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.'/^■OCTOBEB 26, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



ONNAFFON 



Indications are that our growers will 

 be cutting Bonnaffon the week of Octo- 

 ber 30th, and splendid stock it will be. ^S^S^ 

 Plenty of other sorts. All colors. All lengths. 

 Price, $1.00. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per dozen. 



CATTLEYAS VALLEY 



Per dozen $ 6.00 



Per 100 40.00 



Special, per 100 $6.00 



Extra, per 100 5.00 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 



THE WHOLKSALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA HEW YORK BALTIMORE WASHIHGTON 



160S-1B20 Ludkiw Street Tl? W. 28tli Street FrenkUe aai St. Paul Streets 1218 N Street, N. W. 



Mention Thg RevleTr when yon write. 



Edward Reid 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619 Ranstead Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



OFFERS THE TRADE FOA FINE FLORAL WORK 



FANCY ROSES- BEAUTIES-Francis Scott Key, Sunburst, Etc. 



For Everyday Sorts— Maryland and White Killarney. 

 CARNATIONS of the famous Reid Brand. . 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS grown by specialists who know how. 



CHRYSOLORA, yellow; PACIFIC SUPREME, pink; OCONTO, white. 



VALLEY AND ORCHIDS 



Your regular or special orders will be filled from the best that the market affords.— E. R. 



Mention- The Rerlew wlien yon write. 



The show wUl be held in Horticul- 

 tural hall, Broad street, below Locust 

 «treet, Philadelphia, Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day, Thursday and Friday, March 20, 

 21, 22 and 23, 1917. A guarantee fund 

 will be raised to insure handsome prizes 

 ^nd defray all expenses. The show will 

 be held in the main hall and in the 

 foyer. The annual spring show of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 will be held in the lecture room of Hor- 

 ticultural hall during the progress of 

 the rose show. 



A Difference of Opinion. 



There was a group of men in one of 

 the leading horticultural business cen- 

 ters of the city, or, to be exact, in 

 that portion of the rear of the conserva- 

 tory of Pennock Bros, presided over 

 by Ira Keen. There were several men 

 in the group whose names stand fore- 

 most in the floral world of this city. 

 The subject under discussion was: "Is 

 the retailer or grower obliged to give 

 the longest credit under existing condi- 

 tions today?" 



A retailer, whose every word com- 

 mands attention, positively asserted 

 that the grower has far and away the 

 best of it, because he can collect his 

 money for his product in thirty days 

 or lehs, while the retailer must often 



wait two, three or four times as long 

 before his bills are paid. A wholesaler, 

 who is closely in touch with the grow- 

 ers, replied that this was not the case, 

 for even after the greenhouses are 

 planted, which is a heavy expense, the 

 grower must wait for many months be- 

 fore his crop is ready to harvest — 

 months during which labor and coal and 

 whatnot cause heavy outlay. 



Geianium S. A. Nutt. 



It is an interesting fact that this old 

 variety has stood the test of time re- 

 markably well. The story of its intro- 

 duction is well known. John Thorpe, 

 parent of the S. A. F., named it after 

 , a friend, one who was to fortune and 

 to fame unknown, yet who was immor- 

 talized by this production. Despite the 

 fact that Alphonse Ricard and Beaute 

 de Poitevine are considered geraniums 

 of today, neither of them compares with 

 Nutt outdoors, under trying conditions. 

 You may finish Ricard to perfection 

 in a pot under glass; everyone will take 

 it in preference to Nutt; but put each 

 variety in a bed by itself and see which 

 one is the more effective throughout the 

 summer. There are, of course, excep- 

 tions to this rule — beds where with poor 

 soil and with no especial care Alphonse 

 Ricard has been glorious throughout the 



summer, but these cases are exceptions, 

 S. A, Nutt can be relied on to do well 

 almost anywhere. 



Various Notes. 



A wedding of trade interest occurred 

 at St. Thomas' church at White Marsh, 

 October 25, when Miss Campbell became 

 the bride of Joseph S. Myers. While 

 descriptions are not the province of 

 this column, it may be added that the 

 bride wore her grandmother's wedding 

 gown of sixty-eight years ago. 



William Graham, of Chicago, returned 

 to this city for his son's wedding Octo- 

 ber 24. 



Other visitors were E. L. Tanner, of 

 Raitcliflfe & Tanner, Richmond, Va.; Wil- 

 liam H. Rehder, of Wilmington, N. C, 

 and Charles Uttley, of Harrisburg, Pa. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons place Mrs. 

 Charles Russell in the center of their 

 Bellevue - Stratford showcase, with 

 Prima Donna or Hadley on either side. 



The Forrest Flower Shop has been 

 busy with dinner decorations at the 

 Hotel Adelphia. It had a handsome 

 wedding at Melrose Tuesday. 



James Lodge is retailing flowers at 

 Second and Dauphin streets. 



Edward Reid justly calls attention to 

 the fact that he is not in the real es- 

 tate business. I should have said that 



