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Easter Plants 



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We offer an exceptionally well grown stock of sturdy plants, the kind you can sell every time. 



Better than ever and in ilAnilA PlIADTil nnoc '^^^ ^"^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^'^ 

 prime condition, $1.00, mllbNII bnillf I A IfUOC handled and the best 

 $1.50, $2.50 to $5.00 value, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. 



ASSORTED ROSE BUSHES, $5.00 per dozen. DOROTHY PERKINS ROSE, $6.00 per dozen. 



HYDRANGEAS, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.5«, $2.50, $5.00. 

 We want to call your attention to our Lilies. These are the finest in the city. Order now, before the stock is 

 exhausted— 12>^c to 15c per bud and flower. 



Write for our price list it you bave not received one. We can supply anytbing that looks like an Easter plant. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



. THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



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Mention The Bevlew when yon write. 



a favorite because of its fragrance, its 

 early blooming quality and its grace. It 

 can be had in bloom from August to Oc- 

 tober, when other dainty flowers are 

 scarce. This variety Mr. Eisele has prop- 

 agated in quantity. Clematis, too, are 

 strong factors with him. 



As mentioned in the Review last week, 

 Mr. Eisele will rebuild his range of glass, 

 built in 1885, and repaired a couple of 

 times since, putting an entirely new range 

 in its place, with a show house in front. 



Qub Meeting:. 



Robert Pyle, president of the Conard 

 & Jones Co., West Grove, delivered a bril- 

 liant address before the Florists' Club 

 April 7, discussing the advertising fea- 

 ture of the mail order business. There 

 was a general talk on advertising, in 

 which many participated. 



A. Roper, Tewksbury, Mass., exhibited 

 Carnation Bay State in fine form. Ed- 

 ward A. Stroud, of Overbrook, exhibited 

 a new lupinus shown for the first time, 

 flowers soft pink, a fine thing. 



Wyncote. 



The Joseph Heacock Co. has as pretty 

 a lot of young Beauties as one could 

 wish to see. There are thousands of 

 them in small pots, even in height, clean 

 in foliage and full of vigor. Other ob- 

 jects of especial interest are a fine lot of 

 Cypripedium insigne. The stock has 

 doubled during the last few months. A 

 house of Cocos Weddelliana in thumb 

 pots is the picture of health. A house 

 full of Areca lutescens is an attractive 

 sight. The Boston and Whitman! ferns 

 and Cibotium Schiedei are favorites here. 

 These are side lines, but side lines of 

 great excellence. 



The main feature of the place, aside 

 from the Beauties, is the kentias, of 

 which there are many fine houses of both 

 leading varieties of this popular palm, 

 in every size from the seed-bed and boxes 

 to the superb made-up specimens in 12- 

 inch tubs. Mr. Heacock prides himself 

 especially on these specimens, of which a 

 number are made up each year, always 

 from absolutely perfect plants. Inferior 

 stock is never allowed to be used in this 

 way. The making-up is done with one 

 l^rge plant surrounded by three or four 



Reliable Flower Seeds planting how 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



We have just received a shipment of fine, 

 plump, new crop, lath house grown seed, 

 which we offer at the folio wing prices: 



100 seeds $0.40 1 1000 seeds $ 3.00 



500 seeds 1.75 | 5000 seeds 13.75 



10.000 seeds $25.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



100 seeds $0,151 



500 seeds 45 



1000 seeds $0.75 



5000 seeds 3.00 



Semple's Branching Aster 



The most desirable variety for cut flowers. 



Trade Pkt. Oz. 



Crimson 30c $1.00 



Lavender 30c 1.00 



Bo8e-Plnk ......;....... 30c 1.00 



Shell-Pink 30c 1.00 



Purple 80c 1.00 



'White 30c 1.00 



Mixed, all colors 30c 1.00 



Primula Obconica Grandifiora 



Fimbriata, Mixed Trade Pkt., 50c 



Kermesina, Red " 40c 



Kosea, Pink " 30c 



Alba, White " 30c 



Hybrida, Mixed " 30c 



Primuia Gtiinensis Fimbriata 



Michell'a Prise Mixture, contains only 

 the very finest sorts, selected from the best 

 strains. Half trade packet. CrOc; $1.00 per 

 trade packet; per 1-16 oz., $'2.00. 



Sweet Peas 



Mammoth flowering new varieties. 



Oz. "4 oz. Lb. 

 Countesa Spencer, lovely 



dearpink. 10c $0.25 $0.85 



B. J. Caatle, carmine rose, 



shaded salmon 40c 1.25 4.50 



Frank Dolby, large pale 



lavender .50c 1.75 



Gladys llnwin, rosy pink 10c .25 



Mrs. Alfred Watklns, pale 



pink, fine 60c 1.75 



Nora Unwin, giant white. ..50c 1.75 



6.00 



.75 



6.00 

 6.00 



For other varieties of Sweet Peas see our Wholesale Catalogue, 

 which is free for the askini;. 



Headquarters for Lil. Formosum 



STOCK LIMITED, ORDER QUICK. 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



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



Mention The Review when yoo write. 



of a smaller size. The result is an ex- 

 ceptionally choice specimen. 



Two large houses of carnations are 

 grown. The feature of the carnation 

 stock today is Seedling No. 100, de- 

 scribed in this column some months ago. 

 It is a cross between the most aristo- 

 cratic types. Evidence of the high blood 

 Is shown in flower, foliage and stem. Mr. 

 Heacock has not decided whether to send 

 out Seedling No. 100 or not, believing 

 that one must be careful in sending out 

 anything that is not a little better than 

 existing types. But his confidence in this 

 seedling is shown by the fact that he 

 intends to plant it largely for his own 

 use next season. 



The Spring: Show. 



Quality was evidenced everywhere in 

 the exhibits at the spring show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which 

 opened on March 31, continuing through 

 the two following days. It was not an 

 especially large show, but it made up in 

 general effectiveness for any lack of 

 quantity. The center of the hall was 

 occupied by the Wm. Graham Co., which 

 arranged a sort of arbor decoration with 

 smilax, both wild and tame, and daf- 

 fodils. About this central group masses 

 of color were ranged on all sides, all 

 the spring flowering plants and bulbs be- 

 ing represented in choice specimens. 



There were three excellent exhibits 



