JUIA 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



25 





BEAUTIES 



^OAi/t**** We will be very strong: on summer Beauties, having: 



three Growers who are making: them a specialty. 



BEAUTIES Per 100 



^* Specials, 36-inch stems or over $25.00 



Fancy 20.00 



Extra 17.50 



Ist 12.50 



2nd 10.00 



3rd 8.00 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Special prices for week ending July 10th. 



Single bales $ 2.25 



Five (5) bale lots 10.00 



Each bale contains seven barrels and all bales 

 are covered with burlap, thns insuring cleanliness 

 and absolately no loss. 



Will be eloied all dmj on Mondart July 6. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1212 New York Avenue, WASHINGTON 



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MichelFs Giant Pansy Seed 



Oar Giant Strain of Paasies shoald not be compared with the 

 ordinary Giant Trimardean, as the seed we offer will produce flowers 

 of much heavier texture. Trade Pkt. Oz. 



1635 Giant Prize Azure Blue 10.40 $2.00 



1587 Black Blue 40 2.00 



1589 Smperor WUllam. Blue 40 2.00 



1541 " Hortenala Red 40 260 



1643 Klnar of the Blacks 40 2.00 



1646 " Lord Beacons! leld. Purple violet 40 2.00 



1649 " ' Peacock. Blue, claret and white 60 4.00 



1561 " " Snow Queen. Pure white 40 2.00 



1563 Striped and MotUed 40 2.00 



1667 White with Kye 40 2.00 



1669 " Pure TeUow 40 2.26 



1861 Yellow with Bye 40 2.00 



MICHEU'S EXHIBITION MIXED 



Cannot be excelled for large size, heavy texture and beautiful 

 colors. Tr. pkt., 50c; per }4 oz., 75c; per oz., $5.00. 



Write for our Latest Wholesale Catalogue. 

 Uamim# F iilAhAll Pa Market Street above 10th Street, 



Henry r. mlCneil UO., Philadelphia, pa. 



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Beauties will follow. The secretary of 

 the company, Mr. Geiger, has kindly 

 furnished the following data of the 

 many improvements now in progress: 



The first job was to add two houses, 

 each 32x100, to the carnation range, 

 making those houses now 32x400 feet 



each, holding 25,000 plants. Then, on 

 the north side, were added two houses 

 for propagating purposes, 10x236, in 

 which was built a concrete bench on each 

 side. 



The boiler house was increased from 

 50 feet to 100 feet, and a marine boiler 



of 250 horse-power is ready for installa- 

 tion. Near the boiler house is now being 

 dug a deep cistern, twenty feet wide, 

 sixty feet long and thirteen feet deep, 

 to be made of reinforced concrete and 

 to hold over 100,000 gallons of liquids 

 for manuring the beds. This material 

 will be agitated by a compressor forcing 

 air at a high pressure through 1/16-inch 

 holes, in a series of 1-inch pipes laid 

 near the bottom, and it will be pumped 

 through all the houses through the water 

 mains. To kill all germs and make it 

 odorless, the materials are cooked in a 

 high pressure steam retort and delivered 

 into the tank in a jelly form. This tank 

 is to be covered with a brick house. An 

 engine has been installed for cutting 

 pipes and doing electric lighting. 



A vacuum system of heating will be 

 introduced at once, the steam being car- 

 ried to the distant points at forty 

 pounds' pressure and then reduced to a 

 minimum of one pound or a maximum of 

 five pounds of pressure and drawn back 

 to a vacuum pump and delivered to the 

 boilers. The system is so arranged that 

 the present gravity system, which worked 

 well the last two seasons, can be also 

 used in case of breakdown. The carna- 

 tion range is to be heated from the 

 waste steam of the pumps and a low 

 pressure service of one pound. 



Adjoining the oflSce building are three 

 new cooling rooms, now nearing com- 

 pletion. The lower room is partly in 

 the ground, made of reinforced concrete, 

 with a ceiling of the same material. This 

 room is 18x60 and is intended for car- 

 nations. On top of this room are built 

 two rooms Opening directly from the 

 packing room, each room 18x20, the 



