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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



July 1, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



OF INTEREST TO 



Cut Flower Buyers 



At this season of the year it is 

 not always an easy matter to get 

 good stock to fill all orders— the 

 quantity is not lacking, but very 

 often the quality. We realize 

 these facts, and with the co-oper- 

 ation of our growers have made 

 preparations accordingly. 



You will find with us during 

 the summer months— and that is 

 a fact at all times of the season — 

 the best of everything the market 

 affords. If you place an order 

 with us you can rest assured it is 

 going to be right when you get it, 

 and that means the price, quality 

 and delivery. If you can suggest 

 a way in which we can improve 

 our service, we shall be grateful 

 to you. We are always open to 

 criticism and never too busy to 

 tell you about the good things 

 that we have to offer. 



Hose Plants 



My Maryland 



2>4-IR. POTS 



$10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000 



Kaiserins 



8- IN. POTS 



$7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000 



Extra fine plants. 



Richmonds 



S-IN. POTS 



$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



Brides 



8's-IN. POTS 



Fine, large plants, and special 

 value at the price. 



$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



TheLeo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



OPEN FROM 7:00 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. 



Seashore Florists 



requiring really choice stock of summer roses can se- 

 cure it on short notice by firing or phoning us. We 

 have eastern grown American Beauties, flowers of 

 size, substance and color that bear ample testimony to 

 the fact that they like the climate. We have Kaiserins 

 of extraordinary size and substance grown under the 

 same favorable conditions ; and for decorative effects 

 we have fine cut Easter Lilies from cold storage bulbs. 

 Add to this that we know how to pack and that we 

 are hustlers. We leave the rest to you. 



OPKN DAILY FROM 7:00 A. M. TO «;00 P. M. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA, 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risins Eastern Market. 



The intense heat of the last seven days 

 of June has had its eifect on the cut 

 flower market. Many flowers have ar- 

 rived too open for sale, and many more 

 so badly bleached as to be useless. The 

 stock of good quality met with a fair de- 

 mand, the last of the June weddings and 

 a few of the smaller commencements re- 

 quiring choice stock. There also was an 

 excellent shipping demand in moderate 

 quantities. It is difficult to give a fair 

 idea of prices from a grower's stand- 

 point, because the quantities rejected and 

 unsold figure so largely in the returns. 

 The price list published this week will 

 give an accurate idea of values from a 

 buyer's standpoint, as accurate as possi- 

 ble under the circumstances. The fea- 

 ture of the market was the demand for 

 Beauties, bringing out strongly that this 

 is considered the best summer rose for 

 decorative effects. This demand it was 

 difficult to satisfy. The down eastern 

 supply was limited, the local knocked out. 

 Kaiserin, Killarney and My Maryland, 

 the latter coming rapidly to the front as 

 a hot weather rose, were the other main- 

 stays. Bride and Maid are apt to be 

 poor. Bichmond opens too fast. Liberty 

 is obtainable only in small quantities, 

 while Jardine is rarely seen. 



The disappearance of the played-out 

 carnations has improved the average qual- 

 ity of the stock considerably. White 

 stands the heat better than the colors, 

 Lieut. Peary bearing as bold a front as 

 any other white variety. Among the col- 

 ored sorts. Enchantress and Winsor ap- 

 pear at their best. 



Sweet peas came in a perfect avalanche 

 June 24, continuing since. While much 

 prized for the weddings and commence- 

 ments, the number ne^ed was far, far 

 below the number received ; $3 a thousand 

 was perhaps an average price for good 

 stock, though choice lota brought more; 

 yet $3 a thousand will seem an absurd 

 quotation to growers who sent in ten- 

 thousand lots with probably a majority 

 of them unsold. 



Cattleyas have become much more plen- 

 tiful and prices have receded. Gaskel- 

 liana is about the only variety in the 

 market. Gardenias from the south are 

 over. Peonies from cold storage are so 

 much less plentiful that they cannot be 

 depended upon except in special cases; 

 much of the stock was cut during the 

 wet weather, giving it a washed-out ap- 

 pearance, most undesirable. Easter lilies 

 from cold storage are plentiful, but the 

 demand is erratic. The valley market has 

 fallen off badly. Iris is good and plenti- 

 ful. There are quantities of outdoor 

 flowers selling at moderate prices. Greens 

 are dull. 



The Improvements at North Wales. 



The statement appearing in the Re- 

 view of June 24, that the mammoth 

 greenhouse now in course of erection at 

 the Florex Gardens would be devoted to 

 tomatoes during next season, aroused 

 such widespread interest that the most- 

 progressive paper dispatched its Phila- 

 delphia representative to the scene of 

 action to learn the full particulars. The 

 Review's enterprise was rewarded by 

 an appointment with the president of 

 the company on the very last day before 

 his departure for the "land of the mid- 

 night sun," where, as he humorously ex- 

 pressed it, he would try to learn where 

 to secure twenty-four consecutive hours 

 of daylight in order to have all modern 

 improvements at North Wales. 



Mr. Fuerstenberg talked agreeably of 

 his plans now in course of completion; 

 all were what Mr. Bernheimer called 

 twentieth century ideas, most interesting 

 and instructive. The reasons for devot- 

 ing the largest house in this section of 

 the country to tomatoes were briefly and 

 clearly given: This is the year to build^ 

 material is of moderate price and good 

 labor is available; therefore, instead of 

 erecting half of the house this season 

 and the other half next spring, in time 

 for planting all Beauties, the whole house 

 will be pushed through by November, 

 it is hoped. This will give time for 

 planting tomatoes with a prospect of 

 securing the best results. When the 

 tomatoes have flowered and fruited, the 



