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HORTICULTURE 



October 31, 1908 



RIFT'S 



New Fern and Berry Globe. 



THE newest and latest novelty of its kind. A quick 

 seller. Created a sensation at Niagara Falls. M ay 

 be filled with either Ferns or Partridge Berries, 

 and retailed at splendid profit. The Top lifts off the 

 Stand for filling or trimming. Perfect ventilation is 

 secured through f oles in base. Very attractive and 

 ornamental in appearance, and a rattling good seller. 

 As a Christmas novelty, it will be in great demand. 

 The Partridge Berries and a red silk cord with tassels 

 give it a striking Holiday finish. Tnree sizes: 5 in. 

 {3.00 per Doz., 6 in. $4.00 per doz., 7 in. S5.00 per 

 doz. Packing free. F. O. B. Philadelphia. 



SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 



Partridge Berries $3.00 per thousand sprays. 



RO BERT RIFT, 



1725 Chestnut St., - - Philadelphia. Pa. 



Order now to Insure prompt delivery. 



A SERVICEABLE TREE STAND. 

 Here is some- 

 thing new and 

 useful. It is the 

 Hall's Adjustable 

 Tree Holder. 

 Made of iron. 

 weighing but a 

 few ounces, ad- 

 justable to .in. 

 size tree up to 4 

 1-4 in. caliper, and 

 to larger ones by 

 shaving down the 

 stump, it is sold 

 for the low price 

 of $3.30 per dozen, 

 and should be 

 included in the 

 regular furnish- 

 ings of all florist 

 stores for the pur- 

 pose of support- 

 ing trees ami 

 large boughs in 

 decorative work. 

 It folds up into 

 small space and 

 will last tor y< ars 

 It is the besl 

 thing up to date 

 f OT holding 

 Christmas trees 



and should have a very laige sale this are sole agents for its sale in I hi 

 year. N. P. McCarthy & Co., Boston, country. 



A GREAT RETAIL FLORIST 

 ESTABLISHMENT. 



I'll.- firm of Pennock Bros., Phila- 

 delphia, of whose delivery service a 

 give pictures, was foundtd over fifty 

 years ago by Abram L. Pennock. 

 Thomas Cartledge. and lohn Westcotl 

 There are but few funis in this 

 count' in show so long and 



honorable a record and still remain 

 leaders in their line of business. It is 

 not so very long ago that even one 

 delivery wagon was considered a sign 

 of distinction for a retail flower shop. 

 This array of Pennock Bros. 1 vehicles 

 is illustrative of the strides the trade 

 has taken in recent years The pres- 



ent members of the firm are a. B. 

 Cartledge, and .T. Liddon Pennock. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Sayre, Pa. — A. L. Merrill has open- 

 ed his greenhouses on W. Lockhart 

 street. 



West Chester, Pa. — Hoopes Bro. & 

 Thomas Co. have purchased a large 

 tiact of land for nursery extension. 



East Syracuse, N. Y, — Ernest C. 

 Benedict, who has recently started in 

 business uere, is making a specialty 

 of carnations. 



Negaunee, Mich. — The office of the 

 Xouaur.ee Greenhouses has been trans- 

 ferred to the new plant, between Gold 

 and Silver streets. 



Concord, N. H. — The Concord Water 

 department have over 100,000 young 

 pines growing in their nursery on the 

 shore of Lake Penacook. 



Richmond, Va. — Mann & Brown, 

 florists. Broad street, have installed 

 electric fixtures, laid new floors and 

 put in a new ice box for the fall trade. 



Hunters, Wash. — The Hunters Land 

 Co. have recently acquired 1080 acres 

 of orchard land and will plant 100 

 acres to fruit trees at once. George 

 Crossland has taken the position of 

 manager. 



Waltham. Mass. — Jas. T. Sillman, 

 florist, was tendered a bogus check 

 for $20 by a woman in payment for a 

 $15 order, but discovered its worth- 

 lessness in time to prevent loss of the 

 goods. 



I'KNXOCK BROS.' DELIVER! SERVICE 



