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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Dbcbmbeb 8, 1910. 



Christmas Greens 



Everything You Need 



HOLLY WREATHS Per lOO 



Extra fine srrade $10 60 



Mlchell'8 "Special" Made Up. . 12 00 

 Michell's "Extra Special" . .... 15.00 



LAUREL WREATHING 



MICHELL'S EXTRA HEAVY, 



special made up. 



Per 25-yard lots 5c per yard 



Per 100-yard lots 4*iic per yard 



Per 1 000-yard lots 4c per yard 



HOLLY 



The very choicest, well berried, 

 packed in cases 2x4x2, or 16 cubic feet. 



One casrt, $5.00; iive cases, |22.50; 

 ten cases, $42.50. 



MISTLETOE 



Well berried and perfect foliage. 



^case $3.00 ^a case $5.50 



1 case (16 cubic feet) $10.00 



MOSS 



GREEN LUMP, extra fine, per bbl. sack, $1.25: 5bbl3 $6 00 



SHEET MOSS, extra fancy, per bbl. sack 2.50 



SPHAGNUM, clean and select«>rt, perbbl. bale 60 



Per 5-bbl. bale, $1.75 ; per 5 bales 7.50 



FRESH CROP SEtDS FOR IMMEDIATE SOWINGS 



VERBKNA-MICHELL'S MAMMOTH FANCT 



The finest strain in existence. In colors as follows : 



Trade pkt, 

 BLUE, PINK, SCARLET, STRIPED and PURE 



WHITE. 

 MIXED COLORS. 



$0.30 

 .30 



Oz. 



$1.25 

 1.00 



VINCA ROSEA— Only early sowing will grow this perfect. 



ALBA, white, pink eye 15 .50 



ALBA PURA, pure white 15 .50 



ROSEA, pink 15 .50 



MIXED COLORS 15 .40 



Henry F. HicheD Co., 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



SALVIA SPLENDENS $0.25 $1.25 



SALVIA SPLENDENS BONTIRE 25 2.25 



SALVIA SPLENDENS ZURICH 50 4.00 



PETUNIA— These are exclusive strains. ^ trade pkt. Pkt. 



SINGLE CALIFORNIA GIANTS $0.30 $0.50 



SINGUC RUFFLED GIANTS .. .30 ,50 



DOUBLE HYBRIDIZED and FRINGED - 



500 seeds, 75c ; 1000 seeds 1.50 



Now at 



NOTE OUR 

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S18 Market St., 

 . Philadelphia, Pa. 



MentioD The Review when you write. 



bon to see if there was any indication 

 to whom this beautiful creation should 

 be credited, not a trace of authorship 

 was revealed. Strangely enough, after 

 a moment of earnest gazing, the 

 initials "H. H. B." slowly came out 

 from the plain ribbon until they be- 

 came quite distinct, then as slowly 

 faded away, leaving the ribbon as it 

 was before. 



Philadelphia Business Methods. 



A prominent New York business 

 man decided the other day to pay a 

 flying visit to Philadelphia for the pur- 

 pose of looking over the stock of one 

 supply house and one cut flower 

 house. His plan was to take the 7 

 a. m. train from New York, arriving 

 in Philadelphia at 9 o'clock, to de- 

 vote one hour to each of the two 

 houses, leaving Philadelphia on the 

 noon train scheduled to arrive in New 

 York at 2 p. m. When he imparted 

 this information to his friends the day 

 before they ridiculed the idea, telling 

 him that if he wanted stock he might 

 as well look for it in Brooklyn. Un- 

 dismayed, the New Yorker carried out 

 his plan, arriving here on time and go- 

 ing direct to the store of H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co. About 10 o'clock he 

 asked Mr. Bayersdorfer how quickly 



RIBBONS 



Are what you want on every plant, 

 every basket, every bunch of flowers 

 that you send out at Christmas. 



Do not let your stock of 

 Ribbons run low 



Order now, order from the manufacturer, and get new, 

 fresh ribbons, lustrous, beautiful weaves. Send postal for sam- 

 ples today. Satin taffeta ribbons, taffeta, gauze, fancy florist 

 ribbons. High grade ribbons only, but at low prices, for you 

 buy direct from the mill and, save all between profits. 



The Pine Tree Silk Mills Company 



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