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MAV 2, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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CATTLEYAS 



A superb stock at 

 the attractive price 

 of $50.00 per 100. 



VALLEY 



The finest in Amer- 

 ica, $3.00 and $4.00 

 per 100. 



BEAUTIES Of Unrivaled Quality, $25.00 per 100 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE Wholesale Florists of PHILADELPHIA. 



1608-1618 Ludlow St. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Canna Bargains 



To close out our stock of Cannas, we offer the following 

 choice named varieties. Alhroots have two or more eyes: 



Price, $1.60 per 100, or $18.60 per 1000. 



Austria Alaace * A. Bonvier 



Chas. Henderaon Eg^andale Florence Vauj^han 



Flamingo Pennaylvania Philadelphia 



Pres. McKinley Shenandoah Italia 



Pros. Carnot 



CYCAS STEMS (Dormant Trunks) 



Just received a fine shipment. Plant now to have good salable plants 

 for early fall trade. 26 Iba.. $2.86; $8.60 per 100 lbs.; 3001b. caaea 

 for $24.00. 



Send for oar General CataloKue; also Florists' 

 Wholesale Liist. mailed free. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 



1018 Market St. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



to .John Wanamaker, .Jenkintown; John 

 Headland, gardener to Mrs. Wni. L. 

 Hlkins, Ogontz; David Emery, gardener 

 to Persifor Roberts, Pencoyd; John 

 -McCleary, gardener to Mrs. R. J. C. 

 Walker, Germantown, and William 

 Klcinheinz, gardener to P. A. B. Weid- 

 f'ner, Ogontz, selections of plants lie- 

 ing made in the order named, which was 

 decided by drawing lots. There was, 

 liowever, practically no difference in the 

 terns. Opinions were freely expressed 

 that this nephrolepis is the most beauti- 

 ful fern in existence, excepting only 

 Adiantnm Farleyense. 



Mrs. Gardine 



Phi! paid a flying visit to Robert 

 Scott & Son's place at Sharon Hill, pri- 

 marily to see Alexander B. Scott, always 

 a great pleasure to Phil, secondarily to 

 see Mrs. Gardine. Mr. Scott was at 

 home, cheery and full of enthusiasm for 



liis work, and gave an liour or more of 

 his time to a stroll over his place, chat- 

 ting in a way that was an inspiration 

 in itself. But you ask, who is Mrs. Gar- 

 dine? Is she Mr. Scott's bookkeeper? 

 Not at all. Mrs. Gardine is a beauti- 

 ful new Irish rose, a seedling of Alex- 

 ander Dickson & Sons, of Newtonards, 

 near Belfast. Perliaps Mrs. Gardine 

 may be best described as a rose of 

 Bridesmaid size and Ki Harney color that 

 retains its brightness better than either 

 Bridesmaid or Killarney under trying 

 conditions. Mrs. Gardine is a vigorous 

 grower, producing a profusion of flow- 

 ers on long, stout stems. "When E. G. 

 Hill first saw Mrs. Gardine in the house 

 devoted to testing the Dickson roses, he 

 gave one quick, comprehensive glance 

 and remarked, "Aleck, you have a win- 

 ner there," and turned away to look at 

 the others. Two houses wili be devoted 

 to this rose next season. From these 



houses the wood will be propagated for 

 distriuution in 1908. 



Mrs. Gardine has a sister, or a cousin, 

 or an aunt, a beautiful copper-colored 

 bud, which becomes a deep golden yel- 

 low when half blown. The i)etals are 

 long and unusually heavy, the stems 

 stout. This relative, as yet unnamed, 

 will probably come out in 1909, because 

 you see it is as much as anyone can 

 manage to bring out one belle in a 

 season. 



The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring. 



The parks, squares and private gar- 

 dens are a blaze of color now. Tulips, 

 hyacinths and daffodils are at their best, 

 giving pleasure to thousands of flower 

 lovers. The display in Fairmount park 

 is the largest in or near this city. 

 Oglesby B. Paul, landscape gardener at 

 the park, and Xavier E. Schmitt, man- 

 ager at Horticultural hall, have fairly 

 outdone themselves in planning and exe- 

 cuting the dis[)lay. The entire parterre, 

 or sunken garden, stretching from the 

 hall westward to the Belmont drive, is 

 planted with bulbs, chiefly tulips, each 

 bed being devoted to a single variety, 

 ;}00 or 400 bulbs to a bed. The festoon 

 beds on the sloping sides of the parterre 

 are also filled with tuli|)s, all single va- 

 rieties. The circles from which the fes- 

 toons are caught are filled with double 

 daffodils and Narcissus Von Sion. The 

 beds on the east or north side of the 

 hall and in the John Welsh memorial, 

 near Memorial hall, are filled with tulips 

 and pansies. Large beds of La Heine 

 tvilips and purple pansies are especially 

 (effective. Some idea of the planting can 

 bo gathered from the estimated number 

 of tulips in bloom, said to be 200,000. 

 The display is likely to be at its best 

 by next Sunday, May 4. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, was a 

 visitor in this city last week. Mr. Peter- 

 son is one of the most progressive of 

 the western growers, whose ideas are 

 full of interest. i 



Miss Crawford, daughter of Robert 

 Crawford, Jr., the successful Eleventh 

 street retailer, was married on Wednes- 

 day evening of last week at her father's 



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