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OCTOBBE 23, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



33 



Ribbons 



If you wish novelties in Chiffons and Rib- ^Um%X^ 

 bons you will find our assortment the most complete of any 

 house in the country, and our prices are as low for the high 

 quality of goodBas it would be possible for any house to 

 quote. We do not sell cheap goods and bill them at high 



prices. 



ABUNDANT SUPPLY 



Our contracts were placed prior to the silk strike, 

 therefore you will find no shortage of stocks with us, and a 

 trial order will convince you of the superior quality of our 

 goods. 



Our handsomely illustrated catalogues have been mailed; if 

 you have not received a copy advise us. 



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S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



The Wholasal* Florists pf Philadelphia 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608*1620 Ludlow Street 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin ftnd St. I^ul Street* 



NEW YORK 

 117 Weat 28tb Street 



WASHINQTON 

 1216 H Street, N. W. 



Mention The HeTlew when yoo Write. 



VALLEY 



ROSES 



ORCHIDS 



CHRYSANTHEMIIMS 



VlCftETS 4 



CARNATIONS 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



THE PHILADELPHIA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



PHILADELPHIA,PA. 



Mpnflon Thp Review whpn yon write. 



JUst arrived, is an aspirant for houora. 

 Pompons have come in^aU the colors. 

 The rest of the market may be 

 summed more briefly. Roses are in 

 oversupply^ though there is an excellent 

 demand for the better grades. Every 

 grower seemed to be on crop at once 

 With white, a most disastrous coinci- 

 uciife, for white had been scarce the 

 ^'t'k before and may easily be scarce 

 * week hence. There is no especial de- 

 ^•'iid for the novelties. Carnations 

 have fallen off a little, in sympathy 

 *iil> the rest of the market. Valley 

 ""'J been in oversupply, a funny thing 

 ^'^n you consider the shortage last 

 l^i'-'ith, for this is the month when val- 

 ley is usually in demand. The quality 

 is 'me.. Viofets are selling a little bet- 



ter, particularly the best singles. Gar- 

 denia^ cat1i«yji^ ^nd mixed orchids find 

 better supp&rt than they have done, ow- 

 ing partly to lighter receipts. Dahlias 

 are losing ground in public favor to an 

 extent that induces the wholesalers to 

 discourage shipments except on orders. 

 Cosmos is plentiful. 



A Panama Party. 



Charles H, Grakelow celebrated his 

 birthday, October 16, by inviting a 

 large number of his masculine friends 

 to spend the evening with hii^ at 1643 

 North Broad street. It was a delight- 

 ful entertainment and, while not wholly 

 floricultural, there were enough of the 

 brethren there to admit of description. 

 The guests, numbering away over three 



figures, were seated at long tables. Their 

 host, knowing full well that human ma- 

 chinery demands lubrication, provided 

 lubricant most thoughtfully at the be- 

 ginning. Then came moving pictures 

 of comedy and the locks in the great 

 canal, which Mr. Grakelow has just 

 visited and so glowingly describes. 

 There were funny stories told as only 

 Mr. Grakelow can tell them, with some 

 bv others of lesser light. There were 

 Spanish songs, and Mexican guitars, 

 and "eats," to come down from music 

 and poetry to the terrible slang of the 

 day. All were hugely enjoyed. The 

 guests of fame and flowers, most of 

 them rising men of today, were George 

 Auegle, Raymond Brunswick, Walter 

 Davis, Benedict Gibbs, Alvah R. Jones, 



