August 13, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



23 



CUT ASTERS 



BOUVARDIA PLANTS— Strong, field grown. 



Choice varietleat aU col- 

 ors. $1.50 and 92.00 per 

 100. :: :: <: i: 



$8.00 per 100 



CARNATION PLANTS 



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

 account of general scarcity. 



QUALITY 



Per 100 1000 



Aristocrat $8.00 $75.oo 



White Enchantress 8.00 75.00 



Rose*plnk Enchantress, White 



Perfection, Wolcott 7.00 60.00 



Harry Fenn, Harlowarden 5.00 40.00 



Per 100 1000 



Joost $5.00 $15.00 



Enchantress, Law^son, Queen 

 Louise, J. K. Haines, Pink 



and Variearated Imperial 6.00 



Boston Market 5.00 



50.00 

 45.00 



We dote at 6 p. m. durios: August. 



We wish to call your especial attention to our exhibition of Choice Ribbons and novelties at the 

 Niagara Falls Convention next week, where Mr. £dward J. Fancoart will be happy to meet yon. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALB FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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T\ill have an exhibit of croton and pan- 

 durata of great ex6ellence at Niagara. 



Two convention souvenirs have been 

 shown me; one a pansy seed tape meas- 

 vire cleverly devised by the Henry F. 

 Michell Co.; the other a pretty watch 

 fob from the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



The street asserts that a new flower 

 shop will be opened on Broad street, near 

 the Grand opera house. The name of 

 the proprietor has not yet been made 

 public. 



John A. Meyers has rented the Steele 

 place of four houses at Wissinoming. Mr. 

 Meyers, who has had a practical training 

 iu the florists' business, will grow car- 

 nations and sweet peas. 



Fred Gear and his father, and Mr. 

 Steinley, of Cincinnati, are spending a 

 short time in this city. 



George McLean and Mrs. McLean, of 

 Youngstown, are here this week. 



Ernest J. Bush, formerly of North 

 Carolina, is operating some 10,000 feet 

 of glass near Hatboro, under the name 

 of the Ellen wood Nurseries. Mr. Bush's 

 specialties are carnations and sweet peas. 



W. E. McKissick received 12,000 choice 

 asters in one shipment this week. He is 

 getting nice locally grown Beauties from 

 AVilliam Munro, of Garrettsford, Pa. 



B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., who has 

 just returned from a successful western 

 trip, reports that most of the florists he 

 visited have had a pretty good season, 

 and look forward to a good fall season, 

 as business all over is on the mend. 



D. Mish and Mrs. Mish, of Lebanon, 

 Pa., were visitors in this city recently. 



J. H. Hobbs, of Mann & Brown, Rich- 

 mond, Va., was in Philadelphia a few 

 <lay8 ago. 



Joseph Pennypacker, of Phoenixville, 

 Pa., visited this city recently. 



Ernst Zieger and Mrs. Zieger, of Pitts- 

 burg, were recent visitors here. 



Alfred M. Campbell is enjoying the 

 F-^a breezes of Asbury Park. 



Smith, Lineaweaver & Co. believe that 

 at current prices buckwheat coal is 

 cheaper than bituminous. They antici- 

 pate an advance in the price of buck- 

 wheat next month, but do not expect any 

 change in feoft coal before October. 



J. G. Whilldin, manager of the pottery 

 company that bears his name, states that 

 their year showed an advance over the 



LEMUEL BALL 



GROWER OF 



Fine Palms and Foliage Plants 



During the Convention at Niagara Falls, N. Y., I will exhibit 

 a full line of samples. It will pay you to look me up .', .*. 



Lemuel Ball, Wissinoming, Piiiladelpliia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CUT ASTERS 



50c to $1.50 Per Hundred. 



CUT GLADIOLI 



$3.00 Per Hundred. 



ALTIMO CULTURE CO. 



CANFIELD, OHIO 



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preceding year, but that they had to 

 work harder to secure this result. Mr. 

 Whilldin believes that business vnll 

 slowly but steadily improve. 



Berger Bros, are receiving choice Lili- 

 um Harrisii and Lilium longiflorum gi- 

 ganteum. They expect a steady crop 

 until next winter. 



August Muller, Sixty-sixth and Elm- 

 wood avenue, was the principal sufferer 

 in a remarkable hail storm that occurred 

 August 7. His loss in glass and in plants 

 was considerable. George Anderson and 

 William Diddin were also sufferers. The 

 storm was the fiercest seen here in years. 

 Fortunately it was confined to a small 

 area. 



A. P. Irwin, brother-in-law of William 

 Graham, has decided to reopen the green- 



r 



To Our Friends 



If you attend the S. A. F. 

 G>nyention at Niagara Falls, 

 we would be pleased to have 

 you inspect our exhibit of 



Gladiolus Blooms 



We think we have a collection 

 of named varieties that will 

 astonish you. 



Yours very truly, 



John Lewis Childs 



Floral Park, N. Y. 



houses at Logan operated until recently 

 by the Hugh Graham Co. Mr. Irwin has 

 engaged John Hobson, formerly second 

 in command under Mr. Grochens, to take 

 charge of the place. 



Arthur H. Lanser has sold his place 

 at Wayne, Pa., to Reginald Pratt, and 

 purchased a new place of fifty-four acres 

 near Devon, Pa. Mr. Pratt has been 

 renting the Wayne place since January 1. 



J. A. Smith, manager of the Henry T. 



