. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ?^TtW^^V '.^ir^>"<*^'4P"r, "•Wl- W'!, Sbptbmbbb 13, 1917. The Florists^ Review 21 BALTIMORE. Business Is Excellent. It is not often that one hears com- plaints at wholesale houses of a scarcity of stock the first week in September, yet this was the condition I found at the Leo Niessen Co. store. Mr. McKissick was telling me that business had been good, much better than he had expected, and that if he had more good stock he could do more business. He also told me that this had been a most remarkable summer, and while there had b
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ?^TtW^^V '.^ir^>"<*^'4P"r, "•Wl- W'!, Sbptbmbbb 13, 1917. The Florists^ Review 21 BALTIMORE. Business Is Excellent. It is not often that one hears com- plaints at wholesale houses of a scarcity of stock the first week in September, yet this was the condition I found at the Leo Niessen Co. store. Mr. McKissick was telling me that business had been good, much better than he had expected, and that if he had more good stock he could do more business. He also told me that this had been a most remarkable summer, and while there had been no great rush at any time, business showed a good increase over last year; that they had no gluts to contend with this sea- son, except, perhaps, of asters, and this did not amount to anything. His opin- ion is that the florists' business is in a more healthy condition in this city than it has been during his five years of experience among us. As we sat and talked about the whole- sale end of the business, I recalled that back in the nineties Mr. Niessen had a cellar in Philadelphia that a good sailor would have trouble climbing down into. Now, anyone who knows Leo Niessen knows that he is tall, with just a slight stoop to his shoulders. In those days the boys in the trade there claimed that the stoop came from not having enongh room to stand upright in his place of business, but with headquarters in Phil- adelphia, and branches in Baltimore and Washington, he has plenty of head room now. There are no greater lovers of a good horse in this locality than the Lehr Bros., and they stuck to them as long as they could. But poor old Dobbin has become too slow, and now any day you may see on the streets a well-equipped auto truck bearing their name. While these boys may have been slow in ac- quiring a modern delivery equipment, they have been among the leaders in producing the best of stock. At their range on the Annapolis boulevard it is a great treat to see the My Maryland, Ea
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