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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Dkcembeb 1, 1910. 



BEAUTIES 



That are Beauties for Quality 



We have been a strong factor in Beauties in the Phila- 

 delphia Market for some time. When you buy our Beau- 

 ties, you have the assurance of getting the BEST in town. 

 You can depend on us for quality, and we can fill your 

 orders, large or small. On a quantity we can usually 

 quote you special prices. 



When it 's ROSES you need, it will pay you to remember 

 that we have the best and largest supply in the Market 



Rooted Cuttings 



MRS. C. W. WARD 



i.OO per 100. 



$50.00 per 1000. 



ALNA WARD 



$7.00 per 100. $60.00 per 1000. 250 at the 1000 rate. 



Cuttings ready for delivery December 15th. 

 Quality Guaranteed. 



The flowers of the above varieties are commanding the 

 highest prices in any market they are offered. There is 

 no doubt about their commercial value. Send for our 

 descriptive circular. It tells you all we know about the 

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



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



1209 Arch St. :s Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when you write. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Bising Eastern Market. 



The immense crowds that came to 

 this city for the great football games 

 November 24 and 26 occasioned the 

 liveliest business of the season. The 

 hotels were thronged and many dinners 

 were given in the principal hostelries 

 and in private residences. Flowers of 

 the Penn and Cornell and of the Army 

 and Navy colors were worn in corsage 

 and buttonhole bunches, and many yel- 

 low chrysanthemums were called for. 



Thanksgiving was the best in years 

 — probably the best this market has 

 ever known, the leading city stores doing 

 an immense business. Yellow chrysan- 

 themums were in great demand, bring- 

 ing $4 and $5, and some select Chad- 

 wicks $6 per dozen, while ordinary 

 stock that usually sells for $1 per dozen 

 often realized $15 in hundred lots. Yel- 

 low pompons were popular at 50 cents 

 a bunch for good stock. Violets soared 

 to $1.50 and $2 for fancy doubles, while 

 singles of high degree sold at $1 to 

 $1.50. The demand for violets Was ex- 

 traordinary. These were the leaders, 

 but everything on the list went well, 

 fine carnations especially so. The quan- 

 tity of carnations is below normal, 

 particularly good ones, and roses were 

 not in heavy supply, the good stock 

 cleaning up well at list prices. 



The closing days of November saw 

 less floral activity, with declining prices 

 on violets and chrysanthemums. An 

 impression that chrysanthemums were 

 waning caused by failure to fill orders 

 held until the last moment in the hopes 

 of lower prices has been dispelled this 

 week. There are enough fine flowers 

 in sight today to last until December 

 15 and possibly until the close of the 

 year. Bonnaffon, Eaton, Chadwick, 

 Mrs. Jerome Jones, Stuart Allen, Dolly 

 Dimple, Jeanne Nonin, Lynnwood Hall 

 and a few others are in fine form, with 

 the whites predominating. Many pom- 

 pons of fine quality are to be seen. 



Chestnut Hill. 

 "We have the best Beauties we have 

 ever had. * ' That is the way Martin Samt- 

 man described the conditions on his firm 's 



CHOICE EASTER LILIES 



Bride, Richmond 

 Killarney, Maryland 

 White Mums 

 Extra Fine Boxwood Sprays 



The finest Boxwood in Philadelphia. Write for prices. 



BERGER BROS. 



•••Wholesale Florists^.^ 

 1305 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



THB MOST CENTRAL Cut Flower House in Philadelphia. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



place last week. The Beauties justified 

 praise. They certainly were in splendid 

 condition, exceptionally heavy plants that 

 had done a little work, just enough to put 

 them in the pink of condition for the sea- 

 son. I really do not remember just how 

 many Beauties Myers & Samtman have 

 today; 30,000 would be a conservative es- 

 timate. The new house, 55x300, built 

 and planted last summer, is entirely filled 

 with Beauties. They are in benches, as in 

 the entire place. The growing of the 

 American Beauty rose bids fair to become 

 a lost art in many rose growing establish- 

 ments, but here black spot, band wood, 

 weak stems, bullheads, and it seems about 

 everything else has been mastered. I do 

 not mean to say that these troubles never 

 affect Myers & Samtman, but I do mean 

 to sny that when you walk through their 

 Beauty houses you feel that they are mas- 

 ters of the situation, that they hold these 



troubles in check with a firm hand as they 

 guide the timing of the crops. 



My Maryland has been grown by Myers 

 & Samtman since the summer of 1908. 

 The original plants are now in the house 

 where they were first planted, two years 

 and four months ago. They are over seven 

 feet high, immensely vigorous. There are 

 other houses of Maryland, 10,000 plants 

 in ail. The way it is grown here is evi- 

 dently profitable. The plants are in splen- 

 did shape, coming in heavily for Decem- 

 ber. Hilda, their new dark pink sport of 

 Maryland, is most promising; Mr. Myers 

 says that its future is assured, as the 

 flower buyers fancy Hilda. There are a 

 number of interesting new-comers on 

 trial. 



Various Notes. 



ff 

 Leo Niessen is pleased with the pop-* 

 ularity of the Mexican ivy, a graceful 



