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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Auui ST 11, 1!>(>4. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



'I'licrc is lildli' liiisilirss in tllr cut lluwtT 

 cfiiti r> (it Jalc. I'lii\\ri> ;irc itinrf pleiiti- 

 I'lil. J'liiifriil (Jiili'is I'diiii till' liulk of the 

 work. Siiiiic (if tlifsc )i;i\i' licrn (|uite 

 Jai-;^c. ( ';n iintiiiiis (•diitimic sraicc. As- 

 ters arc uiiirc |ilt'iit il'ul but \ii_v pdor in 

 i|iiality, as a ink'. K'oscs air iiniuov- 

 iiijj;', i'>|i((iallv .\iiicriiaii Heaiitirs. 'flic 

 strcfl had jt that Cliaiics I-:. .Mcelian 

 tolil l.i'd Xiisscii lir liad Ijcttir iiiaki' 

 hay wliih' the sun shdiie, liv wliirh he 

 vvas iindri.-tiiiMl tn moan that tlic ('licst- 

 imt Hill licatitii's wduM soon i-()iii])('tc 

 \\ith thdM' from Nt'W |iiiit. Jdhn liniton 

 ;iihI Mcyi 1-s & Saiiitnian aic both ciit- 

 tiii'; aj;ain. ]\dlici-t Scdtt & Sdn are 

 sciiiliiiy ill sdiiie s|ilciMliil, ldn<,r-st('iiiincil 

 lilddins Id S. S. I't'iiiidi-k and Ivhv. Ii'rid. 

 (iladioli are \cv\ |ilciitifnl. 'flinc is a 

 fair suiijily of line \allry and tliiTo are 

 a few caltloyas. 



Kentias at Wyncote. 



•Idsejili lleaeoi-k has a> jurtty a lot 

 (if kentias at his jdace at W'yncdtc as 

 one eould wish to sec. i\'uiniirs of their 

 miinlier and (juality had lu'en llyin" about 

 for siiiiH* 1iin(>. When John Sava;,fe and 

 I'liil saw them eaily this week, they jue- 

 sentcd a truly inaj;iii(irent si^ht. I''i\e 

 ininieiise hduses, besides se\cral smaller 

 ones, were almost eiitiridy lilleil with ken- 

 tias. all in superb condilidii, lodkine; 

 stroiie eiiou;jli to stand anything. .Mr. 

 Ile.ii-oek believes in fiivin^ his kentias 

 pk'nty df air and jdenty di room. That 

 they lik;' this treatment tlnir riih j^reeii 

 foliaye and )ieifeet slia]ie ;ibiiiidant ly 

 jirove. 



All si/.es are liere in foree, from the 

 little fellows in sei'd boxes and beindies 

 to tli(> inade-ii|» speeimens in Ii' inch jiots 

 that are as tin(> as skillful culture can 

 make tln'iii. 'file medium si/es are \erv 

 tine. K. lielinoreaiia exceeds K. f'orster- 

 iana in numbers. A liloek of the latter 

 variety in ^-iiich puts .-ik* bciiid ic>.er\ed 

 for makiii;; up in ll' inch pdts, three 

 smaller jilaiits beinij used ;irouiid each ^- 

 incli. 'fhe kentias all appeared |)erfectly 

 (lean. No xvashin^ has ever been neces- 

 sary, .ju^t the lios(> scientifically used. 

 Hesides kentias. Mr. Ileaco'-k has siime 

 Ari'ca liitiscrns, ( 'ocos W'eiMelia iia. 

 ribotiiim Schiedei ami Xephmli piv cx.-il 

 lata P.dsidniensi>. 



'file rc'auty hdu--e~ were in i\i-e||iiit 

 i-oiiditidli. ( Mie hdii<c in solid bid- in 

 its thiril year, cut b.-nk hard, wa-- toll 

 (if hia\y sliiidts sudii likelv to tempi ihe 

 iuttiii;j; knit'e. 'fin- must fdiu;ird "f 'lie 

 houses dt' vdiuii,' stdik \\;is iicirly .-i-- l';ir 



.■|d\ .1 need and all V\eie tllll of lil'e;ik- I'ldUl 

 the ImWi'I' I yi"-. 'I'lieie w:is ;i liims i .-hh 

 df I'.liih^ and M.-iids in dniid -hape and 

 line dl' l.dii [-'y. litli'd plants jii<t l^iIIih;^ 

 ;i\\;iy. 



'I'll'- lainatidn- wiie brnutiht in tp'in 

 I lie tiild .-ilid pl;i iiti'd in t lii lioiis ■--. <! i II 

 .-haili'l lasi '.M 1 k. 'fill- \;irieties ^idwn 

 are While < I. mil. .Ii.dsf. Melba. Mi^. 

 l.aw-dii iiid l!nih;i lit 1 i^s. all niei' stinks 

 stuff. 



Camp Hill. 



<'. ' '. \Vat-dii pildt.d "-dine t\\eiily 

 five d.iideiiirs and tloiisfs nut to <';iiiip 

 liill ki^l S;itiiiil:iy in resjidnse to the 

 irivitatidii nf 'flioma^ P.. MccIkiii to \i--it 

 his niiisei\- ;it I )resheitdwn. Mr. Meeh;ni 

 iTcei\id his quests at the railway stn 

 tion with a cordial wclconie. 'fwn 

 large four liiirse wagons tonk the p.aiiv 



thnuiyh some jiretty country to the 

 nursery, almut three miles away. 



Here an exctdleiit Iuik h of sandwiches, 

 salad .and cream, well irrigated, received 

 due atteiitidii. 'flieii the jiarty again 

 mounted the seats on the wagons and 

 dro\e arcnind the great nursery, which 

 lies in the beautiful White Marsh valley. 

 The whole pl.ace w.as in s])leiidid eondi- 

 lioii, the ([iiality and \ariety of the stock 

 and the neatness of the grdumls eli(dting 

 many words of jiraise. 



Next came the serious business of the 

 aftei'iioon. a criiket matili between .bihn 

 (iardinei's MontgoiiHMy county eleven 

 and an eleven selected from the gardeners 

 and llorists of P. I'. C The wieket was 

 not in f.avor of lun getting, .Montgomery 

 county, who had scored a idcxer \ ictory 

 o\er an eleven of the .M. ('. ( '. th(> day 

 before, winning by :i score of ."id to L.'7. 

 After a little more irrigation, made nec- 

 essary by their (xertioiis, the twii elevens 

 were driven back to ('am|( Hill st.atioii 

 .aftei- a delightful .afteriiomi. 



Mr. Meehan 's guests were: S. Adtd- 

 lierger, Saniind Patidielor, John Burton, 

 (Jeorge Pnrton. IvUvaid CampJxdl, Win. 

 < 'arey, Isdward ("laiig, ('. W. (Jox, (Jeorge 

 <"raig, ('. J\. Dodds, I'rank Kwing, John 

 l''owler, John ( '. (i.irdim^r. fieorge Oard- 

 iner, TS'eil (lardiner. .1. llallowell, Alfred 

 lfar(ly. K'cdiert Kift, Win. T.ord. Kdwin 

 T.onsdale, 'fhom.as j^iberts. Win. Kobert- 

 soii, David ]xust. W. J. Stewart, John 

 Thatidier. 0. C. Watson. John W( stcott 

 .and Phil. 



'fhe Dreshertow n Xnrscry was started 

 ten years ;igo. ^\llen the firm of Thoinas 

 Meejiaii & Sons bought lifty odd acres 

 of ground as a wholesale dejiartinent for 

 their rierinanfown imrsi ly. Farms have 

 l)eon added during the past five years 

 until tod.ay they have 21G acres, .all 

 planted. They do a wludesiile business 

 with growers, landscape gardeners, parks 

 ;iiid cemeteries. The regular force con- 

 sists of thirty-five men. but in the busy 

 season an additional force of seventy five 

 men is added. These ;ire kept on until 

 .all orders are filled, then some are re- 

 leased, the rest staying for the planting 

 and first ground (deaniiig. After that 

 is (lone the force is i'e(luci d to its regular 

 size. Ten hordes are kept .at work plow- 

 ing .and cult iv.at ing the rows alternately, 

 'fhere is a big ]i;icking shed through 

 wlii(di the Iiil; teams can drive. The sliip- 

 )iing station. Itrislier. mi the 'freiiton cut 

 iitT. is only three minutes distant. 



Bowling. 



'I'lie new riinipil it inn fni |ilacis nn the 

 ii-ain td lepii'sent nur rliain piiin eliib at 



St. l.dllis. \\;iv beniiii ,,|| the .•|||c\^ ill 



lldltieiilt iir:il If.-ill l:i-t Tlnii'-day e\ei.- 

 in:^. 'fen pl:i\'i-. S. A ' I'll h ii^i I . (diiiL,fe 

 A ndei-'-dii. Win. .1. Pakei. I 1. 'f. (iiiinur, 

 <',ii.r;^e "r.-iiL;. S:iiniil Ihiidaii. I'led 

 l-:iiret. W. i:. (Iili-i.ii. b'dbt. Kill and 

 Wm. 1,'idii I ; v,,ii. ri.niii leil. Tlev will 



|d|l fit'teitl L;anii~ e;i ll. ti lli-lli n^^ s,-;| l ci-lv 



t w d (j.-iy- 1,1 td|, tli.\ :i|d v,-l|fi|iilid to 

 -l;ilt t'dl' Missdiiii. 



Various Notes. 



Ivlw.ard l.''iil saili-d nn 'rhiii'-'ias t.ir 

 Sav.aiinali. ""td Icdk at the cdtinn crup.'' 



lJdb( rl ''raiLT i-^ Ljoiiid tn .s^t. Lmiis In 

 jiidde the lidit iiMill iiral exhibits. 



[):ivid b'llst has ImciI elertnl n I'IdWi'f 



M.arket dirertur to fill ili.' \iiie\piie.| 

 ti nil of Ivbv in T.oiisdale. 



Charhs I ). P.,all and W. fl. 'faplin have 



lel't t'or the Clinvelltidn. 



Tlciiry l-liidler h.a- a pretty lot nf 

 ( 'hrvsa iithemiim Lavender (^)uei n in the 



bench. 



Ivlward J. Fancourt will represent 

 Samiitd S. I'emuiek at the St. Louis con- 

 vention. 



]i(M) Xiessen is going to St. Louis. 



Kicliard Umjihried, of the Flower Mar- 

 ket, has returned from his vacation. 



J. Liddiai Peiinock has been recuperat- 

 ing .at l']agi( smere. 



Eugene Pernheimer is receiving some 

 nice field-grown blooms of a scarlet 

 seedling carnation. 



The emjiloyes of IL ][. Patths de- 

 feated ;i jiicked team at base ball last 

 Saturd.ay at Newtown Square, 



Hugh Graham will visit the St. Louis 

 Fair next week. 



W. ]"]. .McKissick, vice jiresideiit of the 

 Leo Niessen Co., has returned from his 

 vacation. 



Those who have tried it speak highly of 

 the Golden privet. 



IT. l^ayersdorfer & Co. are receiving 

 heavy importations this week. 



J."L. .Maull. of Whit ford. Pa., is send- 

 ing in nice Ideal roses to S. S. Pennoek. 



J>. fis(diiier. of ^L Pice & Co., is on his 

 way to St. Louis. 



Jacob Becker has eonijdefed his fine 

 new show house. The walls .are of brick, 

 with side glass, very neat and effective. 



Samuel S. Pennoek will leave for the 

 Adirondaeks on IMondav. 



Walter X. Yates is at Atlantic City. 



Alfred T^nrton is already cutting nice 

 Beauties from the new place purcha.sed 

 last spring. 



The Leaming Home at Mt. Airy pos- 

 sesses a fine English garden. 



C. F. Edgar & Co. are increasing their 

 ice box facilities. 



Ivlward l.'eid is rcciMving some nice 

 valley. 



Rural Notes. 



Martin Pichardson has an addition to 

 his family. It is a baby boy, weighs 

 nine and a quarter pounds with not a 

 hair on its he.ad. Martin is very pleased. 

 So are we. There have been awfully few 

 babies hereabouts in these hard times 

 and you can't make much out of rural 

 notes without babies to talk .about. 



George Howard and Fraio^ White luid 

 a full holiday on the Fourth, so in honor 

 of the day they sent ui> ;» big balloon 

 and on it fastened a post card .addressed 

 to the Boss asking the Hi. I'r to give 

 place and time balloon came down. The 

 balloon set fir(> to a fellow's (diickeii 

 house and frit,ditened his cow so it won't 

 milk. 'J'lic tVllow has Ijeen to see the 

 Boss three tiiiirs ;ibout it and wants $•_'." 

 damages. 



The boss h.ad given Sainbo a holiday._ 

 The jd.ants were all (hdivered. the wag ei 

 had gone to the slidp, the gi'ay mare to 

 the ]i;isture, and S;iiiibo was on his way 

 to see Ills t'dlk- in Maryland. As the 

 train entiied liis native state, Sambo 

 vv.as siirpri^iil In ^it ihc conductor post 

 tlii^ sign ' ■ ( nldiiir ' in his ,-;ir and ordeu 

 .all the fine v\liiie t'ulks mit into the next 

 car. which was d|.l ;inil diitv. where ihcy 



were criiwded ld;jfl|ii.r liki' ^lieep, while 



he. piMir Siinibd, had a br.aiid new car all 

 to himself like a i.iilroad president nr 

 an (ircliiij ernwei-. Sindi are the beau- 

 t ies (d" th(^ ' ' .1 im ( rmv Act. ' ' 



Pint. 



PldKlv. Il.l.. (Hen Oak Park is tn 

 I'ave a new prdp;i._;n t i n^ hunsi' ;ind builer 

 jikaiit. 



A\' \ia;i X. < >. — Adgate i.**: Son are build- 

 ing aiidther greeiihiiiise lMxP"^. .\ new 

 steam heatiiiiX )d;int is also being in- 

 stalled. 



