Apbil 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



25 



Special Offer on Choice Spring Stock 



CRIMSON RAMBLERS* very bushy, 7-iii. pots, 50c, 75c \nd $1.00 each. Specimen 



plants in 10-in. pots, $2.50 to $5.00 each. 

 BABY RAMBLERS, 7-in. pots, 50c and 75c each. 



MAGNA CHARTA, extra choice, 3-yr. old plants, 7-in. pots, $1.1^0 and $1.50 each. 

 DEUTZIA GRACILIS, 8-in. pots, 50c and 75c each. 

 HYDRANGEAS, 5-in. pots, 20c and 25c each. 

 VINCA VARIEGATA, strong plants, 4-in. pots, $15.00 per 100. 



Crotons, Dracaenas, Scarlet Sage, Cannas, Geraniums, Coleus, 



Write for prices. 



AIbo a general line of bedding plants 



Alternantheras, of fine quality. 



S. S. Pennock=Meehan Co. 



THB WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



of the dates, for so many years laid out 

 in the east bank of the hall with 

 eeheverias. This year these beds of 

 dates are succeeded by interesting 

 groups of dwarf evergreens, their som- 

 ber hues relieved by patches of that ex- 

 quisite early blue phlox resembling for- 

 get-me-not at a distance. 



Various Notes. 



W. E. McKissick received a green- 

 house-grown shipment of Psenonia fes- 

 tiva maxima a few days ago. • These 

 were used with apple blossoms in a 

 decoration. The effect was unique. 

 Probably this combination has never 

 been made before in this city. 



Wm. Warner Harper has received and 

 filled some splendid orders for nursery 

 stock during the present season. Mr. 

 Harper's genial manners and thorough 

 knowledge of his business make him a 

 great favorite with all the landscape 

 gardeners on the eastern seaboard. 



The essay committee of the Florists' 

 Club takes great pleasure in announcing 

 that Edwin Lonsdale, superintendent of 

 the Horticultural Department of Girard 

 College, will speak May 5. 



John Savage is sending some superb 

 flowers of pink daybreak shade snap- 

 dragon to the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



William P. Craig states that the Rob- 

 ert Craig Co, is well satisfied with its 

 Easter plant business. 



Julius Koehler & Son, of Frankford, 

 report a heavy Easter business. The de- 

 mand fell off In certain lines, but in- 

 creased in others. 



The Merry Widow hats, so popular 

 with the fair sex today, are perfect 

 flowei' gardens, indicating an immense 

 demand for the artificial product. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report a num- 

 ber of excellent Memorial day orders 

 already received. Their factory is bus- 

 ily engaged in making the handsome 

 metallic wreaths for which the firm is 

 noted. 



F. Herbert Steinmetz has the reputa- 

 tion of being the first florist in this city 

 to take hold of the Japanese air plant 

 with a will. Mr. Steinmetz is thought 

 to have done well with this novelty. 



Walter P. Stokes . states that Mr. 

 Mann's committee was very cordial. The 

 seedsmen called attention to raw grass 



SPRINC FLOWERING BULBS 



HARDY JAPANESE LILIES 



PEONIES 



EXTRA LARGE CLUMPS, with 4 ormore eyes 



Each Doz. 100 



Double White $0.15 11.50 $10.00 



Double Pink....; 15 1.50 10.00 



Double Red 15 1.50 10.00 



Festiva Maxima, double 

 white, screaked red in cen- 

 ter, very early, fine for cut- 

 ting 30 3.25 25.00 



TUBEROSES 



Mammoth Pearl. Pure white. 



Per doz. 100 11000 



First size bulbs $0.20 $1.25 $10.00 



Second size bulbs 15« .75 .6.50 



CYCAS^REVOLUTA 



25 lbs, $2.25; $8.50 per lOOilbs; 300 lbs for $24.00 



Headquarters for Lil. Formosum 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



Market Street, above 10th Street, - - - PHILAOEIiPHIA. PA. 



Mention The R«Tfew when yoa write. 



seed and several other matters of a 

 practical nature that had not been con- 

 sidered in the original bill. 



Prof. Stewardson Brown delivered an 

 illustrated lecture on weeds before the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society last 

 week. 



M. Rice & Co. state that their success 

 this season would not have been possible 

 with last year's methods. They worked 

 harder to secure results, and secured 

 them. 



Charles Baxter, famous as the window 

 decorating artist of Pennock Bros., has 

 noted that a woman nearly always pre- 

 fers pink roses, a man red roses. 



Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., reports that while in New York 

 a few days ago he met J. Austin Shaw, 

 who is, alas, fasting again. 



Godfrey Aschmann reports the plant 

 business of Easter most satisfactory. 

 Everything was sold except some hya- 

 cinths. 



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

 that he is feeling splendid, in spite of 

 the loss of his mustache on his recent 

 trip. 



Berger Bros, received 3,000 roses in 

 one shipment from Stockton & Howe this 

 week. 



Edward Reid received a letter, accom- 

 panied by a check, on Easter Monday, 

 from a customer who wrote he could not 

 thank Mr. Reid enough for the c^re be- 

 stowed on his order. Phil. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. calls atten- 

 tion to the displays of flowering bulbs 

 in the public squares. They have for 

 six consecutive years had the contract 

 for supplying bulbs for the city squares, 

 and last season supplied 135,000 bulbs 

 on the city order. 



Fort Scott, Kan. — W. C. Zimmer, 

 formerly of Eve, Mo., is now proprietor 

 of the Floral Nursery, established in 

 1899. 



