OctOBBB 19, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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OPHELIA 



The Rose that is a favorite with everyone. 

 Some of the choicest stock we ever handled 

 coming in and in quantity. * 



Per 100 



Special.. ! $10.00 



Extra 8.00 



First 6.00 



Second 4.00 



VALLEY 



Special, per 100 $6.00 



Extra, pjer 100 5.00 



CATTLEYA 



Per dozen $ 6.00 



Per 100 40.00 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 



THK WHOLKBAUB IXOBISTS OF PHILADSLPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608>1620 Ludlow Street 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th Street 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Streets 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H Street, N.W. 



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Mention The Revle-wr when yon write. 



Edivard Reid 



offers to 

 the Trade 



the finest VALLEY AND ORCHIDS 



Also a selection of the best varieties of 



including BEAUTIES, FRANCIS SCOTT KEY, 

 OPHELIA, SUNBURST and otiiers. 



Carnations, good pink and white. Chrysanthemums of the leading early varieties. I will talk about Violets later. 

 This is only a selection of a large and varied stock of the finest flowers. 



ROSES 



1621 Ranstead St., 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



exquisite bouquet together. They were 

 Gefion, a tender peach-blossom pink, 

 with bright rose eye; Eiverton Jewel, 

 mauve-rose, carmine-red eye; Thor, sal- 

 mon-pink; W. C. Egan, lilac; Wanadis, 

 light violet. The charm of these fields 

 of hardy phloxes can only be under- 

 stood by those who have seen them. 



Each variety by itself in straight, 

 well cultivated rows presents a uniform 

 mass of color that is most effective. 

 So large are the flower trusses that 

 they cover the dwarf plants, the field 

 somewhat resembling in effect the ap- 

 pearance of a great greenhouse of 

 blooming plants at Easter. To this 

 should be added the natural beauty 

 formed by a background of trees and 

 shrubs. Now that hardy phloxes are 

 grown so easily, they are fast becom- 

 ing of importance in landscape garden- 

 ing. The improved varieties are doing 

 much to increase popular interest. 



DaUia Miss Minnie McCullough. 



I was coming home the other evening 

 — it chanced to be Monday — a little 

 tired and cross, as men sometimes are 

 when pushed. It chanced that a lady 

 coming from the opposite direction, a 

 friend of earlier days, stopped and 

 spoke. Knowing of our mutual horti- 

 cultural interests, she gave a cordial in- 



vitation to visit her garden. This re- 

 minded me so vividly of the fellow who 

 acts as secretary for the Children's 

 Aid, that I told the story. 



This man complained that eighteen 

 hours per day was his usual time foi* 

 work, ten or twelve at the office, the 

 remainder, because his friends made 

 him talk children 's aid, out of hours. 

 The lady laughed pleasantly at this 

 rather rude story. She explained that 

 her garden was not for flowers; it was 

 a real Italian garden. So in this beau- 

 tiful spot, planned by a leading archi- 

 tect of Philadelphia, to which she had 

 fallen heir quite accidentally, she told 

 me the story of a dahlia named after 

 herself. 



It seemed that a friend's gardener at 

 Chestnut Hill originated a new dahlia 

 of a color then quite unknown. It was 

 so much admired that her friend, a 

 warm friend indeed, decided to name it 

 in her honor. Miss Minnie McCuUough. 

 So it remains today, minus, to most of 

 us, the first two words. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Eeid returned from Dakota 

 October 16, after a splendid trip. Mr. 

 Eeid kept his hand in at business by 

 marketing flats and now is prepared to 

 take up flowers with renewed vigor. 



Convention hall has been condemned. 

 No further gatherings will be held 

 there. 



Charles P. Poryzees, who resigned his 

 position with Frank L. Polites, October 

 18 opened a flower store in his old 

 quarters, at the northeast corner of Fif- 

 teenth and Chestnut streets, under the 

 name of Poryzees Floral Co. 



Eecent visitors included J. N. King, 

 of Norristown, Pa., and Julius Nied- 

 nagel, of Evansville, Ind. 



M. J. Callahan says that the demand 

 for house plants and ferns is quicken- 

 ing. Bird's-nest ferns and Begonia 

 luminosa plants are popular. Mr. Calla- 

 han carries a large stock of cut flowers 

 in his handsome, electrically lighted 

 icebox, a plan that evidently pays. 



The center of J. J. Habermehl 's Sons ' 

 window display in the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford took an autumnal turn this week. 

 The center was formed by a handsome 

 vase of Chrysolora. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report an un- 

 usual demand for wedding specialties. 

 Paul Berkowitz says that the slow 

 freight notice at several points in New 

 England is a drawback for the moment 

 to an exceedingly active fall season. A 

 fresh lot of gold letters has been re- 

 ceived. 



Eaymond Brunswick mentioned that 



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