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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch 4, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



ROSES 



In last week's column we 

 called attention to our excel- 

 lent supply of Roses. We 

 again emphasize the fact that 

 in this direction you cannot 

 do better elsewhere. We wish 

 to make special mention of our 

 stock of Richmond and Killar- 

 ney. It is the grade of stock 

 that is a credit to everyone 

 handling it — the grower, 

 wholesaler and retailer; it is 

 needless to say that it will 

 please your customer. In me- 

 dium grades of Roses we are 

 offering equally good value. 



Green Dye 



For St. Patrick's Day 



A composition produced by 

 an expert chemist to dye car- 

 nations green. Guaranteed to 

 give the best results* Green 

 Carnations are a great novelty 

 for the 17th of March. Putv,up 

 in 50c packages. \ 



We can make prompt Bhipment 

 of all the new and standard varie- 

 ties of 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



List and prices on request 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. 



Inducements lo Buyers 



The market has taken a surprising tumble and cut 

 flowers can be had at lower prices than for many 

 weeks past. Quality of all varieties remains high, 

 the quantity is large, we can give you exceptional 

 value in anything you want. Write or wire us for 

 the quotations or send us your order and we will 

 gladly show you that we can make good. Tulips, 

 Daffodils and Carnations are leaders with us 

 today. We have all other seasonable varieties of 

 flowers in stock. 



Wild Smilax for the Decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619=21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Open tUl 8 P. M. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



were present and the affair was a success 

 in every respect. Messrs. Traendly, 

 Young, Guttman, Ford, Schenck, Hen- 

 shaw and other prominent wholesalers 

 were there, with twenty wholesalers' em- 

 ployees, and a number of retail florists, 

 plant growers and seedsmen. George 

 Nicholas is president and George Cotso- 

 nas secretary. 



The Bowling Club met Monday even- 

 ing, March 1. The scores were as fol- 

 lows: 



Player. 1st 



President Hallock . . 



Paul 92 



Henshfiw 142 



FenrlcU 171 



Manda 183 



Shaw 110 111 



Vaughan 132 143 



Scott 120 135 



Berry 149 



The club meets at 3 p. m., Monday, 



March 8. Madison and Astoria bowlers 



are expected. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPfflA. 



2d 

 68 



89 106 

 165 



3d 4th 



98 107 



101 



121 



115 

 176 153 193 



146 159 153 

 110 102 

 127 

 132 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The whir of the social wheels has 

 ceased with a suddenness that jarred the 

 cut flower market. A leading retailer 

 described the situation exactly when he 

 said that something seemed to happen to 

 all his customers at once. Business 

 ceased with the advent of Lent. A few 

 days of the changed conditions and mat- 

 ters gradually adjusted themselves. Mar- 

 ket street bloomed and business revived. 

 In other words, prices fell, bringing more 

 buyers^ into the market; tone was re- 

 stored, and a healthy activity has re- 

 sulted. 



Beauties continue a wonder. For 

 awhile almost nobody had any, and now 

 it really seems that nobody has any at 

 all. So limited is the supply that the 

 pre-lenten figures have been maintained 

 for the first week in Lent. Other roses 

 are much more plentiful and lower in 

 price. In some wholesale centers it is 

 claimed that Bride is selling better than 

 colored roses, while in others no differ- 

 ence is noted. White carnations appear 

 to be more in demand than the colored 

 varieties. Enchantress suffering the most. 

 Violets are still in tremendous supply, 



with suflScient demand to use a part only. 

 The best Easter-dilies sell to advantage; 

 the poorer ones drag. Gallas are not so 

 popular. Cattleyas are scarce and ad- 

 vancing in price. Gardenias are plenti- 

 ful and in demand at lower prices. Val- 

 ley and sweet peas are abundant indeed, 

 the best selling fairly well. Bulbous 

 flowers have suffered more than any 

 other variety since the arrival of Lent. 

 Emperor daffodils are the strongest fea- 

 ture of this branch of the list. Ordinary 

 daffs, freesias and tulips hang fire. 



Asparagus plumosus is not equal to the 

 demand. Sprengeri goes begging. Smi- 

 lax is rarely required. Arbutus has made 

 its appearance and is eagerly welcomed. 



The Month of February. 



The volume of business during the 

 month just concluded has been larger in 

 the Bising Eastern Market than that of 

 any preceding February, and, in many 

 cases, has even rivaled December, with 

 its holiday week. It is safe to say that 

 nearly all retailers, wholesalers and grow- 

 ers have liad a splendid February. There 

 are, of course, exceptions. There must 

 be exceptions to every rule, but the feel- 

 ing is general that business is improv- 

 ing, and that the outlook for the spring 

 is hopeful. 



Miss Gordon's Debut. 



There are a few things that all the 

 world wants to know. And among them 

 is the time set for the coming out of a 

 belle. So everybody will be eager to 

 know that it has been finally decided that 

 Miss Dorothy Gordon will come out in 

 the spring of 1910. But, you ask, why is 

 the coming out of Miss Dorothy Gordon 

 so important an event? Well, you see. 

 Miss Dorothy has made quite a stir in 

 the floral world. The most fastidious 

 buyers cheerfully paid $12 per hundred 

 at the holidays for this improved Kose- 

 pink Enchantress, as Miss Dorothy Gor- 

 don has been described, and have been 

 paying $6 per hundred for the flowers 

 until Lent'i»t^fered. When it is further 

 considered thai Carnation Miss Dorothy 

 Gordon produces nearly one-third more 

 flowers than Enchantress (this fact is 



