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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



September 2, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



ASTERS 



We continue to have a good 

 supply of them, and the largest 

 portion of our consignments are 

 very choice flowers. We do not 

 think that you will find a better 

 supply of asters in this market 

 than we can offer you. We can 

 furnish you a fair grade of stock 

 as low as $1.00 per hundred, and 

 the better grades at $1.50 and 

 $2.00. A few very choice flowers 

 are bringing a trifle more. 



My Maryland 



The best of these are now 

 coming in with stems 15" to 20" 

 long; exceptionally good roses for 

 this time of the year. The best of 

 them are worth $6.00 to $8.00 per 

 hundred. Extra good value we 

 can give you in the shorter grades, 

 selling at $.3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 

 per hundred. 



Cattleyas 



Our growers report that they 

 will have a limited supply of them, 

 with the cut increasing from now 

 on. Our Cattleyas Avill be of a 

 very choice quality, and we will 

 bill them to you at the lowest 

 market price. 



Carnations 



Some of our growers are com- 

 ■ mencing to cut from their new 

 plants. The flowers are fair, stems 

 as yet a trifle short, but a carna- 

 tion as good as they can be had at 

 this time of the year. 



F ield-srown 



Carnation Plants 



We are still offering plants of 

 many of the best varieties of car- 



I nations, and would be glad to send 

 you our list and prices. 



TheLeo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



OPEN FROM 7:00 A. M. TO 6:00 P. M. 



To the Buyers 



You are home from your vacation, ready to make plans for 

 the coming season. You want to know first of all where to 

 find the flowers; after that you want to know whether the 

 people who have them mean to do the right thing by you and 

 whether they are prompt and businesslike in their methods. 

 We respectfully call your attention to our stock— it will be 

 finer than ever during the coming season; to our facilities— 

 we believe they are up tt< date, and to our methods of doing 

 business— we aim to be prompt and to be fair. We shall be 

 glad to see you or correspond with you and ask the favor 

 of a trial order. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Risiii£ Eastern Market. 



Summer is over. There are signs in 

 the air and on the street of awakening 

 interest in the cut flower market. There 

 is no marked change — just a little more 

 life indicative of better times ahead. As- 

 ters continue fine as a rule. Gladioli are 

 not. Harrisii and giganteum lilies have 

 been reinforced by album and rubrum. 

 All go a-begging. Dahlias and cosmios 

 are more plentiful. Sweet peas of qual- 

 ity are still factors. Chrysanthemum 

 Golden Glow is to be had. There is no 

 change in roses or carnations. Hardy 

 ferns are the most popular greens of the 

 day. 



The Palm Situation. 



It will be of interest to florists through- 

 out the country to know that several 

 changes in conditions governing the palm 

 growing industry are likely to be felt 

 here. The medium and large sizes of 

 Kentia Belmoreana and Forsteriana, in 

 other words, 6-inch pots up, are reported 

 scarce in Europe. Another point of in- 

 terest is the failure of the last sowing of 

 Arcca lutescens seed. It is believed that 

 nearly all the seed of this graceful palm 

 comes from the vicinity of Rio Janeiro, 

 Brazil. Exactly what was the matter 

 with this seed is not known. It appeared, 

 when received by the various importers 

 handling it in this country, to be in splen- 

 did condition, but for some unknown rea- 

 son it failed to germinate. Its failure 

 will undoubtedly have an effect on the 

 production of arecas that will be felt in 

 the market a few years hence. 



The Railroad Gardeners. 



Last week the railroad gardeners, as 

 previously announced in this column, held 

 their third annual convention in this city. 

 A body of some twenty-five representa- 

 tives of the various railroads throughout 

 the country gathered in Horticultural 

 hall to discuss questions of interest. They 

 were taken on trips from the Reading 

 and Pennsylvania stations to see the work 

 that is being done under the supervision 



of Paul Huebner and E. A. Sterling. 

 Wednesday, August 25, they visited Riv- 

 erton as the guests of Henry A. Dreer. 

 The railroad party went up the Delaware 

 river by steamer. They were met at 

 Riverton. by George D. Clark, James C. 

 Clark and George A. Strohlein, who es- 

 corted them over the greenhouses and 

 trial grounds, of the Dreer nurseries. 

 After seeing as many of the features of 

 interest as time would permit, the vis- 

 itors were entertained at luncheon, re- 

 turning on the 5:12 train for the city. 

 Those present were: 



George B. Moulder, I. C. R. U.. Chicago. 



J. S. Butterfleld, Mo. Pae. R. R., Lee's Sum- 

 mit, Mo. 



G'. E. Preston, I. C. R. R., Carbondale, 111. 



R. J. Rice. Mich. Cent., Nlles, Mich. 



M. F. Tillitson, Frisco R. R., Kansas City. 



J. E. Smith, Ridley Parlt, Pa. 



Jules Glrtanner, P. R. R., Elizabeth, N. .T. 



Joseph Carson, Philadelphia, 52nd St. Sta. 



C. J. Ambrens, P. R. R., Morton, Pa. 



Frank Martin, Nashville, Tenn. 



A. Vernon Smith, P. B. & W. R. R., Ridley 

 P&rk Pq 



F. 'w. Vail Dinnellen, C. R. R. of N. J. 



Noah Mc.Mahen, 111. Cent., Clinton, 111. 



C. B. French, D. L. & W. R. R., Kingston. Pa. 



William A. Keller, I. C. R. R., Loulfiville. Kv. 



Joseph E. Ford, Philadelphia. 



William Klelnheinz, Linwood HaU, O.^ontz, Pn. 



John Gipner, M. C. R. R., Nlles, Mich. 



George C. Watson, Lansdowne, Pa. 



Patrick Foy, C. & N. W., Roanoke, Va. 



Forty-ninth and Market Streets. 



Robert A. Craig had suggested a stroll 

 through the houses, a suggestion that 

 warranted a special effort to finish the 

 day's work early. For you see it is a 

 treat to have Robert A. Craig talk about 

 his work: he is a good grower, he is 

 enthusiastic and he has cultural ideas that 

 have proved successful. 



The ferns are a feature of the place 

 today, the nephrolepis family almost to a 

 fern. N. Scottii and N. Todeaoides are 

 in the lead; N. Amerpohlii comes next; 

 then N. Whitmani. N. Craigii, now in its 

 third year, will in time displace No. 3 

 on the list. All is well grown stock, 

 timed to meet the demand at its height. 

 Cheap Johns and bargain sales are scarce 

 thorns in the side of Quality. 



Crotons are immense. New cultural 

 methods, new varieties, 5,000 propagated 

 monthly, make and keep three large 

 houses ahead of the times. "Don't sell 



