January 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



631 



Choice White Violets, $1.50 per 100. White Lilacs, $1.00 per bunch. 



Fancy Gardenias, $5.00 per doz.; $35.00 per Cut Boxwood, 15c lb., in cases of 50 and 100 lbs. 

 100. The finest stock ever offered in mid- winter. Cattleyas, lavender and white. 



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 1000. These will be ready for delivery in January, February, 

 and March. Cardinal, Haines, Flamingo, Victory, $4.00 per 100. Ready for delivery 

 about March 15. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



FLORSL SRTISTS DEMAND 



TONEWARE 



We are the exclusive importers of this popular Pompeian Style. 

 Vases and Bowls of many striking designs. We have two distinct 

 kinds of Toneware, the natural and the colored. Each kind is 

 unique, filling a special place in decorative art. 



EVERYBODY WANTS 01 R GRASS HEADS 



Order now a general assortment of our Grass Heads. These 

 ever-popular oddities will give you a profitable side line during 

 the winter and early spring. 



OUR EASTER STOCK IS NOW ARRIVING 



Our catalogue is free. 



H. BSYERSDORFER CO. 



SK^^in.!. 1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



that his friends have persuaded him to 

 try for some more clever carnation 

 growers. 



J. D. Eisele, vice-president of the 

 Henry A. Dreer Co., sailed from New 

 York on the Teutonic, January 9, on a 

 flying business trip. 



James W. Paul, Jr., president of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, gave 

 a handsome ball in honor of his niece in 

 Horticultural hall, Friday, January 11. 

 The decorations were arranged by J. J. 

 Habermehl 's Sons. 



Edwin Lonsdale, superintendent of the 

 Horticultural department at Girard Col- 

 lege, spoke on ' ' Plant Improvement by 

 Selection," before the Germantown Hor- 

 ticultural Society Monday evening, Jan- 

 uary 14. 



Keview readers may recall that the 

 night after the fire at Jacob Becker's, a 

 few weeks ago, an automobile was 



switched by a pile of dirt on the street 

 into his showhouse. The autoist promptly 

 sued for damages to his . expensive ma- 

 chine. Luckily Mr. Becker escapes lia- 

 bility under an act which allows twenty- 

 four hours' time after a fire for the re- 

 moval of debris or putting danger lan- 

 terns on the wreckage in the street. 



The general committee in charge of 

 the arrangements of plans for the S. A. F. 

 convention next August met in the Flo- 

 rists' Club last week at the call of Pres- 

 ident Pennock and started the prepara- 

 tory work. 



Edwin C. Jellett and George Kedles 

 claim that Symplocarpus foetidus, the 

 skunk cabbage, is the first flower of the 

 year, beating arbutus by three months. 



The Henry F. Michel! Co. wish Phil 

 to state that when they guarantee any- 

 thing they guarantee it. 



John Lucas & Co. report that the 



glass manufacturers are a unit this sea- 

 son. This indicates higher prices and 

 the advice to intending buyers is to 

 make purchases early. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. is re- 

 ceiving fine camellias; quite a rarity. 



Kol^rt Jamison has left Wyncote. 



J. James Campbell is with Myers & 

 Samtman. 



W. J. Baker is receiving some well 

 grown peas from Eastburn, of Kennett. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving cut 

 bloom of baby primrose, a novelty. 



Berger Bros, are handling some choice 

 long-stemmed freesia. 



The King Construction Co. has se- 

 cured the contract for the-Florex Gard- 

 ens' mammoth house, 156x425 feet. This 

 house will be over thirty-two feet high 

 at the ridge; the angle will be 20 de- 

 grees. It will hold about 25,000 Ameri- 

 can Beauties. The same company will 

 also build a plant house 30x130 feet, 

 which may be used for experimenting 

 with carnations. Preliminary work- is 

 already under way. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. is building 

 a propagating house 12x150 feet. The 

 locust posts are now in the ground. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have installed 

 a handsome time clock in their spacious 

 new building. 



In quoting James T. Clark, of the 

 Henry A. Dreer Co., last week, I should 

 have said that he considers Nephrolepis 

 Amerpohlii as much superior to Neph- 

 rolepis Todeaoides. Phil. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting January 

 8, with a large attendance. President 

 A. Mackenzie was in the chair. Two 

 active members were elected. The 

 monthly point competition of 1906 was 

 announced to have resulted as follows: 

 Gold medal, to 8. J. Trepess; silver 

 medal, to H. F. Meyer; bronze medal, 

 to A. Mackenzie. For this month points 

 were awarded as follows: A. .Tanacke, 

 95; S. J. Trepess, 88%; H. F. Meyer, 

 86%. F. Boulon & Son were winners 

 for single violets. The best eighteen 

 carnations were from H. F. Meyer and 

 the best twelve from V. Cleves. Chas. 

 Lenker had the best flowering plant, a 

 cypripedium. The annual dinner vras 



