The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



October 13, 1910. 



Niesseo's 



News Column 



Of special interest and 

 value to the 



Retail Cut Flower Buyer 



Chrysanthemums 



For this week we will have in 

 quantity Pacific Supreme, Golden 

 Glow, Monrovia, Polly Rose, etc. 

 We would like to make special 

 mention of our stock of Pacific 

 Supreme. We will have this, the 

 best of all the early pink mums, 

 in large quantity and exception- 

 ally well grown. Let us book 

 your orders. 



$1.50 to $3.00 per dozen. 



Beauties 



Our stock is in splendid condi- 

 tion; large flowers of good color. 

 We have them in all sizes, and an 

 ample supply. 



The best, $4.00 per dozen. 

 30-inch, $3.00 per dozen. 



Medium sizes, $1.50 and $2.00 per 

 dozen. 



Cosmos 



Pink and White. The late flow- 

 ering variety. Long stems, splen- 

 did for decorating. 



$6.00 and $7.50 per thousand. 



Cattleyas 



$6.00 per dozen. 

 $40.00 per hundred. 



Easter Lilies 



$1.50 per dozen. 

 $10.00 per hundred. 



Adiantum Hybridum 



Extra long, choice fronds. 

 $1.50 per hundred. 



Daiilias 



We will have a good supply of 

 them until frost. Quality keep- 

 ing up very nicelj'. We can give 

 you good value, our selection, in 

 Dahlias, at $1.50 per 100. 

 $1.50 to $3.00 per hundred. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wlioiesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7 A. M. to 8 P. M. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



All the early varietUs in finest form, Pink, White, Yellow, any grade, 



any quantity desired, 



FANCY ROSES 



Red is a prime favorite this season. Our RICHMOND are the best in the 

 market, also bright KILLARNEY and MARYLAND. 



OUR NOVELTY 



PRINCETON, the sensational new pink rose, grown by Messrs. Stockton 

 & Howe, is now in. Our exclusive novelty is just what you want for debutante 

 bunches. 



DAHLIAS 



We still have an assortment of all colors in quantity. 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1305 Ellbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bislng Eastern Market. 



A delay in the mail is to be charged 

 with the absence of the usual market 

 report this week. — Ed. 



Mr. Strohlein Abroad. 



George A. Strohlein recently returned 

 to nis home in Riverton, N. J., after a 

 strenuous trip abroad which his asso- 

 ciates in the Henry a. Dreer corpora- 

 tion describe as a time of unceasing 

 activity, interrupted only by the en- 

 forced quietude on shipboard. Mr. 

 Htrohlein was looking well and talked 

 entertainingly of his visit to England 

 and to the continent. His chief P]ng- 

 lish memento was the capture of Mrs. 

 F. Sander, a new pure white mar- 

 guerite of the Queen Alexandra type 

 that is considered better than any mar- 

 guerite yet produced. The merits of 

 Mrs. Sander are size and freedom of 

 bloom, finish of flower, which is pure 

 glistening white, and length of stem. 

 Dreer 's will send it out next spring. 

 Mr. Strohlein brought with him an im- 

 mense stock of azaleas that grade high; 

 the Belgium growers report a scarcity 

 in the smaller sizes, due to an unfavor- 

 able season. The stock of kentias was 

 in fine condition, as evidenced by a 

 superb lot just imported, well grown 

 plants without a blemish, fit to stand 

 anywhere now. 



Mr. Strohlein spent some time among 

 the rose growers of France, a new field 

 for him, visiting Messrs. Pernet-Ducher, 

 Guillot and others of note. He found 

 them heart and soul in their work, with 

 many new seedlings of rare promise. 

 Mr. Strohlein was impressed by the ave- 

 nue of evergreens, fully a mile long, at 

 the Bagatelle. 



An Irrelevant Story. 



Eobcrt Frank, a retired merchant of 

 this city, was desciibing his western 

 trip. "One of the most interesting 

 things I saw," he said, "was the busi- 

 ness enterprise now being carried on 

 by two men of my faith. They have 



secured control of a portion of the Cali- 

 fornia gold fields that were first dis- 

 covered and worked in 1849 and 1850. 

 Here they have set up improved crush- 

 ing machinery and are crushing the 

 quartz that was rejected by the early 

 gold diggers as unprofitable. They can 

 handle about 100 tons of rock daily. 

 The average yield of gold per ton is 

 $2; the average cost of crushing is 65 

 cents per ton; the stone not worth 

 crushing is sold to the railroad for 

 ballast at $1 per ton. This leaves a 

 nice profit, almost certain to be main- 

 tained for a long time." 



"Why," you ask, "does this story 

 appear in a florists' paper?" Because 

 it may bring home to each one of us its 

 own truth, that brains are needed in 

 business. Phil. 



J. G. Neidinger received 150 cases of 

 immortelles on the boat from Marseilles 

 that arrived at New York October 4. 



11. F. Michell Co. has the contract 

 for supplying the bulbs for the county 

 commissioners at Wilkesbarre, amount- 

 ing to $211.50. 



Ernst J. F. Zieger has taken over the 

 Mergenthaler Greenhouses, on East 

 Washington lane, Germantown. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



The market remains steady, with 

 prices normal. Crops are showing 

 marked improvement, and growers 

 speak more encouragingly concerning 

 their carnations. Mums are coming on 

 rapidly. In fact, the supply is rather 

 outstripping the present demand, but a 

 couple of weeks will equalize this, and 

 the queen of autumn will reign supreme. 

 A number of small weddings served to 

 swell the week's business. 



Various Notes. 



Earl S. Bavier, formerly in charge of 

 the flower department of Dimond & 

 Sons, has gone to Meriden, Conn. 



The houses of Miss Florence I. Wil- 

 lard, on Massachusetts avenue, are 



