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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVGMBEU 11, 1009. 



MICHELL'S 



Special Offer 



FROM 



Nov. 14 to Nov. 20 



VERBENA SEED 



Michell's Mammoth 

 Fancy Strain 



Thia iB without doubt the finest 

 strain ever offered to the trade, 

 combining large 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 



Semperflorens 



Mixed .30 1.50 



SWEET PEAS 



WINTER FLOWERING 



Christmaa Pink, Pink and 

 White. 



Christmas White ( Florence 

 Denzer) . 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace, Laven- 

 der. 



Price, 26c per oz.; X-lb., 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 Florift. 



Alba, White with Rose center. 



Alba Pnra, Pure White. 



Eosea, Pink. 



Price, 20c per trade pkt.; 60o 

 per oz. 



Mixed, 15c per trade pkt.; 50c 

 per oz. 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



(PLUMOSUS NANUS) 



Greenhouse grown. We are 

 headquarters. 



100 seeds § 0.60 



500 seeds 2.00 



1000 seeds 3.60 



6000 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 lOth Street, 



PHIUDELPHIA, PA. 



flowers. The show was held in the first 

 floor and on the balcony adjoining. It 

 consisted of specimen plants and selected 

 flowers arranged for effect. The striking 

 features of the show were the contrast 

 in form and color, and the anemone-flow- 

 ered varieties, Japanese type. Mr. Stroud 

 and his manager, J. W. Prince, first 

 pointed out a superb seedling from 

 Garza, a beautiful soft pink, flowers 

 large and of uniform size completely 

 covering the plant. This seedling was 

 shown at the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society's exhibition on November 9. 

 There were other seedlings from Garza, 

 showing a range of color that Mr. Prince 

 said clearly demonstrated the variety of 

 colors possessed by the ancestors of 

 Garza. The curious part was that each 

 variety had a single color or shade, al- 

 though all were obtained from one seed 

 pod. The anemone flowers were inter- 

 spersed with vases o^ Maud Dean (Dear 

 Friend), Bonnaffon, Brutus, and the 

 white Maud Dean sport. Baby was 

 there, and also seedlings obtained there- 

 from, notably a pink. There, too, were 

 the Japanese singles, grown in sprays, 

 pleasing in effect, wide in range of color. 



The Strafford Flower Farms, Mr. 

 Stroud's other place, were prime factors 

 in a mantel decoration — Enchantress, 

 with Lady Bountiful and White Perfec- 

 tion on either side, bordered at the end 

 with two fine vases of Beacon. 



The show was educational in its best 

 sense; such shows do much to cultivate 

 the taste of the flower-loving public. 



Chestnut Hill Show. 



The Chestnut Hill Agricultural So- 

 ciety had its tenth annual exhibition, 

 November 4 and 5, in Joslin Hall, Chest- 

 nut Hill. Chrysanthemums, roses, car- 

 nations, violets, plants and vegetables 

 were shown in perfect colors and form. 

 Among the chrysanthemums the follow- 

 ing varieties were noticed for their beauty 

 and perfection: Glenview, Brutus, Bea- 

 trice May, Nellie Pockett, Mortonet, 

 Timothy Eaton, Mary Mason, Mary Don- 

 nellan, Dr. Enguehard, William Duckham, 

 Silver Cloud, Mrs. Partridge and Colonel 

 Appleton. The roses include American 

 Beauties, White and pink Killarney, Mrs. 

 Jardine and Golden Gate; and among 

 the carnations were Winsor and En- 

 chantress. There were also selected be- 

 gonias, crotons, ferns, stove and green- 

 house plants, all much admired by the 

 critics. 



John Little, gardener for Mrs. John 

 Lowber Welsh, captured several first 

 prizes for plants, vegetables, and vase of 

 Beauties, also winning a silver cup for 

 the best collection of cut flowers. James 

 Bell, gardener for Mrs. J. W. Geary, was 

 first on crotons, ferns and roses. James 

 Bustard, John Ward, Thomas Eowe and 

 B. Morrow were also successful in win- 

 ning prizes and admiration for their 

 choice exhibits. 



David Murray & Sons, of Ridge View 

 Farm, Perkasie, Pa., had a splendid prize- 

 winning collection of vegetables. Two 

 that were exceptionally interesting were 

 peach tomatoes and vegetable oranges. 

 A certificate of merit was given to John 

 Ward for his magnificent big bunch of 

 grapes, of which California could well be 

 jealous. The Gardeners' Chronicle of 

 America offered a silver cup, which was 

 won by Edward J. Day, for the best 

 paper on "Why I am a Gardener." 

 Some useful gardeners' utensils were at- 

 tractively shown by the Henry F. Michell 

 Co. 



The fine fall weather and the keeping 



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enbugh to be given away 



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W. H. QREVER. IVUiMKcr 



146 Hughes Ave., BUFFALO, N. Y. 



