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26 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



October 14, Kk,;, 



Niessen's 



News Column 



THE SIZE OF YOUR ORDER 

 does not govern the care and at- 

 tention that we use in filling it. 

 We aim to execute each and every 

 one of them to the beet of our 

 ability. Your email order is not 

 too small for us to give it our best 

 attention, and just as readily and 

 satit-factorily can we fill your order 

 for that "big job" you are figuring 

 on. As special values for this 

 week, we can offer you: 



Mums 



Fancies, S18 to $26 per 100 

 CtoodFirsts, $18 to$lBper 100 



You will find here the best values 

 in the market. Oar growers are 

 producing both quality and quan- 

 tity. If you have any orders in 

 view for a large quantity of them, 

 we would be glad to send you 

 special quotations. 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per dox.; $40.00 per 100 



Gardenias 



The best, $4.00 per dosen 

 Short Stemmed, $3 per doa. 



Beauties 



The beat, $8.00 per dozen 



$80.00 per 100 



Plenty of medium g^rades at 



from $8.00 to $16.00 per 100 



Daiiiias 



$8.00 to $4.00 per 100 



If you have not tried our dah- 

 lias, we would like to send you a 

 sample shipment of them. You 

 will find tfaem the choicest varie- 

 ties for cut flower work, cut and 

 packed in proper shape to insure 

 the best results. 



Wild Smilax 



$6.00 per case 



Shipped on receipt of your order. 



1300 Kaiserin Plants 



At $8.00 per 100 



$100.00 for the lot 



These are young plants that 

 have been growing outdoors all 

 summer and are in splendid con- 

 I dition. 



TheLeoNiesseoCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



October Weddings 



Chrysanthemums 



have become more plentiful, making it possible to secure White, Pi i^ 

 and even Yellow, of good grade at moderate prices. We can fill your orders 

 for Polly Rose, Monrovia, October Frost, Glory of the Pacific, in 



quantity, with either fancy or select stock, on short notice and suggest that 

 they will give you excellent value. 



Cosmos Lady Lenox 



We are receivisg superb long stemmed flowers of this magnificent 

 Cosmos, famous for its decorative effect. 



Easter Lilies 



Choice flowers on long stems, from cold storage bulbs; give an unusual 

 opportunity for fine altar and church decoration at this season of the year. 



All varieties of choice flowers oa short notice WILD SMUAX for the decorator. 



W. E.McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Rpvjpw whpn you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Riiin£ Eastern Market. 



Indian summer has increased the pro- 

 duction of cut flowers far beyond the 

 demands of the market. Dahlias are in 

 oversupply, despite the fact that the re- 

 tailers have taken hold with a will and 

 are displaying the finest varieties in their 

 windows and showing them to their cus- 

 tomers at every opportunity. The de- 

 mand for dahlias has been large, the 

 general public taking an unusual inter- 

 est, but it would require Something phe- 

 nomenal to consume all the fine flowers 

 produced with the thermometer at mid- 

 summer point. 



Chrysanthemums, pink, white and yel- 

 low, have increased rapidly. Having to 

 compete with dahlias of such splendid 

 quality, the price has fallen, despite the 

 fact that the quality of chrysanthemums 

 is much finer than it was a week ago. 

 Extremely early blooms required for 

 show purposes in the shop windows or 

 for a wedding usually command absurd 

 prices, which as rapidly decline as the 

 dozen becomes hundreds. The price to- 

 day is excellent, considering conditions — 

 an immense quantity of all kinds of stock 

 and the finest dahlias the market has 

 ever seen. 



Further comments on the market may 

 be summed up briefly as follows: Carna- 

 tions are more plentiful; white is the 

 only color that is still scarce, command- 

 ing unusual prices. The demand for 

 colors is larger, clearing up most of the 

 stock offered at excellent prices. There 

 is an immense quantity of poor, small 

 roses. There is no especial demand for 

 Beauties; the good flowers on the me- 

 dium and short stems are more popular 

 than fancy stock. The aster season has 

 been surprisingly lengthened; heavy 

 shipments, mainly of the ordinary grade 

 of stock, seem to indicate the last cut of 

 the specialists; these flowers have helped 

 tide over the shortage in carnations. Or- 

 chids are becoming more plentiful in 

 good season for the weddings and com- 

 ing-out teas; the price on cattleyas is 

 falling, while on the other varieties it 



remains firm. The first shipments of 

 double violets have arrived; the singles 

 have not increased much yet. Some early 

 sweet peas from the indoor stock have 

 appeared, pink of good flower and stem. 

 The supply of valley is about eqiuil to 

 the demand. Easter lilies continue pop 

 ular. Gardenias can be had in larger 

 numbers. Pansies are plentiful. Greens 

 are rather dull. 



The D. & C. Expansion. 



One of the brightest of the inanv 

 bright travelers for the seed houses as 

 sured me one day that Heller Bros., of 

 New Castle, Ind., sent ever so many jiack- 

 ages through the mail. I forget how 

 many packages it was, but he said it so 

 earnestly that I knew it must be irue. 

 Fancy, then, the pleasure with whiih it 

 was noted that the Dingee & Conard Co. 

 had purchased the mailing plant e^tab 

 lishment and business of Heller Uros., 

 thereby increasing their business .iWout 

 one-third, Edward Parker tells me. \\ith 

 something in his manner that seen to 

 say that P. Joseph Lynch has so' his 

 heart on increasing the output of 'oth 

 plants without worrying much a out 

 which has the three and which ha^ the 

 one. Mr. Parker describes the New C ^tle 

 plant as in fine condition, well sto .ed. 

 fortified with a soil that is unsurpn ocl. 

 Describing New Castle's cultural i th- 

 ods, Mr. Parker said that 3,500 loa' of 

 soil were composted with manure in 'he 

 proportion of three to one. Eight \' '^^ 

 after the young stock was planted in his 

 rich compost four inches more cow :ia 

 nure were added by way of top dres "g- 

 The plants grown in this fertile n^^ 

 flourish exceedingly. Speaking of '■■'' 

 eties, Mr. Parker said he would ha^ ^^ 

 raise enough additional stock of 3(t or 

 400 varieties of roses to bring the '• '"' 

 ber at New Castle up to that at ^ ''st 

 Grove. The Dingee & Conard Co. 'o 

 poses to carry on the New Castle I '*' 

 ness under the name of Heller Bro- '* 

 being distinctly agreed that the nann ^^ 

 important asset in the mailing trile- 

 should be continued, the thousand-^ of 

 western customers being given to t" 



