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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



ni:ci:.Mi>.i;i! 14, 1011. 



THE HANNAH STORE. 



Ill ;i I'i'ci'ilt i-^llc (il 'Tlir li'c\ icw 

 t lii'iT ;i |ip(';i rc'i ;i rcprm Iui-1 imi nl' ii 

 |ili(it(i.L;r;i|:li ')i an I'M-cllrnt w r.|. I i nu 

 i|('r<)r;it lull liv llaiiii;ili tV Sun, uT Slier- 

 man, 'I'cx. 'I'lic ilciin at idii \\a> -o wrll 

 .'XiM'iil cl that it lrin!> a' M i t ii i iia I in 

 ti'i'c^l to till' ai-riirii|ia n\ iiiL; |pirtiifc'-, 

 which ^Ikiw tlir store ul' the llaiiiiah--. 

 One (if the \ie\\s is that ol' tin' jieT'^uii 

 whu jiasses (in the stfcct, the utlier 

 lieilii: the scene as it Ullt'dhls itselt' to 

 (Die accepting; the invitation oH'creij liv 



kee|ps the trade I'miti j^cttinj:: in our 

 \\a\- when \crv Ipusv; we hii\i\ jiiitcs 

 (p|H'niiie- ahiiii;' the railiiii;' to enter.'' 

 The stoi'e iiiaki"- a sii'lic ieiit ly attract- 

 ive a |i|iea ra lice so ;irraii^eil, liut it 

 iniiiht alinost as well lie the [licture t)t' 

 a liaiik on its oiieiiinu' (l;iy, with flower 

 ilecorat ions, as what it is. Is th(>re ;iny 

 other store in the trade that has ;i fence 

 in front of the dis|ilay refrigerators.' 

 It is an idea that must work well in 

 till' present instance, for the llaniuilis 

 lia\(' a line trade, luit it is not one tliat 

 many will care to adopt. 



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



the siijii in the window: ' ' < 'ome in."" 

 Incidentally, this sii:n is customary in 

 the sontli. It appears in nearly all the 

 store windows, as thoiiiih those who are 

 on l.uyin.Li lieiit iniLilit feel, without this 

 assurance, that there mi;jlit lie some 

 (piestioll of their welcome. 



One of the points tli.at may appear 

 od'l to northern eyes is the Ian (i\cr 

 the door in the exterior \ iew; not many 

 northern niercliants fan the street. Hut 

 ;it Sherman there are more or less llies 

 all the year around, and Texas (lies ;ire 

 like other llies in that they like to 

 coniircLiate in a (piiet entrance ami .are 

 a ;:eiieral nuisance to luisiness men. 

 Therefore many storekeepers li;i\e fans 

 III the entrance to make the tlies un- 

 comfortalile and thus keep them fr(tm 

 coni:re,uat int; there, ready to liu/.z iii--ide 

 with e\er\- ciwtomer. 'i'hat no fans 

 show ill the interior \ iew i- due to 

 these lieiii;^- on the di"-ks and walls in- 

 stead of on the ceiiini;. 



The llannahs do all the makiiiL' up 

 ;iiid packin^i in the workroom at the 

 I'ear lit' the store, so that the interior 

 \ iew shows only tlie salesidom. A cu- 

 rio'-it\' in stori' arrani^emeiit is the rail 

 in:: which runs tiie entire len;jtli on 

 ea(di side of the store, in direct con- 

 trast to the ijelieral tendelicv to ile.ar 

 the nioderii liower store ot' all counters 

 and such st ra iiiht 1 i ned taldes as once 

 wcie everywhere and still are U'^e.l in 

 L;roceries ;nid dry Lioods stores, thou.izh 

 nieridiants in iiearl\' all line-, now .are 

 I'emovin^ the liarriefs \\here\el' pos- 

 ^ilile ;ind aria ni^iiiL; the stores as dil'- 

 feiiiitly ;is may lie I'roin the tdriiier 

 fashion. 'J'he llaniialis say the r;iiliii;j 

 ''leaves an aisle tliroU"li the -tore and 



I'or the undoulited success wlTodi 11. 

 (). Hannah <.V Son have made ot" tlio 

 liusini'ss muidi credit is ^^iven to .Mrs. 

 II. (). Hannah, who jiives her s])e( iai 

 attention to the making' up. The llan- 

 nahs have aliout I'n.iiiiu feet of ;:lass. 

 ;jr(ivvin;^ il ;^eiieral sto(d\, liut not enou,i;li 

 of it to meet their needs, so that the 

 place will lie enlar.ued next season. 



PRIMULA KEWENSIS. 



The history of the accpiisit ion of fer- 

 tility on the jiart of this liylirid is ex- 

 traordinarily interesting;. K'aised at 

 Kew in IsD'.t from a cliame seedlin.i^' 

 found amon^ a li.-itch ot' I'limula llori- 

 liund:i. I'. Kewensis, which is a liyhrid 

 lietween J', lloriliunda and I", verticil- 

 l.-ita, was at lirsf, and remained for some 

 Ncars, .-ilisolutely sterile. The steiih; 

 plants occurred in (uie form only, 

 nanu'd thruni-eycd or short styled, .\fter 

 some years, liowcncr, a siii;^le jiin-i'vod 

 jil.ant was discox'ered in Ales.srs. 

 \'eitch's nurseries. 'I'liis jilant was, as 

 we learu I'roni Messrs. \'eitch, remark- 

 able in several ways. In llie first place, 

 its main inflorcsceiu'e Imre ]>in eyed or 

 lonji' styled llowers. Ju the second 

 l»lace, thou^ih tlie style ot these flowers 

 was lonj;, the stamens were in the jiosi- 

 tion which they occupy in tiirum I'ved 

 llowers. Jn other words, these flowers, 

 thoiij;h pin eyed, as Judjied by their 

 styles, were thrum eyed, so far as their 

 stanu'ns were concerned. In the third 

 place, otlu'r inflorescences which devel- 

 oped on this lonu styled [dant bore ordi- 

 nary thrum eyed llowers. Self jiolliiui- 

 tioD of the pin-eyed llowers resulted in 

 the production of uciod seed, from which 

 has been raised all the fertile plants of 

 I'. KewtMisis now in cult i\ at i(jn. — (iar- 

 deners ' ( 'hr(ini(de. 



THE WHITE DELPHINIUM. 



Kelway iV: .Son, J.anj^iiort, Kn^land, 

 sent out the first cream or creamy - 

 white varieties (d' deliihinium, now gen- 

 erally known under the names of 

 ISeauty of Lanj;port and I'rinirose. 

 Charles Irvine, .ledburj^li, next intro- 

 duced the \ariety Alliion, a semi-dou- 

 ble variet.v, but with a bluish shade, 

 whiidi turns to nearly white when tlui 

 llowers are fully expanded in the sun. 

 The l'ren(di nurserymen, ^[. Lemoine 

 and M. Gerbeaux. introduced several 

 novelties, imdudint^ .Mont Ulanc and 

 Sceptre P>lanc, ^vlli(dl, however, are not 

 so white as their names would suggest; 

 also Polar Star, wlii(di has creamy- 

 white llowers, with a sulphur-yellow 

 eye. This variety jiroduces strong, 



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



