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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 10, 1007. 



CATTLEYAS 



We are receiving fine flowers in quantity. Price, $50 to $60 per 100. 



■ Br, /%^J I lt!S from the leading Philadelphia growers. 



DAHLIAS — A complete assortment of Fancy and Standard varieties received daily. 



WILD SMIL AX — We can supply decorators with this indispensable green in lots 



of one or more cases as desired. 



THE LEO NIESSEN CO. 



Open 7 a n 



to 8 p. in. 



1209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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The varieties of the Pacific family, 

 named last week, have been reinforced 

 by Polly Rose, Tint of Gold, and Octo- 

 ber Frost. Prices are excellent on fine 

 stock, but there is no especial demand 

 as yet, excepting for yellow. Asters 

 are falling back. Double violets have 

 made their appearance. Single violets 

 are improving. Smilax is in better de- 

 mand than the other greens. Some Giant 

 cosmos is seen. Autumn foliage is be- 

 coming an important factor. Gardenias 

 are less scarce. 



Qub Meeting. 



At the club meeting, reported briefly 

 last week, the superintendent of the S. 

 A. F. trade exhibition reported a balance 

 of a little over $200 after all bills had 

 been paid. When this account is closed, 

 one-half will be paid to the national 

 society and the other half to the Florists ' 

 Clab. President-elect Hahman made a 

 happy speech when the result of the 

 election was announced. Eobert Scott 

 & Son exhibited a beautiful vase of their 

 new rose, Mrs. Jardine, which was much 

 admired. William Kleinheinz, of Lynn- 

 wood Hall, exhibited a vase of remark- 

 ably well grown standard and seedling 

 varieties of carnations. Mr. Kleinheinz 

 told the members that the flowers were 

 cut from plants that had never been 

 grown outside. He said he believed that 

 pot-grown plants, properly handled, so 

 that they did not receive a check, were 

 superior to field-grown plants, as the 

 water could be controlled. It must be 

 added that Mr, Kleinheinz has remark- 

 ably cool houses, with side as well as top 

 ventilation, so that his stock planted in 

 the benches in July is really almost as 

 cool as if in the field, and much better 

 off in every other way. 



A Business Experiment. 



Tlie S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. is try- 

 ing a business experiment that is attract- 

 ing some attention throughout the city. 

 Their idea is to bring the buyers to their 

 salesroom, believing that much more sat- 

 isfactory results are secured by having 

 the buyer see the stock than can be 

 obtained over the telephone. To secure 

 this object, they have issued cards to the 

 local buyers, entitling the holder to re- 

 ceive 1,000 galax leaves for every five 

 purchases of ^4 each made at their 



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Out new catalogue is ready. It contains 72 pages of illas- 

 trated descriptions, including all our novel and staple sup- 

 plies* A whole page is devoted to Toneware cuts. It is a 

 beauty, and the finest ever issued. Write us a card and we 

 wUI SEND IT TO YOU FREE. 



H. BAYERSDORFLR & CO., 1129 Arch St., Philadelphia 



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Hart's Handy Handle 



8*« RaTl«w Sept. 26. Aak your Jobber for It. 



GEO. B. HART, 'V.'.ir.t" 24 Stone St., Rocliester, N. Y. 



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salesroom and taken away. Should the 

 purchaser prefer, he can elect to have 

 these $4 purchases credited until he shall 

 have earned a case of galax leaves. The 

 expense of delivering small orders to a 

 distance has become quite a serious matter 

 for all the wholesalers, who are watching 

 this experiment with interest. 



A Durable Plant. 



Ever since H. H. Battles tested the 

 durable qualities of Ficus pandurata 

 and found that it would stand almost 

 anything in the shape of drought, gas 

 and high temperature in a dwelling, its 

 success as a decorative plant has been 

 assured. It remains for the Eobert 

 Craig Co. to push this splendid plant as 

 a necessary adjunct to hotel, restaurant 

 or apartment house decoration. Today 

 they have raised a stock that is unrivaled 

 both in single specimens and in branched 

 plants. The larger sizes, grown in the 

 now popular cedar tub, show the true 

 character of this ficus to advantage. 



A Grower of Orchids. 



Some time ago Julius Wolff, Jr., set 

 a particular day for Phil to call at his 

 greenhouses at Twenty-eighth and Sedg- 

 ley streets and see the orchids. Phil, being 



Florists' Refrigerators 



Write us for prices, stating the size you 

 fequire. the kind of cut flowers you wish to use 

 the refrigerator for, and whether ior display or 

 only for storaKe. 



McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. 



558 MIU Street, EENDAIXVIIXE, XND. 



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a methodical person, called on exactly 

 the day named, and found that a big 

 wedding order had carried off every ves- 

 tige of bloom from the orchid plants. 

 Mr. Wolff has been on his mettle, despite 

 the fact that Phil scarcely referred to 

 his disappointment in this column, and 

 on Monday he called Phil up to say that 

 the orchids were in bloom. Without 

 losing a moment, lest some lovely lady 

 should decide to get married before he 

 arrived, Phil rushed out to Twenty-eighth 

 and Sedgley streets, and found a really 

 beautiful display of choice blossoms. 

 Cattleya labiata was at its best. A fine 

 spike with four perfect flowers was espe- 

 cially showy. The scarcer yellow Cat- 

 tleya Dowiana was also in bloom. Then 

 there were some exquisitely graceful 

 clusters of oncidium, with their beautiful 

 yellow flowers just opening. Cattleya 



