^ September 5, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



25 



We Offer a Ciioice Assortment of Well-Grown 



CARNATION PLANTS 



from liie open ground. In tlie following varieties: 



Per 100 Fer 1000 



Knobantreaa ......97.00 $80.00 



Lawaon 6.00 60.00 



Queen LouU* O.oO 50.00 



wmte Parfeotlon ?*<M) 80.00 



Roae-PlnlK Knoliantresa (Sept.) 9.00 80.00 



Robt. Craigr 6.00 50.00 



Boston Market 6.00 50.00 



Fer 100 



Harlo^^arden $0.00 



■are. Patten 7.00 



Red Lawaon 6.00 



Harry Fenn 6.u0 



Victory 8.0(1 



Wolcott 8 00 



Cardinal 0.00 



Scott 600 



Fer 1000 



$50.00 



60.00 



50.00 



50 00 

 7<*.00 

 70.00 

 50.00 

 50.00 



These plants are from the Best Carnation Growers who supply the Philadelphia Market, and must not be con- 

 founded with Ordinary Stock. All orders filled in rotation. A few other varieties in small quantities. 



BOUVARDIA, white, red and pink, from the open ground $8.00 per 100. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



1608-18 LUDLOW ST., 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



"THE PHILADELPHIA LACE FERN" 



The lace-like fronds of this grand fern are the 

 coming green for cut flowers. It is as beautiful 

 as Farleyense and much more durable. It is also 

 the best pot plant, being finished and salable in 

 all sizes. Our stock is in excellent shape and we 

 will be able to supply as follows. 



$4.00 doz.; $95.00 

 50 at 100 rate; 500 



8>i<lnoli, Bood atronar planta, 



per 100; $200.00 per 1000. 



at 1000 rate. 

 4-lncli pota, $10.00 doz.; $75.00 per 100. 5-lnoli 



pota, $1.50 eaoti; $15.00 doz.; $100.00 per 100. 

 We bave also apeoimena in Stnota, lO-inob and 



12-inob pauia,$3.50, $S.OO. $5.00 and $7.50 eacb. 



DELIVERY IN SEPTEMBER 



WM. P. CRAIG, 



1305 Filbert 

 Street 



Philadelphia 



Meutlon The Kevlew when you write. 



is abundant, 

 obtainable. 



Just a few cattleyas are 



Fall Prospects. 



The prospects for the coming season 

 are as bright, yes, brighter, than ever 

 before. The supply houses, whose busi- 

 ness is the pulse of the florists' body, 

 have more and heavier advance orders 

 than any previous September 4. While 

 it is too early to go into detail, yet 

 there is confidence in the air. The de- 

 pression in securities is merely a light 

 malady. General business is prosperous; 

 crops, though late, are abundant. An 

 active season may be fairly anticipated. 

 The outlook for the greenhouse crops is 

 generally excellent. Most growers say 

 their houses never looked better. A 

 good deal depends on getting the crops 

 when they are wanted. To this end fpe- 

 cial effort should be directed. 



G)mpton« 



Compton, the country seat of John T. 

 Morris, president of the Chestnut Hill 

 Horticultural Society, is one of the most 

 interesting of our suburban places. Comp- 

 ton, lying to the north of Chestnut Hill, 

 commands a fine view over the valley of 

 the Wissahickon, on the south, and to 

 the northward over picturesque hills and 

 valleys to "White Marsh. Compton is a 

 triumph of nature, aided by art to no 

 small extent. The situation of Compton 

 is ideal. The soil is not. To make it so 

 hundreds of tons of street dirt have been 

 added, Mr. Morris and his gardener, 

 Frank Gould, believing this fertilizer bet- 

 ter for their purpose than any- other. 

 The condition of the lawns and shrub- 

 bery confirms them in this belief. It 

 would be hard to find their superior any- 

 where. 



Possibly at some future time I can 

 give you a detailed description of Comp- 



ton. Today I want to call attention 

 broadly to its most interesting features. 

 The general plan in the planting at 

 Compton is the development of the indi- 

 vidual to the highest degree of perfection 

 and the comparison of different varieties 

 of the same species. Flowering shrubs 

 are a feature of this place. All the best 

 varieties of each species of blooming 

 shrub are planted singly, with plenty of 

 room to develop to perfection, yet near 

 enough to the others for the family group 

 to be seen at a glance. For purposes of 

 comparison this arrangement is excel- 

 lent. It is so carried out that the gen- 

 eral effect is heightened, there being no 

 stiffness anywhere; undulating ground, 

 curved lines and grassy walks, with a 

 stream and a summer house in rustic 

 style, a place to study and to love nature. 



Compton is famous for its fine grotto. 

 The house is unique in construction, a 

 dome shaped with architectural aspira- 

 tions that make its lines beautiful, the 

 stone smoke-stack and air-flue rising on 

 each side of the doorway like sentinels 

 guarding the portcullis of an ancient 

 castle. Inside, the impression is of a 

 light cave filled with a great number of 

 varieties of ferns. There are steps of 

 rock leading about the cave, up and 

 down, a dark hollow in one corner where 

 water plashes steadily over certain filipy 

 ferns most rare. 



There are woods and nurseries and 

 glass houses, but I have described enough 

 to give you some idea of Compton. If 

 you are a true plant lover both Mr. Mor- 

 ris and Mr. Gould will welcome you to 

 this earthly paradise. 



Variotis Notes. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have received 

 many callers during the last week. Busi- 

 ness with them is four or five times 

 ahead of last season. 



John Tull, nephew of Herbert G. 

 Tull, is manager for William B. Reed, 

 Chambersburg, Pa. Mr. Tull has had 

 exceptional educational advantages in all 

 branches of horticulture and is doing his 

 best to build up a good mailing plant 

 business, to which his firm has catered 

 for many years. 



Edward N. Cavanaugh, gardener for 

 the Laurel Hill Cemetery Co., is adding 

 a new greenhouse 20x100 feet, with show 



