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The Florists* Review 



29 



CATTLEYA 

 LAB I ATA 



We are getting in a good crop of this variety and can supply same in quan- 

 tity at $6.00 per <loz., $35.00 per lOO. 



GARDENIAS : From an early new crop, $2.50 per doz., $12.50 per 



too. Get a dozen or more— they will please you. 



' CHRYSlMTHEMUMS: White and yellow. $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 

 per doz. 



HEADQUAIITKRS FOR QREENS 



WILD SMILAX. $«.00 per case. 



Green Qalax. $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000. 



Bronze Galax. $1.50 per 1000: $8.50 per 10,000. 



Leucotboe Sprays (srreen), $1.00 per 100; $9.50 per 1000. 



Oreen Sheet Moss, $3.50 per bag. 



Sphagnum Moss, 10-bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each, 



$4.00 : 5-bale lots, $3.75 each ; 10-baln lots, $3.50 each ; 



25-bale lots, $3.25 each. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES : Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. 

 Write us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



V. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



PHILADELPHIA 

 I608>1620 Ladlow Street 



THB WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP PHILADELPHIA 



NEW YORK 

 - 117 West 28th Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Avenue 



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Early Yellow IVIums 



THE BEST IN TOWN 



DAHLIAS - SINGLE VIOLETS - CARNATIONS 

 Philadelphia Cut Flower Co., 





1517 Sansom Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



OPEN UNTIL 6 P. M. 



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ing a greenhouse last year, with such 

 good results that he has used it on his 

 new range, built this season. Mr. Doem- 

 ling says that the mixture has two 

 advantages: It is easily applied. Four 

 men Fequired only three days to do the 

 work on 20,000 square feet of glass, 

 and it is cheap — 25 cents a gallon. Mr. 

 Doemling thinks that his brother flo- 

 rists should try the new mixture. 



B. Eschner, of M. Eice & Co., com- 

 ments on the big demand for red velour 

 ruscuB. He says colored and natural 

 thistles and colored cape flower sprays 

 are being used extensively for decora- 

 tions of all kinds. 



Samuel S. Pennock returned from 

 Panama September 21. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. ordered two 

 new motor delivery cars September 23, 

 one a 3-ton Packard and the other a 

 IV^-ton Autocar. When delivered this 

 will give the company three cars for 

 transporting stock from Riverton to 

 Philadelphia. > 



Arthur Newell and Mrs. Newell, of 

 Kansas City, Mo., called on the House 



of Kice on their way home from Eu- 

 rope. This was Mr. and Mrs. Newell 's 

 first visit to this city. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. will hold 

 a dahlia show at 518 Market street 

 October 2 to 4. Novelties are expected 

 from Andalusia and other farms. Prizes 

 to the value of $150 have been offered. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons had the dec- 

 orations for two large dinner parties 

 September 23, one for the Irish Home 

 Rulers, in the red room of the Bellevue- 

 Stratford; the other for sixty covers 

 at the home of the Republican leader. 

 State Senator James P. McNichol, on 

 Logan Square. John P. Habermehl pre- 

 dicts a good season. 



Recent visitors include: M. H. Ebel 

 and Mrs. Ebel, Sacramento, Cal.; A. 

 Rossi, San Francisco, Cal.; H. Maier, 

 Burlingame, Cal.; D. MacRorie, of Mac- 

 Rorie-McLaren Co., San Francisco, Cal., 

 and M. C. King, Washington, Pa. 



William Prevail is the new manager 

 for the Collingdale Greenhouses. 



The Johnson Seed Co. reports that 



the bulb season is progressing steadily. 

 There are numerous inquiries. 



Berger Bros, are expecting an active 

 demand^or good dahlias in all colors. 



Henry M. Weiss & Sons have their 

 entire place in carnations. The roses 

 grown on their recent addition, the 

 former Eugene Weiss place, have been 

 discarded. They have 50,000 Wards. 



The genial Robert Shoch, traveling 

 representative, spent Saturday in the 

 House of Rice. Just off the road with 

 a batch of large orders, he says the 

 outlook was never better for a pros- 

 perous season in the florists' trade. 

 Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A decided improvement has taken 

 place in cut flower conditions since a 

 week ago. Weather suggestive of the 

 tropics was followed by several days 

 of the shivery kind, which sent straw 

 hats into their winter quarters and 

 made those who were busy on heating 



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