November 9, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



35 



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For the Debutante 



Real novelties in these little rose buds. 

 Kinds you can find nowhere else. In 

 quantity we offer: 



Per 100 



Pink Midget $2.0043.00 



Baby Doll (dark pink) 2.00- 3.00 



Cameo (White Midget) 2.00- 3.00 



George Elger (Golden Midget) 1.50 



Old Gold (an improved Fireflame) 3.00- 5.00 



With half a dozen or more other varieties in limited quantities. 



Gardenias 



Special, per dozen $4.00 



Extra, per dozen 3.00 



Valley 



Special, per 100 $6 00 



Extra, per 100 5.00 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



THK WHOLKSAUE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 

 NEW YORK BALTIMORE 



1 1 7 West 28th Street 



Franklin and St. Paul Streets 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H Street, N.W. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



1619 Ranstead Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Edward Reid 



Offers the trade exceptionally fine 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



Best large flowered varieties and the little Pompons in all the best colors. Beauties in all grades. 

 VALLEY and ORCHIDS are my specialties. Everything seasonable in Cut Flowers. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



this country were not taken into the 

 confidence of these ladies earlier. 



"Great quantities of bulbs were sold 

 at low prices in the auction houses. 

 The difficulty about these bulbs for the 

 '>e8t buyers is that they frequently 

 'oine from a number of sources, so that 

 "loy cannot be depended upon for uni- 

 t'orniity. There stSU are jdenty of 

 ''idl>H unsold in this country of certain 

 ■ 'irit'ties, but not more than enoufjli to 

 'ill the jirobablc demand durinjf the 

 ' ii>Min{( weeks of the season." 



Various Notes. 



Herbert (J. Tull, whose wide financial 

 ' 'I'l'ricncc renders his opinion of espe- 

 '■'^d value, states thnt the ])reHent sea- 

 ■^"11 is one of general |ir(isperity amon<f 

 il^rists. 



lu'ccnt visitors included Mrs. A. ]'. 

 ''''.\ Molds, of the Cirrlc Flower Hhop, 

 '' 'liiniapolJH, aii<l Charles F. Feast, of 

 '■■lit imorc. 



•'• .1. llabeiiiicld's Sons hail a Inryc 



wedding decoration last week that was 

 elaborately done in white and pink 

 chrysanthemums. Edward N. Haber- 

 mehl says that the season has not yet 

 fairly commenced at the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 (Hub was held in Horticultural hall on 

 the evening of November 7. David 

 E. Colflesh predicts an active season for 

 the club. 



M. .1. Callahan has had some heavy 

 orders for coming-out teas and for sad 

 occasions. Mr. Callahan comments on 

 the extremely low ebb of the market. 



H, Wilson Garrett has opened his new 

 store on the Old York road. 



.Ia(dv Frost killed the dahlias Novem- 

 ber 3. 



Gilbert Woltemate is sending good 

 calla lilies and Asparagus pluniosus 

 sjirays to Rerger 75ros. Fhil. 



Ithaca, N. Y. — The ])Ostmaster is re- 

 turning mail addressed to G. M. Cosh, 

 stamping it "Moved, left no address." 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Last week was another scorcher as to 

 prices and enormous shipments — even 

 worse than its predecessors. Good Sat- 

 urdays are always expected and usu- 

 ally they are to be depended upon, but 

 not so of late. The weekly clean-up is 

 disappointing. Last week there was a 

 sale of roses, accumulations, 10,000 for 

 $10 ! It is a shame to mention it, but it 

 is true. 



November 4 the large buyers were 

 offering less than half of last year's 

 values. Mums worth more than $1 per 

 dozen were sacrificed at .50 cents, and 

 even went as low as $3 per hundred. 

 Wholesalers considered themselves for- 

 tunate to dispose of splendid flowers at 

 10 cents each, while .$l.i)0 to .$2.50 per 

 dozen was the extreme top for the l)ig 

 flowers, which were beautiful enough 

 for exhibition purposes and would have 



