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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 27, 1911. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



GLADIOLI 



Fine commercial varieties, red, white and 

 pink. Can furnish large quantities of one 

 color on short notice. 



ASTERS 



The best. 

 Good stock, 



Valley, 

 Easter Lilies, 



- per 100, $ 3.00 

 per 100, $1.50 to 2.50 



per 100, 3.00 to 4.00 

 per 100, 10.00 



FIELDiiGROWN 

 CARNATION PLANTS 



The plants we are offering are all in fine 

 condition. They axe ready for delivery now. 

 We will send you a complete list and 

 quotations for the asking. 



Tiie Leo Niessen Co< 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1209 Arcli Btraat, PHILADKLPHIA. PA. 



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



Mention The Review wben yea write. 



land and buildings is at least as much 

 more. This is a pretty good showing 

 at a time of year when stocks are at a 

 minimum. Mr. Wittbold also states 

 that shipping trade has held up re- 

 markably well all summer. 



The American Metal Box Co., manu- 

 facturers of the Illinois self-watering 

 devices, will remove its office August 1 

 to larger quarters at 2005 to 2007 South 

 Michigan avenue. 



Visitors: B. Eschner, of M. Eice & 

 Co., Philadelphia; H. B. Domer and H. 

 W. Anderson, of the florists' experiment 

 station, Urbana. 



PHIIiADEIfHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



There are more flowers and more 

 business than a week ago. The in- 

 crease in stock is chiefly in asters and 

 in roses. The asters grade low, most 

 of the flowers being far below market 

 requirements. There have been days 

 when it was impossible to satisfy the 

 demand for asters of the better grades. 

 While roses are more plentiful, the in- 

 crease has not strengthened the ranks 

 of the quality; it is just as hard to 

 get fine stock as it was a week ago, and 

 fine stock is bringing good value. Car- 

 nations are almost out of sight. Gla- 

 dioli continue an important factor wheire 

 decorative flowers are desired. Easter 

 lilies are in excellent demand and fair 

 supply. There is no special call for 

 valley. Cattleyas are very, very scarce; 

 an order can be filled provided its pro- 

 portions are of moderate size. Golden 

 Glow chrysanthemums have been with 

 us for ten days. Small outdoor flowers 

 are not in as active demand as a week 

 ago, probably owing to the increase in 

 asters. Some sweet peas have come 

 from out of town. There is little de- 

 mand for greens. 



The Big House. 

 Henry C. Geiger was in town one day 

 this week on a little matter of busi- 

 ness. Mr. Geiger is always busy, hav- 

 ing the thousand and one little details 

 of those immense floral factories at 

 Edgely and at North Wales under his 

 direction. In reply to a question about 

 the big house at North Wales, Mr. 



Easter Lilies 



Fine stock of the most decorative white flower in the market today. 

 $1.00, 11.26 and $1.60 per dozen. 



ASTERS 



Early shipments of white, pink, lavender and purple are beginning to 

 arrive in good condition. $1.00 and $2.00 per 100. 



KAISERIN and KILLARNEY ROSES 



In excellent condition for midsummer. $4.00 to $6.00 per 100. 



GLADIOLUS, all colors 



Outdoor WHITE FLOWERS for Design Work 



YOUNG ROSE PLANTS Si.«J^„. 



1000 Richmond, 3-in. , $6.00 per 100 ; 500 White Killamey, 3-in. , $6.00 per 100 



BERGER BROS. 



Wholesale Florists 



1305 riibert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Geiger became enthusiastic, speaking 

 with the greatest pleasure of the prog- 

 ress that the roses are making. 



"They are about so high," Mr. 

 Geiger said, indicating with his hand 

 a position a little above his hip, and 

 Mr. Geiger is a man of good stature. 

 "They were planted March 20 and we 

 have been cutting for a month. Many 

 of them are what we call trees, heavy 

 shoots as thick as your finger, that 

 when pinched produce four or five 

 good flowers. Most of them are going 

 to New York now, but some come to 

 Edward Reid in this city." 



When asked about the varieties 

 planted in the house (they haa been 

 given in this column without the quan- 

 tities), Mr. Geiger said that the 70,000 

 roses were made up as follows: 25,000 

 Bride, 5,000 BrideJMnai«, 15,000 KiUar- 

 ney, 5,000 White Killaraey, 14,000 

 Bichmond and 6,000 My Maryland. 



Speaking of the size of the big house, 

 172x700, Mr. Geiger said it was the 

 largest house in the world, containing 

 seven miles of beds, 120,400 square feet 

 of ground surface. W. H. Elliott has 

 a house at Madbury, N. H., 40x1,360, 

 that covers 54,400 square feet of ground 

 surface. There is a palm conservatory 

 in Kew Gardens, England, that con- 

 tains a greater amount of cubic air 

 space, but does not cover so much 

 ground surface. 



The present plans at North Wales are 

 to put the two recently constructed 

 ends of the carnation houses in Beau- 

 ties by way of giving them a further 

 trial. Between 4,000 and 5,000 plants 

 will ,be benc^f^. The second largest 

 house, formerly devoted to Beauties, 

 will be planted' '^Vith carnations and 

 sweet peas. Many of the carnations 

 are now benched and looking well. 



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