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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



Jaxlahy 21, 1904. 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



Gardenias,Orchids,WhiteLilacsH6i2Tu«SS'uSHiA 



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Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., 



ROSES, VALLEY, BEAUTIES and CARNATIONS. 



504 LIBERTY AVE., 



PITTSBURG, Pa. 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS. 



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PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is a bettor toue to the market 

 this weok. Winlier has been with us in 

 grim earnest, verifying so far the stormy 

 times predicted for the next three 

 months by the chap with the goose bone^ 

 and shortening stock considerably. We 

 have .-just entered on the good month 

 preceding Ash Wednesday. The buyers 

 show a keener interest in securing good 

 stuff, which has steadied prices, with 

 here and there a slight advance. 



Bulbous flowers are becoming more nu- 

 merous, though perhaps that expression 

 is slightly misleading. Julius Kohen & 

 Son are sending in nice scarlet Due Van 

 Tholl tulips. Freesia can also be seen 

 if you look quick. Campernelles and 

 Trumpet Majors, are also here. Brides 

 and Maids are better stock now than at 

 almost any time this season and have 

 advanced in price. Callas are moving 

 slowly. Dunn & Co. are handling some 

 nice Princess of Wales violets. 



A Wedding of Interest. 



A wedding of great interest occurred 

 on Tuesday last, when Miss Madeline 

 Michell was married to Leo Niessen. 

 The bride is the daughter of Fred J. 

 Michell, vice-president and treasurer of 

 the well known seed firm of Henry F. 

 Michell Co. The bridegroom has' bv 

 industry and ability established the splen- 

 did cut flower house that bears his name. 

 The happy couple have the best wishes 

 of their many friends. 



A New Commission House. 



William Berger, the well-known florist 

 of Germantown, has five sons engaged 

 in different branches of our business. 

 Three are still with him. Two other 

 sons, John Berger, for fourteen years 

 with his father, and Harry Berger, who 

 has had nine years' experience in dif- 

 ferent branches of floriculture, will on 

 Monday, February 1, open a new com- 

 mission house at 1220 Filbert street, un- 

 der the name of Berger Brothers. The 

 new firm will handle a general line of 

 cut flowers. They are conveniently situ- 

 ated, close to both terminals, and will 

 have all facilities for handling business. 



The Best Profession. 



Secularly speaking there are three 

 professions, law, medicine and floricul- 

 ture. Of these the best is floriculture. 

 The reasons for this bold assertion are 

 two. First, no other profession appeals 

 to and cultivates the finer instincts as 

 does floriculture. It lacks the dryness 

 of the other two, giving its students re- 

 turns in pleasure as well as in profit. 



Our Ist and 2nd Quality 



TEA ROSES 



Many of our customers tell us are the equal 

 or better than others sent out as higher 

 grade. Then, you know they are "fresh " 

 Sent out the same day they are cut. The 

 prices are 3c and 5e tor these grades. 



HELLER BROS., 



i?o"rV^^I? NEW CASTLE, IND. 



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Second, no other profession is considered 

 so desirable for young men, by those who 

 have achieved success in it, as floricul- 

 ture. The successful lawyer thinks the 

 law too difficult and uncertain for his 

 son; four-fifths of the lawyers in this 

 city, he will tell you, are not self-sup- 

 porting. He will start his son in some- 

 thing more promising. The successful 

 doctor feels that it is unfair to ask his 

 son to lead the hard, dog's life he has 

 had to do, getting up at all hours of 

 the night with never a minute he can 

 call his own. The counsel and practice 

 each can give count for nothing in their 

 minds against the known difficulties. 



The florist, on the other hand, feels 

 that his profession is a splendid one, the 

 finest opening his son can have. The 

 fact that flowers and plants are a lux- 

 ury and the destruetibility of glass 

 houses are obstacles, obstacles to be over- 

 come. This may be startling, but the 

 proof is at hand. 



One of our pioneer florists, Abram L. 

 Pennock, has seven sons all in our 

 ranks : Samuel S., the well-known whole- 

 saler ; J. Liddon, of the firm of Pen- 

 nock Brothers;' C. and G. L., rose grow- 

 ers; A. J., our valley king, and Herbert 

 A. and Henry, both southern growers. 



Two sons of the late Hugh Graham, 

 Hugh and William, are following their 

 father's profession. Then there are 

 Robert Craig & Son, .T. J. Habermehl'g 

 Sons, Thomas Meehan's Sons, Joseph 

 Kift & Son, Chas. Schott's Son, Joseph 

 Bevis & Son, Julius Koehler & Son, Rob- 

 ert Scott & Son, and many others. 



The year 1904 has brought another il- 

 lustration of this fact. Robert Craw- 

 ford, Jr., has taken his son, William W., 

 into partnership under the firm name of 

 Robert Crawford & Son. Mr. Crawford 

 is very successful and the fact that he 

 has taken one son in with him and put 

 the other son, Harry, into the Philadel- 

 phia Carnation Company, will go a long 



Ferns 



A Sue lot of PIEKSONI 



FERN.S In'i ands-in. pots. 



ready for a shift: also, ."i, e.. 



7, S and lU-lnch, all at low 

 prices. BOSTON FEKNS 

 in 2H, :;. i, 5, 0, 7. 8 and 10-ln. 

 Fine Stock. Write — 



GEO. a. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL. 



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Draca&na Indivisa. 



3^^inch $6.00 per 100 



3-inch 4. CO 



Potted now : will be nice stock for spring. 



BINLEY, -:- The Elorist 



GLENS FALLS. N. T. 



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way toward convincing the skeptical of 

 the truth of this statement. 



An Outsider's Query. 



One of the Beauty growers recently re- 

 ceived a letter from a friend, which 

 read as follows : "I had occasion to 

 buy a few flowers just before Christmas 

 and learned that thp price was $2.5 a 

 dozen. What will you do with aU the 

 money y6u are making?" This is rather 

 a difficult question to answer off-hand; 

 at least the grower who received the let- 

 ter thought so. Perhaps William Scott 

 will be able to elucidate. Phil. 



C. W. Ward has an interesting article 

 on the Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, in 

 the January issue of Floral Life, the il- 

 lustration being from a photograph by 

 L. V. Hallock. 



We felt there was something missing 

 from our business and note we have not 

 renewed our subscription to the Review; 

 here is the dollar; please send the back 

 numbers. — Eggeling Floral Co., St. 

 Louis. 



