Jaxl'AKV 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



25 



■^ 



POINSETTIAS 



I5c, 25c, anda few 



extra large at 40c 



CATTLEYAS 



Very Choice, $60 per 100. SiDg^Ie dozens, 60c per flower. 



VALLEY, None Better Grown, The Pennock Brand 



Special, $6 per 100; First, $4 per 100; Medium, $2 and $3 per 100. 



R P y^ 1 IT I F C Specials 960 to $80, Fancy $40, 

 E3m^Jr%\J M 1&^^9 Bxtra $30 to $35 per 100 



White Violets •'''~ 



per 100. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Headquarters for Mushroom Spawn 



Lambert's Pure Caltnre Spawn. 



Pure Culture Spawn Is largely used 

 i„ .•■i-ij>»vB^ '''*^ ^y many grrowers, because It 



»v* '"'iffiw^ak always srlves uniform results, and 



^f>MS eliminates the danger of raising' pois- 



onous musbroomH. 



Direct Inooolatlon, No. 8 or 9. 



12brlck8 $ 210 



5.«r "^^laS^ 25b IckB 600 



^^^^A 60 bricks 9.25 



K5E«R«/-/i ^ieiB 100 bricks 15.00 



1^^ lOOObricks UOOO 



Jm^^m Standard Inocalatlon.No. 8 or 9 



'iS^^W 12 bricks t 1.80 



25br1cks S.Ti 



,_ ^^^^^^^^^_^ 50 brlcfcs 7 00 



B=? m ^^^^^^K^^^ 100 bricks 13 50 



lOOU bricks 116.00 



•■f^^^^^m (No. 8 produces cream white mush- 



'^^'^dSHHW rooms and is suitable (or planting at 



..«_. i^nnH/Hiis ^_ ^ij yej^gong. uq_ 9 produces pure 



white mushrooms, and is enpeclally 

 '..i^^^^^ _ desirable for planting duiiag the 

 ' '^^^^^«-* winter months.) 



Bllcheirs Superior EngllshSpawn 



Per dozen bricks I 1.40 



Per25 Dounds I.'i5 



Per 100 pounds fiOO 



Per 1000 pounds 55.00 



LAMBERT'^ NEW ILLU8TBATRD MUSHROOM CULTURE BOOK 



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



HENRY F. MICH ELL CO., Seeds and Mushroom Spawn 

 Market Street above 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



phia, one located in the Bellevue-Strat- 

 forcl hotel, and the other at the corner of 

 Twenty-seioinl and Diamond streets. 



On emoiiiig the first floor of Horti- 

 cultural hall, the eye wa.s at once at- 

 tracted by a wealth of smilax and ferns, 

 uhich tastefully adorned the marble bal- 

 ustrades on cither side of the grand 

 stairway. The lower hall itself was 

 banked with jialms, Jeanne Nonin chry- 

 santhenuini!i. pink roses and large 

 bunches of Easter lilies. At the turn 

 of the stairway the pillars were decked 

 with pink azaleas, and everywhere in the 

 lower hall and on the stairway minia- 

 ^^/f /'^-^''^*^ ^'^lits of various colors 

 added to the picturesque scene. 



On reaching the main ball room the 

 eye was charmed by the great beauty of 

 the picture. The color scheme, which was 

 earned out in everv detail, was pink 

 Along each side of the hall a raised 



promenade had been constructed, made 

 to resemble white marble, and about 

 three or four feet in height. This was an 

 original idea of the decorators. Toward 

 the front of the promenade were numer- 

 ous small boxes, each seating four or five 

 people, which could be used by those 

 who did not desire to dance. This was 

 a welcome innovation and was much ap- 

 preciated. The front of the boxes was 

 decorated with pink roses, lilies, and 

 Lorraine begonias. Begonias were also 

 seen in great profusion in every direc- 

 tion throughout the ball room, some in 

 hanging baskets suspended from the ceil- 

 ing, others in pots at various points. 

 The crowning beauty of the decoration, 

 however, was the huge bunches of the 

 new pink rose, Wyndmoor, grown by 

 Myers & Samtman, the well-known rose 

 growers, whose houses are at Wyndmoor, 

 a suburb of Philadelphia. This rose is 



of a most delicate pink, and the firm 

 has been developing it for the last nine 

 years. This is the first time that it has 

 been used in any quantity in a decora- 

 tion. It somewhat resembles the Brides- 

 maid and Killarney, but is richer in 

 color than the former, and not as deep 

 a pink as the latter. Great quantities of 

 smilax and laurel were used in every 

 direction, streamers from each window 

 forming the roof of this attractive and 

 unique garden. As in the hallway, small 

 electric lights were used in profusion, 

 and gave forth a soft glow. Another 

 feature, entirely new, was having hun- 

 dreds of butterflies which were released 

 during the evening and which added to 

 the effect. Fountains also had been in- 

 stalled, and by the use of electric lights 

 the scented water from the fountains 

 took on various hues. The musicians 

 were on the stage at one end of the 

 hall and were hidden by palms and other 

 greens, while large candelabra, the lights 

 shaded with pink shades, completed the 

 effect. The table decorations were of 

 pink roses, hyacinths and orchids. 



Variotis Notes. 



Kobert Craig Co. reports a good busi- 

 ness in plants for the holidays, such as 

 poinsettias, begonias, cyclamens, azaleas 

 and everything of a bright color. Green 

 idants, such as palms and ferns, sold 

 slowly. 



Alphonse Pericat, the well known 

 orchid grower, had a pretty novelty in 

 cattleyas in fancy wooden baskets, which 

 was much admired and sold remarkablv 

 well. 



Edward Keid reports the holiday busi- 

 ness as better than any year previous. 



The first single daffodils and pussy 

 willows were seen at the store of S. S| 

 Pennock-iJeehan Co.; the first sign of 

 spring. 



11. Bayersdorfer & Co. say business 

 for the last year was the largest in their 

 experience. Their fancy baskets for 

 Easter are arriving in great variety. 



W. F. Kasting, of Buffalo, and the 

 Gude brothers were among the visitors 

 seen in town. 



The shipments out of town of natural 

 cotton and boxwood sprays were excep- 

 tionally heavy. 



Jozsef Szelnar, a florist of Budapest, 



