AUGUST 11. 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



29 



A Vie'w of Our Ribbon Department 



The ROCHESTER CONVEN = 

 TION promises to be the best 

 ever held. Our exhibit will 

 help make it so. Some 

 splendid novelties, 1910 and 

 1911 offerings. Loolt the 

 P/M banner up and there 

 you will find our Mr. Fan = 

 court and his assistants : : : 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF 



1608-20 Ludlow Street :: :: PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1212 New York Ave.. WASHINQTON. D. C. 



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Mpnt<on The Review when you write 



I. Rosnosky will be at 

 the S. A. F. Convention 

 at Rochester, N. Y., rep- 

 resenting the 



HENRY F.MICHELL CO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



I lace seem in perfect harmony with the 

 i^'hoolhouse on one side and with Mr. 

 bill's residence on the othjer. 



Inside the greenhouses and in the 

 I cking-shed the same order and neat- 

 •> ss are to be seen everywhere. The 

 I 1ms are in tiptop condition — not sur- 

 I ising; you expect it, because they are 

 "'an. Cleanliness is the key to health 

 '" plant life. Charles D. Ball has grown 

 1 Ims for many years — grown them so 

 ^ 'U that his reputation i» national — 

 '' 'd he has grown them so constantly 

 ^ at many critical buyers depend upon 

 ' m for some fine stock. His kentias in 

 •• ith varieties fill many large houses, 

 >'^''.d both single specimens and made-up 

 !^ I ants in large and medium sizes are 

 • vcellent. He especially prides himself 

 7" his making up, experience showing 

 .i"st what styles and sizes of kentias 

 ^'ombine most advantageously. In the 

 snialler sizes he is strong, while the seed 



beds sown in June are already encour- 

 agingly green with healthv young leaf 

 spears. 



While speaking of seed, Mr. Ball com- 

 mented on the superiority of Brazilian 

 Latania Borbonica seed. It took years 

 to find out that the Cuban seed of this 

 palm could not produce vigorous stock, 

 with broad, sturdy leaves, but now he 

 is satisfied on this point and all his 

 latania seed this year is and henceforth 

 will be from Brazil. 



He is an enthusiastic areca grower — 

 his plants proved it. Cocos Weddelliana 

 looked thrifty. Nice Phoenix Eoebelenii 

 were there, but Mr. Ball is not quite 

 sure that there may not be some 

 eleemosynary business here. There were 

 many ferns in thumb pots, and in flats 

 ready for potting, and several other 

 good things. Ardisia creuulata was 

 particularly pleasing, with a surprising 

 number of berries on each 6-inch plant. 



Mr. Ball keeps his place in good re- 

 pair. A house thirty-one years old is 

 producing as fine stock today as one 

 could wish to see. A Hitchings boiler 

 used for the same length of time has 

 just been retired. The hot water Ex- 

 pansion tanks, similar to stand pipes, 

 have just been lowered to reduce the 

 pressure. • 



The Plants at Craig's. 



Eobert A. Craig favored me with a 

 pre-convention peep into the houses, add- 

 ing many facts of interest about his 

 pets. The cyclamens are fine; a new 

 size, 8-inch, will be reached at Christ- 

 mas. The stock is large, showing cul- 

 ture in every stage of advancement. 

 The begonias are grown in almost fabu- 



lous numbers, in all the types, in from 

 2 14 -inch to 6-inch pots. The quality 

 equals last year's high standard. Poin- 

 settias have taken a leap. The propa- 

 gation mastered, stock is being manu- 

 factured in extraordinary quantity, 

 that bids fair to wipe out the annual 

 shortage in this market. Both singles 

 and doubles are grown, also some for 

 cutting. Crotons are on the increase, 

 Norwood taking the stock when propa- 

 gated and returning it when finished. 

 The stock is beautifully colored. The 

 thousand and one seedlings are all 

 aimed at improvement on the broader- 

 leaved French lines. Ficus pandurata is 

 exceedingly well grown. Single stems 

 predominate, but there is an increasing 

 number of branched specimens. The 

 object in ferns is to have every size of 

 every variety every day in the year. 

 Of course, I mean nephrolepis. The big 

 demand swept the last part of the 

 standard away in May and June, Now 

 there is an immense stock of ten of the 

 best kinds. 



Areca lutescens has been taken up on 

 account of the seed shortage and be- 

 cause it thrives in their heavy soil. A 

 big lot of 6-inch and 8-inch were in 

 flourishing condition. Dracaena amabilis, 

 Drac£ena Massangeana, Phoenix Eoe- 

 belenii and Pandanus utilis were each 

 well represented by good sized blocks 

 of pretty stock. 



Various Notes. 



Eobert Greenlaw, late with N. F. 

 McCarthy & Co., of Boston, commenced 

 work with S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 August 8. 



Eobert Simpson, of Clifton, N. J., a 



