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ACGCST 21, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



51 



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SOUTHERN TRADE 



About Our 



Washington DC. Store 



1216 H St., N. W. 



We have in Washington one of the most up-to- 

 date wholesale houses in the country and during 

 the coming winter season we will handle an ex- 

 tra good assortment of stock — Cut Flowers, Rib- 

 bons and other Supplies. 



The fact that Washington is the starting point 

 of all through Southern trains is of decided ad- 

 vantage to customers who want stock in a hurry. 

 Try the Washington Store and see what it 



can do for you. ., 



KIBBONS AND BUPPLIKSr^MaDF aew BaUerns 

 ; m exeiDsive Ribbons. Oar sew )Ih»tea4Bct datologue 

 !ef Bibbotts and Sopsilies wil^.teje8M^.'i»fii^it«nber. 

 , XjaI us have your vajaa^ssm^wu^mn bmi — lit ieifc»«opy. 



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THE WH0LB8ALE FLOBISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



Philadelphia Mew York Washington 



1C08-1620 Ludlow St. 



117 West 28th St. 



1216 H Street N. W. 



Asters-Gladioli-Lilies 



NEW INDOOR WHITE CARNATIONS, LONG STEMS 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



WK CLOSE AT 8 P. M. 



THE rmLADELrHIA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



rHDLADELriDA^PA. 



Dot an easy thing but something that 

 requires intelligence, ability and per- 

 severance — that is what Charles D. Ball 

 lias accomplished. It is something to 

 be proud of, the production of kentias 

 today that are as good as any kentias 

 that he has ever grown and probably 

 quite as good as any that have ever 

 been grown elsewhere. To grasp the 

 full meaning of this, just think of all 

 the florists you know who have grown 

 this or that variety of plant wonder- 

 fully well at some time or other. Are 

 they growing them as well today! 

 There is the rub. 



Mr. Ball has perfected his method of 

 growing kentias so that the same 

 amount of work produces better results 

 <han formerly. He says that he be- 

 lieves his place is as free from insects 



as it is possible for any place to be. 

 The plants agreed with him; they 

 looked extremely well. Mr. Ball is a 

 firm believer in making up plants of 

 robust health only. The center plant 

 in a made-up pot of kentias should, of 

 course, be a little stronger than the 

 other three, but they must not be weak- 

 lings, far from it, or that perfect sym- 

 metry of habit so much admired in the 

 finished specimen is lacking. While 

 kentias in both varieties and every 

 size are the feature of Mr. Ball's place, 

 there are others, like the fixings to the 

 turkey. Notable among them are 

 the arecas, while of less impoi-t are the 

 cocos, dracsenas, pandanus, ardisias and 

 small ferns. 



There is a point about Charles D. 

 Ball's place that always impresses the 



visitor; the houses are old, yet the 

 stock in them is fully abreast of the 

 times, in the front rank, too. When 

 it is considered that some of these 

 houses are thirty-four years old, that 

 they are built with much wood and 

 small glass, that they have never in 

 that whole thirty-four years received 

 a coat of paint inside since they were 

 finished, it is little short of marvelous. 



Forty-ninth and Market Streets. 



Robert A. Craig believes that the ferns 

 on his place this season are bettef than 

 they have ever been before. Seven of the 

 leading varieties are grown in quantity 

 in all commercial sizes. So rapidly has 

 the demand increased that the only ques- 

 tion is : " Can we produce enough of this 

 or that variety?" Bobusta and tuberosa 



