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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 16, 1910. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



Special Notice 



Early Closing 



Comtnenclng; Monday, June 20, 

 We Close at 6 p. m. 



Kindly bear this in mind when 

 telegraphing or 'phoning your or- 

 ders. 



During the summer months we 

 aim to have cut flowers of quality, 

 as far as conditions will allow. We 

 realize that good flowers are as 

 necessary then as any other time. 

 You will always find with us the 

 BEST the market affords. 



Special for this week we can 

 offer you: — 



MARYLAND 



Extra long, 24 to 36-inch stems, 

 $8.00 and $10.00 per 100. 



Good stock, $5.00 and $6.00 per 

 100. 



VALLEY 



Fancy, $4.00 per 100. 

 First, $3.00 per 100. 

 Our "Fancy Grade" of Valley 

 is very tine stock, and will com- 

 pare favorably with anything com- 

 ing to this market. 



PEAS 



I^ong stems and fine flowers. 

 The Best, $1.00 per 100 



$7.50 per 1,000 



CATTl EYAS 



Choice flowers. 

 $6.00 per dozen. 



BRIDES and MAIDS 



Good stock, $5.00 and $6.00 per 

 100. 



The Best, $8.00 per 100. 



Good flowers, clean foliage, pre- 

 ferred by many for shipping pur- 

 poses at this time of the year. 

 They will give satisfaction. 



ROSE PLANTS 



Ready for Delivery. 

 Brides, 3-inch pots, $6.00 per 100. 

 r Maids, 3-inch pots, 7.00 per 100. 

 Eichmonds, 3-inch pots, .'r;6.00 per 

 100. 

 We guarantee satisfaction. 



TheUoNiessenCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 



Easter Lilies 



The finest stock of Lilies in Philadelphia. We can 



furnish any number; the quality has never been 



excelled. Prices on application. 



Our other specialties include choice Yeilow Ciiry< 

 santliemums. Beauties and Valley. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLBSALB FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Me'^tlon The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The quality of the flowers coming 

 into town at present is unusually good 

 for the middle of June. This has stimu- 

 lated the demand and maintained prices 

 better than usual. The long-continued 

 cloudy weather and the cool nights have 

 put fresh life into the hard-worked 

 stock. There is no mistaking the wane 

 of the season, for despite excellent ship- 

 ping orders and some local demand, 

 business is duller than a week ago. 



Carnations are particularly fine for 

 the season. Winsor is the leading pink. 

 White Perfection and Lady Bountiful 

 are in fine form, while there are a few 

 good Ethel Crocker, forerunner of the 

 warmer weather. 



Roses are excellent. Red and white 

 seem most in demaiid, probably because 

 the stock of the pink is so large and 

 the call for this color is not so much 

 quickened by bridal festivities and com- 

 mencements as is the sale for the others. 



Valley and sweet peas are the flowers 

 most sought and the supply at times is 

 insufficient. In sweet peas this is due 

 solely to the dark days and the rain. 

 The quality of the outdoor stock is finer 

 than ever seen here before. Cattleyas 

 have shortened; Mossia) has given place 

 almost entirely to Gaskelliana. Garde- 

 nias are doing a little better. The qual- 

 ity in snapdragons is absent. Easter 

 lilies are in moderate demand, while 

 there are still a few callas. Peonies are 

 coming in from north, and east, and 

 from the mountains. The price is lower. 

 Feverfew, candytuft and double petu- 

 nias evidence that summer flowers are 

 here. There is a moderate demand for 

 fine green. 



The June novelty is Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemum. This wonderfully 

 adaptable variety is in form equal to 

 autumn. 



The June Meeting. 



The June meeting of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society demonstrat- 

 ed the soundness of President Hyle's 



idea that the time for an exhibition 

 is when people have flowers. The com- 

 petition in the outdoor rose class was 

 large and spirited, the quality of the 

 blooms being unusually fine. 



The attendance was considered by the 

 faithful as the best in the history of 

 the society — that is, for a regular meet- 

 ing. This was the more noteworthy 

 because some of the most loyal wore 

 absent from a curious cause. Dr. 15er- 

 gen's valuable paper on "Water Lilies 

 in a Small Yard" was sent to all the 

 members at no small cost; instead, 

 therefore, of the usual notices, a slip 

 was inserted in the pamphlet, giving 

 the changed date of the June meeting. 

 This slip was overlooked by some of 

 the society's stanchest friends. 



The essayist of the evening, Profe^-sor 

 Stewardson Brown, gave a scholarly 

 talk on the history of the rose, while 

 the society's botanist answered ' ul- 

 tural questions from the members. 



The medical profession won in ihe 

 election that followed for two vice- 

 presidents, Dr. Willetts and Dr. 1 Ber- 

 gen emerging as the winners in a c'ose 

 contest. 



Among the roses exhibited was a 

 hybrid tea, rose-pink in color, that 'las 

 been grown around Germantown fo" a 

 quarter of a century, and which dC'cd 

 the experts to identify it; they co ild 

 only say that it "was on the or ier 

 of — " but then disagreed. 



An immense magnolia was a feature 

 of the exhibition table. 



The Andorra Nurseries. 



The picturesque Andorra Nurserit^?. 

 situated at the end of the Wissahickon 

 drive, are looking their best this mon'h. 

 The success of the various shows 1"'!*^ 

 at the Andorra during the last few ^<'J^' 

 sons is shown by the heavy orders ior 

 the specialty exhibited. The place i"* * 

 show in itself. The magnificent 'i'^' 

 plays of rhododendrons, peonies f"^ 

 iris, each in turn, lend that effective 

 touch of color that enhances the beauty 

 of the various shades of sober green 

 that predominate over the hillside. 



The Andorra Nurseries have stretched 



