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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



29 



St. Valentine Hints(B^ 



With every box of flowers sent as a Valentine— whether Violets, Spring Flowers, Roses, Gar- "^^ I ^ 

 denian, Orchids or Valley, it matters not— a few sprays of Forget-me-nots give it the true sentiment ^^ ^^ 

 of a Valentine. Per 100, $4.00 and $6.00. 



Some of the flowers we will have in abundance for 



Valentine Specials: 



Double Violets $1.00 per 100 



Single Violets 1.00 per 100 



Sweet Peas, 75c per liO; choice, $1.10 per lOO; extra long, very 



choice 1.50 per 100 



DaffodUs $4.C0 per 100; $30.00 per 1000 



Gardenias, special 3.C0 per doz ; $20.00 per 100 



•• fancy 2.ri0 per doz ; 12.60 per 100 



Cattleyas 6.00 per doz. ; 40.00 per 100 



Valley $3 CO and 4.00 per 100 



Pussy Willow $4.00 per doz. bunches 



Distributing Agents for the Great New Roses for 1918: 



DOUBLE WHITE ULLARNEY and IQLLARNEY QUEEN 



(Bndlonc Strain) 

 Grafted, $30.00 per 100; $250.00 per 1000; Ownroot, $26.00 per 100; $200.00 per ICOO 



SUNBURST 

 Grafted, $36.00 per 100; $300.00 per lOOO; Ownroot,$30.00perl00; $260.00 per 1000 



GRAFTED OWN ROOT 



Per too Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000 



Aaron Ward $20.00 $150.00 $10.00 $90.00 



Lady Billingdon 25.00 200.00 20.00 160.00 



Melody own root stock oiily 12.00 IGO.OO 



Ribbons and Supplies— Many new patterns in exclusive ribbons. Write us for prices on these and on supplies. 



"^^ S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



A^l^y THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



— , ^,1^ PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



VUau^*^ 140S-1620 Ludlew Street 109 West 28th Street 1212 New York Avenue 



Mention The Beview when 70a witte. 



CARNATIONS! 



VIOLETS SWEET PEAS 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co., 



1517 Sansom Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



OPKH mrrxL p. 11. 



Mention The Review wnen you write. 



in trays of plants from the houses to the 

 packing benches; packers were filling 

 heavily padded boxes with plants and 

 bulbs, while in the extreme end a force 

 of men were busily engaged in pruning, 

 labeling and potting roses. 



George A. Strohlein stepped briskly 

 out of the oflSce, with a greeting so 

 hearty that the trip seemed as nothing. 

 "We shipped fifteen tons by express 

 January 17," he said. "I know fif- 

 teen tons seems a good deal — 30,000 



pounds, but that was what we sent. You 

 see," Mr. Strohlein added, "it was too 

 cold to send plants out for nearly two 

 weeks, so that was the accumulation of 

 orders which left here then. The ex- 

 press company furnished us two cars 

 for the south and west and two more 

 for the East, saving trouble for both 

 the company and ourselves." 



Cocos Weddelliana has become bo 

 closely identified with the Dreer place 

 at Biverton that one of the bright 



minds conceived the idea of saying, 

 "If you see a fine cocos, it came from 

 Dreer 's." In this, as in many other 

 truths, the exception would but prove 

 the rule. The cocos range is absorb- 

 ingly interesting to anyone who cares 

 for beautiful palms. It is customary 

 among floral writers to go into raptures 

 over the cocos and then give the num- 

 bers and, if their enthusiasm is great, 

 the number of each size of pot. But it 

 is not the numbers or the sizes of the 



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