APRIL 18, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1685 



Choice Flowers^Spring Weddings 



THE FINEST VALLEY IN AMERICA 



$3.00 and $4.00 per J 00. 



We offer the finest SWEET PEAS, $1.00 to $1.50 per 100; ASPARAGUS 

 PLUMOSUS, long strings, 50c to 75c each; GARDENIAS, $2.00 to $2.50 

 per doz,t and all other varieties of flowers. 



We can fnrniah RIBBON of any shade desired to match any or all of our flowers. 



WILD SMILAX FOR DECORATIONS. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



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



Meutlon The Kevlew when yon write. 



Siimmer=Floweriog BULBS 



CANNAS 



strong roots with two and three eyes 

 at a special price to clear. 



Alplionse Bouvler, Alsace, Austria, 

 Alemannla, Cluis. Henderson, 



Chicasro, Esandale, F. Vausrban, 

 Italia, Mme. Crozy, Philadelphia, 



and other sorts, any of the above, 

 $2.50 per 100 ; $20.00 per 1000. 



Caladlum Esculentum 



Monster Bulbs.. .$10 00 per 100; $95 00 per 1000 



Mammoth 7 25 per 100; 70 00 per 1000 



First size SCO per 100; 47.60 per looo 



Second size 8.00 per 100; 27.50 per 1000 



DAHLIAS 



We have a larsre assortment of choice 

 named sorts in Double, Cactus, Sinele 

 and Fancy varieties. Strong clumps, 

 $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



GLADIOLUS 



strong bulbs which will bloom 

 season. 100 



Scarlet and Crimson $1.00 



Pink and Variegated 1.25 



Striped 2.00 



White and Lieht 175 



TeUow 2.60 



Childsii, mixed 2.00 



Grotf's Hybrids, mixed 1.50 



Choicest, mixed 1.25 



Fine mixed 1.00 



this 

 1000 

 $9.00 

 12.00 

 19.00 

 15.00 

 24 00 

 18.00 

 14.00 

 10.00 

 8.00 



Write for a copy of oar Wholesale Price L.lat, 

 alio General Seed Catalo^ae. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



they have been in position a few years. 

 Then the house goes up in any kind of 

 ^veather and by spring all is ready. It 

 i.s wonderful. 



The fern range, Mr. Clark's special 

 'liarge, contains some novelties in the 

 prolific nephrolepis family. N. Clarkii 

 is a sport from N. Whitmani, I think; a 

 \ cry pretty thing, evidently quite distinct 

 to the experts, but the tyro required time 

 '">r study to make sure that character 

 "light be clearly comprehended. The 

 specimen was graceful and very pretty. 

 \. gracillimum is the new variety to be 

 ^ent out by H. H. Barrows & Son, of 

 Whitman, Mass. It, too, is very pretty. 

 '\'. Whitmani and N. Scottii are planted 

 •Hit in quantity for runners. Of the 

 former, an order has been booked for 

 twenty-five plants to be grown as large 

 •IS possible by September. They are now 

 '^n pedestals, nice plants in 10-inch pans. 

 They say at Biverton that the house for 



Adiantum Farleyense is all right. The 

 plants endorse this statement, no doubt, 

 but the man is behind the guns, you 

 know; don't forget the man behind the 

 guns. Pteris Wilsoni is considered the 

 star of the pteris family for fern dishes. 

 It is grown in immense numbers, the 

 seedlings pricked off in flats alone filling 

 a side bench. 



The kentia houses were a pretty pic- 

 ture. Here Mr. Ruppert picked out a 

 sample plant to be the companion of his 

 travels. I wish you could see that plant. 

 It is a beauty, but unfortunately there 

 was not another quite equal to it in Riv- 

 erton or probably anywhere else. It was 

 condemned for being too good and sor- 

 rowfully replaced by Mr. Ruppert. 

 Orders must be true to sample. You 

 must look for that kentia wnen you go 

 to Riverton and you also must look for 

 the eleven plants of Verschaffeltii splen- 

 dens with their queen in the center. 



Various Notes. 



J. Otto Thilow, secretary of the Henry 

 A. Dreer Co., will address the Florists' 

 Club May 7 at Horticultural hall. His 

 subject will be "The Organization and 

 Equipment of a Modern Horticultural 

 Establishment. ' ' 



Alfred Burton entertained the di- 

 rectors of the Flower Market at dinner 

 at his home in Wyndmoor Tuesday even- 

 ing of last week. 



Mrs. Edgar, of Twenty-third street 

 and Ridge avenue, has sold her retail 

 business to a Mr. McGrath. 



One of our most prominent retailers 

 says that one of his earliest recollections 

 is of a Boston rose grower who shipped 

 Bon Silene, Safrano and a few La 

 Marque to his father's store regularly, 

 explaining that in order to have enough 

 roses in winter he was obliged to have 

 twice as many as he needed in spring 

 and fall. Those conditions existed then 

 and they exist now. 



A pleasant meeting occurred in the S. 

 S. Pennock-Meehan place on Ludlow 

 street last Monday, when Stephen Mor- 

 tensen and John Jensen, both natives of 

 Denmark, met after many years. One is 

 successful as a grower, the other as a 

 retailer. Both are hard workers. 



M. Rice & Co. have exclusive control 

 of a very neat cemetery vase. The vase 

 is about 4x7 inches, supported by a 

 stand that can be firmly set in the 

 ground. It is practical and inexpensive. 



Wm. P. Reilly is doing a nice busi- 

 ness at 3005 Kensington avenue. 



The Leo Niessen Co. is receiving 

 choice single daffodils, also lavender and 

 pale pink sweet peas. 



Berger Bros, are now fully established 

 in their new quarters, which have a 

 bright, business-like appearance. 



The S. S. PennockvMoehan Co. is hav- 

 ing a run on lavender, sweet peas and 

 wild smilax. 



W. E. McKissick is receiving lupinus 

 in several colors, a very pretty thing. 



David Rust, the popular secretary of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 

 happened in fumigating day in the 

 Beauty houses at Wyndmoor. 



Henry Bauer's many friends have 

 greatly missed him from 108. 



Southern Beauty, or Virgin Beauty, a 



