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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 17, 191(>. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



ACACIA 



Pubescens. 



$2.50 per bunch. 



If your customer calls for an at- 

 tractive arrangement of flowers In 

 yellow, something out of the ordi- 

 nary, nothing fills the bill like 

 Acacia. Exquisitely dainty, yellow 

 flowers, borne on sprays of various 

 sizes, covered with an abundanca 

 of delicate, green foliage. Our sup- 

 ply of this novelty is not equaled. 



Carnations 



Good stock, our selectlom of colors, 



In lots of 500 and over, 



$3.00 per 100. 



Our supply of carnations conslists 

 largely of the better varieties. Our 

 growers have. In quality, surpassed 

 their production of other years. 

 "We can truly say that nerer before 

 have we offered better quality, or 

 larger values. Red carnations. Bea- 

 con, Victory, Bassett, etc., we have 

 in quantity. An order for a few 

 thousand of them we cam All at 

 short notice. 



SPRIiVG FLOWERS 



SINGLE DAFFODILS Per 100. 



Golden Spur $4.00 



Prlnceps 3.00 



TULIPS $2.50— 4.00 



Fancy Doubles 4.00 — 5.00 



DAISIES, White 2.00 



DAISIES, Yellow 3.00 



VALLEY 3.00— 4.00 



FREESIA 2.00— 3.00 



SWEET PEAS, choice.. 1.00 



Per Bunch. 

 PANSIES, per hundred. . $8.00 



LILAC 1.00 



PUSSY WILLOW .50 



PUSSY WILLOW, per doz. 6.W 



Killarney and Richmond 



Our Krowers are now cutting them 

 In quantity and can give yon eztr« 

 big value In the medlnm grades. 

 $8.00 to $12.00 per 10«. 



White Killarney Rose 



PLANTS, Waban strain. 



2-lnch pots, per 100 $ 8.00 



2-Inch pots, per 1,000 70.00 



ROOTED CARNATION CUHINGS 



See our advertisement among the 

 classified ads. Strong, clean, healthy 

 cuttings, that we guarantee to give 

 satisfaction. 



TheLeoNlesseoCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



120* Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



Lenten Floi^ers 



We all know that Lent is no longer the serious 

 time it used to be; there is a good demand for 

 flowers during Lent. We offer as specialties : 



Xaster Lilies, for which we are recognized headquarters in Philadelphia. 



Violets. Our growers produce splendid single, also fine Marie Louise, from 

 the Hudson river and Lady Campbell violets. 



Tulips. Yellow and ^hite, also some fine pink. (N. B. Short stemmed 

 white tulips for design work.) 



Doffodils. Golden Spur is the best; large flowers, good stems and foliage; 

 double Von Sion is coming in more freely. 



Freesia. Pure white, long stems. 



Wild Smilaz for the decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The first week of Lent has brought 

 several changes in the conditions de- 

 scribed a week ago. The heavy crop of 

 carnations, a majority of them of splen- 

 did quality, which was then arriving, is 

 at its height. Unusual inducements to 

 the buyers have moved large quantities 

 of these flowers, but there are still so 

 many that it seems impossible to create 

 a suflScient demand for them all, even at 

 low prices. Most of the other flowers 

 on the list are more plentiful than a 

 week ago, while the demand is about 

 the same, taking it all the way through, 

 so that prices have receded, or better 

 value is given, which amounts to the same 

 thing. Beauties, white roses and Aspara- 

 gus plumosus are the exceptions; these 

 are all scarce and command good prices 

 when obtainable; Acacia pubescens, too, 

 is eagerly sought, the supply being 

 shorter than the demand each day. 

 Easter lilies are the worst feature of 

 the list; a large supply of really fine 

 stock is seemingly impossible to market. 

 Freesia, double daffodils and Narcissus 

 Von Sion are the strong features of a 

 rather weak bulb list, with tulips lagging 

 badly at the other end, saved only by 

 Couronne d 'Or, the always popular double 

 orange. 



St, Valentine's day brought mixed re- 

 sults, somewhat difficult to describe. The 

 shipping orders, and possibly the local 

 demand, were in excess of last season. 

 The fact that St. Valentine's day then 

 came during the pre-lenten rush and now 

 preceding a lenten election day, made such 

 a vast difference in the total demand that 

 prices were lower and business seemed 

 low by comparison. Violets, though used 

 in large quantities, fell short of last 

 year's prices, except on some fancy sin- 

 gles. Forget-me-nots were conspicuous 

 by their absence, only one wholesale house 

 being able to supply them. This is due to 

 the strong feeling in the retail stores that 

 forget-me-nots are not .worth the price 

 that must be obtained for them at St. 

 Valentine 's day, if the crop is to be grown 



at a profit. Sweet peas were freely used 

 instead; red carnations, red roses, pink 

 roses were Cupid's other gifts. The 

 gardenia market has found its level, so 

 to speak, and is in a much more satis- 

 factory condition. The supply of cat- 

 tleyas is about sufficient to meet the 

 demand at good prices. Valley is dull. 

 Paper Whites are brisk at low figures. 

 Romans are used for design work chiefly. 

 There are some excellent hardy ferns in 

 the market. 



The Aphine Test. 



The public test of Aphine, the liquid 

 insecticide, took place in the afternoon 

 of Lincoln's birthday at Michell's new 

 store, 518 Market street. A number of 

 plants infected with green fly, mealy bug 

 and scale were offered for treatment. 

 These were all carefully sprayed by Mr. 

 Ebel with a hand syringe, and the para- 

 sites on leaf and stem were destroyed 

 without injury to the plants. This test 

 was carefully watched by a number of 

 growers, seedsmen, private gardeners 

 and newspaper men, and all appeared im- 

 pressed by the merits of Aphine as ai 

 insecticide. 



There is another feature in the publii' 

 test of Aphine that is of special interest. 

 Through an error in the laboratory, soni« 

 Aphine was sent out that was not what it 

 should have been. This defective mi" 

 ture Mr. Ebel agreed to make gooi 

 at his own expense. These public tesi^ 

 are intended to show everyone that tl;-^ 

 makers are ready and anxious to guaran- 

 tee Aphine, which they honestly beliC' ' 

 is the best insecticide made. Mr. Ebel • 

 frank, manly bearing won • him war ii 

 friends in this city, who wish him sm 

 cess in his war on all insects which at- 

 tack plant life. 



Now — Then. 



Henry P. Michell returned from tlif 

 south a few days ago, to assume com- 

 mand of his large business interests be- 

 fore the opening of the season. Whe» 

 seen at his new store, Mr. Michell spok<' 

 of the bright prospects for spring. Th^ 

 shortage in peas and beans he thought 

 was more feared than real ; the high price 



