JANUARY 10, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



559 



SWEET PEAS 



PINK AND WHITE 

 $1.00 and $1.50 per 100 



Gardenias ^^S^^' White Violets t^A 



White Lilacs, $»-00 per bunch. 



We have an exceptionally fine stock of WELL ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS from the 

 best growers, as follows: ENCHANTRESS, LAWSON, WHITE LAWSON, 



ROBT. CRAIG, $4.00 per 100; $32.50 per (000. These will be ready for 

 delivery in January, February and March. 



CARDINAL, HAINES, FL^I MINGO, VICTORY, $4.0O per 100. Ready for delivery 



about March \5* 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA, 1608-1618 Ludlow St. 



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January Suggestions 



BASKETS — We have aD endless variety of staple and 

 fancy baskets invaluable for artistic arrange- 

 ment of both short and long stemmed flowers. 



SCREENS — E-tsily adjusted. Two styles. An elaborate 

 affair for your big decorations and a cheap 

 screen for small rooms or entries. 



CHOICE BOXES-For violets or Lilies of the Valley 

 wiih the flower on cover. 



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PLANT NATS 



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Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



lie will distribute next fall. The cxperi- 

 t'lue gained in growing Boston ferns 

 some years ago is being turned to good 

 account in the soil used for the new 

 variety, the sturdy and rapid growth of 

 the plants bearing evidence to their en- 

 joyment of the surroundings. 



It may be that the readers of this col- 

 I'lnn will think that Phil's opinion on a 

 novelty may not be worth having. To 

 >*iich readers, it will be pertinent to give 

 :i few of the many expressions of praise 

 heard from the recognized leaders of 

 our profession. When Mr. Craig showed 

 some fronds to H. H. Battles, Mr. Bat- 

 tles at once said : " It 's an exquisite 

 thing. It will be used with Farleyense. ' ' 

 When John Scott, of Brooklyn, saw the 

 plants growing, he said: "It is the 

 best one yet." When James T. Clark, 

 the fern expert, of Henry A, Dreer Co., 

 had examined the house full of plants, 

 lie said : ♦ ' It is far superior to the other 



one," Which comparison is understood 

 to be with another coming debutante. 

 So you see, here are some o{)inions really 

 worth having. 



The First Assembly. 



There were two features of the first 

 Assembly ball held in the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford ballroom on Friday evening, Jan- 

 uary 4, that are worthy of comment. The 

 first was the really magnificent decora- 

 tion, arranged by J. J. Habermehl's 

 Sons, in which pyramid azaleas were the 

 flowering plant feature of the stage 

 decoration; crimson on one side, white 

 on the other. An expert who has trav- 

 eled miles to see decorations of note, 

 says of this one, that it was the finest 

 he ever saw. Another feature was the 

 return to the old-fashioned bouquet of 

 our grandmothers, as planned by H. H. 

 Battles and carried out with the assist- 

 ance of M. Rice, who procured delicate 



lace bouquet-holders of white and soft 

 shades of pink and blue which were used 

 for finishing what are now considered 

 small and closely packed bunches of 

 tiny buds, or other flowers selected, 

 where possible, to match the gowns of 

 the fair ones carrying them. While 

 these bouquets were not as numerous at 

 this assembly as were the large bouquets 

 some years ago, their advent marked an 

 increase in the popularity of bouquets. 



Various Notes. 



The statement contained in this col- 

 umn last week that the Florex Gardens 

 will plant over 30,000 Beauties in one 

 house next season created quite a sensa- 

 tion among the Beauty growers who 

 supply this market. It could not be 

 learned that any one of them had be- 

 come discouraged enough to grow auy- 

 tiiing else. But they were much sur- 

 jiriscd and interested, as few if any of 

 them have more American Beauty plants 

 in their entire establishments. 



The Peninsula Horticultural Society 

 iield a banner meeting at Dover, Del., 

 January 2. The special features ar- 

 ranged were ' ' Home Surrounding and 

 Town Improvement," by J. Otto Thilow, 

 secretary of the Henry A. Dreer Co., and 

 ' ' Plants for Home Adornment and Their 

 Care, ' ' by Edwin Lonsdale, superintend- 

 ent of the horticultural dej)artment in 

 (Jirard College. 



John E. Haines, of South Bethlehem, 

 Pa., will read a paper on "My Experi- 

 ence with Carnations," l)efore the Flor- 

 ists' Club at its February meeting. Ed- 

 ward A. Stroud, of Strafford, Pa., will 

 review the Toronto convention. 



S. J, Renter, of Westerly, R. I,, spent 

 several days in this city last week with 

 his son, L. J. Renter, who has been 

 I)roducing some fine stock on the old 

 Bunting place, at Fifty-eighth and Gib- 

 son streets. Mr. Renter, Sr,, visited a 

 number of the principal growers while 

 here, 



Victor Grosshans, for many years man- 

 ager of Hugh Graham's place at Logan, 

 has resigned his position. It is under- 

 stood that he will start in business for 

 himself, 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co, received on 

 Monday thirty-six cases of moss wreatiis. 

 that should have reached them nearij 



