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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOTDMBKB 4, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



NUNS 



We are offering you now the 

 season's best varieties. Our grow- 

 ers have an immense stock of the 

 late season 'Mums. Particularly 

 we will have a large quantity, and 

 exceedingly well-grown 



MAJOR BONNAFFON 



Yellow. 



An excellent shipper, the best in 

 yellow. Our supply will last until 

 the first of December. 



Other choice varieties we are of- 

 fering are 



WHITE BONNAFFON 



ALICE BYBON 



LYN NWOOD HALI. 



WHITE OHADWICE 



GOLDEN CHADWICK 



MINNIE BAILEY 



WHITE IVOEY, etc. 



$8.00 to $25.00 per 100. 



A few select at $4.00 per dozen. 



POMPONS 



Large assortment of colors aild 

 varieties, 

 $3.00 and $4.00 per doz. bunches. 



A SUPERB STOCK OF 



ROSES 



Including all the varieties worth 

 having, grown by experts in their 

 line. With the large supply of 

 roses at our disposal, we are in a 

 position to give you, in all grades, 

 the best values. Special mention 

 we wish to make of 



PINE HILLABNEY 



and 



MY MABYllAND. 



The finest we have handled so early 

 in the season. There is nothing in 

 pink in the market that would 

 make a better showing. The qual- 

 ity of the 



EICHMOND 

 rose is also much improved. The 

 best of them make a very credit- 

 able showing. Our stock of roses 

 is hard to beat. We would be glad 

 to demonstrate this fact to you. 



OATTLEYAS. 



$6.00 and $7.50 per doz. 



' GABDENIAS. 



$3.00 and $4.00 per doz. 



Theleo Niessea Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



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Single Violets 



Philadelphia growers are renowned for their long-etemmed Single 

 Violets. Luxonne, Princess of Wales and California may be had in 

 bunches of fifty; these are superb corsage bouquets for street wear. 



Why not specialize Vlolete the coming week? You will make a 

 popular hit with oijr splendid stock. 



Call, write, ph^e or wire us for quotations. 



Other ■pecialtiea for the coming week are 



Chrysanthemums in all grades 

 Easter Lilies 

 Lily of the Valley 

 Prompt service Careful pacliing 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlu; Riling Eastern Market. 



October closed with brisk demand for 

 Hallowe'en and All Saints' day; noth- 

 ing remarkable, but just a good, lively 

 demand, believed to be greater than last 

 season. November has opened quietly, 

 the sultry weather of Monday and elec- 

 tion on Tuesday having their effect. The 

 rose market has been most affected, roses 

 being more in excess of the orders than 

 any other flower on the list. This does 

 not apply to Beauties, but to all the other 

 roses. Carnations have reached a point 

 where the supply is fully equal to the 

 demand. At times the stock exceeds the 

 call and then the poorer grades suffer. 

 Orchids have shortened wonderfully, cat- 

 tleyaa advancing in price, labiata being 

 over, and Trianas not yet in, except the 

 scouts. Sweet peas are more abundant. 

 Pansies are in brisk demand. Easter 

 lilies are hard to sell at fair prices, the 

 supply being far ahead of the demand. 

 Most of the good valley finds an excellent 

 market. Gardenias are more sought, ap- 

 parently as a substitute for orchids. 

 Mignonette is improving. Choice greens 

 are in better demand. 



Chrysanthemums continue to lead the 

 market. While there is no especial rush 

 for them, the growers generally are able 

 to market their stock as fast as it ripens 

 at satisfactory prices. The midseason 

 varieties are in full glory. Col. Apple- 

 ton is at its best. Yellow Chadwick is 

 just appearing. White is represented by 

 an immense stock of well-grown Ivory, 

 with Mrs. Henry Bobinson and Lynn- 

 wood Hall for fancies. William Duck- 

 ham and Maud Dean are the best pinks. 

 A few of the varieties mentioned last 

 week can still be had in fair numbers. 

 A limited quantity of Golden Age is ar- 

 riving. The bulk of the fancy stock is 

 required for suburban teas and shipping 

 orders. 



Pompons have improved in quality and 

 in varieties. Klondyke and other leaders 

 have arrived, also Garza. 



Violets are improving in quality; both 

 singles and doubles are important factors 

 in the flower market. 



Banquet to Mr. Lontdale. 



As readers of this column have already 

 been informed, a complimentary banquet 

 was tendered to Edwin Lonsdale on his 

 leaving for California to take charge of 

 the new Burpee seed farms. The affair 

 was held at Dooner's hotel, Tenth and 

 Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, Thursday, 

 October 28. The list of those present was 

 given last week, llie program of toasts 

 was as follows: 



Toasts. 



"We'll have a speech straight. Come, glye 

 US a taste of your quality." — Hamlet. 



Chairman, Joseph Heacock, president Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia. 



Toastmaster, Hon. Wm. B. Smith, ex-mayor 

 of Philadelphia. 



"Where McGregor sits, that's the head of the 

 table."— Scottish Proverb. 



Address by Chairman. 



Remarks by Toastmaster. 



"Many are called, but few are chosen." 



"Our Honored Guest," response by Edwin 

 Lonsdale, Philadelphia. 



"Horticulture," Patrick O'Mara, New York 

 City. 



"The Seed Trade," W. AUee Burpee, Phila- 

 delphia. 



"Floriculture," Elijah A. Wood, Boston, Mass. 



"The Nursery Trade," Thomas B. Meehan, 

 Philadelphia. 



''The Seed Growers," W. C. Langbrldge, Al- 

 bany, N. Y. 



"Our Old Friends," Robert Craig, Philadel- 

 phia. 



"The Society of American Florists," F. B. 

 Plerson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



"Possibilities East and West," John Burton, 

 Philadelphia. 



"Our Friends, the Botanists," W. B. Smith, 

 Washington, D. C.^ 



"The Men Who Do Things," J. Otto Thilow, 

 Philadelphia. 



"Our Friends, the Sports," John Westcott, 

 Philadelphia. 



Edwin Lonsdale was the recipient of 

 a handsome Victrola, or improved talk- 

 ing machine, with all the latest songs. 

 It was given him by his friends at the 

 farewell banquet at Dooner's hotel, Oc- 

 tober 28. 



Early Flowering Qirytanthemums. 



Among the plants of especial interest 

 selected by J. D. Eisele on a recent visit 

 to Riverton were several frames of early- 

 flowering chrysanthemums. These chrys- 

 anthemums were in full bloom during the 

 third week in October, protected merely 

 by sash at night. They were several 

 weeks in advance of the hardy pompons 

 under the same treatment, a great ad- 



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