Januabx 21, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



31 



Spencer Peas 



Our groAcrs are and will be cutting freely for some time to come 

 Orchid Peas (Spencers) io light aud darii pink, cerise, while, 

 shadfd white and a number of other shades, unusually choice 

 qualily, splendid loug well flowered stems. 



91.50 per 100 

 Medium stems at $1.00 per luu, aud mighty good value they are 



VALLEY, So- c'-al. S4.00 oer 100. Fan y. $3.00 per 100. 



PUSSY WILLOW, 50c and 75o per bunch. 



GARDENIAS, S »cial 13.00 oer d07.f n: $20.01 pt mo 



Fanov 2.00 per dozen; ]5.i)0 per 100 



CATTLEYAS, Six cial .'. 5.0o per do/, n; 35 < per 100 



Fancy 4.00 per doyen; 25.00 ner 100 



Kvcrythlns In Ribbons and Floilsts' Supplies. Sand for our Catalosuo. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



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LILIES 



YELLOW DAISIES GLADIOLUS 



PINK AND WHITE PRIMROSES 

 CARNATIONS ROSES AND STEVIA 



AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE FLOWERS 



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Mention Tb« Review when yon write. 



man of twenty-five years ago who had 

 been selected for his seventeen years 

 of faithful service with the leading 

 seed house of the day to take up the 

 business cares of an estimable seeds- 

 man who had retired discouraged. How 

 he did this, with many difiiculties and 

 obstacles to overcome, but with the aid 

 of loyal friends and assistants, is a 

 matter of history that is pleasant to 

 remember. 



Michell's had a poultry show in the 

 store last week with over 1,000 entries. 

 Twenty silver cups were among the 

 prizes awarded. 



A Private Ball. 



The elevator in the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford runs so smoothly that it is the 

 wink of an eye from the street level to 

 the roof garden many stories above. 

 There, on the night of January 18, was 

 a beautiful scene that should be an 

 inspiration to all of us. The roof gar- 

 den was arranged with the utmost care 

 for a ball, a ball for which no expense 

 consistent with good taste had been 

 spared. The center of the room was 

 devoted to the reception semicircle, as 

 it were, beautifully embowered with 

 graceful green. To the right of the 

 hostess a lovely garden scene stretched 

 through two rooms; opposite, the music; 

 to the left, the dancing floor; beyond. 



the supper room. The garden was one 

 of the most beautiful that has ever 

 graced the Bellevue-Stratford, every de- 

 tail perfectly worked out with elabo- 

 rate care: the approach by grassy paths 

 of mat, the borders of blooming plants 

 and palms, the boundaries of vine-clad 

 treUis were all perfect in form and color 

 and combination. The farther end of 

 the garden was occupied by a summer 

 house approached by a couple of steps. 

 Facing the summer house was a foun- 

 tain, the triumph of the decorator's art. 

 No water main, no concealed pipes sup- 

 plied that limpid pool of water; the 

 basin, once filled, suflBced save for 

 evaporation. A concealed motor sup- 

 plied the power that sent the water up- 

 ward; gravity did the rest. Electricity 

 colored the falling waters like the rain- 

 bow, while in the pool water lilies 

 glowed forth in green, then scarlet, 

 then orange and back again to green, 

 to the wonder of all beholders. To 

 return to practical details, cork bark 

 and ferns finished the outside of the 

 pool. A home-made trellis of birch 

 bark was in keeping with the surround- 

 ings. A magnificent Cibotium Schiedei 

 was given a place of honor. 



I should like to quote John P. Haber- 

 mehl's words when he so kindly ex- 

 plained his firm's beautiful decoration: 

 "We are glad to show this to any flo- 



rist because we believe that we should 

 all help each other to advance our call- 

 ing to the rank of a profession. To 

 decorate is not merely to stand a few 

 plants around, but to form an original 

 plan that is in keeping with the sur- 

 roundings and to carry it out with ex- 

 actitude in every detail." 



The supper tables, some fifty in all, 

 were brightened with pink rose buds. 



Various Notes. 



Many of our leading men attended 

 the special meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, arranged for games and sociabil- 

 ity, January 18. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons opened their 

 beautiful new store in the Ritz-Carlton 

 January 18. J. F. Leary is in charge. 

 George S. Faulkner took charge of the 

 Orchid Flower Shop. Herbert Bell as- 

 sumed command at Twenty-second and 

 Diamond streets. 



W. W. Gibson has resigned his posi- 

 tion with Pennock Bros., to assume 

 charge of the store of the Hayman 

 Greenhouses, at Clarksburg, W. Va. 



L. A. Geiger has resigned his posi- 

 tion with Joseph Becker. It is under- 

 stood that Mr. Geiger, who is a brother 

 of William Geiger, of Oak Lane, is con- 

 sidering taking the place of Ernest 

 Wannemacher, at Overbrook, Pa. 



H. Bayersdorfer and Mrs. Bayers- 



