November 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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FOR THANKSGIVING 



We oiler a Saperb Stock of 

 BEAUTIES inallsrade.. 



nLU nU9KO for this holiday. 



AUBVC AilTUFiilliiC^— ^ errand asBortment of 

 UnnTwAnindflUlflO this seasonable flower. 



BONNAFFON, yellow per doz., $2.00 



BATON, yellow and white " $3.00 to 4.00 



CHADWICK, yellow and white " 3.00 to 5.00 



Ordinary Grade Mums, your selection of color per 100, 8.00 to 10,00 



WBITEVIOLETS " 2.00 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEH3N CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The B«Tlew when joa wrtte. 



NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS 



VERBENA.— Our mammoth fancy strain l8 "out of the ordinary," 

 quality, comblcin? parity of color and very large flowers. 



Tr 



Fink 



Bin* 



8oarl«t 



Striped 



Wlilte 



Mammoth Panoy, mixed 



B«gnlar Kammoth, mixed 



VINCA. — This stock comes from an old, reliable grower, whose 

 seed has yet to cause a single complaint. 



Trade pkt. Oz. 



Oholo* Mixed $0.15 $0.50 



Also a complete assortment of separate colors. 



SALVIA. — (Scarlet Sage). Tbe large, long spike types which pro- 

 duce brilliant flowers. 



Trade pkt. 



■plandens $o.2S 



Oiara Bcdman.. 40 



Ballot Fir* 50 



SMILAX.- 10 



Ji pound, $1.00 



Oz. 



$1.2) 



2.60 



3.60 



.80 



A Choice lot of MAMAN COCHET ROSES, extra fine, pink and white, 2-year old, $7.00 per 100 1 



Get our wlioleaale oataloK of Florists* Flower Seeds. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 1020 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



€st. A schedule was laid out embracing 

 visits to Glenside and Hatboro in the 

 same afternoon, but other demands on 

 the correspondent's time limited the 

 first efforts to Glenside alone. 



Victor Groshens, as is well known, was 

 foreman for many years in charge of the 

 Hugh Graham place at Logan. His man- 

 agement was recognized as most able in 

 all the cultural details, and when Mr. 

 Groshens started out for himself last 

 spring, with a silent partner, great in- 

 terest was manifested in his plant. 

 Twenty acres of ground were purchased 

 adjoining the places of A. Farenwald 

 and Edward Towill. Here two splendid 

 houses 28x500, open between, were erect- 

 ed on plans and with material furnished 

 by the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y. Mr. Groshens worked 

 early and late to such good purpose 

 that on the day before the glorious 

 Fourth these houses, embracing some- 

 thing over 30,000 square feet of glass, 

 were planted with 16,000 Bride, Brides- 

 maid and Bichmond roses in solid beds, 

 the number of plants being evenly ai- 

 vided between the three varieties. The 

 roses have made excellent growth and 

 promise well for the coming season, the 

 Richmond being especially fine. Mr. 

 Groshens modestly says that the soil of 

 the locality is well adapted to red roses. 

 A fine boiler-shed, 50x50, with coalbin 



and springhouse adjoining, is nearly 

 completed. Two eighty horse-power re- 

 turn tubular boilers are harnessed to- 

 gether, supplying steam through a main 

 running across the centers of the two 

 long houses, sloping from the center to 

 each end, thus securing the best circula- 

 tion. A 75-foot brick stack gives ample 

 draft. 



Mr. Groshens has large ideas, feeling 

 that the day has passed when it is pos- 

 sible to secure results with a small start 

 and that in order to do justice to his 

 building he must have enough glass to 

 become a factor in the Eising Eastern 

 Market. 



Variota Notes. 



There were a number of visitors in 

 this city last week who went down to 

 Robert Scott & Son's, at Sharon Hill, 

 to call on Mrs. Jardine. Benjamin Dor- 

 rance, of Dorranceton, Pa., made his 

 second call, Robert Craig escorted 

 "William R. Smith, of the Botanic Gar- 

 dens, "Washington, D. C, who also paid 

 his respects. Another caller was L. J. 

 Renter, of "Westerly, R. I., seen once 

 nxore in the City of Brotherly Love. 

 A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., far 

 famed as a grower of roses, and almost 

 everything else, was there, too. 



Herman Zimmer, "West Collingswood, 

 N. J., exhibited two fine chrysanthemums 



before the Florists' Club at the Novem- 

 ber meeting. One was Mrs. Perrin, the 

 other Zimmer 's Yellow. Credit should 

 have been given before. 



The floral photographs of Charles 

 Henry Fox, now appearing in the Re- 

 view, have attracted much attention. 

 Last week's debutante's bunch, which 

 adorned the cover of the Thanksgiving 

 number, was especially noteworthy. 



William J. Moore, of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., is on the jury this 

 week. 



B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., has 

 just returned from a business trip. Mr. 

 Eschner reports business conditions as 

 improving in all the principal cities, 

 the florists of Pittsburg being espe- 

 cially busy when he was there a few days 

 ago. Mr. Eschner spoke with much 

 pleasure of his visit to the wonderful 

 Chicago show in the Coliseum, the finest 

 thing of its kind ever held in this or 

 any other country. The attendance was 

 gratifyingly large. 



John Crawford, well known in floral 

 circles in this city, has joined the forces 

 of Berger Bros. 



Pennock Bros, had a beautiful window 

 decoration this week, composed entirely 

 of single chrysanthemums, yellow, white 

 and an ideal shade of burnt orange. 

 They were grown by Henry I. Faust, of 

 Merion. 



