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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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December 0, 1009. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



FOR THB 



Christmas Holidays 



we will offer to the trade a supply 

 of cut flowers that will compare 

 favorably in quantity and quality 

 with any being offered in this 

 country. Along with this excellent 

 supply we give you the best kind 

 of service — the kind that is dis- 

 tinct in its promptness and care in 

 the execution of your orders; to 

 qualify it correctly, we would re- 

 fer to it as the 



NIESSEN SERVICE 



On or about the 15th we will 

 issue our Christmas price-list, a 

 correct guide for every florist pur- 

 chasing his supply in the East. A 

 copy will be mailed to you for the 

 asking. 



For the coming week, we would 

 call attention to our stock of 



BEAUTIES 



The two top grades are most plen- 

 tiful, quality never better. Large 

 orders will be filled at quantity 

 price. 



WHITE and PINK KILLARNEY 



are leaders with us in the rose 

 line; in splendid form, of quality 

 sure to please. 



$5.00 to $12.00 per 100. 



CARNATIONS 



Firsts $2.00 per 100. 



Fancies . . . 3.00 per 100. 



Special 4.00 per 100. 



The market today offers unusual 

 values in carnations, on account of 

 the splendid quality. 



A few items worthy of mention 

 on account of increased supply, or 

 better quality, are 



POINSETTIAS 



DAISIES 

 .SWEET PEAS 



STEVIA 



CYPBIPEDIUMS 



MIGNONETTE 



BOXWOOD 



50 lb. Case, $7.50. 

 An excellent Christmas green. 

 Properly made up, a ready seller. 



TheLeo Niessen Co. 



Wliolesale Florists 



1209 Arck Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7 ». m. to 8 p. m. 



Select Carnations 



Carnations are at their best; we offer very select blooms in all the 

 leading varieties at unusually reasonable prices. We recommend 

 in soft pink, Enchantress; in bright pink, Winsor; in scarlet, Beacon, 

 and in white, White Perfection. There are plenty of other good 

 varieties that we can furnish in small or large quantities, as desired, 

 at $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



Other Specialties 



Fancy Single Violets, VLy Maryland Roses, Extra Quality Valley, 



Poinsettias for Christmas. Choice, well berried Holly. 



Wild Smilaz for the decorator. Best quality 



Boxwood, $16.00 per 100 lbs. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FU>RISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riling Eautcrn Market 



[All mail trains arriving in Chicago 

 December 8 were delayed by snow and 

 cold weather^ The usual Philadelphia 

 market report had not come to hand 

 when the hour of going to press arrived. 

 —Ed.] 



CIttb Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia, held Tuesday evening, 

 December 7, the paper by Charles Henry 

 Fox, published on page 21 of this issue 

 of the Review, was read. Hearty ap- 

 plause greeted its conclusion and a most 

 interesting discussion followed, partici- 

 pated in by Adolph Farenwald, Samuel 

 S. Pennock, Leo Niessen, Edward Keid, 

 Joseph Heacock, J. Otto Thilow, John W. 

 Mclntyre, Robert Kift, Robert Craig, 

 John "Westcott and others. The growers 

 told of their heavy expenses and the 

 wholesalers cited the law of supply and 

 demand as governing the prices of cut 

 flowers, both at holiday seasons and other 

 days of the year, Mr. Fox said he 

 thought this law was set at - defiance 

 when flowers were sold cheaply the day 

 after Christmas. The reply was that it 

 was not stock that the shops could use. 

 Mr. Pennock said he thought that if the 

 retailers would help the market in times 

 of oversupply by pushing flowers, prices 

 at the holidays could be lower; in his 

 view, extreme depression causes extreme 

 altitude. 



Henry Eichholz, of Waynesboro, Pa., 

 exhibited a fine white sport from 

 Chrysanthemum Helen Frick and a bright 

 pink epoTt from Carnation Enchantress. 



Phil. 



Charleston, III. — Etta J. Nott says 



trade is excellent, roses and carnations 



looking fine and the sale of fall bulbs 

 the best ever. 



DlQHTON, Mass. — J. Harvey Briggs 

 has completed a new greenhouse, at his 

 residence on Williams street. The house 

 will be used for violets and sweet peas. 



SHRUBS FOR EASTER. 



What is the proper treatment to give 

 the following shrubs to have them in 

 bloom for Easter: Amygdalus flora 

 rubra, Prunus triloba, Weigelia Eva 

 Rathke, Cjrtisus Laburnum, Magnolia 

 stellata. Spiraea Van Houttei, wistaria, 

 Genista Andreanat They were all im- 

 ported this fall and pot grown. 



S. N. P. 



All the plants named are better left 

 outdoors until they have had one or two 

 freezings. The pots, of course, should 

 be protected. Keep them in a frame, 

 laying them on their sides if there is not 

 much headroom, or in a cold cellar until 

 it is time to' start them. This will be 

 preferable to leaving them outdoors, as 

 they will be more easily got at when 

 wanted. 



Prunus triloba. Magnolia stellata, 

 Amygdalus flore pleno rubra and Wis- 

 taria Sinensis will come into flower in 

 forty days if started in a house with a 

 night temperature of 60 degrees, remov- 

 ing them to 10 degrees less heat as they 

 expand. The spiraeas, weigelias and 

 Cytisus Laburnum should be allowed two 

 weeks longer. Genista Andreana we pre- 

 fer to start about the new year in a cool 

 greenhonpe. It is better when not sub- 

 jected to hard forcing. Of course, by 

 starting any or all of the plants early in 

 January in a temperature of 50 degrees 

 they wiU flower by March 27, and if you 

 have bench space to spare and can grow 

 them in this way they will be all the bet- 

 ter for it. Any which may seem some- 

 what late can easUy be pushed two or 

 three weeks before Easter. It is of 

 course possible by hard forcing to get 

 these shrubs in flower in less time than 

 we have named, but the flowers will be 

 much lacking in substance and will wilt 

 quickly if exposed to cool draughts. 



C. W. 



Sharon, Mass. — Mrs, Jennie P, Snow 

 has opened a flower stand at Somerville, 

 Mass., in the store of W. C. Stickle, 

 newsdealer, in Teele square. 



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