Mat 6, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



27 



BEAUTIES 



/fS^ is the choicest coming to the 



Specials, $2.50 per dOZ.; / \\yf\ Philadelphia n^rket. Try 



$16.50 per 100. TheV^pJ/a couple of dozen or more 



9JMr?<^ ^i^d he convinced* 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OP 



1608-20 LUDLOW ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1212 New York Avenue, WASHINGTON 



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MJichell's Reliable Seeds 



ASTERS 



Improved Semple's Branching 



A strain which has been aecared by 

 years of careful selection. ,pj, pj^^ q^. 



Crimson $0.40 $1.50 



Lavender 40 1.50 



Shell Pink 40 1.50 



Rose Pink 40 1.50 



Pnrple 40 1.50 



White 40 1.50 



Mixed 40 1.50 



Primula Obconica Grandiflora 



Tr. pl£t. 



Compacta $0.50 



Fimbriata (1-16 oz., $1.25) 50 



Gig^antea ( Arendsi) 50 



Kermesina (1-16 oz., $1.50)... .40 



Rosea (1-16 oz., $1.00) 30 



White (1-16 oz.. $1.25) 30 



Mixed (>^ oz., $1.00) 30 



Primula Chinensis Fimbriata 



MicheU's Prize Mixture 



Half trade pkt., 60c; $1.00 per trade 

 pkt.; 1-16 oz., $2.00. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS SEED 



GRKKNHOUSX GROWN 



100 seeds $0 50 I 6,000 seeds. $17.50 



1000 seeds 3.75 I 10,000 seeds.. 32.50 



LATH HOD8K GROWN 



100 seeds $0.40 I 5.000 seeds.. $12.50 



1000 seeds 2.75 I 10,000 seeds.. 23 00 



Write tor our Wholesale Catalogue. 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., "'rHaWpl!^ 



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bell will try My Maryland aud add tu 

 his present varieties Richmoud and Kil- 

 larney. 



The roses sent by Stockton & Howe, 

 Princeton, N. J., to Berger Bros, are a 

 model in neatness of packiug. Tliis is 

 a point that should rt?eeLve more atten- 

 tion from our growers at large; much 

 of the condition of perishable out flow 

 ers when received depends on the pack- 

 ing. 



H. M. Weiss k Sou, Hathoro, Pa., have 

 completed the second half of their 300- 

 foot house, giving them fifty per cent 

 more space in their model carnation 

 range. 



Lilley & Upton are receiving freesia 

 ''^ good quality, a rarity for Mav. 

 -.-■^yers & Samtnian expect to' plant 

 10,000 My Maryland thi» season. 



H. H. Battles says that the apple 

 blossoms are finer this season than he 

 nas ever seen them, due to the ool, (?amp 



weather at a critical stage iu develop- 

 ment. 



Harry Yomer has opened a flower store 

 iu Manayuuk. 



Segeis Bros., Lisse, Holland, have sent 

 out their annual booklet with sugges- 

 tions for avoiding failure lu bulb forc- 

 ing. 



Henry A. Dreer, Rivertou. X. .J., is 

 experiencing a heavy ilemaud for pot 

 grown perennials. 



The .Joseph Heacock Co. is growing 

 !m increasing number of specimen keu- 

 tias in tubs, believing that the decorators 

 want them. 



M. Rice & Co. have beeu extremely 

 busy, with many orders for staple as 

 well as Memorial day supplies. 



The Collingdale Greenhouses have pre- 

 pared a large stock of chrysanthemums 

 for this season's business. 



The city retailers have begua work on 

 what Robert Kift calls "The Citv Beau 



tiful"; geraniums, Vinca variegata and 

 birch bark window-boxes are the princi- 

 pal factors. 



Walter P. Stokes has made a hit with 

 his lilies at the Floracroft Greenhouses; 

 the method of growing bulbs in benches 

 as carnations are grown has come to 

 stay. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are filling many 

 «riginal designs from their factory. A. 

 beautiful horseshoe with metallic foliage 

 and flowers with the words "Good luck" 

 went out this week. Phil. 



An involuntary petition in bankruptcy 

 has been filed against Joseph Stern, in- 

 dividually, and trading as J. Stern & Co., 

 at 125 North Tenth street. 



SOME POPULAR PERENNIALS. 



Many Sorts Claimed as Best. 



There is no class of ornamental plants 

 that can equal the hardy herbaceous 

 perennials in popular favor or in merit. 

 Some of them continue in bloom for sev- 

 eral weeks or months; others are only 

 on display for a short time, but maks 

 up for it by the grandeur or delicacy of 

 the flowers which they produce. They 

 can be secured in every gradation of 

 color and height, and a little care in se- 

 lection of varieties will result in a con- 

 stant succession of flowers from April 

 to November. People are beginning to 

 realize the fact that it is a waste of 

 time, energy and money to plant their 

 flower beds over each year, when it is 

 possible to have permanent beds which 

 will improve each season. 



If an attempt were made to say which 

 perennial is the best, there would prob- 

 ably be a dozen named by various people 

 as their favorites — and there would be 

 reasonableness in the arguments in favor 

 of each. For instance, there are the 

 beautiful columbines, whose champions 

 have organized a columbine society. 

 Some one would plead for the goldenrod, 

 common but beautiful, our national 

 flower. We would also hear from the 

 funkia, hemerocallis, coreopsis, lobelia, 

 delphinium and others. But there are a 

 few that are indispensably — which, in 

 fact, have a popularity that puts them 



