October 1, 1908. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



25 



For October Weddings 



Cattleyas, 

 Valley, - - 

 Beauties, very choice, 

 Dahlias, 



50c each 



$3.00 to $4.00 per 100 



$3.00 per doz. 



$2.00 to $4.00 per 100 



QUALITY 



All the standard Dahlias, such as CliHord W. Bruton, Kriemhilde, 



Lyndhurst, Catherine Duer, Jack Rose, White Kriemhilde, 



and many new and fancy varieties. 



S. S. Pennock=Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



t608=20 LUDLOW ST., 



PLILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



•ciety several years ago, took an active 

 interest in all its affairs and did much 

 for the advancement of horticulture. His 

 place at Eadnor is one of the handsomest 

 among the handsome places in Philadel- 

 phia suburbs. At a meeting of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, held in 

 Horticultural Hall September 28, reso- 

 lutions of sympathy for his family in 

 their great loss were unanimously passed. 



Varioui Notes. 



J. D. Eisele, vice-president of the 

 Henry A. Dreer corporation, has returned 

 from Europe. He was accompanied by 

 Miss Bertha Eisele. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons have nearly 

 completed work on a large number of 

 floats for next week's parade. 



Charles P. Poryzees proposes opening 

 a branch store at Thirteenth and Market 

 streets. 



D'Alcom & Sons, Portsmouth, Va., 

 report unusually heavy bulb shipping 

 orders this fall. 



Percy B. Rigby, of New York, has 

 been admitted as a member of the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. 



Samuel Ldlley and Edgar Upton pro- 

 pose starting in the wholesale commission 

 business October 1. 



Frank L. Polites has secured the cellar 

 in addition to the pavement privilege at 

 the northeast comer of Thirteenth and 

 Chestnut streets. 



Charles E. Meehan believes that Dahlia 

 Jack Rose will be one of the best varieties 

 for cut flower purposes. This variety is', 

 as Review readers know, a coming intro- 

 duction of William F. Bassett, Hammon- 

 ton, N. J. 



The Robert Craig Co. has a 200-foot 

 house entirely filled with the Lonsdale 

 variety of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 

 Robert A. Craig says that this pale pink 

 sport, which has been proved more last- 

 ing than the darker pink type, is being 

 grown in the proportion of two to one 

 of the original strain. 



Charles F. Edgar, formerly of this 

 «ity, is ^ow with S. J. Reuter & Son, 

 Westerly, R. I. 



Frank Gaul says that 3,500 dahlias 

 were necessary for a single day's businesu 

 at the Century Flower Shop last week. 



A Boston fern sale at one of the 

 department stores was much cheaper in 



THKRK ARE DIRT CHKAP 



IMMORTELLES 



Wfi^ve an excellent IHBIORTKL.LB that is dirt cheap. Prepared by a New 

 Kleotzle-iKoceHs— maizes colore briKbter than what you have been getting. 

 Send tor sampleB and price on quantity wanted. 

 Don't order until you have seen ours. 



L. BAUMAIMIM & CO.| Florlst?** supply House 



^^n'^^^'^Lllirj^it MB East Chicago Avenue, CHICAGO 



A sampli rMm i> stiil naintaiaei at vu oM aMrtis, 78-71 Wabash Avaaae. 

 Send for our complete catalogue. 



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SPECIAL FANCY VALLEY 



We have made arrangements to force considerably larger quantities this 



season and can assure buyers that there always will be a supply of Fancy 



Cut Vadley in the Chicago market. 



WHEN TOU GET 



GET THE BEST. 



BRUNS* VALLEY YOU 



Arrange for regular shipments. 



'32S»«,„ f 01 D ST0R4GE VAl LEY PIPS 



Kvery case guaranteed. 

 1407-1411 W. MADISON STREET. 

 CHICAGM>, ILL. 



tor Finest 



$a.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 



H. N. BRUNS, 



appearance than in reality. While the 

 stock was ofFeraJ at low prices, it waa 

 nothing like so low as one might suppose 

 without seeing it. 



The Philadelphia Ca^rnation Co. has 

 completed planting the houses at Secane, 

 Pa. The stock is fine this year. 



The Graham Floral Co. has been busy 

 with department store and private decora- 

 tions. 



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

 this week from a successful business trip. 

 Mr. Eschner finds business conditions im- 

 proving rapidly throughout the west. 



Charles M. Keegan has turned out a 

 large number of floats for the industrial 

 parade next week. 



J. L. Pennock has returned from Sea- 

 side Park, N. J. 



William Stevens, who represents John 



Burton, is bringing some fine Beauties 

 into this market. 



The Peacock Dahlia Co. is sending fine 

 dahlias to the Philadelphia Cut Flower 

 Co. 



D. D. L. Farson, Ardmore, Pa., has 

 purchased the store of E. Wannemacher 

 at Overbrook, Pa. 



Berger Brothers are receiving some of 

 the best Richmond seen in this market. 

 Easter lilies are a specialty with them. 



The Florex Gardens have begun ship- 

 ping carnations to Eugene Bernheime^ 



William Swayne, Kennett, Pa., has 

 promised that William J. Baker shall 

 receive chrysa^|themum3, Mrs. Qreorge W. 

 Kalb, white, and Cremo, yellow, before 

 he reads these lives. 



Pennock Bros, had many large ordjers 



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