March 26, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



31 



Easier Plants 



We are now booking orders and offer for Easter 

 a VERY CHOICE selection of the best plants. 



WRITE FOR PRICES AND A FULL LIST. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THB wnOLESALB FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Bevlew when yon yrite. 



healthy and well budded, some grown in 

 large pans with twenty or twenty-five 

 blooms on each for specimens. Spiraea 

 Gladstone was in magnificent condition, 

 each plant showing perfect form and 

 drooping foliage combined with long 

 spikes of bloom, denoting good culture. 

 A few pink spiraeas are being grown as 

 a novelty. The rhododendrons were fine, 

 well budded and perfectly clean. Pink 

 Pearl, the finest of all, will be largely 

 grown in the future. One house was 

 devoted to genistas, the plants rang- 

 ing from large specimens to small stock 

 in 4-inch pots, all well set with buds, the 

 last named size useful for basket work. 

 Returning again to the roses, a lot of 

 Baby Ramblers and White Baby Rambler 

 (Catherine Zeimet) and a number of 

 hybrid and hybrid teas are coming on 

 nicely. A thousand pots of valley are 

 being started. A nice lot of Hydrangea 

 Otaksa and Queen Alexandra daisies are 

 well covered with flowers. 



Merion. 



Alfred M. Campbell said earnestly, 

 "You must be sure to see Faust 's lilies. " 

 "Did he say Mr. Faust f" you ask. Prob- 

 ably not, for Alfred M. Campbell and 

 Henry I. Faust are such good friends 

 that the names David and Jonathan might 

 readily be applied to them. So to the 

 greenhouses of Henry I. Faust, at Merion, 

 PhU straightway repaired, and despite 

 the failure to arrange beforehand the ex- 

 act time of calling, was fortunate enough 

 to find Mr. Faust at home. The lilies 

 were certainly well worth seeing, some 

 10,000 of them; perhaps two-thirds gi- 

 ganteum, while the remaining third were 

 bulbs from the Azores grown three in a 

 pot for "Cut flowers. The giganteum in- 

 tended for pot sales were in superb con- 

 dition, of a good medium height, well set 

 with buds, the foliage a rich dark green 

 down to the pot. There was not a trace 

 of disease to be seen anywhere. The av- 

 erage number of buds to each pot was 

 somewhere about six on giganteum, while 

 on those from the Azores it was probably 

 two and a half, the bulbs being smaller. 

 The idea in growing three of the latter 

 kind to each pot is to economize space ; a 

 6-inch pot producing only two and a half 

 flowers would be grown at a loss, while 

 when each pot produces seven and a half 



DAHLIA ROOTS 



FBIZS-WINNINO DAHIilAS. 



These are the cream of selection in the various 

 varieties. They produce mammoth flowers in abund- 

 ance, and can be depended upon for crand show. 

 A.D. LilTonl. Very double, beautiful clear pink> 



free iloweringr and fine form; should be planted 



by all. 

 Amorer. A dwarf busby double variety, intense 



red. 

 Black Bcaaty. A dark red sort, almost black, 



decorative. 

 Glarlbel. Very large purple, decorative variety. 

 Clifford W. Brnton. A beautiful clear, deco- 

 rative variety, large flowers produced on lontr 



stems. 

 Grand Dnke AI«xii. Giant flowers, very 



massive, pure white, tinned pink on the extreme 



end of flower petals. 

 Henrj F. Mlobell. A crand decorative dahlia. 



a combination of yellow and oranye, free and 



continuous. 

 Marohloneu of Bate. White, tipped pink, 



decorative. 

 Bf •phUto. Fine large bright scarlet, decorative 



type. 

 Bod Hnitar. A very large decorative type, 



color a bright cardinal red, perfect in form, free 



bloomer. 

 Uncertainty. A peculiar combination of blush 



white, carmine and crimson, all in one flower, 



very double. 

 Wm. Asnow. Dazzling scarlet, decorative, 



very large. 



Prices— 10c each; perdoz., W.OO; per 100, I8.0O. 



0AGTU8 DAHLIAS. 



The grace, beauty and great value of this class of 

 dahlias can best be appreciated by growing them. 



Arachne. Crimson, striped white, fine form. 



Aunt Cbloe. Rich black maroon. 



AoKlr. Cardinal red, twisted petals. 



Atlanta. Large, bright red. shaded darker. 



Brldeimald. Delicate pink, pale primrose to- 

 ward center. 



Boilne. A beautiful shade of clear rose. 



Dankward. Dark rose shading to carmine. 



Floradora. Distinct blood red, very free flow- 

 ering. 



Koynea "Whlto. Pure white, narrow petals. 



Strabloln Krone. Intense cardinal red, long 

 twisted petals. 



Capstan. Orange shaded red, very profuse. 



Karl of Pembroke. Pointed petal, plum color. 



Krlembllde. Pink, suffused white, 15c each; 

 per doz., |1 60; per 100, 110.00. 



Mrs. J. J. Crowe. Clear, light canary yellow, 

 quilled petals. 



Mrs. Jowett. Orange red, exceedingly fine. 



ProKenltor. Bright carmine. 



Poronplne. Deep crimson, beautiful form. 



J. Weir Fife. Ground bright purple, shaded 

 darker. 



BosenhaKen. Salmon, rose shading to magenta. 



Bancll. Large, deep maroon shaded dark, suf- 

 fused red. 



Island Qneen. Soft lavender pink, beautiful 

 form, late bloomer. 



Price (except where noted) — 10c each; per doz., 

 11.00; per 100, 18.00. 



Write for our Wholesale OataloKne. 



Headquarters for Lil. rormosum 



STOCK LIMITED, ORDER QUICK. 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



Market Street, above 10th Street, • • - PHTTiADKTiPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Reylcw when yoa wrttt. 



flowers, as in the present case, there is a 

 profit to the grower, and the buyer who 

 wants a limited number of blooms to each 

 stalk is satisfied. Mr. Faust is so clever 

 a grower that he prospers on wholesale 

 specialties, chiefly chrysanthemums and 

 lilies, not being led aside into the retail 

 channel by the wealthy residents of 

 Merion. 



Variotis Notes, 



Henry F. Michell says that the statis- 

 tics of the Vacant Lots Association prove 

 that $1 expended in vegetable seeds will 

 produce $50 worth of vegetables. Where 

 labor has to be paid for, an addition of 



perhaps $15 must be made to the cost of 

 production. 



Among the visitors to this city last 

 week, reported by H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 were the Bemt Floral Co., Detroit; G. 

 Walker and Mrs. Walker, Youngstown, 

 O.; George W. Berke, Atlantic City; 

 Lloyd G. Blick, Norfolk; R. B. Stiles and 

 Mrs. Stiles, Petersburg, Va.; Albert 

 Pochelon, Detroit; Frank Clark and Mr, 

 Blackman, Trenton. Press of business 

 prevented Mr. Bayersdorfer from fur- 

 nishing a complete list. 



Charles D. Ball, of Holmesburg, will 

 rebuild several of his houses this season. 



