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TIk Florists' Rcviitw 



< August 14, 1913. 



NOTICE! 



August 12th. 1913. 



The House of Michell extends a cor- 

 dial iDvitation to all florists in the 

 trade to attend a Special Inspection 

 Trip to their experimental garden at 

 Andalusia on Wednesday, Aug. 27lh. 



For the accommodation of the guests, 

 a special train has been chartered 

 which leaves Broad Street Station, 

 Philadelphia.atlLloa.ni.on said date. 



Those who wish to atten*! should 

 promptly notify the Henry F. Michell • 

 Co., 518 Market St , and receive a rec- 

 ognition tag, so that they can be easily 

 recognized by the reception committee 

 when they arrive at Ihe station. 



Refreshments will be served at the 

 gardens, and the return will be be- 

 tween 4 and 5 o'clock, so as to give all 

 those who attend plenty of time to 

 spend the evening in town. 

 Yours very truly, 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



Mention Tlie Review wlieu you write. 



ished vigor. The work with the dra- 

 ca'nas has gone far enough to pass the. 

 first discouragements and fill the work- 

 ers with hope that their ambition will 

 be speedily realized. The JJMpty of 

 the dracffnas now in medilim^ized pots 

 is excellent. Already they are here and 

 there showing signs of that bright color 

 that gladdens the heart of the grower 

 two months hence. They have sub- 

 Btance, those dracaenas, in many of the 

 novelties equal to the standard, and 

 their habit of growth is pleasing. A 

 dozen dracaenas, in a dozen good varie- 

 ties — that is what Norwood is preparing 

 to oflfer. Is not that a rarity? 

 • Among the ferns, Nephrolepis Smithii 

 is being grown in quantities as a most 

 desirable fern for hampers and baskets. 

 It is graceful, compact and lasting; 

 added to these virtues is the negative 

 one of not decaying in the center. N. 

 Smithii can be produced in fine shape in 

 4-inch pots. All the leading members 

 of the Boston family are grown in sizes 

 ranging from 2-inch to 11-inch. Even 

 Teddy, Jr., who means to give N. Scottii 

 a run for first place in the compact 

 class, is there. 



The cyclamens being prepared for 

 December arte doing wonders at Nor- 

 wood. The picked plants are already 

 in 7-inch pots, looking remarkably well. 

 There is a little wrinkle in these cycla- 

 men houses whereby a piece of iron 

 pipe, attached to a rope and pulley, 

 rolls and unrolls tobacco cloth on the 

 ridge pole of the roof in almost no time 

 — a big stride forward over the old 

 slat-covered houses. 



There are two houses of fine arecas 

 in 8-inch and 10-inch that evidence cul- 

 ture. They are especially intended to 

 fill the want that so often exists in the 

 late faJl, Begonias, both Lorraine and 

 CinciMBH.' attf^ in the knee-breeches 

 stagejgrhe Q>f»t interesting member 

 of thAPfnily is the little ever-bloomer 

 of Venion type and Lorraine freedom 

 that is now so popular. 



Euphorbia Poinsettia is still another 

 plant that is bent on record-breaking 

 at Norwood. There are so many of 

 them already that their number is whis- 

 pered, lest its size' appall. They root 

 readih' here. The.y fill a real need at 

 Christmas, a need which it is clear will 

 be filled this season. 



The fields near by are filled with 

 toses; on one side the 2-year-olds niain- 



Penn's 



. Special 



for Today 



A Beautiful 

 May Day 



Brass 



Basket 



Filled With 



Mayflowers 



"AMERICAN 

 BEAUTY** 



Stems five f( 

 For today 



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Bromfield 



Street 



Telephones 

 'Fort Hill" 838 or 839 



TliU 18 one t)f a drnef of paid ads that Penn the Florist, of Booton, is pabllrhlnir weelity. alternatiiiif 

 in the four floilsts" papers, to Im><-oiiip Ijfttcr iiequainted with the Florists of the country. These ads have 

 r>cen published dally In ilie diffeient HoUon pap»-r«. Any fJoilst^t dcslrlnfr to use same In their home town^^. 

 may do so without furtln-r consent. Thi'8«- ads have Iwcn the moans of osbdiUshlnn our present irre.'t 

 volume of business. 



ly intended for next Easter and next 

 spring; on the other the yearlings for 

 the .season after. 



Various Notes. 



A series of terrific storms visited 

 this city on the evening of August 10. 

 The worst sufferer was August Doem- 

 ling, of Lansdowne, who lost one-half 

 of his new house, 100x300, which had 

 just been completed. Mr. Doemli 

 also suffered slight damage to 

 his older houses. This was mosi 

 fortiinate. George Burton, 

 moor, had his heiV bricic stack witify' 



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damaged. Qeorgfi E. Campbell, of 



Flourtown, suffered a slight loss wKe'i 

 his dwelling was struck by hghtniUK- 

 Other growers experienced minor losses. 

 W. E. McKissick has resigned his po- 

 sition as manager of the Washington 

 branch of the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 

 The annual meeting of the Dingee <^ 

 Conard Co. was held at West Grove, 

 Pa., July 20. A most satisfactory yeaf 

 ffrff^ The sixth of the new stec' 

 rSjfir F^^Q^ouses, abdlR^0x25>'. 

 Teplace those lost* m fhe fil'" 

 a year ^ aA^,&-balf ago, is nearing cfiti 

 ''^^ t Wfc ; The' fallowing olftcers were re 



