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OCTOBBR 22, 1908. 





The Weekly Florists' Review* 



25 



Specialties For October's Social Whirl 



Cattleyas, - - - 40c each; $35.00 per 100 



Valley, - No. 1, $3.00 per 100; Special, $4.00 per 100 

 Beauties, Specials - - $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100 



Cosmos, the long-8temmed, large flowering variety, $4.00 per 1000 



Chrysanthemums, fancy stock, - - $2.00 per doz. 

 " medium stock, $1.00 to $1.50 per doz. 



PATTERN CATTLEYA, our new basket weave RIBBON, a beau- 

 tiful shade, distinct novelty for Cattleyas; samples for the asking. 



QUALITY 



S. S. Pennock=Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



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1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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MICHELL "--gr^" BULBS 



Just received in fine condition a late, dry, well matured lot of 



Lilium Harrisii 



True stock grown by the most reliable grower in Bermuda. 5/7 inch, 

 400 Bulbs in case, $16.00. (These Bulbs actually run 6/7 inch.) Only 

 20 cases left. IMMEDIATE ORDERING IS ADVISABLE. 



WATSONIA ARDERNEI 



Gladiolu8-like flo^trer of pure 'white, blooms of gpreat value. 

 Extra Large Bulbs, $1.25 per doz.; $9.00 per 100. 



• Wholesale Catalogue of Bulbs, Seeds, etc., sent free. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



Market Street, above lOth Street, PHILADELPHIA 



DIRECT IMPORTERS 

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Various Notes. 



Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. J., 

 was a visitor in this city this week. Mr. 

 Herrington believes that it will take skill 

 to hold the chrysanthemums in perfect 

 condition for the fall shows this season. 



Prof. Stuardson Brown wxis the 

 speaker at the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society's meeting October 20. 



Howard E. McKissick has rejoined the 

 floral army under the banner of his 

 brother, W. E. McKissick. 



The announcement of the engagement of 

 Miss Zella jM. Bayersdorfer, daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. H. Bayersdorfer, to Simon 

 Casper, was made October 18. Tlie home 

 of the bride's parents, 1629 Diamond 

 street, was beautifully decorated for the 

 occasion. Toneware urns, supported on 

 tripods and filled with American Beauty 

 roses, were a prominent feature of the 

 decorations that elicited much praise 



from the 500 guests who gathered to 

 felicitate the happy couple. 



H. M. Weiss & Sons, Hatboro, Pa., 

 have begun the construction of a new 

 half house 20x150 feet. Lord & Bumham 

 material. This half house is the modern 

 method of constructing a long house, the 

 idea being to build half this fall for 

 propagating purposes in the winter and 

 the balance next season. By so doing 

 the work can be distributed advantage- 

 ously. 



Paul J. Klingsporn, who has been a 

 prominent figure in wholesale circles for 

 many years, has resigned his position 

 with W. E. McKissick to go south. Mr. 

 Klingsporn purposes taking up other 

 work in -Florida. 



William Berger has been busy with 

 October weddings and suburban coming- 

 out teas. 



One of our hustling retailers adver- 

 tised in his window a special sale of 



roses, different varieties, at 35 and 50 

 cents a dozen, October 17, and sold 1,000 

 blooms, which was about four times his 

 usual sales for a Saturday in fall. 



Lilley & Upton report the arrival of 

 the first Col. Appleton chrysanthemums 

 October 19. They find a good demand 

 for pompons, which they have in four 

 varieties. 



The fall show of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society will open Novem- 

 ber 10, lasting four days. Entries should 

 be made to David Bust, secretary, Hor- 

 ticultural hall, at least one week in ad- 

 vance. 



William J. Baker reports the arrival 

 of the first Pink Ivory of the season. 

 The flowers were good. 



Alfred M. Campbell has been doing 

 well with his specialty, Asparagus plu- 

 mosus in bunches. 



C. H. Fox has sold his store at Twen- 

 ty-first and Columbia avenues to John 

 Zella. 



Percy B. Rigby has succeeded Ralph 

 G. Faust as treasurer of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co. 



The change in the weather, October 

 20, put new life in the business. 



Phil. 



The William Graham Floral Co., John 

 H. Calen, president, was chartered at 

 Harrisburg October 9, with an authorized 

 capital of $20,000. 



PEORIA, ILL. 



Eugene Launey, from Chicago, has 

 started a new retail flower store in the 

 Fey hotel building. 



D. U. Augspurger & Sons have pur- 

 chased another twenty-five-horse-power 

 boiler, having found that the three boilers 

 which were in use were inadequate to 

 heat their plant with the four new houses 

 erected this summer. 



J. Nelson is cutting some of the finest 

 chrysanthemums in Peoria. He is ship- 

 ping large quantities and is be^g coni 

 gratulated on the qoafity. » ' ' ' | 



Mr. Jerabek says he will probably inii 

 stall a new bolrer to accommodate the 

 new houses just finished. 



Mr. GuHter has a' new house under con- 

 struction. 



Mr. and Mrs. Wrigley visited Cole 

 Bros, last week. H. C. E. 



