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TTic Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sbptembbr 21, 1905. v 



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 l^Iiry9CiniIlt>IIlUlIl9 ment of Chrysanthemums in Chicago this 



season and can supply your wants after Oct. U 



Wf£\^LW^^L ^^ c^^ supply you with clean^ fine stocky large flowers, fine foliage; 

 "C^^^JL^^ strictly fancy stock. 



TUBEROSES, ASTERS, VALLEY, aRNATIONS, VrOLETS 



A. L. RANDALL CO., 



19-21 RANDOLPH STREET 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



year?" Mr. Reid said, "No, it would 

 be better." 



Various Notes. 



Hugh Graham decorated three large 

 department store fall openings this 

 week. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons had a large 

 decoration for Strawbridge & Clothier's 

 opening on Monday. 



The Wm. Graham Co. had a large 

 decoration at Gimbel Bros, on Monday. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving fine 

 Beauties, Gates and Meteors from 

 George Burton. 



Samuel S. Pennock returned from his 

 vacation on Monday and is hard at 

 work in harness again. 



Eugene Bernheimer is making a 

 specialty of autumn foliage. 



Wm. E. Gibson, of Charleston, S. C, 

 is spending a week under the doctor's 

 care in his home in this city. 



H. H. Battles has completed work on 

 his new store at 110 South Twelfth 

 street. Two stores thrown into one pre- 

 sent a very handsome appearance, the 

 woodwork painted a deep green. Tbo 

 show windows are ornamented with 

 specimens of Adiantum Farleyense 

 grown at Newtown Square, Ficus pan- 

 durata and Cibotium Schiedei. 



Charles E. Meehan and family re- 

 turned from Ocean City this week. 



A large and representative party of 

 members of the Philadelphia Florists' 

 Club and their families visited Acto 

 last Saturday afternoon as the guests 

 of the L. K. Peacock Co. and spent a 

 delightful afternoon among the dahlias. 



Watkis & Nicholson, of Lakeview 

 Greenhouse, Hammonton, N. J., deco- 

 rated for a large church wedding re- 

 cently. The color scheme in the church 

 was white and green, using 2,000 asters, 

 1,000 feet of smilax and 100 palms and 

 ferns. At the house where the recep- 

 tion was held they used smilax, palms, 

 ferns and fancy-leaved caladiums. They 

 find that fancy-leaved caladiums are 

 fine for decorations. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety had its September meeting last 

 Tuesday. Dahlias and asters were the 

 features. 



The dahlia crates blocking the side- 

 walk in front of 1237 Filbert street 

 were found to belong to William J. 

 Moore. 



Edward Habermehl predicts a busy 

 October. 



Vyncote. 

 Joseph Heacock has experienced an 

 unusually heavy demand for palms dur- 



ing the past summer. His stock of ken- 

 tias is so large and so well managed that 

 this can only be detected by a careful 

 comparison of the houses as they were in 

 June and are now in September. The 

 houses are full; they are always kept 

 full. Children will grow, you know. The 

 visitor who walks through the palm 

 houses is quickly convinced that Mr. 

 Heacock 's kentias are as fine as they can 

 be grown. Nephrolepis Scottii, Cibotium 

 Schiedei and Dracaena terminalis are 

 looking well. 



The houses devoted to American 

 Beauties are in prime condition, some 

 10,000 plants all in benches ready for 

 the season. The carnations have just 



Kindly discontinue our adver- 

 tisement as we are sold out slick 

 and clean. 



m 



is certainly a grand business paper 



and no one should fail to use it ; 



you may say we said so if you 



wish. 



A. LAUB & SON. 



Hushsonville, N. Y., 

 Sept. 18, 1905. 



started into growth after being benched 

 from the field. Unluckily the genial 

 proprietor was away. His oldest son, 

 James Heacock, made our visit a very 

 pleasant one. 



The Haddenfield Show. 



L. K. Peacock made a magnificent ex- 

 hibition of dahlias in the Haddenfield 

 show last week. He staged over 500 var- 

 ieties of dahlias. Fully fifty of these 

 varieties were equal to any of the early 

 chrysanthemums. Some could scarcely 

 be distinguished from chrysanthemums 

 except by the foliage. The flowers were 

 all on long stems, each variety by itself, 

 correctly labeled. The exhibition, which 

 was open from Tuesday until Saturday, 

 was the finest dahlia show ever given in 



this country and reflects the greatest 

 credit on Mr. Peacock. 



The Ideal Salesman. 



The Review realizes that the position 

 of a cut flower and plant salesman is one 

 of importance to the grower, to the 

 wholesaler, to the retailer and to the 

 consumer. The Review believes that a 

 high standard among the salesmen will 

 do much to promote the interests of 

 all those who buy or sell cut flowers or 

 plants, and to promote harmony among 

 them. The Review therefore proposes 

 a prize essay competition similar to that 

 held by the S. A. F. under the follow- 

 ing conditions: 



The subject of the essay shall be "The Ideal 

 Salesman." 



Each competitor shall mall his essay, nn- 

 slgned, on or before Septrmber 30, 1906, to 

 Phil, care of any of the wholesale cut flower 

 houses In this city. 



Each essay must be unsigned, accompanied 

 by the writer's name and address in a sealed 

 envelope. This envelope wlH not be opened 

 until the awards have been made. 



The essays and sealed envelopes will be num- 

 bered when received and the essays will be 

 submitted to a competent Judge. His awards 

 will be announced In the Review of October 12. 



The first prize will be $10, the second 

 prize $5. 



It is especially desired that the essays be 

 clear, concise and to the point. 



Concentration. 



[Respectfully dedicated to B. C. Hayden.] 

 'Tls said the time is near 



For a most startling change. 

 Landmarks will disappear; 



Old groups will rearrange. 



The giant Land Title 

 (Annex on South Broad street 



Is where this modern slght'U , 

 Astonish'd mankind greet. 



There from the roof so high 

 Will swing a massive sign, 



As though hung from the sky; 

 On it a single line. 



Men at this sign will stare. 

 And wink and rub the dust 



From both their eyes, for there 

 They'll read "THE FLOWER TRUST." 



Each flower '11 have a floor; 



Its name may be descried 

 On elevator door, 



Aa swiftly up you glide. 



Our florists, nary one 



There'll be to hold aloof; 

 All business will be done 



Under this mighty roof. 



The Chester VaDey. 



I will endeavor to describe to the 

 readers of the Review the events of a 

 day spent in the Chester valley by two 

 Philadelphia visitors. The modesty of 

 these visitors makes it necessary that I 

 should endeavor to hide their identity 

 under the names of David and Jona- 

 than. The choice of nom-de-plumes has 

 been somewhat influenced by the fact 

 that although the paths of these tvo do 

 not always lie in the same direction as 



