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The Florists' Review 



29 



NEWS 



Y Brilliant 



The ••lift||^ff^^!k«w Killarney Sport which will be ^UAt«>r 



introduce4:mat^^iU^'^ About twice as double as Single Killarney, much larger 



flower and pf VijijiiKil^^Uiant shade of pink By far the best introduction of any 



Rose of recent years. Booking orders now. 



GRAFTED -$7 50 per doz.. $35.00 per 100, Sl.'^O.OO per 500. $300.00 per 1000. 



OMTN R(Mrr-$6.00 per doz.. $30.00 per 100. $t25.00 per 500, $250.00 per 1000. 



Delivery durlns March. 



Also scions for grafting in 1000 to 5000 lots at $200.00 per 1000. Special prices in larger quantities. 



Delivery in December. 



MATCHLESS 



The splendid new white Carnation for 1914. Booking 



orders now. Deliveries can be made December, 1913, 



on the early orders. $12.00 per 100, 1100.00 per 1000, 



We guarantee not only the Quility of our plants, but their safe delivery by express. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES— Many new patterns fn exclusive ribbons. Write us for prices 

 on these and on supplies. 



Durlnc July and Ausust w« closa at 8 p. m. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608.1620 Ludlow Street 



Tbe Wholesal* Florists of PtaUadelphla 



NEW YORK 



117 West 28th Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1216 H Street. N. W 



Mention The Review when you write. 



LI LIES 



Good Double White KiDarney and Maryland 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



WK CLOSE AT 8 P. M. 



THE raiLADELPiDA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1S17 

 Sansom St., 



rinLiU)ELPHiA,rA. 



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•lohii Wananiaker with a request for a 

 pronnit (lecisiou. The boiler men have 

 J>een asked whether in the event of 

 Saenjrerfest hall being chosen, they 

 *^ul'l give a practical demonstration 

 of their heating systems, a brainy idea, 

 ■'s the hall lacks heat. 

 . Samuel S. Penuock attended the out- 

 '"g of the Lancaster County Florists' 

 Assoi^ation at Hershev's, twelve miles 

 "0111 Ilarrisburg, Julv 15. 



The H. F. Michell Co. will build two 



Jjreeii houses, about 25x120 feet, for 



"ardy roses at Andalusia and add 250 



sasliis for coldframes. 



Foreign goods continue to pour in for 



oe ..f. Bjgg Qq^ several hundred more 

 jjasos having been received this week. 



''eil ten floors of stockroom space are 

 fapi.ily filling up. 



F;,i^,ar w. Bayley, lately in charge of 

 p'^e ' llenwood Greenhouses, at Hatboro, 



^•r .s now manager of the rose section 

 '^^ J|^ J. Renter & Son, Westerly, R. I. 

 ^ " 'II. J. Young, Jr., will spend a 



''"' e of months on his farm near 

 />' town, Pa., returning to his Ger- 

 "'»" own place once a week. He will 



be back permanently about the middle 

 of September. 



George Burton is now one of the 

 largest rose growers near this city. 

 Beauties are his specialty. His plants 

 are noted for the fine quality of the 

 stock. 



H. Bayersdorfer is expected home 

 from Europe, July 26, on the Kaiseriii 

 Augusta Victoria. 



The death of Julius Roehrs. which 

 occurred July 20, at his home in Ruther- 

 ford, N. J., is a great shock to his 

 friends in this city. 



Albin Harvey & Sou, Brandywiue 

 Summit, have nearly completed their 

 large new house, 54x500 feet, which 

 will be planted with cucumbers, to be 

 followed by sweet peas and probably 

 by carnations next season. 



William F. Gude, his two sons and 

 George H. Cooke, all of Washington, 

 D. C, spent Sunday, July 20, as guests 

 of Commodore Westcott at Waretown, 

 N. J. 



John Savage is installing a new 125 

 horse-power boiler at his place at 

 Gwyneed Valley. 



Walter P. Stokes' two new King 

 houses are 17x160 feet each. They are 

 detached from the rest of the Flora- 

 croft plant at Moorestown, N. J., are 

 to be separately heated and embody a 

 new idea in the forcing of Easter lilies. 

 Improvements in iron benches and con- 

 crete pipe supports also have been made 

 at Floracroft. 



Fred Berger has been spending his 

 week ends at Seaside Park, N. J, 



Berger Bros, are receiving some fine 

 gladioli, including Kunderdi Glory, 

 Princeps, Mrs. Francis King, America 

 and Augusta. 



Fred J. has been spending a couple 

 of days this week with Henry F., at 

 Atlantic City, whereat his friends will 

 rejoice, for Frederick J, is a hard work- 

 er. His last name? You can guess. 



Ajnong the visitors noted this week 

 were F. N. Baer, Kutztown, Pa.; George 

 M. Cosh, Brazos Greenhouses, Houston, 

 Texas; Mr. Victor, with R. H. Hawkins, 

 Bridgeport, Conn.; George Blackman, of 

 , the Wm. Blackman Floral Co., Evans- 

 ville, Ind., and the younger Dick, rep- 



