July 23, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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CarnatioR Plants . . . . 



Stock will be choice. Placing of orders early would be wise on 

 account of general scarcity. Delivery about August 1 



Per 100 1000 



Arlatoorat $8 00 $75.oo 



Beacon and Wlilt* Knohantress 8.00 75.00 

 Ro««-pink Encliantreas, Wlilte 



Perfection, Wlnsor, Wolcott. 7.00 60.00 



Harry Fenn, Harlow^arden 5 00 40.00 



Joost 5.00 45.00 



Per 100 1000 

 Knchantress, Lawson, Queen 

 Louise, J. K. Haines, Pink 



and Varlesated Imperial $6.00 $50.00 



lOUO Wlnsor, 3Vin. pots, ready 



now 50.00 



Boston Market 5.00 45.00 



QUALITY 



DURING JULY and AUGUST close at 6 p. m. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THB WHOLBSALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA: 



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fifteen or twenty years ago, but that this 

 was due largely to their success with 

 side crops, such as mushrooms and toma- 

 toes. When asked why the Chester 

 county carnation growers were not hold- 

 ing up their end as of yore, Mr. Swayne 

 said that he thought it was partly due 

 to their, unwillingness to experiment with 

 the fancy varieties. As an instance of 

 this, be/ said that he believed more fancy 

 stock goes to England than is^used in 

 Chester'-eounty. ^x 



When as^fed concerning the futujre of_-K 

 mushroom growing, Mr. Swayne said^hjtt 

 he believed that in time this industiy 

 would fall into the hands of specialists, 

 but that for the present the mushrooms 

 are a profitable side issue for carnation- 

 ists. When asked about the profit in 

 tomatoes, Mr. Swayne laughed and said 

 that his old friend, the late William 

 Scott, used to poke no end of fun at 

 him for growing tomatoes with his 

 flowers. "But, you see," Mr. Swayne 

 added, conclusively, "it paid me." 



In discussing the question of the in- 

 door culture of carnations, so ably cham- 

 pioned by Edmund A. Harvey before the 

 Philadelphia Florists' Club last Febru- 

 ary, Mr. Swayne said that he believed 

 that this was the proper method of grow- 

 ing carnations, but that to grow them in 

 this way one must have houses adapted 

 for the purpose. * * My own houses, ' ' he 

 added, "would not do for summer use." 



Plant Wrinkles. 



There seems to be a growing den\and 

 for specimen crotons, the stock of this 

 popular plant having doubled at the es- 

 tablishment of the Robt. Craig Co. since 

 last season. Just now the firm is send- 

 ing out shapely little plants, to be grown 

 into specimens of any number of recog- 

 nized varieties, and a good many seed- 

 lings not yet known in commerce. Mr. 

 Craig thought that well colored small 

 plants of crotons were also gaining in 

 popular favor for combinations in bas- 

 kets; used in this way, a rich, deep color 

 is essential. 



The variety of gardenias forced for 

 the London market — its name is in dis- 

 pute — is becoming more and more popu- 

 lar on this side of the Atlantic. Mr, 

 (.'raig is just now distributing good sized 

 bushy plants for forcing. Discussing 



THERE IS AN ACTIVE DEMAND 



m the cities, in the country and at the seashore for 



Rustic Decorations 



Porch Boxes, Arbor Boxes, Plant Stands, Rustic 

 Baskets, etc. For these we offer cork and birch^- 

 bark to give the proper finish. A sample order 

 will please. 



New Importations 



MAGNOLIA LEAVES — Brown and green, very 

 nice. 



Japanese Air Plants 



Always popular and scarce. Try some. They 

 will attract. 



OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 

 is very iaterestiog n Don't you want it ? 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 Arch St., PHILADELPHIA 



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the question of the future of gardenias, 

 Mr. Craig thought there was no doubt 

 that high prices would continue to pre- 

 vail during the winter months for these 

 fashionable flowers. He believes it is 

 not merely a fad, but that the gardenia 

 has acquired a hold on the flower lovers. 

 He instanced the extreme popularity of 

 the violet-gardenia corsage bouquet, in 

 which a single gardenia is used with a 

 bunch of violets, a combination which, 



both in color and in fragrance, leaves 

 little to be desired. 



The latest wrinkle in ferns of the 

 nephrolepis family is to grow them in 

 pots instead of planting them out. Of 

 course, suflBcient stock is planted out for 

 runners, but the bulk of the stock of all 

 the varieties is grown in pots from 214- 

 inch up. Mr. Craig thought that by this 

 method a more shapely plant could bo 

 secured and that it had the added ad- 



