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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULT 20, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



The market offers very little at 

 this aeaion of the year worthy of 

 special mention. You can depend 

 on it, however, that yon can get 

 from us the best that the market 

 affords. Below we give you a list 

 of some of the stock of which we 

 can furnish the best value. 



BEAUTIES 



Beat g^rade...per doz., $ 3.00 



Per 100 20.00 



Other gn^adea, $1.00, $1.60 

 and $8.00 per doi. 



My Maryland 



Per 100 



liongr stem $8.00 



Mediums $6.00 to 6.00 



Shorts 3.00 to 4.00 



ASTERS 



Per 100 



The best $8.60 to $3.00 



Gk>od stock 8.00 



Medium g^rade.. 1.00 to 1.60 



We can report an increased 

 supply of Asters and a better 

 grade of flowers. Although gen- 

 erally not as plentiful as other 

 seasons, we have had an excellent 

 supply of them, due to the fact 

 that some of our growers have 

 been exceptionally successful with 

 their early crops. We can surely 

 please you when in need of Asters. 



GLADIOLI 



All fancy varieties. 

 Per 100 $3.00 to $6.00 



Bronze Galax 



Exceptionally good quality. 



Per 1000 $1.00 



Per case 7.60 



Dagger Ferns 



Per 1000 $1.00 



Special price in case lots. 



TheLeoNiesseaCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Afch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Summer Flowers 



IC^i^6t"1f1^ that have been off crop for the last two weekg 

 *^***^^* Ills ^jji Ijq coming in strongly now in fine quality. 



such as we can send you with pride. 



1569. 11 ties are the best value in colored roses for the money. 

 M V JVlflrvldtld ®^^^^y ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ summer, very 



tlflSlCr Lollies we are strong on these chaste white flowers. 



A cfp^fC ^^^ coming in better now and will get better and better 

 /^&IC1 » ^jyyi^g August. 



A TRIAL IB 80LXCXTSD 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Ruing Eastern Market. 



The conditions governing the cut 

 flower market are a trifle brighter than 

 a week ago; there are not quite so many 

 flowers coming into town and they aver- 

 age rather better in quality. The cool 

 weather of the last week, a combination 

 of seashore and mountains, decidedly 

 novel in July, has had its effect on the 

 stock, and, it may be, on the spirits of 

 the chaps who handle the stock and who 

 write about it. Anyway, the brighter 

 side is uppermost today. 



I note with pleasure the shipping or- 

 ders are fairly plentiful for the season, 

 that Beauties are less so, and therefore 

 seem more desirable to buyer and seller, 

 that white roses of quality continue to be 

 sought after, and that My Maryland be- 

 comes more and more popular. 



The fact that the after-market took a 

 drop owing to increased shipments, 

 chiefly of medium and low grade flowers, 

 seems less disheartening than it would 

 with the thermometer at 90 degrees, and 

 we look forward confidently to the near 

 approach of the higher grade flowers of 

 asters. Gladioli are abundant and ib 

 fair demand at moderate prices. Easter 

 lilies are not nearly so plentiful as a 

 week ago; the demand'^reated by the 

 excess of supply is now sufficient to take 

 the reduced production. Cattleyas are 

 fine. Valley is fair, with steady sup- 

 port. Sweet peas have made their exit 

 and reentrance, the old crop being suc- 

 ceeded by the new, to the small advan- 

 tage of the consumer. Outdoor flowers 

 are rather less plentiful for the moment. 

 Greens have been in better demand, or 

 perhaps it would be fairer to say the 

 demand more nearly equals the supply. 



Dahlias. 



"William C. Herbert, managing part- 

 ner of the firm of David Herbert & Son, 

 Atco, N. J., discussing the dahlia sit- 

 uation a few days ago, said that he 

 believed that the drought during the first 

 six weeks of this summer would not 



seriously affect the dahlia crop now that 

 the rains have commenced. Cultivation 

 was systematically followed during the 

 dry period, conserving moisture as far 

 as was possible. When asked as to the 

 comparative values of the root and cut 

 flower industry, Mr. Herbert placed 

 them at 75 and 25 per cent, respectively, 

 of the grower's receipts. He said that 

 the 25 per cent derived from cut flowers 

 was of especial value to the dahlia grow- 

 ers because they were obliged to keep 

 their men employed cultivating the dahlia 

 farms during the summer, without any 

 returns, as the sales of roots and plants 

 ceased about June 1, not to recommence 

 before November 1. Speaking of the re- 

 turns of cut flowers, Mr. Herbert thought 

 that the best results could be derived 

 from having a few of the best varieties 

 in quantity, enabling the wholesaler to 

 depend on the grower for large orders 

 on short notice. Mr. Herbert, who has 

 seventy-five acres of dahlias under culti- 

 vation, predicts a good dahlia season, 

 with plenty of fine flowers to meet the 

 demand. 



Philadelphia to Japan. 



An order of more than usual intenst 

 has just been successfully executed. I 

 say successfully because the satisfacti m 

 of the persons for whom the order is in- 

 tended must always be considered as part 

 of the arrangement. Mr. Kondo, a Jap- 

 anese merchant, placed an order with 

 George W. Berke, of Atlantic City, N. -^-r 

 for some plants of Ficus pandurata 

 which he admired in Mr. Berke 's shcj'. 

 These plants were destined for the Em- 

 peror of Japan and certain high officii' Is 

 of the Japanese government, towa J 

 whom Mr. Kondo entertained strong fe* 1- 

 ings of loyalty and regard. Mr. Ber'<e 

 entrusted the order to the Robt. Craig 

 Co., of this city, with instructions that 

 every care was to be used to insure the 

 plants reaching their distant destination 

 in safety. Something like five weeks was 

 consumed in the trip via Vancouver. T" 

 the delight of all concerned, the plants 

 arrived in excellent condition, bearing 



