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March 28, 1907. 



TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



1463 



Choice Flowers^Easter Weddings 



We offer tiie finest SWEET PEAS; ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS, 

 long strings; WHITE LILAC; HARRISII LILIES; 

 and all other varieties of flowers. 



We can furnish RIBBON of any Shade desired 

 to match any or all of our flowers. 



THE FINEST VALLEY IN AMERICA 

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



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Summer Bulbs 



Order Today While the Stock Is Large and Fine. 



BEGONIAS 



SINOI.E: Doz. 



Crimson 40c 



Orange 40c 



Scarlet 40c 



Pink 40c 



White 40c 



Tellow 40c 



Mixed 35c 



100 

 J2.75 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2 75 

 2.76 

 2.50 



1000 

 $28.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 23.50 

 22.00 



DOUBLB 



Crimson 



Orange 



Scarlet 



Pink. 



Doz. 



.. 65c 



.. 66c 



.. 65c 



65c 



White 65c 



Yellow 65c 



Mixed 50c 



100 

 15.00 

 5.00 

 5.00 

 5.0U 

 5.00 

 500 

 4.00 



blooming bulbs. 



GLADIOLUS Fine Urge sise 



Doz. m 1000 



Ancvsta, pure white 45c $3.00 $28.00 



Brenohleyensis. scarlet... 25c 125 11.00 



May, white and crimson... 30c 1.75 15 00 



Pink and Variegated 25c 1.25 12.00 



Scarlet and Crimson 20c 1.00 9 00 



Striped 30c 2.00 19.00 



White and Ught 25c 1.75 15.00 



Yellow 35c 2.50 24.00 



HARDY LILIES 



(Sound Bulbs) Doz. 



Auratum, 8 to 9-ln. .-. $0 75 



Album, 8 to 9-lD 1.00 



Kubrum, 8 to 9 in 85 



Melpomene, crimson, 



8to9-ln 1.00 



Magniflcnm, pure white, 



8to9-in 1.00 



TIgrlnum, lar^e bulb« 80 



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$5.25 



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 40.0U 

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1000 



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1018 Market St. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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who believes Enchantress is the only car- 

 nation and that Zvolanek is the greatest 

 floricultiiral benefactor, and Phil, who 

 believes that no effort should be spared 

 to keep the Review in the lead. 



The train pulled into our station 

 at 8:1.1. It was a glorious day, clear 

 and cold, just the sort of day when a 

 morning walk is a luxury. Even Mr. 

 Wertsner, who never walks from prefer- 

 once, admitted that the mile or so over 

 the road and across the fields aroused a 

 glow of Avarmth that was grateful. Our 

 destination was Albin Harvey & Sons' 

 place. A cordial greeting from father 

 and both sons made the visitors at once 

 feel at home, as Mr. Wertsner confiden- 

 tially remarked when he returned to B. S. 

 (N. B. — This does not stand for brandy 

 and soda.) 



The greenhouses of Albin Harvey & 

 Sons are of twentieth century origin, 

 commencing with a couple of houses. 



built as an outlet for boyish energy, and 

 continuing v\ith more and more houses, 

 until last season's addition of 15,000 

 feet of glass brought the place up to 

 something like 45,000 square feet in all. 

 The range of truss houses added last sea- 

 son evidences the progressive spirit that 

 dominates. These houses are wonderfully 

 light. The feeling is, however, strongly 

 in favor of the detached house, with no 

 gutters to hold ice and snow. The Messrs. 

 Har\-Tey own over 200 acres of ground, 

 so that they can afford space between 

 houses and, as Review readers will re- 

 call, one of their houses was injured in 

 the snow of February 4. The weight 

 proved too great at 2:30 a. m. The fore- 

 man called the owners, who luckily had 

 lumber on hand. A hard night's work 

 enabled them to board off the uninjured 

 parts so that five-sixths of the range was 

 saved from frost. All the houses are 

 now strengthened. These houses were 



light to a degree rarely seen. The stock 

 looked very well, the plants vigorous, 

 flowers large and perfect. It must in 

 fairness be adde(f that the stock in the 

 heavier and narrower houses was also 

 very fine. It took just three weeks to put 

 this section of house back into commis- 

 sion. 



Albin Harvey & Sons are growers of 

 high grade carnations. Their varieties 

 are Lady Bountiful, White Perfection 

 and The Queen, white, of which they have 

 two houses; Enchantress, pale pink, and 

 Mrs. Lawson, rose-pink. The last named 

 variety was not satisfactory this season 

 and was replaced by sweet peas, which 

 have proved an excellent crop. Young 

 plants of Lawson are already planted in 

 the injured section, to remain there all 

 summer. Prosperity is grown, but it is 

 not found profitable, though it yields fine 

 flowers. The scarlet and crimson classes 

 are well represented. Robert Craig, Fla- 

 mingo, Cardinal and Harlowarden were 

 all nicely done. I think there was an- 

 other scarlet, possibly Crane. My im- 

 pression was that a less skilful grower 

 would find this proportion of perhaps 

 one-fifth too many reds. The propagat- 

 ing house was a pretty sight. Winsor 

 was noticed in 3-inch pots in another 

 house. 



One bench is devoted to mignonette, 

 which has been fine. Some heavy spikes 

 are still there for seed. 



The large dairy was next visited, then 

 the silo and ensilage. All was clean and 

 neat. The output goes to the Sharpless 

 creamery. Mushrooms are grown under 

 some carnation benches. There is also a 

 regular mushroom house, with five tiers 

 of benches. Good crops have been har- 

 vested, with more in sight, 



I cannot close without mentioning two 

 historic landmarks, one seen, the other 

 heard: The house in which Gen, Howe 

 made his headquarters at the battle, now 

 the home of .Mr, Harvey, Jr., and Mr. 

 Wertsner 's engineer story. Here it is: 



"An engineer constructing a railway 

 had much trouble with his supply train; 

 it jumped the track daily. He reported 

 to his superior each night on six or sevpu 

 pages of foolscap. The chief didn 't like 

 this and wrote him, 'Boil it down,' Still 

 five or six pages of big paper, A second 

 command, 'Boil it down, sir,' made 



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