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NOVBMBKU 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1337 



PLENTY 



MEDIUM 



AND FANCY 



STOCK 



We can supply any quantity in any grade. 



Medium Stock $1.25 to $2.00 per doz. 



Fancy Stock 2.50 to 3.00 per doz. 



Pink, white and yellow, all are here. 



Large Cuts of Roses and Carnations Now On. 



All other stock in season* New crop WILD SMILAX now on 

 hand ; all sizes. Send for price list of Cut Flower Boxes. 



V AUGH AN & SPERRY 



56-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



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THANKSGIVING IS NOVEMBER 30. 



is evidently a very late bloomer. Of the 

 reds, Flamingo, scarlet, is the best, its 

 only drawback being a slight crook in 

 some of the flowers, just at the top of 

 the stem. G. H. Crane is not nearly so 

 good. Harry Fenn seems the best scar- 

 let. It is in splendid shape, but Mr. 

 Stroud is evidently cutting down on this 

 color. A little space is devoted to Car- 

 dinal, which is very pretty, but the flow- 

 ers are not yet at their best, nor are the 

 stems very strong. Of the pinks. En- 

 chantress is far and away the best, the 

 plants being larger this season than last. 

 A" table which then held 1,000 plants 

 was planted this year with 800 or 900. 

 b^iancee gives promise of doing well later. 

 Mrs. Lawson is not so good as last year, 

 although still largely planted and look- 

 ing well. Genevieve Lord is very fine. 

 Of the blush varieties Mrs. ^M. A. Patten 

 is in magnificent shape and should prove 

 very profitable. Judge Hinsdale, varie- 

 gated, looked well. Prosperity was very 

 late; the flowers are not coloring well. 

 Gov. Bliss, Ethel Ward and one or two 

 other varieties are also grown. 



The chrysanthemum house was a sight. 

 Oinna, an early yellow. Col. Appleton, 

 Yellow and White Chadwick, and Yel- 

 low Eaton were the varieties. 



After strolling through the green- 

 houses, a cricket match was played on 



carefully prepared wickets nearby. 

 Philadelphia was defeated by Montgom- 

 ery \>j the close score of 35 to 32. Then 

 came a handsome collation, followed by 

 an address of welcome by Mr. Stroud 

 and some songs by Mr. Dumont. The 

 affair was greatly enjoyed. Among those 

 present were Frank Adelberger, Geo. An- 

 derson, John Berger, Eugene Bern- 

 heimer, Geo. Burton, Wm. Carey, D. T. 

 Connor, J. H. Dodds, H. P. Dumont, 

 Fred Ehret, G. S. Faulkner, Dr. Geo. 

 Goebel, Hugh Graham, Robert Kift, P. 

 J. Klingporn, A. H. Lanser, Wm. Larza- 

 lere, Emil Leiker, Edwin Lonsdale, W. 

 E. McKissick, F. J. Michell, Stephen 

 Mortensen, Wm. J. Muth, Samuel S. Pen- 

 nock, Thos. Eoberts, David Rust, J. F. 

 Sibson, R. G. Shrigley, Edward Towill, 

 G. C. Watson, Eugene Weiss and John 

 Wilson of Philadelphia; G. W. Brinton, 

 Silverdale, Del.; John Cook, Beverly, N. 

 J.; Theo. Edwards, Bridgeton, N. J., 

 John Sholl, Burlington, N. J.; W. H. 

 Vance, Wilmington, Del. 



Various Notes. 



John Curwen, of Berwyn, has com- 

 pleted his new greenhouse 27x200, built 

 with Dillon concrete posts and roofing 

 material. It is planted with carnations, 

 which are in very fine condition, and vio- 

 lets. The varieties of the former are 



Enchantress, Prosperity, Queen, Joost, 

 May Naylor and Harry Fenn. His vio- 

 lets are singles, Luxonne and Princess of- 

 Wales. A small house 12x40 is in course 

 of erection. 



Pennock Bros, have a very pretty win- 

 dow decoration of tiny baskets filled 

 with yellow pompon chrysantheniums, 

 suspended by yellow cords. A few larger 

 flowers of the same color are used to 

 heighten the effect. 



John C. Gracey has a very pretty win- 

 dow decoration this week, made of fancy 

 chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons had a hand- 

 some wedding at the Bellevue-Stratford 

 on Saturday, which Phil was to have seen 

 but despite his best efforts luck seemed 

 to be decidedly aVerse. 



Qias. Fox, Broad and Thompson 

 streets, had a very handsome "military 

 wedding ' ' at Chestnut Hill a short time 

 ago. 



Chas. E. Meehan and Alfred Burton 

 went up to Gwynedd to see John Savage. 

 They report his bouvardias and chrys- 

 anthemums as ready to harvest, with the 

 roses coming in a little later. 



Mrs. M. D. Young, of Thirty-third and 

 Dauphin streets, has the decoration for 

 the Young Men's Republican banquet at 

 the Bellevue-Stratford on November 3. 

 This is the second affair she has had at 

 this famous hostelry. 



Lloyd G. Blick, of Norfolk, Va., was 

 in town visiting M. Rice & Co. 



Julius Wolff, Jr., has harvested an 

 excellent crop of orchids from his place 

 at Twenty-eighth and Sedgeley streets. 

 He has added a large number of plants 

 this season. 



The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 will open at Horticultural Hall, Broad 

 street below Locust, next Tuesday even- 

 ing, November 7. 



Edward Reid is handling some excep- 

 tionally fine white carnations. Beauties 

 and chrysanthemums. 



Theo. Edwards, Bridgeton, N. J., has 

 a free blooming white seedling carna- 

 tion, a cross between Prosperity and a 

 white seedling. 



The junior partner in the wholesale 

 commission firm of W. J. Baker called 



