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HORTICULTURE 



December 15, 1906 



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CHRISTMAS SPECIALTIES 



POINSET7IAS 



We handle as usual the entire crop of the 

 Thorn Hedge Greenhouses — long stems and 

 choice quality. 

 $l5.0O, $25.00 and $40.00 per 100 



CypHpediunt Leeanum 



the one with the white lip, long stems, the 

 finest of all the cyps. 



$12.00 per doz. 



CHRISTMAS GREENS 



CSSB Holly well berried best stock in the market, 

 gathered by our special agents in Delaware and Maryland. 

 Special rates on large quantities. $4.50 per case 



Holly WfCStllS good selection of well made, well 

 berried stock. $ I 5.00 per I OO 



LsUfOl y^fO ithiltg made extra heavy, glossy and 

 fresh. * 1-2 and 5c per yard 



Mistletoe 



home grown; best we have ever handled. 

 $7. SO and SIO.OO per case 



RED RIBBON specially designed for our select and exclu- 

 sive trade. The finest low priced ribbon on the market. 

 •Samples and prices on request. 



Boxwood SpfSyS more popular than ever: indis- 

 pensa le to every florist, 50 lb. cases I5C per pound 



Winterberry $3.50 and $5.00 per case 



Christmas Plants 



Hollies, Aucuba, Farleyense, Imported Ever- 

 greens, Pyramid Box Trees. Write for our special list. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. ii?t Udiow St. 



The 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORIST OF 



PHILADELPHIA 



SPORTS. 



A paper by Patrick O'Mara before the 

 New York Horticultunil Society. 



About a year and a half ago I wa^ 

 invited to address this body on the 

 subject of "Sports" in connection with 

 a paper read here from Prof. L. (' 

 Corbett. At that time the opportunii> 

 was not forthcoming to deliver tl'.>' 

 address which I had planned, and so 

 the material which was accumulated 

 was lost or mislaid and is not avail- 

 able now. My intention was to ad- 

 dress this meetin.Ej without the aid of 

 a written paper and thus possibly it 

 would be more extended, but having 

 been called away on a pressing matter, 

 was compelled to hastily put some- 

 thing together so as not to disappoint 

 the members and visitors. 



It is with much misgiving as to my 

 fitness for the task that I approach the 

 subject, and willingly would I forego 

 it entirely. It is to be hoped that at 

 some future meeting some one com- 

 petent to deal with it from its 

 scientific aspect will be found who will 

 address this body on the subject and 

 treat it exhaustively, as I believe 

 there are many of us who are intensely 

 interested in it. The possibility that 

 I may say something which will in- 

 duce a further ventilation of the sub- 

 ject here is probably the motive which 

 impels me to venture into it now. It 

 is not my purpose to broadly consider 

 the question of sports, but only to con- 

 fine myself to a few of the leading 

 varieties of cultivated plants which 

 have originated in that manner, with 

 possibly a passing reference to a few 

 noted "seed sports" so popularly des- 

 ignated to distinguish them frotn those 



A GOOD POT COVER. 



A very novel and handy pot cover 

 is being offered by the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. It is made of card board 

 to fit any size of flower pot and is 

 covered with crepe paper and tied 



with ribbon at top and bottom. 

 Looks just as well as if an employee 

 had spent an liour on it and costs less. 

 Here is a picture of it. It is called 

 the "Ever Ready." and that's what it 

 is. 



which have been produced by bud 

 variation. A "sport" as popularly un- 

 derstood amongst florists and garden- 

 ers is that portion of a plant which 

 assumes one or more characteristics 

 essentially different from the rest of 

 the plant, either in flower, foliage or 

 habit. The vexed question amongst 

 gardeners and florists is how this 

 change takes place, to what prime 



cause can it be ascribed. I candidly 

 confess to knowing little of what 

 science has imparted on the subject, 

 but that little leads me to believe 

 that nothing definite has been enun- 

 ciated. The preponderance of opinion 

 as far as I have sounded it seems to 

 be that "sporting" is due mainly to 

 conditions of growth, or to put it in 

 one word, environment. This cause is 



