May 2, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



37 



WEEK-END SALES(©) 



Every Retailer can increase his business very materially by taking advantage of ^^^^^ 

 the market and offering in an attractive way one or more Specials for his week-end 

 sales. No better way to increase your business than by having your customers advertise you through 

 these Specials. For the week of May 6th, we will have two Rose Specials, unusual values in both 

 of them. 



Rose Special No* 1; the best long stemmed stock, all Specials, our selection as to color, in 



lots of 200 or more, at $5.00 per 100. 



Rose Special No. 2; good medium stock, our selection as to color, in lots of 200 or over, at 



$2.50 per 100. 



Spanish Iris; blue, yellow and white; fine long stems, very choice, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100. Medium 



stock, very good quality, $3.00 and $4.00 per 100. 



Gardenias s Perdoz. Penoo Valley: Special, $4.00 per lOO 



Specials $2.50 $17.50 Extra, 3.00 per 100 



Fancy 2.00 12.50 ^ 



Firsts 1.25 8.00 Cattleyas X $6.00 per doz. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



HaTing extensive cold storage facilities right in our own building, we are enabled to All, any time of the year, on short notice, orders of 

 any size. Quality and selection the very best. 



NATURAL CYCAS: 20 to 44-Inch, 75c to $2.00 por pair 



Oalax (green and bronze), 11.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000. 

 Leucothoe Sprays (bronze), $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. 

 Green Sheet Moss, $3.50 per bag. 



Sphagnum Moss, 10-bbl. bales, burlapped, per bale, $1.00; five-bale 



lots, $3.75 per bale; ten-bale lots, $3.50 per bale. 

 Boxwood, 50-lb. cases, $15.00 per 100 lbs. 

 Dagger Ferns. $2.50 per lOOJ. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



S. S. Pen nock -Meehan Co. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



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^jXx^ 1608-1620 Ladlow StrMt 



NEW YORK WASHINGTON 



117 West 28th Street 1212 New York Avenue 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



0U8 among the latter), were used 

 throughout the handsome clubhouse. 

 The principal table, the President's, 

 was decorated with American Beauties, 

 while spring flowers graced the other 

 tables, where 500 guests dined. The 

 floral arrangements were planned and 

 carried out by J. J. Habermehl's Sons, 

 at the Bellevue-Stratford. 



H. Bayersdorfer and Mrs. Bayers- 

 dorfer sailed from New York on the 

 Kaiser Wilhelm, April 30. Mr. Bayers- 

 dorfer is on his annual quest for flo- 

 rists' supplies. 



Edward Beid has just returned from a 

 week's absence. Stuart Miller was in 

 charge while Mr. Reid was away. 



The business of M. Rice & Co. will be 



continued under the present name by 

 the surviving partner, Bernard Eschner. 



The Highland Rose Co. has been dyna- 

 mitir.g the subsoil to break up the 

 hardpan under the rose beds at Morton, 

 Pa., before replanting with young stock. 

 It is believed that it will take a year 

 or more to prove whether the loosening 

 of the subsoil will be of advantage to 

 the roots. 



Robert A. Craig believes the stock of 

 8,000 6-inch Scottii ferns in his com- 

 pany's greenhouses at Forty-ninth and 

 Market streets is the finest collection 

 of this variety in- the country today. 



It is understood that Eugene Bern- 

 heimer will receive cut flower shipments 

 from the new Floral Nurseries now own- 



ing and operating the plant at Edgely, 

 Pa. 



The Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. will 

 add shortly a motor delivery car, Ford 

 type. 



Recent visitors to this city include D. 

 Blackistone, Baltimore; a member of 

 the firm of Evenden Bros., Williams- 

 port; Miss Dundore and G. Goldbeck, of 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



Ellwood R, Martin, of the Tustin Flo- 

 ral Co., is recovering splendidly from his 

 recent operation and will gladly see his 

 friends at the hospital. 



William P. Craig made an unusual 

 standing wreath that was sent by his 

 father, Robert Craig, to the funeral of 

 Fred Ehret. It was formed entirely of 



