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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTBMBBB 18, 1909. 



MICHELUS 



Special Offer 



FROM 



Nov. 21 to Nov. 27 



VERBENA SEED 



Michell's Mammoth 

 Fiincy Strain 



This is without doubt the finest 

 strain ever offered to the trade, 

 combining larjse size, purity of 

 color, and free flowering quaHties. 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Blue $0.30 $1.25 



Pink 30 1.25 



Scarlet 30 1.25 



White 30 1.25 



Mixed 30 1.00 



BEGONIA SEED 



Vernon 25 2.50 



Semperf lor en s 



Mixed .30 1.50 



SWEET PEAS 



WINTER FLOWERING 



Christmas Pink, Pink and 

 White. 



Christmas White (Florence 

 Denzer). 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace, Laven- 

 der. 



Price, 2oc per oz.; X-lb-i 75c; 

 $2.00 per lb. 



Also all other valuable varieties 

 as listed in our Wholesale Cata- 

 logue, a copy of which is Free for 

 the asking. 



VINCA SEED 



A Money Maker For The Florist. 



Alba, White with Rose center. 



Alba Pura, Pure White. 



Rosea, Pink. 



Price, 20c per trade pkt.; 60c 

 per oz. 



Mixed, 15c per trade pkt.; 50c 

 per oz. 



ASPAR/IGIS SEED 



(PLUMOSUS NANUS) 



Greenhouse grown. We are 

 headquarters. 



100 seeds ( 0.50 



500 seeds 2.00 



10«0 seeds 3.50 



5000 seeds 16.00 



10,000 seeds 30.00 



MOSS 



Green Lump 



In bags containing about 1 bbl., 

 75c per bag. 



Henry F. Michell Co. 



Market Street, 

 Above 10th Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



It seems the most practical plant stand 

 of the day. 



The Anglo-American Spawn Co., Ken- 

 nett, Pa., made a display of the mush- 

 room spawn which has proved so pro- 

 ductive with many leading growers. 



Among recent visitors to this city were 

 Wallace R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; 

 Lloyd G. Blick, Norfolk, Va.; Ira G. 

 Marvin and Mrs. Marvin, Wilkesbarre, 

 Pa. ; Mrs. S. E. Sherrer and Mrs. Charles 

 Vorkeller, Bethlehem, Pa.; O. J. Sawyer, 

 Allentown, Pa.; James Johnson, Naza- 

 reth, Pa.; John Stanley and John Rog- 

 ers, Whitford, Pa.; George W. Carr, 

 Kingston, Pa.; Ernest Ashley and Mrs. 

 Ashley, Allentown, Pa.; Mr. Sykes and 

 Mrs. Sykes. 



William J. Moore has been transferred 

 from the Pennock-Meehan headquarters 

 in this city to the Washington -branch. 



F. Herbert Steinmetz, 51 North Eighth 

 street, will open a handsome new store 

 at the northeast corner of Twentieth and 

 Locust streets this week. Mr. Stein- 

 metz 's venture in the heart of the resi- 

 dence district is full of bright promise. 



Ed^vin Lonsdale paid a farewell visit 

 to the Robert Craig Co. this week, going 

 out with Mr. Craig to his new place at 

 Norwood, with Avhich he was well 

 pleased. 



Benjamin Harry, a young lawyer of 

 Norristown, son of Winfield Harry, of 

 Conshohoekeu, florist, and brother of W. 

 C. Harry of the Sign of the Rose, met 

 with a tragic death in a j-ailroad acci- 

 dent this week. His loss is deeply felt 

 by many friends. 



Harry Bayersdorfer, the merchant 

 prince of this city, has the sympathy of 

 his many friends in a sad loss that 

 occurred in his family this week. 



John Savage, Gwynedd Valley, Pa., is 

 specializing asparagus, sweet peas and 

 snapdragon. He now has a fine stock of 

 a pink sport that he owns exclusively. 



M. Rice finds 1909 his best business 

 year. 



It is reported that the commissioners 

 of Fairmount park have purchased for a 

 nominal sum the collection of rare and 

 valuable plants belonging to the national 

 government at Washington, D. C. A 

 palm, eighteen feet high and the only 

 one of its species in this country, known 

 as Latfinia Commersonii, is worth $30,- 

 000. Another rare and valuable plant 

 is the Xapoleonia Imperialis and bears a 

 purple flower. The collection is to be 

 brought here in a few weeks and placed 

 on exliibition in Fairmount park. 



Alfred Burton is cutting Cattleya 

 labiata from his newly imported plants. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report heavy 

 reccijit of Porto Rican mats. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Some improvement is now noticeable in 

 cut flower conditions. The number of 

 chrysanthemums arriving is declining a 

 little, growers probably having decided 

 to hold as many as possible for Thanks- 

 giving trade, owing to prevailing low 

 prices. Chrysanthemums are the hard- 

 est flowers to move, but the present week 

 should see the end of the congestion. 

 Roses, which have been selling at low 

 prices hitherto, this month are taking on 

 more life. The quality of these is stead- 

 ily improving. Carnations, while still in 

 oversupply, are cleaning up better, with 

 a sUgbt hardening tendency. Violets are 

 abundant and there is little change in 



To The Trade 

 Only 



We are offering Bpecial New 

 BroDze or Green Galax, cases of 

 10,000 at our store, $7.00; de- 

 livered, $7.50 ( you can have 

 these cases mixed if you so wish ) . 



We are getting weekly ship- 

 ments of Wild SmiJax, Boxwood, 

 Leucothoe, Fancy Ferns and -Red 

 Berries, all at special rates in 

 cage lots. 



Don't forget that we are Mum 

 headquarters for Thanksgiving. 

 Our special 15 greenhouse^ of 

 Bonnaffon, by the 100, $10.00 

 and $12.50; fancy, by the dozen, 

 $2.00; at our store or direct to 

 you. 



$10.00 lot of Wire Work de- 

 liveredanywhere for $7.00. Select 

 what you need; stock up. 



Krick letter special, per 100, 

 $2.35; per 200, $4.50. 



Going out of the Ribbon busi- 

 ness. We have 500 bolts at 

 almost your own price. 



White, pink, lavender. 

 Size, 9, 12, 16, 22. 

 Price, 62^c, ll'-^Q, $1.00, $1.12^. 



Extra: — We want to say that we 

 are Commission Brokers and if 

 we have not got what you want 

 we will buy it for you. Cut 

 Flowers, Greenhouse Supplies, 

 or Florists' Supplies; in fact, 

 anything ; no trouble, as our 

 buyers are in the market all the 

 time. 



Note: — We are exclusive com- 

 mission men and play no favor- 

 ites. We sell only Wholesale 

 To The Trade. Positively 

 no goods at Retail. 



Show us. 



Very truly yours, 



Kenoicott Bros. Co. 



48 to 50 Wabash Ave., CHiaCO 



P. S. A knock is as good as 

 a boost. Let the other fellow 

 "tell you the story." If you 

 have anything to sell, ship to us 

 and get your money each week. 



