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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



1989 



Spring Bedding Plants 



Ci^ign^iXn R^tfnhlorc strong, shapely plants I Hydrangreas, $20, $25, $50, $75 per 100. 



VI IIII9UII l^aillUICI 3 with an abundance Periwinkle, extra long, 4-in., $15, $18 per 100. 



of flowers, 7-in., 50c, 75c, $1.00 each. Geraniuma, 4-in., all colors, $8, $9 per 100. 



Baby Ramblers, 5-in., 20c, 25c each; 6-in., 35c, 50c each. Coleus, 3-in., $4, $4.50 per 100. 



Cannas, strong plants, $10, $12.50, $15, $20 per 100. Alternanthera, 2>^-in., red and yellow, $4.00 per 100. 



Crotons, assorted varieties, $25, $35, $50 per 100. ' flardy Ivy, 3 and 4-in., $10, $12.50, $15 per 100. 



Also a General Assortment of Miscellaneous Bedding and Basket Plants 



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 



FOR THE COMMENCEMENTS 



We Offer a Superb Stock 

 of NOVEL AND STAPLE 



BASKETS 



in every size and style. We can give you aDything In baskets, from the newest up-to-date 

 to the oldest reliable, suitable for each variety of flower. N. B.— Our baskets are fresh from 

 the Oustom House, and not shelf-worn. 



WINDOW RUGS 



An Improved Porto Rican mat in a variety of colors, very 

 choice. A sample order will please you. 



A Japanese air plant that is attracting; popular 

 attention. It is the only plant that grows when 



We can still fill orders sent now for 

 choice metallic wreaths, crosses, 



GREEN SEA MOSS 



dead. We make it a specialty. 



MEMORIAL DAY DESIGNS 



etc., of artistically arranged flowers and foliage. 



Ruscus Wreaths, Cycas Wreaths, Magnolia Wreaths 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



'^'is"fill°'"' "29 Arch St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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dozen houses, or, if you prefer to call it 

 80, three. There are two ranges of six 

 each and one detached, comprising per- 

 haps 30,000 feet of glass. All but one 

 axe devoted to roses in solid beds. Brides 

 and Maids are the staples, to use a sup- 

 ply term. Eichmond is a novelty, while 

 Killarney and a new pink seedling are 

 being tried. The stock was in good con- 

 dition. It was evident that the Leo Nies- 

 sen Co. has lately been receiving heavy 

 shipments containing a good proportion 

 of high grade blooms. 



A most interesting feature of the place 

 is that a definite purpose has been stead- 

 ily kept in view through every detail of 

 construction and management. 



The May Meeting. 



President Pennock called a large gath- 

 ering of Florists' Club members to order 

 May 7. The important committee report 

 was made by Charles D. Ball, who said 



the finances for the August convention 

 of the national society are in a flourish- 

 ing condition; contributions are coming 

 in at an encouraging rate. The report 

 of William Graham, for the bowling com- 

 mittee, was read by the secretary. It 

 provided for a series of games to be 

 rolled to decide the membership in the 

 team to represent this city in the na- 

 tional tournament. All members desiring 

 to compete should notify Mr. Graham. 

 The resignation of Edwin Lonsdale, sec- 

 retary of the club, was again presented 

 and this time accepted, with sincere re- 

 gret. David Rust was unanimously 

 elected to fill the vacancy. 



J. Otto Thilow delivered his paper in 

 fine style, receiving hearty applause. 



Alphonse Pericat, of CoUingdale, ex- 

 hibited a spike of Cattleya gigas San- 

 deriana of great size, its beautiful flow- 

 ers being much admired. 



Samuel Batchelor, gardener to Clement 

 B. Newbold, Jenkintown, exhibited some 

 fine pelargoniums. 



Soft Wooded Plants. 



The oldest gardener has been aston- 

 ished by the weather this month. There 

 was ice Sunday morning. May 12, when 

 everybody tells you geraniums are per- 

 fectly safe outdoors after May 10. The 

 geraniums that were planted out last 

 week look most unhappy now. Despite 

 this bad start, the bedding season is 

 opening in earnest. There are many 

 window-boxes going up in the city and 

 in the suburbs. There are beds to be 

 filled, and porch-boxes are now being 

 filled in the greenhouse. An early Easter 

 and a late spring are most favorable for 

 the class of florists who grow this class 

 of stock, and indications point to an ex- 

 cellent season. 



Various Notes. 



William H. Ferguson & Son have 

 bought the building at 1208 Spring Gar- 

 den street, near their present store. They 

 will move their retail florists' business 

 to the new building this summer. 



William J. Moore joined the forces of 

 the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. last Mon- 

 day. 



Godfrey Aschmann was elected a mem- 

 ber of the Florists' Club at the May 

 meeting. 



The Textile Manufacturers' convention 

 held in this city Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day was attended by great crowds of del- 

 egates. J. J. Habermehl's Sons had the 

 decorations for an immense banquet 

 Thursday evening at the Bellevue-Strat- 

 ford, at which there were over 800 guests. 

 A feature of this convention was the 

 large use of cotton described in these 

 columns after the Christmas holidays. It 

 is a specialty with W. E. McKissiek and 

 he handled it in quantity. The packing, 

 by the way, of this cotton is remarkably 

 well done. 



The officers of the Joseph Heacock Co. 

 are: President, Joseph Heacock; vice- 

 president, James W. Heacock; secretary 

 and treasurer. Miss Esther Heacock. 



Henry Kambieresche, formerly with 

 J. J. Habermehl's Sons, has charge of 

 Frank Netchert Co. 's store on Thirteenth 



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