MABCH 11, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



Lent, to the Flower Business, 



means more flowers used, prices being more reasonable, appeals to the masses as the 



natural outlet. 



We Offer 



Specialties 



at the following low figures: 



CARNATIONS, very choice stock, best varieties, 

 our selection, in lots of 500 or more, per 100 * $8.00 



ROSBS, exceptional values, our selection, in lots of 

 2O0.perl0O 4.00 



GARDKNIA8, choicest long stemmed flowers, doz. 5.00 



GARDKNIA8, seconds, good flowers, medium stems, 



per doz. 3.00 



For St. Patrick's Day 



Green Carnation Dye $1.00 per package 



Green Chiffon, 6-in 4c per yard 



SHAMROCKS, the genuine Irish article, 2X-in- 



pots per 100, $10.00 



12' in. empty, shamrock-Bhaped pans 26 



6-in. " ' " " " 15 



3-in. " round pans, 6c; filled 15 



Covers for the 2X-in. pots and 3-in. pans, per 100 10.00 

 Very Attractive Novelties 



CATTLEYAS per doz. » 7.50 



JARDINBS, specials, 36-inch stems per 100 25.00 



fancies, 20 to 24-inch stems " 20.00 



extras, 18 to 20-inch stems " 12.00 



firsts, 16-inch stems " 8.00 



seconds, 8 to 10-inch stems " 5.00 



White Killarney 



Practically all orders of White Killarney, The Wa- 

 ban Variety, ordered through us, have been 

 delivered, and in every instance have given entire 

 satisfaction, some very nice letters being received, 

 praising the quality of the stock. 



ORDER NOW 



and have immediate deliveries made, 

 finer. 



Stock was never 



Our EaBter plant list, with prices, will be issued in a short time, offering a fine assortment of 



Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Ramblers, Spiraeas, Lilies, 



in fact, everything: for the up-to-date Florist for Easter 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1212 New York Avenue, WASHINGTON 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



about his trip to Washington. He spent 

 on the train twenty-one of the twenty- 

 four hours he was absent. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. report the ar- 

 rival of 435 cases of goods by seven 

 steamers arriving in New York and 

 Philadelphia on or about March 11. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz, of Baltimore, 

 favored us with a visit a few days ago. 



Henry I. Faust, of Merion, has been 

 sending some high-grade Easter lilies to 

 Lilley & Upton. 



The Century Flower Shop managed a 

 successful gardenia sale March 6. 



William H. Alabaugh, Perkasie, Pa., 

 exhibited a new seedUng snapdragon, 

 nearly white, last week at the Florists' 

 Club. It was fine. 



E. O. King, of North Tonawanda, 

 N. Y., paid a flying visit to this city 

 recently. 



Emil H. Gerschick, of Germantown, 

 expects to rebuild part of his place this 

 season. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. has received 

 its beautiful silver plate referred to in 

 these columns last month. It is offered 



for fifty Killarney at next week's Amer- 

 ican Bose Society's meeting in Buffalo. 



It is understood that the William Gra- 

 ham Co. will run its greenhouses until 

 Easter and then sell them. Phil. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



We have entered well into Lent and 

 the first week was evidently kept to the 

 letter, if denying themselves such luxur- 

 ies as flowers is keeping Lent. However, 

 they have recovered somewhat and the 

 last few days have not been so bad. Still, 

 there is nothing doing in society among 

 the "live ones" to help the decorators, 

 and I heard the superintendent of one of 

 our largest cemeteries complaining that 

 things were very quiet among the "dead 

 ones," not nearly the usual numbers of 

 designs coming to the funerals, and less 

 extras, such as the lining of graves with 

 flowers and all the little touches the 

 cemetery people add to catch a few dol- 

 lars. 



Notwithstanding all this, flowers are 



coming in more plentifully every day and 

 the commission men are getting rid of 

 them somehow or some place. Prices, of 

 course, are suffering. The commission 

 men are not holding so hard, and roses, 

 violets and carnations, which are plenti- 

 ful, are being sold for any price that 

 will move them. Lilies are plentiful — 

 enough and to spare. The supply of 

 Beauties is poor, with quantities of culls 

 for which there is no market, but they 

 are not missed, for there are enough fine 

 Eichmond and Killarney, with stems 

 twenty-four to thirty-six inches long, to 

 take their place. The only trouble will 

 be that when the Beauties arrive in 

 quantities the buyers will be weaned 

 away from them and fancy Eichmond 

 and Killarney will largely take their 

 place. 



The retail shops are showing some fine 

 blooming plants and, where they grow 

 them themselves, are pushing them harder 

 than the cut flowers, which they have to 

 buy. With the artistic decorations which 

 are used and the prices at which the 

 plants are sold, it is no wonder they 



