Decbmbeb 2C, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



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New Year's Specialties. 



POINSETTI AS I5ci 25c and a few al 40c. 



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CATTLEYAS 



Very Choice, $76 per 100. , 



VALLEY, None Better Grown, The Pennock Brand 



■.^\ Special, $6 to $6 per 100; First, $4 per 100; Medium, $3 per 100. 



Write for a list of our other offerings in Cut Flowers 



. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention TTie ReTlew when yoo write. 



Headquarters for Mushroom Spawn 



liMubert's Pur« Oaltar« Spawn. 



Pure Culture Spawn Is largely used 

 now by many growers, because It 

 always rives uniform results, and 

 elhnlnates tbe danger of raising: pois- 

 onous mushroomn. 



Direct Inoonlatlon, Mo. 8 or 9. 



12brlck8.. ......... ..t 240 



35brlck8 6.00 



60brlcks 9.2& 



lUO bricks 16.00 



1000 bricks 140 00 



I Standard Inoculation, Mo. 8 or 9 



ISbricks t 1.80 



26brlCk8 3.75 



60bHcks 700 



100 bricks 1350 



1000 bricks 116.00 



(No. 8 produces cream white mush- 

 rooms and 1b suitable (or planting at 

 all seasons; No. 9 produces pure 

 white mushrooms, and Is especially 

 desirable for planting during the 

 winter months. ) 



MlcheH's Saperior EnclUtaSpawn 



Per dozen bricks t 1.40 



Per25 pounds 1.''6 



Per 100 pounds t>.00 



Per 1000 pounds 55.00 



liAMBBRT'S MBW ILLU8TBATRD MUSHROOM CULTURE BOOK 



free with all orders for 25 or more bricks of Spawn. 



HENRY F. MiCHELL CO., Seeda and Muahroom Spawn 

 Market Street aboTO 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write, 



tastefully arranged in baskets, the light 

 pink of the flowers giving a particularly 

 delicate effect. 



Joseph Kift says that this is quite as 

 good a Christmas as he has known, but 

 he is unfortunate in having two of his 

 trusted employees away. He has a fine 

 display of poinsettias, and has a novelty 

 in the shape of a number of pots filled 

 with growing mushrooms, large and well 

 formed. 



Many and various sized Kriss Kringles 

 catch the eye among the decorations at 

 the store of Pennock Bros. Their window 

 is full of them, some with packs on their 

 backs, others carrying their packs in 

 their hands in the form of baskets, and 

 in some cases the little figures are carry- 

 ing watering pots. They were brought 

 from Antwerp, Germany, to look out from 

 Pennock Bros. ' window, and make a very 

 pretty display, as the packs, basket and 



watering pots are filled with either grow- 

 ing or cut flowers appropriate to the 

 season. The idea is quite a novel one, 

 as the figure can be used as well for 

 a vase as for a flower pot. 



Charles Fox has the Sign of the Rose 

 in even more festive garb than usual at 

 this season of the year. In fact, this 

 attractive shop has never looked better. 



The general air of prosperity and the 

 busy signs in and around the various 

 shops surely bespeak a good winter, and 

 even though the season did start late. 

 Lent does not start until March 4; so 

 the season should average well when com- 

 pared with its predecessors. 



Variotts Notes. 



Mark Mills, who was reported ill, was 

 back for the Christmas rush. 



M. Rice & Co. report that their busi- 

 ness for the year 1907 was far ahead of 

 any year in their history. Their contin- 



ued growth is the result of carefully 

 looking after every detail of their busi- 

 ness. 



The retail stores have doubled their 

 forces for the holidays. 



Charles Grakelow, the enterprising up- 

 town florist, is sending out an attractive 

 calendar. 



Robert Montgomery, of Natick, Mass., . 

 is serving his apprenticeship in the seed 

 house of Henry A. Dreer. Mr. Mont- 

 gomery, who is a nephew of Alexander 

 Montgomery, of Waban Conservatories, 

 is working in the city warehouse and 

 boarding at the Riverton Nurseries. 



A visitor to the Florists' Club said 

 that he at once recognized Godfrey Asch- 

 mann from his published photographs. 

 There was, however, something wrong; it 

 finally came to him that he had no arau- 

 carias in his hand. 



H. F. Michell Co. reports the sale of 

 green good* as extra heavy. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving some 

 good Beacon, the new red carnation. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. had a new lot 

 of stock, such as birch bark baskets, sea 

 moss and cycas leaves, which arrived on 

 the steamer Andalusia. It was all dis- 

 posed of before reaching their store. 



Berger Bros, are doing a large busi- 

 ness in holly and holly wreaths. 



The store of the Pennock-Meehan Co. 

 might have been mistaken for a beehive 

 this week. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has been pushing 

 steadily forward since becoming settled 

 in its new building and the result of the 

 increased facilities was more apparent 

 than ever during the Christmas rush. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci- 

 ety elected the following oflicers at the 

 annual meeting, held in the lecture room 

 of Horticultural hall, December 17: Pres- 

 ident, James W. Paul, Jr.; vice-presi- 

 dents, James M. Rhodes, Henrv F. 

 Michell, Dr. J. Cheston Morris and Ru- 

 dolph Ellis; treasurer, S. W. Keith; sec- 

 retary, David Rust. March 24 was fixed 

 upon as the date for the spring exhibi- 

 Hon. Phil. 



West Grove, Pa. — The firm of Green 

 & Baylis dissolved partnership December 

 1, and the business is now being con- 

 ducted by D. H. Green. 



