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January 8, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



40 



CATTLEYAS 



For quality, quantity and finish, the 

 Cattleyas are coming in strong, and 

 we can take excellent care of your 

 orders at present. Write us for 

 special prices. 



Lilac, Sweet Peas, Valley, Roses, 



and all other seasonable flowers are also in good 



supply with us. 



Everything in Cut] Flowers, Plants, Greens, Ribbons and Supplies 



BaslnesB Hours : 7 A. BI. to ff P. M. 



S. S. PENNOCK COMPANY 



New York 



17 West 28th Street 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 

 1608-ao liUdlow Street, PHII.A])B:I<FHIA, PA. 



Baltimore 



Franklin and St. Paul Sti. 



IVashlnsrton 



1216 H Street, N W 



All Seasonable 

 Cut Flowers 



WM^ J. BAKER 



Wholesale Florist 

 12 South Mole Street, Philadelphw, Pa. 



THE HOUSE OF MERIT 

 FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



JOS. 8. NEIDINBER CO 



1309-11 N. Second Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PUSSYWILLOW 



From now till Decoration Day 



Entire cut from 30.000 cultivated plants 



50c per bunch, mixed lengths 

 In separate lenKths from $2.00 to $10.00 per 100. 



S^t*"" E. KENDIG, Oswego, N. Y. 



GRAVE MARKERS 



Stein's Tloral Supply Nfrs. 



2223 N. Frsst St. 

 Philadelphia 



Meiitiou TUe Review when you write. 



the coming in of the city administration 

 under the new charter. 



The Premier-Russell Race. 



Tlio soeoiid lap of the Premier-Russell 

 race that closi-d witli the old year has 

 broufjlit t!i ■ new favorite to the front 

 with a rush. Premier out-produced Rus- 

 sell, was more popular. Russell brought 

 better average prices, but Premier was 

 there. Premier produced an amazingly- 

 large crop of wonderfully fine flowers 

 in all grades. The best of them brought 

 $1 each, or as much as the best Russell., 



Tlie Grading of Columbia. 



A chain is no stronger than its weak- 

 est link; a bunch of flowers is no better 

 than its poorest bloom. The price paid 

 for -tw«nty-five Columbia roses is al- 

 ways twenty-five times the value of the 

 poorest flower. 



Imperfect flowers of Columbia should 

 be bunched by themselves and not mixed 



EDWARD REID 



Offers for 

 JANUARY 



ORCHIDS, CAHLEYAS 



I Roses - Carnations - Violets 



I Remember, When They're Reid's, They're Right 



I 1619-21 Ranstead St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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Ophelia - Sunburst - Double White 



Champ Weiland 



Carnations, Violets, Etc. 



THE PHILADELPHIA WHOLESALE FLORISTS' EXCHANGE 



1615 Ranstead Street, PHILADELPHIA 



with perfect flowers, or loss of value 

 results. 



Marcus Stephenson. 



Marcus Stephenson belonged to that 

 small, active group of capitalists who 

 have revolutionized the growing of cut 

 flowers under glass. Working hand in 

 hand with another small, active group, 

 the wholesale commission florists, their 

 production and distribution have ad- 

 vanced to a point undreamed-of two 

 decades ago. This group in Philadel- 

 phia was formed by seven men: Milton 

 H. Bickley, Malcolm Franklin, David 

 Fuerstenberg, Raymond Mayhew, Frank 

 P. Meyers, Edward A. Stroud and 

 Marcus Stephenson, all advocates of the 

 big house in a greater or less degree. 

 They were the joy of the horticultural 



builders. They displayed a courage in 

 investing thousands of dollars in an 

 almost unknown enterprise that was 

 then the admiration of those who were 

 born and bred in the profession. They 

 produced in a season or so as much stock 

 as a grower who had a generation the 

 start of them; nay, sometimes they pro- 

 duced far more, for every member of 

 the group had what so many of our best 

 florists lack — business enterprise. They 

 have accomplished marvels in develop- 

 ing our business and placing it on a 

 firm foundation, where it is respected in 

 tlie business community at large. It is 

 a curious fact that our Florists' Club, 

 that might have done so much, has done 

 little for this group of able men. In it 

 they are hardly kaovra. It may be that 

 this group does not lay sufficient stress 



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