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The Weekly Florists^ Review/ 



MAT 5, 1010. 



Niessen's 



News Column 



BEAUTIES 



The beat, $3 00 per doz. 

 We can Bay about oar Beauties 

 that they are the beat we have 

 handled at this i eason ol the year. 

 Oar supply oonsiats largely of the 

 grade 36-inch stems and over. 

 You will find our Beauties of 

 exceptionally good color, large 

 flowers and plenty of good foliage. 



Pink and White Killameys, 



Richmond, Kaiserin, 



Bride, Maid, Maryland 



Per 100 



Good long Stems.. $8.00 to $10.00 



Good mediums 6.00 to 6.00 



Shorts 3.00 to 4.00 



We have a splendid supply of 

 Boses, and worthy of special 

 mention is our stock of long 

 stemmed Richmond and Mary- 

 land. The best of them are 30 to 

 36 inches long. 



CARNATIONS 



The best per 100, $3.00 



Good stock per 100, 2.60 



Firsts per 100, 2.00 



VALLEY 



Special per 100, $4 00 



Firsts per 100, 3.00 



DAISIES 



White per 100, $1.00 



Yellow per 100, 1.50 



Can furnish them in most any 

 quantity, and would be pleased 

 to quote special prices in 1000 lots. 



GARDENIAS 



Per doz $2.00 to $3.00 



PEONIES 



Fancies per 100, $10.00 



Ordinary... per 100, $6.00 to $8.00 



NEW CROP DAGGER FERNS 



$2.50 per lUOO. 



We expect our supply in this 

 week. Much better in quality 

 than the stock you have been 

 using. 



TheLeoNiesseflCo. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



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



The Finest Flowers 



Your customers will want flowers in May, provided you can 

 give them something choice at a moderate price. We can assure 

 you of this. 



Lily of liie Valley. We have a splendid stock of Valley, 

 fine large bells and plenty rif them, the spikes not too ripe and well 

 hardened. Prices: $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per 100. . 



Ea&ter Lilies. We are headquarters in Philadelphia for 

 select stock, a few fine flowers on each stem. Prices: $10.00 and 

 $l2.00per 100. 4 -s. 



Carnations, iligh grade, white and colored, extra select, 

 price after Mothers' Day, $2.00, $3 00 and $4.00 per 100. 



Roses, Sweet Peas and the best of everything in the market. 



W. E. McKISS^CK & BROS. 



WHOLBSALB FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 





Mention The Review when you write. 



department has grown to large dimen- 

 sions, both local and shipping. Mr. 

 Kelley says the cut flower department 

 has also kept them busy of late. 



Oscar Heile, the Diemer Floral Co., 

 and the Kohr Floral Co. on South Broad- 

 way, are all close neighbors and all say 

 they are doing nice business now. Miss 

 Eose O'Connor has opened a store at 

 Broadway and Eutger street. She, too, 

 says business since she opened has been 

 good and that there is room for a few 

 more on South Broadway. 



The May meeting of the Florists' Club 

 takes place Thursday afternoon. May 12, 

 at 2 o'clock, in hall No. 2 Odd Fellows' 

 building. President George B. Windier 

 would like to see a large attendance, as a 

 large amount of business left over from 

 the last meetingHs to be disposed of. 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



Flowers fluctuate more than stocks. A 

 striking instance of unexpected changes 

 in prices was shown in the antics eifjsat- 

 tleyas. Heavy crops and an anticipated 

 light demand caused prices to fall; cool, 

 dark weather, so potent a factor in re- 

 tarding the opening of the cattleya 

 flowers, shortened the supply surprisingly. 

 A rapid advance followed. Cattleya^^to- 

 day are much higher than a week^go. 

 Valley, too, advanced sharply undeythe' 

 influence of heavy buying for April wed- 

 dings, and despite the arrival of outdoor 

 stock, prices still hold fairly well, but 

 with little vim to the demand. The out- 

 door valley is not good enough to play 

 much part in the market. Inquirie* for 

 white carnations in'^extraordinary quan- 

 tity for the end o/ tW3 week have had a 

 bullish effect on the carnation market. 

 It is pretty difficult to sell your flowers 

 for the decidedly moderate prices ruling 

 at present when some fellow xomes along 

 and wants to know what part of an order 

 for so many thousand white you will tjike 

 and at what price, especially when there 

 are so many hungry mouths to fill. 



The other features of the week ending 

 Wednesday, May 4, are the addition to 

 the market list in the shape of peonies 

 from Virginia, red, white and pink; local 

 tree peonies, eastern Beauties and Kai- 

 serin, southern dagger ferns and the big 

 bunches of pansies made up of corsage 

 size. 



A comparison of prices seemed to show 

 tliA they are holding better than usual 

 at^iis season, owing perhaps to so much 

 stock having been dumped out during the 

 excessively hot weather following Easter, 

 and to the cool, dark weather now pre- 

 vailing. 



Sweet peas continue popular, all the 

 fine stock commanding excellent prices. 

 Carnations are in moderate favor. Un- 

 easiness rules on the uncertainty of 

 Mothers' day. Beauties are shortening 

 a trifle in supply; prices firmer. Kai- 

 serin and Jardine go slowly. Maryland 

 is a trifle more popular. The buyers still 

 favor Killarney. Eichmond, White Kil- 

 larney and Maid sell best in the medium 

 grades. 



Yellow daisies are in brisk demand, 

 the saiei^^^eing in mu^ larger quan- 

 tities than formerly. The receipts of 

 Easter lilies and callas have fallen off, 

 but there is no especial demand for 

 either. The popularity of the snapdragon 

 has increased wonderfully with the im- 

 provement in quality and in quantity. 

 Greens are quiet, except the new dagger 

 ferns. 



^ A Window-Display. 



The hea^ of the house leaned over to 

 Fred, junior, telling him to be sure not 

 to let Phil miss the automatic lawn- 

 mower. The enterprise of Henry F. 

 Michell is so well known that Phil an- 

 ticiMted a treat. He got it, but not 

 quit(p in the way expected. It was not 

 an automatic mower that would pull its 

 unwilling pusher rapidly over the velvety 

 sward, but a suggestion that the passerby 

 get a' hustle on and push his lawnmower 

 ^efore the grass gets too long. There in 

 the window of Ten-eighteen was a lovely 

 lady pushing a lawnmower with energy 

 and perseverance most inspir'ng; closer 



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