March 19, 1914. 



The Florists' Flcvicw 



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BEAUTIES m 



After a partial rest, we have with 



U8 afirain Beauties in quantity, in all oSSfvf^ 

 lengths, splendid quality. doz/^ 



Special $6.00 



Fancy 5.00 



Extra 4.00 



f First... 3.00 



' Second 2.00 



Some very choice Russell cominsT in. 100 



Special $25.00 



Fancy 20.00 



Extra 15.00 



First 10.00 



Second 6.00 



VALLCY-The famous P-M Brand. 



Special 4.00 



Extra 3,00 



ACACIA— the genuine pubescens. Beautiful sprays, or brilliant Rolden yel- 

 low. Per bunch, $2.50. 



CATTLKYAS-Best, per doz., $6.00; Medium, per doz., $4.00. 



Kvery thins In Ribbons— We carry one of the largest and most varied stocks of 

 Hlbbona pertalningr to the florists' busiaess of any house In the country. If you have 

 not received one of our new catalogues, advise us at once and we will mail you a copy. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEHAN CO. 



The Wholesale Florists of Philadelphia 



Philadelphia New York Washington Baltimore 



1008-20 Ludlow St. 117 West 28th St. liloHSt., N.W. Franklin A St. Paul Sts. 



Mention Th« Bavlew when yon write. 



Peas, Snapdragons, Daisies, 

 Carnations, Roses, Lilies, VaHey, Primroses 



Everything in Cut Flowers 



THE riDLADELrinA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



rinLADELrHiA,rA. 



Mention The Bevlew when yog write. 



others are cheap. Beauties promise to 

 be more plentiful. Carnations and roses 

 have been in fair demand. 



Mr. Fuld's Address. 



Maurice FuldMtow of New York city, 

 came over to iflpidelphia to deliver an 

 address before ^^ Garden and Orchard 

 Club on "Th^j^ight Way of Gar- 

 dening," at ITljfehestnut street, March 

 13. Mr. Fuld read from' the catalogue 

 of one of our fofemost seed houses cer- 



fewer 



tain passages ^at he believed were 

 misleading and attacKed them with 

 vigor. He is reported as giving a se- 

 ries of "Don'ts, " something like this: 

 "Don't be afraid to dig too deep in 

 a garden. Don't do work as an ama- 

 teur that would prove difficult to a 

 professional gardener. Don't think that 

 anybody can be a gardener. Don't trust 

 to luck. And above all else, don 't have 

 too many don'ts! 



"Don't follow too many rules, '^ he 

 advised his audience. "Put little 

 faith in what you read in rule books 

 and seed catalogues. The majority of 

 the latter are so devised as to fool the 



unknowing and to trick them into buy- 

 ing seed that will be of no use to them. 

 If the seed merchants would only real- 

 ize that by tricking the people they 

 win a customer only to lose him again, 

 they would adopt a more business-like 

 policy. ' ' 



This seems unfair. The seed cata- 

 logues are written by men of undoubted 

 integrity, who thoroughly understand 

 their business. Their aim is to assist 

 the amateur and the professional, not 

 to mislead them. They may, of course, 

 not be infallible, but their work is 

 of a high order, deserving praise, not 

 censure. Everyone who thinks about 

 the subject must know that book knowl- 

 edge is useless without practical ex- 

 perience, but book knowledge, such as 

 we derive from our best seed cata- 

 logues, is invaluable alike to amateur 

 and to professional. Surely, Mr. Fuld 

 knows this. 



Past and Present. 



There had been a bowling contest in 

 the rooms of the Florists' Club when 

 the party gathered around the photo- 



graph of William K. Harris that hangs 

 on the east wall near the door. ' ' There 

 was a great man," one said, but Young 

 America does not know William K. 

 Harris. To those who, let us hope, 

 will make their mark in the future he 

 is a hazy sort of figure. "Grew daffo- 

 dils and such stuff, didn't hef" How 

 William K. Harris would have laughed 

 at this! The man who branched rub- 

 bers, colored pandanus and fruited 

 oranges to be remembered for his daffs 

 is rather startling. "He has a fine 

 beard," Young America remarked. 

 With that William K. Harris was dis- 

 missed for the time. 



It really seemed as though some trib- 

 ute was due from the horticultural 

 press to the memory of this self-made 

 leader in our profession, so a trip was 

 taken to Mr. Harris' place to see those 

 wonderful shamrocks that those who 

 have followed in his footsteps still grow 

 in honor of St. Patrick's day. The 

 place is just as Mr, Harris designed 

 and built it, with its fine service shed 

 and well lighted plant houses running 

 from it on both sides. Even the plate 



