ApniL 6, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



53 



Valley (g, 



Easter coming as late as it does this year, Single ^^^i^^^ 

 Violets will be entirely over and Doubles not nearly 

 so plentiful nor quality quite as good. To fill this gap our growers w ill 

 have an extra large quantity oT VALiLEY, which will bo of the very 

 choicest— our usual celebrated high quality. Can fill any .size orders, 

 large or small. Special, per 100, $4.00; Extra, per 100, $3.00. 



Gardenias 



Special per doz. , $4.00 



Fancy per doz. , 3.00 



First per doz. , 2.60 



Cattleyas 



Per doz $7.50 



EASTER PLANT LIST FOR THE ASKING 



Rose Special penoo 



Good quality roses, in lots of 200 or more, our selection $5.00 



Melody 



Awarded Silver Medal (86 points) at the National Flower Show, 

 Boston, 1911. 



S. S- Pen nock =Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 L "^w Street 



NEW YORK 

 109 West 28th Street 



WASHINGTON 

 1212 New York Avenue 



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ered, each like the other, shapely, while 

 the hydrangeas were a revelation to ine. 

 There are 8,000 of them, in 6-inch pots,, 

 as even as the daisies, which is saying a 

 good deal, three to four flowers each 

 and beautifully timed. The point about 

 those hydrangeas that was most sur- 

 prising was that though grown on side 

 tables, that is in houses with center 

 walk only, the back plant next to the 

 gutter was like the front plant next to 

 the walk. When you consider that there 

 were six plants in each row on a 4-foot 

 table that is saying a great deal. Mr. 

 Mecky himself does all the watering on 

 these Easter plants and I doubt whether 

 there are many of us who could water 

 them as well, or nearly as well. The 

 balance of the place is filled with well 

 grown roses, in charge of William 

 Mecky, and of . geraniums and other 

 spring plants. 



Otaksa grown pink is the only hy- 

 drangea forced. Mr. Mecky believes 

 blue will not take so surely as pink: 

 The uniformity of his plants is attribut- 

 able to the careful selection of the cut- 

 tings and the attention given them. 

 They are now in 214-inch pots for next 

 season's blooming and will be brought 

 on slowly into 6-inch, the popular flow- 

 ering size. The white daisies are mainly 

 Chrysanthemum frutescens, so well 

 grown that one would not miss Queen 

 Alexandra were not a few grown for 

 variety's sake. Mr. Mecky says that 

 while the flowers of Queen Alexandra 

 are larger, this variety does not bloom 

 freely enough to make the effect of the 

 older sort. A thousand plants must be 

 grown to get a hundred covered with 

 bloom at once, while with Chrysanthe- 

 mum frutescens nearly all come into 



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flowers when you use the 

 new Security Staple, which 

 holds them into place. Try 

 a box— and you will want 

 more. Express prepaid, 

 $1.75 per box of 500. 



FRANK J. TETTER 



Greenfield, Mass. 



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L. BAUMANN ft CO 



359 W. Chicaco Ave. CHICAGO, ILL 



We have the largest and mo«t complete stock. 

 Sea Moss or Japanese Air Plant. Natural prepared 

 Ferns, O 7 c a s Leaves, Magnolia Leares. Oycaa 

 Wreaths, Magnolia Wreaths, Moss Wreaths. Metal- 

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flower at the same time. A sport from 

 this last named variety is pleasing, com- 

 pact in habit, with small leaves, but not 

 so good a keeper. The yellow daisy, 

 Etoile d 'Or, I think, is grown in smaller 

 numbers. It is more difficult of culture, 

 sometimes coming blind despite great 

 care. 



Passing over the roses, grown without 

 heat, and the 50,000 geraniums and 

 other soft-wooded plants for the pres- 

 ent, I close with a brief account of the 

 proprietor of the place, one of our suc- 

 cessful growers. 



Charles Mecky came to Philadelphia 

 from Germany in 1873, when a lad of 19. 

 He was then a competent florist and 

 obtained a position at Girard College 

 under the late George Huster, who had 

 become head gardener the year before. 



MR. FLORIST, 



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 Flower Stand, equipped with or without 

 fountain— tlie above cut illustrates. If your 

 dealer hasn't them to supply you. then write to 

 ur. Wesend them on apori.val. 

 Price of stand with fountain equipment.... $6.75 

 Price of stand without fountain equipment. 5.50 

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After one year's work Mr. Mecky was 

 advanced from the lowest of the four- 

 teen men on the college grounds to the 

 highest position under the head gar- 

 dener. Mr. Huster was so pleased with 

 the lad's industry and ability that he 

 prophesied he would one day be his 

 successor. In 1882 Mr. Mecky asked for 

 an increase in salary that would be con- 

 sidered trivial today. The trustees de- 

 layed so long that with Mr. Huster 's 



