South Twelfth street. Mr. Bat- 



