\6 



TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



:SovTi:MBi!:n 2fi. 1903. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



y7 J M ZMZ.^^^^ Wholesale Florist^ 



HaSTCr Lollies* 1612 ludiow st, Philadelphia. 



Mpnrlnir rhp RpvIpw whfn ynu wrltP 



Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. Ltd. 

 CHRYSANTHEMIMS, CARNATIONS, )^I!.?^^^.*V^ "l^.?""?^^' 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS, CARNATIONS, 

 ROSES AND VALLEY. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 



504 Liberty Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Mpiitliin RqvIpw when yon write. 



LOCKLAND, OHIO. 



It was my second visit to "Bloom- 

 liurst, ' ' Mr. Partridge 's comparatively 

 new range of houses. When I first visited 

 the place, some four years ago, it con- 

 sisted of four or five houses, the nucleus 

 of the present large range. Mr. Part- 

 ridge's establishment now consists of 

 twenty large houses, in the neighborhood 

 of 100,000 square feet of glass, with a 

 boUer pit holding three boilers of suffi- 

 cient capacity to provide for six addi- 

 tional houses to be built in the spring. 

 A stroll .through the ten carnation 

 houses proved interesting indeed. Here 

 I beheld the cream of the standard vari- 

 eties as well as those of recent intro- 

 duction ' ' done to a turn. ' ' Clean, strong 

 and healthy will about describe the con- 

 dition of the plants. From all appear- 

 ances they .did well in the field, which 

 accounts for their splendid behavior since 

 housing. Like most of the progressive 

 growers of to-day, Mr. Partridge believes 

 in early planting. That early planting 

 is the better method a glance at any 

 modern carnation establishment, east or 

 west, north or south (and I have seen 

 a few in my travels) would soon con- 

 vince the most skeptical. "Pinch your 

 plants if you do not want your flowers 

 early, ' ' remarked a prominent grower 

 to me, "but give them an early start in 

 the houses if you expect good results." 



However, to return to Mr. Partridge's 

 carnation houses, like everywhere else, 

 Lawson is boss, among the pinks, though 

 in stem it yields to Mrs. E. A. Nelson. 

 The latter, as grown here, bears out all 

 the claims- that -n-^re made for this fine, 

 though much abused variety. Floriana 

 does equally well, promising to be at its 

 best for ,. Christmas trade. Genevieve 

 Lord, Frances Joost and Melba are still 

 holding their own here, the first one 

 especially, looliing as fine as it did in its 

 halcyon daysi when first put upon the 

 market. ■ 



What LaWson'is among pinks, Wolcott 

 seems to be among whites, with White 

 Cloud as a close second. Boston Mar- 

 ket, although small as compared with its 

 half-brother or cousin, Wolcott, is never- 

 theless a fine and paying variety. Peru is 

 still given a chance, though in all proba- 

 bility it will be its last chance. Apollo, 

 Crane and Estelle are the trio in red and 

 while all do well, Mr. Partridge thinks 

 (and many growers coincide with him) 

 that there" is ample room for a good one 

 in that color. It is to be hoped that 

 the introductions of this season may 

 meet all expectations. 



A glance at the rose houses was 

 equally interesting. Planted in time, 

 with good clean stock and well treated 

 since, thei roses, as a matter of course, 

 are yielding good returns. There are 



^> 





51 Wabash Avenue, 



Wholesale Florists, 

 CHICAGO, 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES- .,^;', ^s'' ,„i 



M to 24-inch 2 50'o ; [^" 



1.^. to l»-lDch l-''il»o r ;" 



Short stemmed " «> '■ "" 



Per too 

 Bride $4 00to«8U0 



Golden Gate * "" '° 



Perle 



Ivory ^ 



Liberty * 



La Prance * 



Meteor * 



ROSES— our selection _ 



Carnations 



s uu 

 Ul) to ''• ou 

 Mortloi, tho RpvlPW when yon write 



Chrysanthemums, ordinary... 

 Clirys.-knthemums, fancy 



$1 



Per 100 

 00 to S8 00 

 00 to 10 UO 

 UU to 10 00 

 0«to SCO 

 4 00 

 00 to s 00 

 Perdoz. 

 SO to 8! 00 

 50 to -i 00 



nine houses, ranging in size from 25xl..i0 

 to 30x235, given to roses. Bride, Maid. 

 Ivory, Golden Gate, Liberty, Meteor and 

 American Beauty are the varieties gro-mi. 

 A fine residence, equipped with all mod- 

 ern conveniences, built recently, is now 

 the abode of the presiding genius of 

 ' ' Bloomhurst. " S. S. S. 



L.^NSING, Mich. — Gordon B. Smith 

 and Clifford W. McDowell have purchased 

 the Eiverside greenhouses. 



If your Review is a few hours late in 

 reaching you this week it is due to 

 Thanksgiving falling on the usual day 

 for mailing the paper. 



Fkuitdale, Ala. — The Southern Floral 

 Nursery Company has established a 

 branch at Buceatuma, Miss., where they 

 will grow a number of acres of roses, 

 narcissi, etc., besides pecans and straw- 

 berries next year. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — Business in 

 general is rather dull, with plenty of 

 good stock to be disposed of. Ed. John- 

 son is recently out of the hospital, after 

 an operation on his eye. A bowling club 

 has just been started, composed of 

 twenty-five florists and private gar- 

 deners. 



Greenville, O.— O'Brien Bros., who 

 are the latest to start in business here, 

 have 3,000 feet of glass, having added 

 1,000 feet during the past year. James 

 Frost is building a modern residence to 

 cost about $5,000. Miss Allie Smith is 

 looking for a suitable location to which to 

 remove her greenhouses. 'Mums are good 

 and selling well, carnations backward. 



Peter Reinberg 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



WHOLESALE 



Cut Flowers. 



LARGEST GROWER 

 IN THE WORLD 



1,000,000 SQUABE PEET OP OtASS 



Current Price List. 



Per D02. 

 AM BEAUTIES. 30-36 in. stems. $4.00 to $.5 00 



20-''4 '" 2.50 to 3.00 



. ■■ 15-18 " 1.50 to 2.00 



Short stems... .73 to 1.00 

 Per 100 



CH ATEN \Y .$4.00 to $10.00 



LIBERTY...;: tOOto 10.00 



SUNRISE 4.00to 8.00 



UKinK 4.00to ,S00 



BRIDESMAID..., 4 00 to S.OO 



GOLDEN GATE 4.00 to 8.00 



pj-RLE S.OOto liOO 



CARNATiONS 2.00 to 3.00 



KOSES, OUR SELECTION 4.00 



All (lowers are perfectly tresh anil prooerly Dacked 

 No charge for P. & 0. on orders over S5 00. 



Mention the Review when you write 



Bala, Pa. — The greenhouse at the 

 Philadelphia Country Club was destroyed, 

 November 15, by fire which originated in 

 the boiler room. The loss was $5,000. 

 John Crawford, the gardener, was badly 

 cut by broken glass while fighting the 

 flames. 



