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OCTOBEB 7, J916. 



The Florists^ Review 



37 



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M.ntio" The Beriew wher yon write. 



dahlias from the Peacock Dahlia 

 Farms, including two choice baskets of 

 these charming fall flowers arranged 

 by Pennock Bros. The election of offi- 

 cers resulted as follows: President, 

 George Burton; vice-president, John C. 

 Gracey; secretary, David Bust; treas- 

 urer, George Craig. After the business 

 meeting, the members were entertained 

 by the officers of the club. 



A goodly crop of retail flower stores 

 has sprung up in the city with the 

 opening of the fall season. The Colo- 

 nial Flower Shop is the name given by 

 Albert Saxer to his new venture at 

 Frankford, which is starting auspi- 

 ciously. Jacob Wilhelm, the well known 

 grower of Logan, has opened a retail 

 store at 4903 North Broad street. 

 Frank Philips, who has had experi- 

 ence in England, is trying his luck 

 at 428 South Fifty-second street, .West 

 Philadelphia, while Tissell the Flo- 

 rist is the name on the new retail 

 shop at 1722 North Broad street. Add 

 to these the Charles H. Grakelow place 

 at Broad and Cumberland streets and 

 you have a goodly array. 



Leo Niessen calls attention to the 

 large number of small roses available 

 for the debutante teas this fall — a num- 

 ber larger than at any time in the past. 



Sweetheart we have had for several 

 seasons; then there is George Elger and 

 Old Gold, all in the polyantha class. 

 Irish Fireflame and Afterglow give rich 

 colors in the singles. All these vari- 

 eties appeal to those of refined tastes, 

 but they do not quite satisfy anyone 

 who is bent on getting the largest flow- 

 ers possible. 



In the Plant Houses. 



"When you have time, will you not 

 come down to Norwood? It will only 

 take you twenty minutes," This invi- 

 tation from Eobert Craig was an honor 

 for which time must be taken, so the 

 12:37 was boarded for Norwood one 

 afternoon last week. It took just 

 twenty minutes, with a couple added 

 to reach the greenhouses. There a 

 bright-looking young man introduced 

 himself simply: "I am Van. Mr. Craig 

 has gone away with Mr. O'Mara and 

 Mr. Henderson." This was Cornelius 

 Van der Bregg, in charge of the Eobert 

 Craig Co. place at Norwood. A mo- 

 ment later, Antoine Leuthy, of Boston, 

 appeared. So we three toured the 

 houses happily. 



The crotons are the glory of Norwood. 

 This fall their color is wondrously bril- 

 liant. \arietie8 like Robert Craig and 



Norwood Beauty are pictures of highly 

 colored foliage that one remembers. 

 Reidii, that troublesome variety, is in 

 fine shape. You know, when a New 

 York retailer wants to find the caliber 

 of a croton grower he asks for Reidii, 

 Anyone who is not in Class A, Section 

 1, tries to avoid the issue on Reidii; it 

 is an unusually diflBcult croton to grow. 

 Here it is, however, in good shape and, 

 with it, many more, both standards and 

 seedlings. There is everything in cro- 

 tons, from the little peach suitable for 

 baskets to the immense specimen made 

 up in tubs, suitable for a place where 

 size is no disadvantage. The dracsenas 

 are beginning to color, for while the 

 croton gets its color in summer, the 

 dracsena colors in fall. There are great 

 numbers of the popular varieties, such 

 as Massangeana and terminalis, and 

 a smaller number of the rarer varieties 

 Areca luteseens m the medium sizes 

 occupies a whole house, while a number 

 of foliage specialties fiU a smaller house 

 The gem of the Christmas plant sec- 

 tion IS the cyclamen. There are three 

 large houses completely filled with 

 ma^ificent plants of this sterling fa- 

 vorite. The larger sizes are especially 

 well filled and well grown. Poinsettias 

 and begonias are a feature of the place- 



