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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 14, 1011. 



THE HANNAH STORE. 



In a recent issue of The Keview 

 there appeared a reproduction of a 

 photograph of an excellent wedding 

 decoration by Hannah & Son, of Sher- 

 man, Tex. The decoration was so well 

 executed that it lends additional in- 

 terest to the accompanying pictures, 

 which show the store of the Hannahs. 

 One of the views is that of the person 

 who passes on the street, the other 

 being the scene as it unfolds itself to 

 one accepting the invitation offered by 



keeps the trade from getting in our 

 way when very busy; we have gates 

 opening along the railing to enter." 

 The store makes a sufficiently attract- 

 ive appearance so arranged, but it 

 might almost as well be the picture of 

 a bank on its opening day, with flower 

 decorations, as what it is. Is there any 

 other store in the trade that has a fence 

 in front of the display refrigerators? 

 It is an idea that must work well in 

 the present instance, for the Hannahs 

 have a fine trade, but it is not one that 

 many will care to adopt. 



Exterior View of Store of H. O. Hannah & Son, Stierman, Texas. 



the sign in the window: "Come in." 

 Incidentally, this sign is customary in 

 the south. It appears in nearly all the 

 store windows, as though those who are 

 on buying bent might feel, without this 

 assurance, that there might be some 

 question of their welcome. 



One of the points that may appear 

 odd to northern eyes is the fan over 

 the door in the exterior view; not many 

 northern merchants fan the street. But 

 at Sherman there are more or less flies 

 all the year around, and Texas flies are 

 like other flies in that they like to 

 congregate in a quiet entrance and are 

 a general nuisance to business men. 

 Therefore many storekeepers have fans 

 in the entrance to make the flies un- 

 comfortable and thus keep them from 

 congregating there, ready to buzz inside 

 with every customer. That no fans 

 show in the interior view is due to 

 these being on the desks and walls in- 

 stead of on the ceiling. 



The Hannahs do all the making up 

 and packing in the workroom at the 

 rear of the store, so that the interior 

 view shows only the salesroom. A cu- 

 riosity in store arrangement is the rail- 

 ing which runs the entire length on 

 each side of the store, in direct con- 

 trast to the general tendency to clear 

 the modern flower store of all counters 

 and such straight-lined tables as once 

 were everywhere and still are used in 

 groceries and dry goods stores, though 

 merchants in nearly all lines now are 

 removing the barriers wherever pos- 

 sible and arranging the stores as dif- 

 ferently as may be from the former 

 fashion. The Hannahs say the railing 

 "leaves an aisle through the store and 



For the undoubted success which H. 

 O. Hannah & Son have made of the 

 business much credit is given to Mrs. 

 H. O. Hannah, who gives her special 

 attention to the making up. The Han- 

 nahs have about 20,000 feet of glass, 

 growing a general stock, but not enough 

 of it to meet their needs, so that the 

 place will be enlarged next season. 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS. 



The history of the acquisition of fer- 

 tility on the part of this hybrid is ex- 

 traordinarily interesting. Eaised at 

 Kew in 1899 from a chance seedling 

 found among a batch of Primula flori- 

 bunda, P. Kewensis,, which is a hybrid 

 between P. floribunda and P. verticil- 

 lata, was at first, and remained for some 

 years, absolutely sterile. The sterile 

 plants occurred in one form only, 

 named thrum-eyed or short styled. After 

 some years, however, a single pin-eyed 

 plant was discovered in Messrs. 

 Veitch's nurseries. This plant was, as 

 we learu from Messrs. Veitch, remark- 

 able in several ways. In the first place, 

 its main inflorescence bore pin-eyed or 

 long styled -flowers. In the second 

 place, though the style of these flowers 

 was long, the stamens were in the posi- 

 tion which they occupy in thrum-eyed 

 flowers. In other words, these flowers, 

 though pin-eyed, as judged by their 

 styles, were thrum-eyed, so far as their 

 stamens were concerned. In the third 

 place, other inflorescences which devel- 

 oped, on this long-styled plant bore ordi- 

 nary thrum-eyed flowers. Self pollina- 

 tion of the pin-eyed flowers resulted in 

 the production of good seed, from which 

 has been raised all the fertile plants of 

 P. Kewensis now in cultivation. — Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle. 



THE WHITE DELPHINIUM. 



Kelway & Son, Langport, England, 

 sent out the first cream or creamy- 

 white varieties of delphinium, now gen- 

 erally known under the names of 

 Beauty of Langport and Primrose. 

 Charles Irvine, Jedburgh, next intro- 

 duced the variety Albion, a semi-dou- 

 ble variety, but with a bluish shade, 

 which turns to nearly white when the 

 flowers are fully expanded in the sun. 

 The French nurserymen, M. Lemoine 

 and M. Gerbeaux, introduced several 

 novelties, including Mont Blanc and 

 Sceptre Blanc, which, however, are not 

 so white as their names would suggest; 

 also Polar Star, which has creamy- 

 white flowers, with a sulphur-yellow 

 eye. This variety produces strong. 



Interior View of Store of H, O. Hannah & Son, Sherman, Texas. 



