Febbuary 12, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



33 



RIBBONS 



Many new patterns in exclusiye 

 Bibbons. If you have not received 

 one of our new catalogues, advise 

 us at once and we will mail you a 

 copy. 



Sweet Peas 



Some beautiful shades in lavender, flesh, pink and white. OttT^^t^ 



$1.00 per 100 for the best, with a few extra long stems at $1.50; **»au» 

 00c and 75c for the medium grade, and a very good grade it is. 



The winter-flowering Orchid Peas, with their wonderful coloring and shadings, 

 together with their exceptionally choice quality, are finding eager buyers at $1.50 

 and $2.00 per 100. 



VALLEY, the famous P/M brand— Special, $4.00 per 100. Extra, $3.00 per 100. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS , 



BOXWOOD per case of 50 lbs., $ «.00 



LAUREL ROPING , perlOOyds., 6 00 



WILD SMILAX percase. 5.00 



WILD NUTMEG. Sprays perlOO, 3 00 



CHESTNUT OAK FOLIAGE per 100, $2.00; per 1000, 15.00 



Galax, Bronze and Green per 1000, $1.60; per case of 10,000. 7.50 



MAHONIA. Bronze and Green per 100, $1,50; per 1000, 12.50 



LEUCOTHOB, Bronze and Green per 1000, 7.50 



MEXICAN IVY per 1000. 7.60 



DAGGER FERNS perlOOO. 2.00 



FANCY FERNS per 1000, 2 00 



GREEN SHEET MOSS per bag. 3.60 



SPHAGNUM MOSS per bale, 10-bbL size, burlapped, 4.00 



ASPARAGUS STRINGS each, .50 



ASPARAGUS BUNCHES each. .50 



SPRENGERI BUNCHES each, .50 



SMILAX STRINGS each. 20cand .25 



ADIANTUM per 100, $1.00 and 1.50 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN COMPANY 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



BALTIMORE 

 Franklin and St. Paul Street! 



NEW YORK 

 117 West ZSth StrMt 



WASHINQTON 

 1216 H Street. N. W. 



Mention Th« ReTlrw wh«n yon wrlf . 



Daffodils - Peas - Freesias - Carnalions 



Primroses- Violets 



Plenty of Medium Roses, 



$4.00, $6.00, $8.00 per 100 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



THE riDLADELriDA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 SaiMom St., 



rinuDELrinA,rA. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon wrlto. 



ford. Mr. Stroud told his hearers that 

 a prize had been offered at Cleveland 

 for the best keeping vase of carnations. 

 Then the competitors, some four or five 

 vases, had been selected from their fel- 

 lows, from all over the hall. It was 

 found that these vases of fresh looking 

 flowers were all of different varieties 

 and that all were grown by the same 

 exhibitor. 



Discussing this point, the keeping 

 quality of carnations, after the meet- 

 ing, Arthur A. Niessen said that three- 

 quarters of the commercial value of 

 a carnation lies in its lasting qualities. 

 Mr. Niessen thought that culture, va- 

 riety and weather conditions are the 

 factors responsible for durability ifl 

 carnation blooms, taken, probably, in 

 the order named. 



A point brought out by R. T. Brown. 



in his admirable address, was that car- 

 nation blooms would reach the market 

 in better condition and prove more 

 remunerative were they graded more 

 carefully and packed singly, like roses 

 or chrysanthemums. This, he said, is 

 especially true of the better grades. 

 The wholesalers seem pretty evenly di- 

 vided on this point, Edward Reid be- 

 lieving the plan worthy of trial, as so 

 many flowers are broken when tied too 

 near the heads; he thinks that if 

 packed singly more care would be taken. 

 Alvah R. Jones, on the other hand, 

 doubted whether carnations could be as 

 well handled by the wholesalers when 

 packed singly as they can be in 

 bunches. Mr. Jones' idea is that speed 

 is a modern necessity, so that unless 

 the carnations are sold in the original 

 boxes, like dahlias, too much time would 

 be wasted handling them unbunched. 



The only way to decide the point is to 

 try it. 



Two Sixty-six. 



No. 266 is given by John Cook, the 

 famous Baltimore rosarian, to his seed- 

 ling red rose that bids fair to become 

 the rival of Prince E. C. d'Arenberg 

 and of Richmond. No. 266 is, to judge 

 solely from the flower, one of the most 

 beautiful red roses ever seen here. 

 Color, form, size, fragrance, foliage and 

 stem all are worthy of admiration in 

 the single flower shown by Charles 

 E. Meehan this week. Tt is understood 

 that No. 266 will be sent out next sea- 

 son. Its future will be watched with 

 interest. 



Various Notes. 



The Phiiadelphia Cut Flower Co. has 

 been making a specialty of white and 

 of pink primroses. George Auegle has 



