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March 4, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 



Lent, to the Flower Business, 



does not mean what it did in former years. The supply of flowers is now very much 

 larger and greater quantities are being sold than during the month or two preceding 

 Lent. Prices, accordingly, are more reasonable, thereby attracting the masses as buyers. 



We Offer 



Specialties 



the coming week, at the following low figures 



CARNATIONS, very choice stock, best varieties, 



our selection. In lots of 500 or more, per 100 $3.00 



ROSSS, exceptional values, our selection, in lots of 



20O.perl0O <-00 



GARDKNXA8, choicest long stemmed flowers. 



per doz. 6.00 

 GARDKNIAS, seconds, good flowers, medium stems, 



per doz. 3.00 



JARDINKS, specials, 3C-inch stems per 100 925.00 



fancies 20 to 24- inch stems " 20.00 



" extras, 18 to 20-inch stems, 



per 100, $12.00 and 15.00 



firsts, 15-inch stems " 8.00 and 10.00 



seconds, 8 to 10-inch stems, 



per 100 5.00 and 0.00 



FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY 



Gr«en Carnation Dye, $1.00 per package; enough for 200 to 800 flowers. Green Cliiffon, 6-iu., 4c per yd. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THB WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Michell's Unexcelled Asters 



Our Aster Seed !■ crown by experienced and reliable growers and 

 cannot be excelled for purity of stock. 



QUEEN OF THE MARKET 



Oz. 

 $0.60 



BXTRA EARLT 



Dark Blue 



Light Blae 



CTimsoii 



Pink 



Tr. pkt. 



....$0.20 



20 



20 



.20 



'White 20 



Mixed 20 



INVINCIBLE 



A superior strain of great value to florists 



for cutting 



Bine 



Crimson... 

 L,avender ■ 

 Rose-Pink 



White 30 



Mixed 30 



Tr. pkt. 



$0.30 



30 



.30 

 .30 



Oz. 

 $1.50 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 150 

 1.50 

 1.50 



Improved Sample's Branching: 



An improved strain which has been ob- 

 tained by years of careful attention. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



I^avender ....$0.40 $1.50 



Rose-Pink 40 1.50 



Shell-Pink 40 1.50 



Pnrple 40 1.50 



Crimson 40 l.fiO 



White 40 1.50 



Mixed 40 1.60 



HOHENZOIXERN 



An extra fine variety of the Giant Comet 



type. 



Dark Bine 

 Crimson... 



Pink 



White 



Tr. pkt. 



....$0.30 



30 



30 



30 



Oz. 



$1.50 

 1.60 

 1.50 

 1.50 



Headquarters for Asparaffus 



OREKNHOUSK GROWN 



100 seeds.... $0.50 5,000 seeds.... $18.50 

 1000 seeds .... 4.00 10,000 seeds ... . 35.00 



Plumoaua Seed. New Crop. 



,_ I-ATH HOUSE GROWN 



100 seeds. . . .$0.40 5.000 seeds . . . .$13.00 

 1000 seeds.... 3 00 10.000 seeds.... 24.00 



Write lor a copy of our Wholesale Catalogue. 



HENRY F. MICBEU CO., "'rnapniAT"'' 



oflBcially given out by the Joseph Hea- 

 cock Co.), you -will see what a really im- 

 portant event is the coming out of Miss 

 Dorothy Gordon, and what it means to 

 the carnation workl. 



Qub Meeting;. 



President Hahman called a good sized 

 meeting of the Florists' Club to order 



Tuesday evening, March 2. William 

 Kleinheinz read an excellent paper on 

 "Gardenias," which was followed by a 

 lively discussion on all sorts of topics. 

 The Pennock-Meehan Co. exhibited a vase 

 of White Killarney grown by Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass. Mr. 

 Kleinheinz exhibited a white seedling car- 

 nation of the Eobert Craig Co. It is 



large, fragrant and prolific. William H. 

 Allabaugh, of Percassie, also made an 

 exhibit. Chairman Garkelow is collect- 

 ing subscriptions for a club piano. 



John Westcott received a hearty wel- 

 come home from his trip to the Isle of 

 Pines. 



Adolph Farenwaldt of Hillside. 



Everyone interested in roses goes out 

 to Hillside, in Montgomery county, to 

 see Mr. Farenwald, who is recognized as 

 a past master in the art of rose grow- 

 ing. Mr. Farenwald 's success lies pri- 

 marily in his judgment as to the vari- 

 eties of roses to grow and how to grow 

 them. When the hybrid tea class, now so 

 rapidly replacing the pure teas, first came 

 strongly into prominence in this section 

 of the country, Mr. Farenwald selected 

 Liberty as the variety having the great- 

 est commercial possibilities and grew it 

 in a way that no one hereabouts had 

 grown it before. He induced Liberty 

 to break at the base with a freedom that 

 was astonishing and secured these breaks 

 at just the right time, bringing in heavy 

 crops of long-stemmed special blooms at 

 the holidays and during midwinter. 

 These flowers were so much prized by 

 the discriminating buyers and were so 

 difficult to obtain that they brought amaz- 

 ingly good prices, prices that have been 

 rarely equaled and never eclipsed. Lib- 

 erty has now been displaced by Richmond 

 and Killarney. The American Beauty, 

 once a feature of this place, has had 

 its day, and in one of the houses, former- 

 ly devoted to this rose, Mr. Farenwald 

 sowed last August some of the improved 

 early-flowering sweet peas in three of 

 the Zvolanek varieties. These sweet peas 

 grew in the rich rose soil with extraor- 



