August 18, 1906 HORTICULTURE, ill 



ANNOUNCEMENT ^'^^ "^^^^ Philadelphia establishments conducting a whole- 

 HmiUUIIUUmLII l i ^ale commission and supply business under the title of 



5A/VAUEL 5. PENNOCK and 

 THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET 



have been consolidated and will henceforth conduct their operations 

 under the incorporated title of 



THE S. S. PENNOCK- /WEEHAN CO. 



their headquarters being located in the 

 S. 5. PENNOCK BUILDING, 1608-1618 Ludlow St., PHILADELPHIA. 



In making this announcement the new Company desires to call attention to 

 the following solid grounds on which it bases its claims to public patronage: 



1. Facilities: The largest and most modernly equipped of any wholesale 

 Horist's e.-tablishment in the world. Centrally located, and having at its command 

 an experience of twenty years in knowing how to make the best of these facilities 

 for the benefit of customers. 



2. Organization: The next most important consideration — developed on 

 practical lines through years of experience — has been brought by selection and 

 elimination as near perfection as possible, and constant vigilance is the watchword in 

 this department, to the end that each employee may by fair but firm treatment show 

 the best that he is capable of, not only for his own sake but for that of his employer 

 and the public — the interests of all being in the long run identical. 



3. Service: Great stress is laid on accurate filling and delivery of orders. 

 Telegrams, 'phones, messages of all kinds, verbal or written, receive the careful 

 attention of competent heads of departments so that no one need feel any hesitation 

 in foi warding hurry up orders. The organization and service is so complete that it 

 is almost impossible for any hitch to occur. 



4. Stock: This of course governs everything. If the goods are not there, 

 no sales can be made. The Pennock record in this connection — of always having 

 everythmg and the best of everything — speaks for itself; the Flower Market or 

 Meehan record — which has behind it some of the best growers of this vicinity in 

 addition to careful and shrewd development — also adds its weight 



5. Quality: The quality of the stock reaching the Philadelphia market is 

 unexcelled, as the awards at various competitions in New York, Boston, Chicago, and 

 other centers amply attest. In many Imes our growers lead the world. 



6. Quantity: The enormous shipments of fine Howers that reach Philadelphia 

 every morning render it possible to fill the most exacting order almost at any hour of 

 the day or time of the year. If a thing is to be had at all, here is the place to find it. 



7. Knowledge: Last but not least "knowledge." Knowledge of the 

 customer and his wants, gathered from long experience; also a ready and sympathetic 

 willingness to help him out in emergencies ; knowledge of what to send and what 

 not to send ; this knowledge is the rarest of all and has been a corner stone in the 

 building up of the two great businesses under consideration. 



8. Finally: The new organization feels that in all the important qualifica- 

 tions: In facilities, in equipment, in quantity, in quality, in knowledge, and in service 

 it is at the forefront of ioti- Century enterprise and offers itself confidently to the 

 whole country as the best place, both for the grower to market his products, and the 

 buyer to procure his supply of cut flowers, plants, and florists' supplies of all kinds. 



THE S. S. PENNOCK- MEEHAN GO., 1608 to 1618 Ludlow Street. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA. 



