Febkdary 4, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



27 



'AM 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



OWN ROOT. Sifl-lnoH pots, each, $1.00; per doz., t6.00; per S5. $10.00; per 50, $17.50: per 100, $30.00; 

 per 250. $70.00; per 1000. $850. GRAriKD, S^s-lnota pots, eacb, $1.00; per dos., $7.50; per 25, $12.50; 

 per 50, $20.00; per 100, $85.00; per 250, $82.50; per 1000, $300.00. Marcli 1 deUvery. 



Ilt# ll'iM<l'>n«l Choice OWN ROOT plants, from Z^-ba.. pots, ready In March, $10.00 per 100; $90.00 

 IViy lYIaryialia per 1000. GRAFTKD plants, from 2^-ln. pots, $17.50 per 100; $150.00 per 1000. 



Moo I'«««I!ma Strons: plants from 2^-in.pots. Choice OWN ROOT plants, ready in March, $10.00 

 IVirS. JarQIIIc per 100; $90.00 per 1000. GRAFTED plants, $17.50 per 100; $150.O0 per 1000. 



ROOTED CARNATION CUHINGS-New Introductions 



All stock guaranteed. 



100 



Mrs. Obas Knopf (light pink), Knopf 112.00 



Ruby (crimson), Knopf 12 00 



Bay State (variegated). Roper 12.00 



Georgia 12.00 



1000 

 $100.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 

 100.00 



White 100 1000 



Sarab Hill $6.00 $60.00 



STANDARD VARIKTIC8 



Pres. Seelye.... 6.00 



Lloyd 5.00 



W. Encbantress 3.60 

 W. Perfection. 

 Red— Beacon . 



50.00 



40.00 



30.00 



2.50 20.00 



3.50 30.00 



Variesated 



Mrs. Patten 

 Pink 



Splendor 6.00 



Winona 6.00 



Afterglow. 6.00 



Welcome 4.00 



MX) 1000 

 $2.50 $20.00 



50.00 

 60.00 

 60.00 



Pink 100 1000 



Winsor $?.00 $25.C0 



Aristocrat 3.00 30.00 



R. P. Enchant. 2.50 20.00 

 Enchantress.... 2.50 20.00 

 Lawson 2.50 



35.00 Victoria. 



20.00 

 50.00 



Plumosus Seed, new crop, $4.00 per 1000. Special prices in quantity. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THB WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



New 



. r.Mj^y Crop 



Flower 

 Seeds 



AsparaflpiB Plnmosua Nanu» 



(Greenhouse Grown). 



100 Seeds $0.60 10(0 Seeds $4.00 



600 Seeds 2.25 5000 Seeds 19.00 



SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) 



Tr. pkt. 0«. 



Ballot Fire $0.50 $3.50 



Bonfire 40 2.25 



Lord FauntleroT 50 4.00 



Splendens 25 1.25 



Zorloh 60 5.00 



Lilium Giganteum 



Cold Storage ^ 



6/8 (300 bulbs in case) $ 60.00 



7/9 (250 bulbs in case) 85.00 



8/10 (200 bulbs in case) 100.00 



GLADIOLUS 



For Fordnif 



We have an exceptionally fine stock 

 of large size bulbs. 



America 

 Augusta 

 May 



Brenchleyensis 

 MJchdl's White and Ugiit 

 Groff s Hybrids 



Write for our prices on the above sorts. 



We have the very choicest 

 stock of Large°Fiowering Be- 

 gonias, Gloxinias, Cannas, etc. 



Our complete catalog of Seeds, 

 Bulbs and Supplies mailed free 

 for the asking. 



HENRY F. JftlCBELL CO., "'rHK^'pl''* 



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fared and it was not until the close of 

 last month that a forced march was made 

 on Hatboro, via lower section of Bucks 

 county. The pleasure and profit derived 

 from the visit fully repaid the effort. 



There are two houses, each 35x302 

 feet, and one house of half this length 

 and the same width, the balance to be 

 completed next summer. They are all 

 planted with carnations — not small, or- 

 dinary carnations, but carnations of the 

 kind that produce the high grade flowers 

 for which the Philadelphia market is be- 

 coming noted. The young stock bench 

 and the propagating bench gave abun- 

 dant evidence that the quality will be 

 maintained if care and skill count for 

 anything. 



The quantities and varieties grown, 

 given by young Mr. Weiss, are as fol- 

 lows: 1,500 Aristocrat, 1,500 Kobert 

 Craig, 5,000 Winsor, 6,000 Enchantress, 

 5,000 Lieut. Peary, 1,500 Beacon, 2,500 



Queen, 1,000 White Perfection and 2,500 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson, making a total of 

 26.500 plants. 



The crops have been steady, the high- 

 est month reaching 47,000 flowers; the 

 lowest was 32,000. A bench of sweet 

 peas in the propagating house was in fine 

 condition for blooms next month. 



It is not only in the arrangement of 

 the houses and growing of plants that 

 Henry Weiss impresses his visitor, but 

 also in the neatness of arrangement 

 shown in the smallest detail. Mr. Weiss 

 fully deserves to be called capable. He 

 can do all sorts of things and do them 

 well. Take his boiler pit, for instance. 

 The floor of this pit is twelve feet be- 

 low the ground level. Under it water 

 was found and a fine well, seven feet 

 deep, was excavated. This well has been 

 fitted up with a steam pump and over- 

 flow pipes, fully adapted to all his re- 

 quirements. Two eighty horse-power re- 



turn tubular boilers furnish steam for 

 the houses. The product of this plant 

 has been handled by the Leo Niessen Co. 

 since cutting was commenced. The flow- 

 ers are considered among the best com- 

 ing into the city. 



The visitors left to the tinkle of the 

 telephone bell and a hurry-up call for a 

 shipment of carnations, to be in readi- 

 ness for McKinley day. 



The Violet King. 



Bodman M. Eisenhart, of Torresdale, 

 Pa., is generally recognized as the lead- 

 ing local grower of double violets. For 

 over a score of years Mr. Eisenhart has 

 produced double violets of the finest qual- 

 ity; first Queen Louise and now Lady 

 Campbell. In the good old days when 

 Marie Louise was grown to perfection 

 around Philadelphia, Mr. Eisenhart 

 gained his reputation, and when the 

 ravages of disease attacked this standard 

 variety so that it could no longer be 

 grown profitably here, Mr. Eisenhart 

 transferred his loyalty to Lady Camp- 

 bell, now the standard double violet in 

 and about Philadelphia. He has one 

 large range of seven houses entirely 

 planted with Lady Campbell violets. 

 The plants are all field grown, carefuUy 

 lifted and replanted in the fall into the 

 violet beds in this range. They have 

 suffered, as all violets here have suf- 

 fered, from the warm weather imme- 

 diately following their replanting, but 

 they are now producing fine flowers and 

 bid fair to do better as the season ad- 

 vances. 



A number of small houses, requiring 

 less heat, are planted with single violets, 

 intended not only for the flowers but 

 also to afford foliage for the doubles. 

 Among the single varieties Princess of 

 Wales is favored. Luxonne, though a 

 good sort, is on its last year, as a new 

 strain imported from Germany by J. D. 

 Eisele is considered promising. It has 

 a pleasing habit, with flowers of deep, 

 rich color, borne on long stems. 



Mr. Eisenhart claims that the violet 

 requires even greater care than any of 

 our other standard varieties of flowers, 

 the least infringement of nature's laws 

 being instantly resented. He points with 

 just pride to his record of many years 

 as a successful violet grower, believing 



