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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 19, 1910. 



Niesseo's 



News Column 



FLOWERS 



FOR 



Decoratiofl Day 



Your order will have our best 

 care and attention. We filled our 

 orders last year and expect to do 

 30 again this season. The supply 

 for Decoration Day is most uncer- 

 tain, more so than any other holi- 

 day. With the supply and facili- 

 ties at our command, however, you 

 have the best assurance that your 

 order will be filled complete. 



BEAUTIES 



$1.00 to $3.00 per doz. 



ROSES 



We expect a large supply of 

 them. Our grade at $5.00 and 

 $6.00 per 100 you will find satis- 

 factory stock, and our $8.00 grade 

 of special value. 



Extra Long Maryland 



$18.00 per 100. 



The best in pink Koses coming 

 to this market. 



Carnations 



$3 00 to $6.00 per 100. 



Carefully selected stock. 



Peonies 



In color mostly pink and white, 

 and some red. Our local stock 

 will be in fine condition, which as- 

 sures the best quality in Peonies. 

 Good stock we can furnish at 

 $8.00 per 100 



Easter Lilies 



$1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



Valley 



Fancy, $4.00 per 100 

 Firsts, $3.00 per 100 



New Crop Dagger Ferns 



Good fresh stock, 

 $2.50 per 1000. 



TheleoNiesseoCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



FOR 



Memorial Day 



We shall have a splendid Btock of the best; and plenty of cheap 

 flowers for Memorial Day. For those desiring choice stock we will 

 have our famous "down east" Beauties, Kaiserins, Lilies (for which 

 we are headquarters); Peonies in all colors, any quantity; Carna- 

 tions, a good assortment. 



For those desiring quantity rather than quality we will have 

 cheap grades of flowers that will enable yon to give a good value for 

 the popular dollar bunch. Leave the selection to us if possible, in that 

 way we can do even better for you than where so many of each kind 

 is specified. Our service is the best. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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 newals in its name. 



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 view representatives all are welL known 

 members of the trade in their respective 

 localities. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The April-like chill of mid-May proved 

 invigorating to the cut flower market. 

 There was a large amount of business on 

 the closing days of last week, princi- 

 pally for the May processions in the 

 churches and for the various forms of 

 adornment, the desire for which comes to 

 everyone in the spring. The present 

 week opened actively, with prospects for 

 a moderate demand. The south has made 

 some calls on the Philadelphia supply for 

 the different Memorial days of the va- 

 rious states that precede the national 

 holiday. The supply of flowers con- 

 tinues heavy. There is no shortage of 

 anything, only the cooler weather has 

 improved the quality so that there are 

 many more fine flowers obtainable now 

 than is usual at this season. I do not 

 wish to be understood to say that the 

 cool weather has had no effect on the 

 quantity of flowers; it certainly has, but 

 it would take a sweeping of the earth 

 by the comet to check production in mid- 

 May to the extent of increasing prices of 

 the general list. 



Peonies have increased in number. The 

 local supply of officinalis, red, is com- 

 ing in from sheltered positions, while 



other varieties will be here by the end 

 of this week. 



Sweet peas are in the transition stage 

 from indoor to outdoor stock. The ma- 

 jority of the indoor flowers now show a 

 sad shortening of stem and lack of 

 luster. In contrast to these the new crop 

 from under glass is superb, while from 

 the south come the forerunners of the 

 outdoor peas. 



The carnation supply is shortening a 

 little. Really fine stock is in demand, 

 for much of the stock cannot be so 

 classed today. 



Roses are plentiful, good grades sell- 

 ing rather better than medium or poorer 

 stock, partly perhaps because the best 

 goods sJways come in smaller quantities. 



Valley is about equal to the demand. 

 It grades well for the season. Easter 

 lilies are selling better. Callas are quite 

 scarce. Cattleyas depend on Mossise. 

 Gardenias are dull. Yellow daisies are 

 in active demand, but white suffer from 

 the competition of their cousins of the 

 field. Pansies are still sought. Adian- 

 tum are selling better. The reports on 

 asparagus differ, but greens generally 

 seem dull. 



An Incident. 



When the bright business mind of M. 

 Rice was called upon to solve the ques- 

 tion, "Where shall we find a reliable 

 traveler to add to our corps?" he natur- 

 ally turned to the group of young men 

 who were pressing forward. From this 

 group Robert Shoch was chosen. He had 

 pushed a wheelbarrow well, he had pushed 

 flowers well, he would push supplies well ; 

 that was the reason. But this is not what 

 I began to tell you; it is merely intro- 

 ductory. Robert Shoch is now known 

 all along the eastern seaboard from New 

 England on the north (or should I say 

 "down easf't) to the farthest point 

 south, where the pretty girls care for 

 pretty things, and to the banks of the 

 Ohio, or it may be farther. 



One day, when calling on a lovely lady 

 that shall be nameless, Mr. Shoch was 

 greeted with this question: "Wasn't 



