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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Dbcbuber 2, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



Beauties 



Our supply of the two top 

 grades is a great factor with us 

 now. They are of a special high 

 grade, very choice stock. We 

 know we can please you in both 

 quality and price. Wire us for 

 quotations before placing order. 



White and 

 Pink Killarney 



Quality improving each week, 

 better flowers and longer stems. 

 We also have a splendid supply of 



MY MARYLAND 



BICHMONDS 



BEIDES 



BRIDESMAIDS. 



Carnations 



$2.00 to $4.00 per 100. 

 SPECIAL: In lots of five hun- 

 dred or more, fancy stock, our 

 selection of colors, $2.50 per hun- 

 dred. 



Gardenias 



$5.00 and $6.00 per doz. 



TO KEEP WELL INFORMED 



of the condition of the market 

 and correct market prices of 

 everything in season, you should 

 have for reference one of our 

 weekly price lists. You will find 

 it a help in placing your orders. 

 A list is issued every Saturday, 

 and will be mailed to you regu- 

 larly on request. 



Christmas Greens 



BOXWOOD. 



50 lb. case, $7.50. 



LYCOPODIUM. 



8c per lb. in 50 lb. bags. 



HOLLY. 



$5.00 per case. 

 5 case lots, $4.50. 



I Special price list mailed on re- « 

 quest. 



TheLeo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Xrcta Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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





VIOLETS 



We are receiving some of the best SINGLE VIOLETS coming 

 into Philadelphia, large, fragrant, brightly colored, long stemmed 

 flowers that are worth twice as much as the ordinary stock. You 

 can send these Violets anywhere without an apology; we can also 

 send you ordinary stock, fresh and bright, at moderate prices. 



DOUBLE VIOLETS 



We have Lady Campbell, light blue, and Marie Louise, from 

 the Hudson River, deep blue, both from the best growers, in 

 quantity on short notice. 



WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Mrs. Jerome Jones, nice 

 clean stock. 



EASTER LILIES. Well hardened, one to two flowers on a stem. 



CHRISTMAS GREENS. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The volume of business in cut flowers 

 at Thanksgiving was large. Most of the 

 wholesalers and retailers consider it sat- 

 isfactory, under existing conditions. The 

 weather was warm and bright until just 

 before the holiday, when it changed to 

 cold and stormy, a change that is disas- 

 trous for shopping. The demand for vio- 

 lets and fancy chrysanthemums fell off 

 under these adverse weather conditions. 

 The interest displayed in the Thanks- 

 giving day football game was less than 

 usual and the Army-Navy game for the 

 following Saturday was sadly missed. 

 Excepting violets, it is probable that more 

 flowers were sold than in previous years, 

 shipping demand calling for much choice 

 stock. Shipping demand was not affected 

 so much by the weather as was the de- 

 mand in the local shops. Prices ruled 

 lower than a year ago, fancy chrysanthe- 

 mums rarely going over $3 a dozen, the 

 bulk of the stock selling at from 75 cents 

 to $2 per dozen. 



Fancy double violets brought $1, occa- 

 sionally a fraction more, and fancy sin- 

 gles 75 cents, with fine stock to be had at 

 50 cents. Good judges estimate that the 

 double violet consumption for last week 

 was only one-fourth of that a year ago, 

 while singles were in greater supply and 

 demand. This is explained by the tre- 

 mendous effort of the wholesalers a year 

 ago to divert the Hudson river stream to 

 this port, an effort which was not so 

 noticeable this year. The Iliglitstown 

 Lady Campbells were more in evidence 

 than Marie Louise, while the storm short- 

 ened the crop so that violets were scarce 

 on Saturday. 



The chrysanthemum crop for Thanks- 

 giving was the largest ever seen in this 

 market. The buyers were able to obtain 

 what they wanted at fair prices. The 

 quality of the stock offered in most cases 

 was excellent, but, unfortunately, there 

 were quite a lot of flowers that would 

 have had a better chance some days 

 sooner, the outer petals being soft, some- 



times brown, a condition that quickly 

 relegated them to the street, as the re- 

 tailers were able to get enough first-class 

 stock. Pompons did not appear to find 

 much favor with the buyers. 



The buoyant flowers on the list were 

 Beauties, which always advance on a holi- 

 day; cattleyas, gardenias and valley. 

 Perhaps cattleyas were almost too scarce 

 to make the extraorumary prices paid an 

 index to their favor. Gardenias advanced 

 sharply, while valley brought better aver- 

 age prices under brisk demand. 



The ordinary grades of roses sold a 

 little better, at unchanged prices. Fancy 

 grades were in demand ahead of the sup- 

 ply, but with so many chrysanthemums in 

 sight prices advanced little. Carnations 

 were abundant. There was a slight ad- 

 vance on the fancies, with more ordinary 

 stock than the market could take. The 

 other flowers on the list sold moderately 

 well. The general tone was better. There 

 was an improved demand for greens, es- 

 pecially asparagus in bunches. Wild 

 smilax was ordered extensively. 



The present week has opened auspi- 

 ciously, excepting only the weather, which 

 is too warm for the season. Prices have 

 fallen a little since Thanksgiving, notably 

 on carnations and violets. The shipping 

 demand, led by the first german in Balti- 

 more, held this year a week earlier than 

 formerly, is the feature of the market. 

 High grade stock is ordered almost in- 

 variably. 



The local doniand is lighter than the 

 season warrants, but this can hardly con- 

 tinue; the social calendar for the end of 

 the week forbids. "White chrysanthemums 

 are in strong supply this week. Poinset- 

 tias have come. 



Our Floral At lists. 



The first week in December is an im- 

 portant time in the shops, for the best 

 flower buyers are shopping and thinking 

 of Christmas and what they can get that 

 is prettiest for their friends. A recent 

 addition to the Eeview's staff spent a 

 whole afternoon this week studying the 

 floral pictures in the center of the city. 



The show case at the southwest corner 



