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The Florists^ Review 



Jancabt 12. 1022 



nothing of lights from the other Haber- 

 mehl stores, at the Eitz and on Drum- 

 mond street, besides lights that burn 

 only on special occasions. 



It is a strange and illuminating fact, 

 that no matter how frightfully busy 

 they are at Habermehl's, they always 

 have time to treat you just aa though 

 their minds were care-free. So a quick 

 word was given and Mr. Graham leisure- 

 ly detached himself from the small army 

 of makers-up in the store and proceeded 

 to display the glories of the ballroom 

 above stairs, just as though it were not 

 late in the evening after a tremendously 

 heavy day's work. 



This was a treat, for William Graham 

 is a master in the art of decorating. He 

 has assisted in decorating for sixty- 

 eight assembly balls (there are usually 

 two each year), first for his father, 

 Hugh Graham, under the direction of 

 Charles Fox, then for himself and now 

 for J. J. Habermehl's Sons. The ball- 

 room of the Bellevue-Stratford is so 

 beautiful in itself that the skilled de- 

 sire to enhance, not to conceal. Its pro- 

 portions are perfect, its lighting ideal. 

 The feature of the decoration was a 

 light tracery of green overhead, sug- 

 gestive of delicacy and grace, an effect, 

 Mr. Graham assured me, not possible to 

 secure with the uneven thickness of As- 

 paragus plumosus strings. Nine hun- 

 dred strings of smilax were used, while 

 the bolder outlines were formed with 

 wild smilax, of which thirty cases were 

 required. The plant decorations cen- 

 tered on the stage to be occupied by the 

 orchestra. The material employed was 

 all of the best, skillfully put together. 

 The cibotiums were perhaps the crown- 

 ing feature, beautiful specimens, stately 

 and graceful. For the color, there was 

 a single pink early azalea, highly prized, 

 though unknown to fame, begonias, 

 cyclamens and calla lilies. Kentias were 

 the leading palms. 



Mr. Graham talked of the past, of the 

 assemblies of long ago, when tubs of 

 camellias and festoons of laurel were ar- 

 ranged at a cost of $300!! Mr. Haber- 

 mehl appeared in the ballroom at this 

 moment and was naturally somewhat 

 surprised at receiving a second hearty 

 handshake, but merely gave a quick, 

 searching look to see that his visitor 

 was all there. The Clover room was ar- 

 ranged as a garden scene. Here otto- 

 mans and cliairs are arranged for con- 

 versation after dancing, with beds of 

 plants and flowers laid out in graceful 

 lines on the velvety carpet. Downstairs 

 in the flower shop Mr. Jones left his 

 work of arranging the flowers for the 

 table decorations to display the bou- 

 quets. They were of the style described 

 by J. H. Leary as Bernhardt bouquets, 

 arm bouquets, six in all, one for each 

 patroness. One was of white lilac and 

 Acacia pubescens, another of anemones, 

 pansies, Ward rosebuds, with a bunch of 

 blue iris tying it, and all were trimmed 

 with ostrich plumes and maidenhair 

 ferns. They were dreams of beauty. 

 The six members of the assembly com- 

 mittee wore each a single gardenia. 



A Special Meeting. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety held a special meeting at the New 

 Century Club, on Twelfth street above 

 Walnut street, Thursday afternoon, 

 January 5, when Dr. E. William Mills, 

 of Syracuse, N. Y., delivered an illus- 

 trated lecture on "Rose Growing as a 

 Recreation. " Dr. Mills was scheduled 

 to deliver this address April 12, but ow- 



GARDENIAS 



$4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 per dozen; 

 $25.00 to $40.00 per 100. 



We offer you the largest and best supply you will find anywhere. 

 When you can buy Gardenias at these prices, you can well afford 

 to carry them in stock. 



White Lilac 



$2.50 per bunch. 



Every retail store can handle 

 Lilac at that price. When you 

 want something out of the ordi- 

 nary, suggest Lilac to your cus- 

 tomers. 



Cattleyas 



The supply is increasing, and 

 we have greatly reduced our 

 prices. During all of this 

 month we expect to have 

 plenty of them — flowers of the 

 Best Quality. 



Rooted Carnation 

 Cuttings 



C. W. WARD-ENCHANTRESS SUPREME - 

 SEIGWART— ALICE— MATCHLESS- 

 BEACON— BELLE WASHBURN. 



Aay of these varieties we can furnish in 

 quantity. Let us have your inquiries. 



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