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Skptkmbbr 8, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



. 21 



QUALITY 



Dahlias 



The most popular and serviceable Cut 

 Flower for the next six weeks will be 

 the Dahlia. Our stock is in fine condi- 

 tion, and we offer many new and fancy 

 varieties — along with the well-known 

 Standards, such as Kriemhilde, Lynd- 

 hurst, Clifford W. Bruton, Catherine 

 Duer, and others. 



Our stock of this flower is so large 

 that we are in a position to furnish 

 quantities of any one variety or shade 

 of color on short notice. 



CHOICE CUT BLOOM 



$8.00 to $6.00 per 100 



S. S. PeflooctMeehan Co 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



•y 1608-20 Ludlow St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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Send us your 

 CataloKue con 

 talnlng; samples of 

 27 Qualities of Rib 

 bons and [Chiffons 



Lion & Company 



Manufacturers of the Colonial Brand of 



Name 



RIBBONS and 



CHIFFONS 



114-116 



Address 



spr1n.st. New York 



A Seed Warehouse. 



The warehouse of the Henry A. Dreer 

 corporation, built in 1905, is a modern 

 six-story brick structure, entirely in 

 keeping with the substantial old Phila- 

 delphia homes that face Washington 

 square. It is everything that a seed- 

 house should be — clean, light, airy and 

 strongly built. Ascending to the sixth 

 floor, we found that the order and sys- 

 tem, so apparent in the Chestnut street 

 seedhouse, were evident everywhere in 

 the arrangement of the smallest detail. 



The lighter grass seeds, those requir- 

 ing dryness and air, were arranged on 

 the top floor. Certain varieties in large 

 sacks were laid on their sides, one above 

 another, with avenues of air space be- 

 tween. Where necessary, a framework of 

 light stripping was run up to the ceiling 

 to keep them in position. On a lower 

 floor the so-called oil seeds, in stocking- 



ette bags, were stored. Each seed, bulb, 

 fertilizer, implement, in fact everything 

 used in a large seed warehouse, had its 

 place carefully chosen with a view to its 

 wants. The potatoes were in the sub- 

 cellar, a large potato fork handy, the to- 

 bacco stems near-by. The wood ashes, 

 if I recall correctly, were on the floor 

 above, and so on through an almost end- 

 less list. 



I do not know whether the average flo- 

 rist has any idea of the knowledge and 

 thought required to carry on a seed busi- 

 ness successfully. Take, for instance, 

 Kentucky blue grass. It is necessary to 

 purchase this in quantity when harvested 

 in the fall. A carload lot is secured. 

 This is carefully stored in the most im- 

 proved modern way, l^^t suppose that the 

 moths or some other seed destroyer should 

 get into the Kentucky blue grass! A 

 large part of the^seed might easily be 

 ruined, involving disappointment and 



loss. To prevent this, each bag can be 

 placed in a chamber hermetically sealed, 

 with a refrigerator door attached. In 

 this chamber a saucer of bisulphide of 

 carbon is placed; the fumes will pene- 

 trate the bags of seed, destroying every 

 vestige of insect life and leaving the 

 seed uninjured. I understood Mr. Thilow 

 to say that twenty-four hours were al- 

 lowed for each fumigation; at the end 

 of that time the fumes have entirely 

 evaporated. 



Great caution is observed to prevent 

 fire. The elevator is placed in a brick 

 shaft with fireproof doors. Hhould fire 

 occur, however, the system applied in 

 keeping the books credits and debits the 

 warehouse with each article brought in 

 or removed, thus enabling the bookkeeper 

 in their seed store, two squares away, 

 to tell exactly what stock is on hand at 

 any given moment. An air-shaft running 

 from sub-cellar to roof is connected with 

 each floor, insuring excellent ventilation. 

 Heat is generated in the cellar and can 

 be introduced into the first and second 

 floors; the seeds in the upper floors do , 

 not require warmth. The impression 

 created by a tour of this immense ware- 

 house is that the seedsman 's industry has 

 advanced far more rapidly than most of 

 us are aware. 



Various Notes. 



The death of Patrick H. Meehan is 

 recorded in the obituary column this 

 week. 



J. A. Smith, of the Henry F. Miehell 

 Co., says that the present season is re- 

 markable for the extraordinary demand 

 for French bulbs, notably Roman hya- 

 cinths, and one or two others in a lesser 



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