August 8, 101 '2. 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



% ASTERS 



The mid-eeason varie- 

 ties are now coming in 

 W ' in quantity, good sized 



P flowers with long stems, splendid quality; pinks, 

 ^^ purples and whites. Orders of any size can be taken 

 ■^^ care of on short notice. Shipments reach us daily 

 about 8 a. m. $1.00 to $2.00 per 100; Extra long:, $3.00 per 100. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR QREENS 



Green Gfalax, $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10.000. 



Bronze Galax. $1.50 p«r 1000; $8.50 per 10,000. 



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



Qreen Sheet Moss, $3.50 per bag. 



Sphagrnum Moss, 10-bbl. bales, nicely burlapped, each. $4.00; 5-bale 



lots, $3.75 each; 10-bale lots, $3.50 each; 25-bale lots, $3.25 each. 

 Datrger Ferns, fxtra fine selected stock. $2.00 per 1000. 



RIBBONS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. 

 Write us for prices on these and on Supplies, 



Durins AuKust we will elos* at 8 p. m. 



S. S. PENNOCK = MEEHAN CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



PHILADELPHIA 

 1608-1620 Ludlow Street 



NEW YORK 

 117 West 28th Street 



WASHINQTON 

 1212 New York. Avenue 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



Everything in 

 CUT FLOWERS 



Philadelphia Cut Flower Co., 



1517 Sansom Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa« 



Mention Th# Kpt1i>w wh^n »on writ* 



turn with the colors of the cannas that 

 it encircles; a bed to be seen from afar, 

 a bed to empty many frames. Around 

 the central bed lie smaller ones beyond. 

 Here is that wonderful pink canna, Mrs. 

 Alfred F. Conard, just bursting into 

 bloom; tliere the darker leaved King 

 Humbert, with its brilliant flowers; 

 beyond, a western pink geranium of 

 l)romise — from Allegheny park, I think 

 Mr. Schmitt said — called Gaas's Seed- 

 ling. 



The jtarterrc or sunken garden, fresh- 

 ly trimmed and refreshed by recent 

 showers, was looking its best. There 

 arc many changes there, subject for 

 careful thouglit; not in the design — the 

 design is the same; it is difficult to im- 

 prove a design for a garden 900 feet 

 long — but in the planting. It is well 

 known that the feature of the parterre 

 is its graceful festoons. When these 

 festoons first ornamented the sloping 

 sides they were planted with alternan- 

 theras, first dark, then dark and light, 

 until the j-ellow of A. aurea predomi- 

 nated. 



The idea was that the bolder beauty 

 of the central beds should be enhanced, 

 l)ut never rivaled. Today this idea is 

 carried out in substance, but changed in 

 form. The graceful festoons are 



planted with three varieties of dwarf 

 growing plants — two foliage, closely 

 trimmed, and one flowering. The center 

 band is of the silver-gray Centaurea 

 delicatissima, bordered above and be- 

 neath by Achyranthes Lindeni, kept 

 short edged on both sides by Alyssum 

 Little Uem. The festoons at regular 

 intervals vary this arrangement by the 

 substitution of the golden C'oleus 

 Verschaflfeltii for the centaurea, but 

 always the achyranthes and alyssum. 



The central beds are of many kinds, 

 the eff"ect carefully studied in its view 

 from either end of the long garden. 

 There are rich beds of crotons, beds of 

 tropical looking cannas, beds of dazzling 

 geraniums, each set sufficiently far from 

 the other to allow a broad margin of 

 rich velvet greensward. A lovely pic- 

 ture. 



Various Notes. 



S. S. Skidelsky has returned from 

 abroad. 



.Tohn F. Gibson has purchased the 

 Rasmusseu place of fifteen acres at 

 Lansdale. 



Adolph Farenwald, president of the 

 American Rose Society, has returned 

 from abroad. 



H. W. .Tones, with J. ,T. Habermehl's 

 Sons at the Bellevue-Stratford, was 



married in Baltimore August 1. Mr. 

 Jones has a host of friends who wish 

 him much happiness. 



Bids will be opened August 15 by 

 the Conard & Jones Co. for two new 

 greenhouses to be added to the east 

 range at West Grove, Pa., alfeo for an 

 extension to the corridor house. The 

 addition will have the latest improve- 

 ments. 



M. Rice & Co. will introduce some 

 beautiful new Florentine artware, ivory 

 tinted, ornamented with garlands and 

 festoons of flowers, also metalloid bas- 

 kets and vases. Their coppery finish 

 is most attractive. W. Helper is almost 

 ready to start. 



Robert A. Craig has been getting a 

 little well-earned change at Atlantic 

 City over Sunday. 



J. D. Eisele snatched three days 

 from Riverton to go to the seashore. 



W. E. McKissick, of Washington, 

 D. C, is in town this week. 



Sydney Bayersdorfer has returned 

 from his vacation, spent at Atlantic 

 City. 



There is much activity at Edward 

 Reid's; advance orders make "sold" 

 labels necessary on many flowers as 

 soon as they arrive, while painting the 

 ice-box, varnishing the floor and table- 



