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HORTICULTURE 



August 14, 1909 



Nephrolepis Scholzeli 



The New Cresfed Scottii Fern 



This crested sport of Scottii has proven all that has been 

 claimed for it, and promises to become the most popular 

 variety in commerce. 



It is, without a doubt, the ideal crested fern ; a good, 

 quick grower, and makes a salable plant in any size from 

 a 3-inch pot to a large specimen. A profitable fern for 

 everybody. 



We offer for immediate delivery, nice, strong plants 

 from 2^ -inch pots. 



At $ 3.50 per doz. ' 

 " 25.00 per 100. 

 " 200 00 per 1000, 



25 supplied at 100 rates 

 500 " •• 1000 " 



Nepbrolepis Scholzeli 



A 6ne lot of specimen plants in 6-inch pots at 

 5i2.oo per dozen. 



HENRY A. DREER, Inc. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. — This 

 Wholesale commission house had its 

 initial start in iSSl by Charles E. Pen- 

 nock, now deceased, at 30 South 16th 

 street. In 1S,S9 the firm became C. E. 

 and S. S. Pennock. Charles E. Pen- 

 nock died in 1S9l and the firm became 

 Samuel S. Pennock. In 1S92 the store 

 was located at rear of 42 South 16th 

 street. In 1S95 were bought the two 



Samdel S. Pennock 



dwelling! houses, 1612 and 1614 Ludlow 

 street, the nucleus of the present Pen- 

 nock Building in which the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. is located. Other pur- 

 chases were made iu 1S9S, 1S99 and 

 1900. In 1906 consolidated with Charles 

 E. Meehan (who controlled and prac- 

 tically owned the Philadelphia Whole- 

 sale Flower Market Co.) under the title 

 of the S. S. Penuock-Meehan Co. The 

 present officers of the company are: 

 Samuel S. Pennock, president; Charles 

 E. Meehan, vice-president; Percy B. 



Rigby, treasurer; and E. J. Fancourt, 

 secretary. Mr. Pennock installed a 

 cold storage plant in 1901, being the 

 first wholesale house to do this. In 

 1903, a ribbon and supply department 

 was started, in charge of E. J. Fan- 

 court, and through his energy and 

 ability has grown until it is now recog- 

 nized as headquarters for florists' rib- 

 bons the country over. The Pennock 

 Building was designed and built spe- 

 cially with a view of conducting a 

 wholesale cut-flower and supply busi- 

 ness. The ice-making machinery is 

 operated by electric power and is capa- 

 ble of producing six tons of ice daily. 

 Owing to the new methods of storing 

 the cold air, the machinery can be shut 

 down for six hours or more at a time 

 and still retain the required tempera- 

 ture. The plant is divided off into sec- 

 tions so that the expansion and con- 

 traction of business can be handled 

 without waste; 19,000 cubic feet of cool 

 natural storage in the basement is an 

 adjunct to the regular cold storage fa-- 

 cilities. This latter is dust-proof and 

 some flowers are often better here than 

 under regular cold storage conditions. 

 The main floor has an area of over 6,- 

 000 square feet, and here the receiving, 

 grading, selling and shipping of flowers 

 is constantly going on, and during the 

 busy seasons such as Christmas and 

 Easter business goes on night and day. 

 The following remarks made by us in 

 our 1907 convention number, on the 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., will bear repeti- 

 tion here: 



The mere mention of the names 

 which go to make up the name of this 

 company suggests the thought of ster- 

 ling business integrity and conserva- 

 tive horticultural stability, for no two 

 names are more closely linked with 

 the best ideals in Philadelphia horti- 

 culture for the past half century than 

 are these. The establishment is a 

 good example of the possibilities in 

 the wholesale florist business under 

 wise progressive policies. Visitors to 



Philadelphia will find in its equipment 

 much that is interesting and instruc- 

 tive. 



THOMAS H. BAM BRICK. —Here is 

 a well-known and popular Philadel- 

 phian who for 40 years has been sup- 

 plying good men skilled and unskilled 

 to the horticultural trade generally. 

 During the forty years, as the pioneer 



TlIO-MAS H. BAMliRICK 



employment agency man of the East, 

 he has had the satisfaction of placing 

 over a million persons in positions, 

 and in this capacity has been a public 

 benefactor of no small proportions. In 

 this connection we q\iote an interesting 

 item of news from the Philadelphia 

 papers: 



"One of the latest transactions In the 

 I^biljidclphia business world, which has 

 uttracti'd attention throughout the country, 

 was the recent sale of the Employment 



