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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Afbil 29, 1909. 



Niessen's 



News 

 Column 



TliB Truth of the 

 Maltar is — 



From the humble beginning to 

 our present foremost position has 

 been a period of doing things 

 better every day. We have grown 

 quietly, but surely; always first 

 to find and put into practice new 

 methods, improvements and facil- 

 ities to keep pace with our in- 

 creasing trade. We have never 

 known any other than straight 

 business ways, which have won 

 for us the confidence of our cus- 

 tomers. There never shall be a 

 time that we have to adopt re- 

 form principles. Fair and square 

 to all alike, a dollar's value for a 

 dollar received; that is, has been, 

 and shall be the means of our 

 success. 



Quotations tor tlio Wook 



Best Beauties 



$3.00 per dozen 



Sweet Peas 



Pink, White and Lavender 

 75c and $1.00 per 100 



Bridesand Maids 



A Satisfactory Grade 

 $6.00 per 100 



Killarney and 

 Richmonds 



Good Value 

 $6.00 and $8.00 per 100 



NEW CROP 



Daggfer Ferns 



$2.50 per 1000 



..The.. 



Leo Niesseo Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA 



Open from 7:00 ■. m. to 8:00 p. m. 



Fancy Beauties 



AMERICAN BEAUTY roses have been scarce for the past four 

 months; now plentiful and of excellent quality. 



We can ofifer you the finest Philadelphia Beauties— you know 

 that is tantamount to saying the finest Beauties in the world — at 



$3.00 per dozen $25.00 per hundred 



They are better value at this price than anything else on the market 

 to-day. Try sample order in your decorations or for your best 

 customers. 



Write us for prices on choice BRIDE, BRIDESMAID, MARY- 

 LAND and KILLARNEY roses; fancy long-stemmed CARNATIONS 

 and SWEET PEAS in all colors. 



WILD SMILAX for the decorator. 



W. E. McKISSICK & BROS. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



For the third time this year the flower 

 store owned by Miss H. B. Whitted, 34 

 South Fifth street, was broken into by 

 burglars and money and valuables taken. 

 Entrance was gained by prying open one 

 of the rear windows and breaking in a 

 door. The cash register was smashed, but 

 it yielded only $5, for experience had 

 taught the proprietress not to leave much 

 cash in the drawer. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market 



It is a buyer's market, with values de- 

 clining in all staple varieties of flowers, 

 barring orchids and the few varieties that 

 are gracefully bowing adieu for the sea- 

 son. Curiously enough, it sometimes hap- 

 pens that these retiring favorites are im- 

 mensely popular as the curtain is rung 

 down. 



One naturally takes the hopeful side 

 first, so we will talk about the orchids. 

 Cattleya Schrcederiana has been joined 

 by Cattleya Mossise. Together they 

 hardly make enough to satisfy the light 

 demand and prices rule firm at $9 a 

 dozen. Sweet peas have been in rather 

 short supply, quality considered. The 

 buyers want them for the rearguard of 

 the April weddings and find it hard to 

 get enough good ones to make their bou- 

 quets. Valley has also been in demand 

 for these weddings, the stock coming into 

 the market realizing fair prices. Gar- 

 denias have sold moderately well, the 

 fapcy stock being scarce. Ordinary 

 grades will not fill their place. 



Both Easter lilies and callas drag, the 

 demand being light. Violets are nearly 

 over. There are a few fair doubles in 

 town, with prospects of their disappear- 

 ing after a hot day or two. Carnations 

 are abundant. Prices rule low, $3 being 

 rarely obtained except for extra fine 

 stock. Beauties have become plentiful. 

 The quality is excellent, but prices have 

 fallen to the broad level. I mean by this 

 that all the buyers who can use Beauties 

 at any price can use them now, the only 



drawback being that the medium lengths 

 are not plentiful. Killarney is seUing 

 better than Bridesmaid, while in many 

 quarters Kaiserin is preferred to Bride. 

 Kichmond is in fair demand. Tulips and 

 daffodils are nearly over. New crop dag- 

 ger ferns have made their appearance. 



Harmony and Contrast. 



There was an important point to be 

 decided. A point of many sides, various 

 proposals throwing different lights on an 

 intricate problem. Under these circum- 

 stances there is nothing like a walk, a 

 good brisk walk, solitary of course. The 

 park suggests itself as just the place to 

 decide the problem. When well into the 

 park, with the glorious spring air blowing 

 away the cobwebs, trees bursting into 

 leaf, the grass growing greener, the 

 thought of flowers came quite naturally. 

 The dandelions and violets, beautiful itt 

 their simplicity, were everywhere. The 

 daffodils and tulips, the daisies and pan- 

 sies, were in full bloom, a feast of color. 

 To the east of Horticultural hall, on the 

 river side, the circular beds were ablaze 

 with color. Tulips in a single variety and 

 pansies and tulips and daisies were the 

 combinations used — in some cases the col- 

 ors harmonized, in others they were con- 

 trasted. 



The most striking effects were formed 

 with the double pink and white variety, 

 Murillo, and Bellis perennis ; a single yel- 

 low variety that looked like Chrysolora, 

 bedded in purple pansies, and a wonder- 

 ful patchwork bed of all varieties of 

 single tulips amid varicolored pansies. 

 There was also a solid bed of terra cotta 

 tulips resembling the Prince of Austria, 

 which was more than usually effective. 



The parterre on the west, perhaps I 

 should say the sunken garden, was 

 dressed in gayest spring garb. The fes- 

 toons on the sloping sides were largely in 

 yellow, while the formal straight lines 

 and the graceful curves in the center were 

 mainly white, with other colors by way 

 of variety. It was noticeable in this ar- 

 rangement that the other colors were not 

 nearly so effective. The pinks and reds, 

 a little later perhaps, were least in the- 



