JUNB 20, 1907. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review*- 



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The finest in the country SWEET PEAS 



Choice GARDENIAS received daily. 



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Baskets For Sommer Flowers. 



T]^E have a special line of Baskets especially adapted for displayins 

 ^^ outdoor flowers to the best advantage. We have a range of 

 sizes as varied as the size of the flower and the lengths of the stem you 

 wish to display and can furnish anything from a long handled basket 

 to a tiny basket for a favor to be filled with sweet peas. 



Have you seen our new MOSS BASKETS ornamented with 

 mushrooms ? They come in many pleasing styles. 



Our TONEWARB VASES are just the thing for setting off 

 Summer Flowers. You can get them to harmonize with any flower 

 or foliage color. 



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Mention The Kevlew when yon write. 



•words were recalled vividly to Phil's 

 mind when he alighted from the train 

 at North Wales this week and saw the 

 mammoth greenhouse now almost com- 

 pleted by the Florex Gardens. I will not 

 give you a description of how to reach 

 North Wales. It will be time enough 

 for that when you come to the Philadel- 

 phia convention next August. Then, too, 

 Job, who ia a regular reader, objects to 

 descriptions of how I reach my destina- 

 tion. 



The first impression created by this 

 large house is one of wonder at its ex- 

 tent. This impression increases as you 

 approach the entrance. The height is 

 said to be thirty-two feet, and I have no 

 doubt this is accurate to an inch, but as 

 you look up standing in the doorway you 

 feel that it is more like sixty-four feet. 

 The impression of great height is prob- 

 ably increased by the gently sloping 

 sides, the angle, if I remember rightly, 



being about 30 degrees, more or less. 

 The width is 156 feet; the length from 

 456 feet at one side to 525 feet at the 

 other. These figures are merely repeti- 

 tion of what has appeared in these col- 

 umns before and convey but a faint idea 

 of the impression when seeing the house 

 itself. 



The work of construction is almost 

 finished. The glaziers are following 

 closely behind the builders. The carpen- 

 ters have erected some of the benches 

 and are pushing on with others. The 

 growers have filled with soil the tables so 

 far erected and are planting the first 

 of the 45,000 Beauties required to fill 

 the house. A baby sister house, about 

 30x130 feet, is used for growing on the 

 plants so far received until they shall be 

 required for planting out on the tables. 



Various Notes. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has 

 been changed from Tuesday to Thurs- 

 day evening of this week. The peony 

 and rose show to be held in connection 

 with this meeting will be continued on 

 Friday for the benefit of the general pub- 

 lic. 



Sydney Hoffman, of Boston, was a vis- 

 itor in this city a few days ago. 



Miss Wilson and Oglesby Paul will be 

 married in Trinity church, Boston, Sat- 

 urday, June 22. 



Wm. Warner Harper has issued an in- 

 vitation to inspect the peony show at the 

 Andorra Nurseries June 15 to 25. Many 

 rare varieties may be seen there. 



Edward Keid has a showy addition to 

 the list in the shape of gladioli in as- 

 sorted colors on long stems. 



M. Eice & Co. report business far 

 ahead of last season for June. The de- 

 mand appears to be general and not con- 

 fined to any specialties. 



Wm. Munro, of Garrettford, is send- 

 ing fancy Kaiserins to W. E. McKissick. 



The steamers Barcelona and Manitou, 

 just arrived, have brought large consign- 

 ments of straw and willow baskets, 

 plants, cycas leaves, etc., for H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co. Mr. Berkowitz reports that 

 advices from Europe indicate a general 

 scarcity of raw material used in making 

 florists' supplies, due to the cold season. 

 This has led to higher prices. 



Thomas J. Oberlin, of Sinking Spring, 

 Pa., is sending some fine Paeonia Festiva 

 maxima and white pyrethrums to the 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



Answers to Gnrespondents. 



Review readers are Invited to send any qnes- 

 tions relating to culture or marketing of plants 

 nnd flowers in Philadelphia, to Phil, In care of 

 any of the leading seed or commission houses. 

 Each question will he submitted to a competent 

 person and answered under number. Correct 

 name and address must alwavs accompany in- 

 (julry, but will not be published. 



81. Will you please tell me what 

 caused my sweet pea buds to fade and 

 fall off? The vines are healthy and ap- 

 parently there is nothing the matter with 

 them. They have ample air and moist- 

 ure, but during the last two or three 

 weeks hundreds of buds have withered. 

 T have four rows in the center bed of 

 my violet house, running north and south, 

 each row eighty feet long, and the vines 

 are now five feet high and look fine. 



