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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBISB 24, 1807. 



I 



Just 

 Received 



Large 8tof k of Chif- 

 fons and Ribbons.... 



CHIFFON 



In. Bolts, 86 yds. 



4, plain, any color, per yd., 4c 

 «, " " " "^ 6c 



6, dotted," " " 7c 



6, " fancy edge, " 8c 



Best Satin Taffeta 

 Ribbon 



No. Per bolt 



12, any color. 11.00 



16, any color 1.10 



22, any color 1.26 



40, any color 1.50 



60, any color 1.76 



Best Satin Orograin 

 Ribbon 



No. Per bolt 



12, any color 11.10 



16, any color 1.26 



22, any color 1.60 



40, any color 1.75 



60, any color 2.25 



Have cheaper grrades in all 

 kinds of Ribbon. 



Special Orchid Ribbon 



Chas. W. McKellar 



WHOLESALE FLORIST 



51 Wabash Ave. 

 Chicago 



ORCHIDS 



A Specialty 



A fine assortment of 

 Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on 

 hand. 



L. D. Pbone Central 8898. FRESH KVERT DAY 

 FANCY STOCK IN YALLRY, BEAUTIES, B0SE8. CABNATIONS 

 AND GBEENS OF ALL KINDS 



Can always supply the best eoods tbe season aflords. 

 A complete line of all Wire Work constantly on liand 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The boilers are connected and work nice- 

 ly. The rise in the mammoth house from 

 the boiler-shed to the extreme end is ten 

 feet in 575 feet. The boilers are only 

 four feet below the surface of the 

 ground. A pump, with ball arrangement, 

 takes the condensed moisture from the 

 pipes into the boiler when enough is 

 collected through a tank. A dressing 

 room for the men is being built in con- 

 nection with the boiler-shed. 



The Beauties in the mammoth house are 

 in excellent condition; the first flowers 

 !ire now being shipped to New York, as 

 well as to Philadelphia. Mr. Feursten- 

 berg believes that the atmosphere in this 

 style of house is conducive to better 

 growth than in the smaller houses, where 

 the air cools more rapidly. One-half of 

 the plants are staked in what might be 

 termed Philadelphia style, while the other 

 half are grown in ground beds, the canes 

 supported by two or three sets of wires 

 run lengthwise, as is the custom in New 

 York. The overhead heating has been 

 tested at Edgely, where it is considered 

 superior to any other arrangement. 



The vastness of such a house as this 

 enormous concern, which accommodates 

 45,000 Beauties, is apparent at a glance. 

 The weaknesses, which brains and skill 

 will undoubtedly overcome in houses of 

 the future, are not so apparent; one of 

 them is the spliced sashbar and the long 

 stretch for glazing, drip being almost a 

 certainty with the present method of 

 iiplicing. Mr. Feurstenberg plans a still 

 longer house for the near future, which 

 will, however, be two feet narrower; 

 that is, 154 feet; this will enable him 

 to use only one splice for the sashbars 

 as against two in the present house, as 

 bars thirty-five feet in length can now 

 be secured. The bars used in the pres- 

 ent house are nearly twenty-eight feet 

 long; the total length of the bar when 

 in position is eighty feet. 



Robert Craig, in complimenting Mr. 

 Feurstenberg on his courage in erecting 

 this mammoth house, said, "We are 

 greatly indebted to you; if this house 

 succeeds, you will have shown us how 

 to do it, and if it fails, we are also in- 

 debted to you because you will have to 

 foot the bill." 



Various Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock and faiiiilv reached 



home October 21, after a two months' 

 absence abroad. Most of the time was 

 spent at Craig-y-Dou, in Wales, where 

 the scenery, both mountains and water, 

 is .very beautiful. A week was spent in 

 Ireland. 



Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, have 

 sent their first shipment of the new rose, 

 Mrs. Jardine, to the S. S. Pennoek-Mee- 

 han Co. They were quickly snapped up 

 by the bon-ton buyers. 



Samuel Ldlley is handling the product 

 of Eugene Weiss and of Henry Weiss & 

 Son, both of Hatboro. 



George Redlfes addressed the German- 

 town Horticultural Society's October 

 meeting on ' ' Native Ferns and Plants. ' ' 

 Wood & Healy, of Hammonton, N. J., 

 have been important factors in the dahlia 

 market during the last two months. 



Baltimore shippers have been sending 

 some excellent dahlias to the local mar- 

 ket during the last few weeks. They are 

 received and sold by the curbstone mer- 

 chants. 



Edward Reid is handling some fine 

 American Beauties. 



The Robert Craig Co. has a fine white 

 chrysanthemum in Early Snow. 



The Joseph Heacock Co. reports palm 

 business as double that of last season for 

 the three months just past. 



Zebulon de Forest Ely, formerly a 

 well-known seedsman in Philadelphia, do- 

 ing business as Z. de Forest Ely & Co., 

 died recently. A son of Mr. Ely is now 

 in charge of the mailing seed department 

 for the H. F. Michell Co. Edward 

 Reid was Mr. Ely's right-hand man and 

 when he retired from business Mr. Reid 

 started for himself as a wholesale florist. 



Phil. 



•••11 1C*»* 



Chrysantliemum 



By Arthur Herrinsfton 



Formerly president Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America. 



The most complete and comprehensive 

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 well as the practical character of its con- 

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CHRYSANTHEMUM SCXHETY. 



Work of the G>mixuttees. 



New York, Oct. 19. — Mary Donnel- 

 lan, brilliant yellow, Japanese incurved, 

 exhibited by C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 scored eighty-eight points commercial 

 and eighty-six exhibition scale. 



David Fraser, Sec'y. 



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 far the best paper for the trade. — K. 

 Clarke, Colorado Springs, Colo. 



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