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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTBUBBB 11, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



MUMS 



If you could see our daily dis- 

 play of chrysanthemums you would 

 not dispute the fact that we are 

 headquarters for Mums. 



"We have them in all grades, and 

 at all prices, to satisfy everybody. 

 Especially good values we can offer 

 you in grades selling at 



$12.00— $15.00 per 100. 



WHITE IVORT 



$8.00 per 100. 



Extra selected stock, 



$20.00— $25.00 per 100. 



MAJOR BONNAFFON 



No other yellow variety will give 

 better general satisfaction. Can 

 furnish them in most any quantity. 



POMPONS 



A large assortment of all the 

 best colors and varieties, 



$3.00 and $4.00 per dozen 

 bunches. 



ROSES 



We would like you to try our 

 $5.00 and $6.00 grades. 



Splendid values at these prices. 

 We guarantee them to be fresh, 

 properly packed, and they are sure 

 to please you. 



_ CATTLEYAS 



$6.00 and $7.50 per doz. 



GARDENIAS 



$3.00 and $4.00 per doz. 

 NEW CROP 



Bronze Galax 



$7.50 per case. 

 $1.00 per 1,000. 

 Stock in perfect condition, me- 

 dium and large sized leaves. They 

 will keep nicely for you at this 

 time of the year. It will pay you 

 to buy them by the case. 



BOXWOOD 



50 lb. cases at 15c per lb. 

 We will book your order for im- 

 mediate delivery, or for shipment 

 any time before Christmas. On 

 large quantities will make special 

 quotations. 



TheLeo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open fpom 7 ». m. to 8 p. m. 



GOOD CARNATIONS 



The cool nights have improved the quality of the 



' Carnations wonderfully; we can recommend them to 



you as one of the most satisfactory flowers in the market. 



We offer them in all colors at from $2.00 to $3.00 per 



100; $17.50 to $27.50 per 1000. 



Choice Easter LilieSy one to two flowers on a 

 stem, $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



Lily of the Valley, fine quality, well hardened, 

 $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



Wild Smilax for the decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The height of the chrysanthemum sea- 

 son has been reached and the effect on 

 the market is depressing, for there are 

 too many of all kinds of flowers. Prices, 

 except on a limited quantity of fancy 

 flowers, have fallen. Chrysanthemums 

 that brought $3 a dozen ten days ago 

 frequently sell for $2 a dozen today, 

 with figures to correspond on the lower 

 grades. The warm weather prevailing 

 through the early days of November has 

 brought forward the late varieties more 

 rapidly than usual; White and Golden 

 Chadwick, White and Yellow Eaton, 

 Major Bonnaflfon and even the white 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones have made their ap- 

 pearance a week or more in advance of 

 the usual time. To offset this, a capable 

 judge like Leo Niessen says that the 

 quantity of late varieties to be flowered 

 this fall is larger than usual, seemingly 

 assuring a good cut for Thanksgiving. 

 The quantity of pompons put on the 

 market this season is greatly in excess of 

 previous years. They are popular and 

 the market appears to take them, but it 

 cannot be said with enthusiasm. 



Carnations are arriving in greater 

 quantities than at any time this season 

 and prices have a downward tendency 

 natural under the load of chrysanthe- 

 mums. Koses are still plentiful, except- 

 ing only American Beauties, that are so 

 scarce as to suggest the probability of a 

 large crop at Christmas. The feature of 

 the rose market is the appearance of the 

 first specials or fancies in nearly all va- 

 rieties of the so-called small roses, Rich- 

 mond, Killarney, My Maryland, Mrs. 

 Jardine and White Killarney. They are 

 not yet bringing prices proportionate to 

 their quality. Cattleyas are still scarce, 

 some of the other orchids have dropped 

 out. Violets are now in winter form. 

 Both singles and doubles have color, size, 

 fragrance, stem — violets that are violets, 

 as the buyers say. The demand for 

 them is improving, but the prices have 

 not yet advanced. There is no marked 

 change in the other flowers quoted on 



the list. The best are selected for spe- 

 cial orders; the balance are jobbed off 

 or remain unsold. Expert judges believe 

 that the market conditions will improve 

 next week. 



The Exodus Over the River. 



For a year or more the westward 

 journeys of our retailers have been the 

 talk in florist circles. The crowd that 

 thronged Sixtieth street, the crush on 

 the Elevated at Fifty-second street, have 

 acted as an irresistible magnet to the 

 projectors of new shops and to those de- 

 siring better locations for old ones. The 

 Novelty, the West Philadelphia, John 

 Jensen, Felix Myers, M. J. Callahan, 

 Frank Ross, J. F. Leary, one after the 

 other joined the already respectable West 

 Philadephia contingent. When Robert 

 Crawford, Jr., opened his new store last 

 month the list seemed complete for the 

 season. Fancy, then, the astonishment 

 in the trade when it became known that 

 H. H. Battles had purchased 136 and 138 

 S. Fifty-second street. The store is now 

 occupied by a shoe dealer, who is rapidly 

 closing out his stock. It has an excel- 

 lent front for display purposes, with 

 moderate depth and possibilities in the 

 rear that it is believed Mr. Battles will 

 quickly turn to advantage. The time of 

 opening, name and management of the 

 new shop have not yet been announced, 

 but it is understood that it will be 

 opened as soon as possible, that it will 

 be of the Century type, with a leader 

 graduated from that progressive business 

 school. 



The street asserts that West Phila- 

 delphia now has enough first-class florists 

 to rival the older city on this side of the 

 river. 



The Overbrook Show. 



Edward A. Stroud issued 500 invita- 

 tions to flower lovers in and about Over- 

 brook, inviting them to the' Golf Club on 

 the afternoon and evening of November 

 6 to view the chrysanthemum exhibition 

 of the Overbrook Gardens. Phil was for- 

 tunate enough to see a card and went 

 gladly, thoroughly enjoying the dainty 

 and artistic arrangement of plants and 



