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Dbcember 24. 1914. 



The Florists' Rcvkw 



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New Year's Beauties 



Burton stock and Burton quality 



Just as good as the Christmas stock, which means 



the best. 



Special Per doz.. $(> 00; per 100, J50.00 Extra Per do/... $4 00; per 1 00. $.iO, 



Fancy,..., " 5.00; " 40.00 First .... *' :{.()0. " 26. 



Second Per doz . f2 00; per 100. $15 00 



RUSSELLS — Splendid quality, some of them extra long stems. 



Special Per 100. $30.00 Fancy Per 100. $20.00 Extra Per 100. $15, 



First Per 100. $10.00 Second Per 100, $6.00 



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HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



Golden Bi>tlnospora in crates of aboot 26 lbs., per lb., 80e. 



Adiantum, per lOO. $1.00. 



Smilax, per 100 strings, $15.00; extra long, 

 $20.00. 



Asparagus Plumosus, per bunch or 

 string. 50c, 



Asparagus Sprengeri. per bunch. 60c. 



Mexican Ivy. per 10OO,$7,6O. 



English Ivy, per 1000. $3 00, 



Leucothoe. green, per 100, $1.00; per 1000, 

 $7,60. 



Wild Smilax, per case. $5.00. 



Dagger Ferns, best quality, long, perfect 

 fronds, per lOuO, $1.50. 



Cut Hemlock, large bundle, $2.50; 6 bun- 

 dles, $iOCO. 



Galax, bronze and green (new crop), per 



1000, $1.60; per 10.000 cas^, $7.50. 

 Magnolia Leaves, prepared, bronze and 



green, per hamper, $1.50. 

 Boxwood Sprays, per lOU lbs., $15.00. 

 Cut Laurel, per bunch (about 5 lbs.), 50c. 

 Wild Nutmeg, bunches of 25, per 100. |3 00. 

 Chestnut Oak Foliage, per 100 sprays. 



$2.00 

 Green Sheet Moss, per bag, $3,50. 

 Green Lump Moss, per bag, $1.50. 

 Green Fadeless Sheet Moss, per bag, $3.^0. 

 Sphagnum Moss (burlapped), 10-barrel 



bale, $4.00; 6- bale lots, per bale, $3.75; 



10-ba1e lots, per bale, $3.50. 



8. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHUADELPHIA, 1608-1620 UdUw St NEW YORK, 117 W. 28tii St BALTIMORE, rruklin ind St PmI Sts. 



WASHINGTON, 1216 H St, N.W. 



Mention Tho Review when you write. 



FANCY CARNATIONS 



Fancy and Medium Roses, Stevias, Yellow 

 lii Elsies and Peas. 



Pink and White Primroses 



AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



THE nnLADELPIlIA CUT FLOWER CO.,*»^vrinLADELriIIil,rA. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Live Topics. 



George D. Clark discussed two sub- 

 jects of interest in the handsome store 

 of Henry A, Dreer, Inc. Mr. Clark laid 

 stress on the importance of florists get- 

 ting in their seed orders early in these 

 troublous times, not thinking that all 

 that is necessary is to put the order in 

 at one end of the slot, as it were, and 

 take the seeds out at the other end, 

 but allowing the seedsmen time to get 

 the seeds to them. Seedsmen, Mr. Clark 

 said, cannot grow all their own seeds 

 in these days; they must gather their 

 stock from the corners of the globe, 

 wherever the variety wanted thrives 

 best. "Take, for instance," he con- 

 tinued, "our seed specialist at River- 

 ton; he gathers seed there at the mo- 

 ment it is fit. So too at Biverview and 

 at Locust farm. He cleans it on a 

 rainy day and gets it to the seed house 

 when it is ready. That is just the way 



it is done in Europe. They take their 

 time to do it properly and will not 

 hurry. This is especially true this sea- 

 son. We expect to have," Mr, Clark 

 continued, "all the flower seeds, but 

 I would advise florists to get their or- 

 ders in early. There may possibly be a 

 shortage in verbenas and in scarlet sage, 

 although this is not certain," 



"The bulb season," Mr, Clark said, 

 "has been a good one with us. Some 

 bulbs are left over in the general mar- 

 ket, due, it is thought, to consignments 

 from Holland sent in excess of or- 

 ders. There are some odd in- 

 stances about bulbs. You know we 

 order the quantity of each variety we 

 think we will require, taking an aver- 

 age of the sales of four or five years 

 as a guide. Our normal consumption of 

 Narcissus poeticus is about ^,000 a 

 year. I do not mean N. poeticus oma- 

 tus, but the old poeticus. A sportsilaan 



of international fame once ordered 25,000 

 poeticus to be planted in his woods. 

 We filled the order and ever since then, 

 for some unexplained reason, our sales 

 have averaged about 50,000 poeticus 

 each year, although this buyer has not 

 ordered since. Another strange in- 

 stance is that of a florist who bought 

 3,000 Murillo tulips for forcing. They 

 bloomed white. He claimed they were 

 La Candour and asked for the difference 

 in price, amounting to $25. I suggested 

 that Murillo would come white with too 

 much heat. He looked up his boxes 

 thrown outside and found second flow- 

 ers that were pink on nearly all the 

 bulbs. He admitted his error in a 

 manly way." < ■>'' 



Various Notes. 



Just 100 days from Christmas to 

 Easter. 



Israel Bosnosky has returned frotb 



