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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 14, 1910. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



Asters 



Wo are pleased to report an in- 

 creased supply in that direction, 

 although the supply is hardly suf- 

 ficient to meet the demand. We 

 can furnish them in pink, white 

 and lavender. 



^l.oO and $2.00 per 100. 



Sweet Peas 



When conditions are no longer 

 favorable with the local growers 

 to produce good peas, we get our 

 supply where they do well — in 

 fact, our stock now is almost 

 equal to winter grown. The flow- 

 ers are fine, the stems about 

 medium. In colors, pink, white 

 and lavender. 



75 cts. per 100. 



Easter Lilies 



Excellent quality. 

 $1.50 per dozen. 



Gladiolus 



All the Best Varieties. 

 $4.00 and $5.00 per 100. 



Valley 



Our Fancv Grade, very choice. 



$4.00 per 100. 



First quality, $3.00 per 100. 



Bronze Galax 



Now is the time to use them to 

 best advantage. Our stock now is 

 equally as good as we have had 

 during the winter. 



$1.00 per 1000. 

 7..jO per case. 



Rose Plants 



. Per 100 

 100 Pink Killarney, 3 inch 



pots .' $8.00 



Brides, 2i/4-inch pots 5.00 



Brides, 3yo-inch pots 7.00 



Maids, 3V.-inch pots 7.00 



100 1000 

 Ivory, 3-inch pots... $6.00 $50.00 



Gates, 3-inch pots 6.00 50.00 



Richmond. 3-inch pots 6.00 55.00 



WHITE KILLARNEY, 2-year-old 

 plants, in fine condition, 



$18.00 per 100 



TheLeoNiesseoCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



The Finest Flowers 



We make a specialty of having the finest flowers in summer; 

 something that you can offer with confidence. We expect to have 

 the third week in July the following : 



BEAUTIES, in all grades, 75c to $3.00 per dozen. 



KAISERIN, $4.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



SWEET PEAS, in all colors, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. 



VALLEY, $3.00 to $4 00 per 100. 



WHITE CARNATIONS, Boston Market, $2.00 per 100. 



QLADIOLUS, America and other fancy sorts, $4.00 to $6.00 



per 100. 

 EASTER LILIES, our specialty, $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 per 



100; $70.00 per 1000. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Me-'tion The Review -when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



Another hot wave arrived with the 

 current week, July 7, and continued sev- 

 eral days. It had a marked effect on 

 the market. The growers whose flow- 

 ers have withstood previous onslaughts 

 succumbed to this one, and shipments 

 are lighter. The tone of the market is 

 rather better. There is no more de- 

 mand, but supply and demand are more 

 evenly balanced. Business is about 

 normal for the middle of July. There is 

 a certain amount of shipping that comes 

 in little puffs and gales and then sub- 

 sides; quality only will do for these 

 orders. The quality is like the "four 

 hundred" to the four hundred thousand 

 — still you can get the quality when you 

 make it clear that that only is wanted. 



Carnation shipments have fallen off, 

 decidedly. Asters of modest mien are' 

 increusing in numbers slowly. Easter 

 lilies are good — their quality is more ap- 

 preciated these hot days. Gladiolus in 

 fancy varieties is fine and selling about 

 as well as anything. Shasta daisies of 

 superb quality are here, and with them 

 sweet peas from a cooler clime that 

 equal our best standard. 



Tlie rose assortment is made up of 

 eastern Beauties of good quality, 

 Kaiserin that unfortunately do not 

 equal the demand on many days, and 

 My Maryland, chiefly in medium and 

 short lengths. There also are a few 

 good Killarney and its white sister. 



Valley, cattleyas and gardenias are 

 obtainable, but play a less important 

 part than a month ago. Greens are 

 plentiful. 



Club Meeting. 



There was an interested audience at 

 the postponed meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, July 12, to hear W. A. Manda. 

 His subject was "Is Ours a Profession 

 or a Trade?" and he delivered an ad- 

 dress highly cultivated and of great 

 beauty. It was followed by the general 

 discussion. J. Otto Thilow and others 

 took the view that ours is a profession. 



A. Farenwald thought specializing 

 tended to narrowness. Mr. Niessen ad- 

 vocated the advantages offered young 

 men in horticulture. The address and 

 debate were full of interest. 

 Various Notes. 



"Walter N. Yates, whose clever busi- 

 ness ideas have often brightened this 

 column, will sail for Europe July 23 to 

 visit the nurseries of England, Holland, 

 Belgium and France and gather ma- 

 terial for next season's campaign. 



S. Morris Jones has sold his entire 

 block of stock in the Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Pa., retaining his office 

 of treasurer of the company until the 

 annual meeting this month. There will 

 be no change in management of the com- 

 pany 's affairs. 



Casper and George L. Pennock, whole- 

 sale growers of roses and lilies of the 

 valley at Lansdowne, will replant part 

 of their Beauty range with Killarney 

 this season. By the way, did you know 

 that C. & G. L. Pennock are also retail 

 coal dealers in Lansdownef They find 

 flowers and coal gee well together. 



Harry Simpson, manager of the 

 Floral Exchange, Edgely, Pa., has the 

 reputation of being one of our hardest 

 workers, as well as one of our cleverest 

 mechanics. There is no labor-saving 

 device applicable to the greenhouse that 

 Mr. Simpson cannot rig and put in run- 

 ning order. 



P. J. Lynch divides his time between 

 West Grove, Pa., and New Castle Ind 

 giving his friends on both sides of the 

 Alleghanies words of genial optimism 

 that warm their hearts. 



Paul Berkowitz is enthusiastic over 

 the wonderfully perfect orchids iust re- 

 ceived by H. Bayersdorfer & Co. from 

 France. French ingenuity is making 

 strides in this class of material Flo-v^ 

 ers and foliage in great variety are now 

 arriving. 



The bay trees have been on the back 

 tract during the last season, the demand 

 falling off perceptibly, 



T./.4''?®o^*t.^"'°S of members of the 

 Florists' Club greeted W. A. Manda, 

 South Orange, N. J., at Horticultural 



