. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . twelve months,written by Joseph Meehan for the Gardeners andFlorists Annual, 1917, price 35c. from this ofSceto subscribers. Penn the Man About the middle of November. 1U15, Henry known as Penn the Florist, opened a fine newstore at 121 Tremont St., Boston. Every modern appli-ance in the florist business may be seen there. Nearbyhe also has a store devoted to garden ornaments, likesundials, garden benches, gazing globes, etc. Mr. Pennloses no op])ortunity for show
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . twelve months,written by Joseph Meehan for the Gardeners andFlorists Annual, 1917, price 35c. from this ofSceto subscribers. Penn the Man About the middle of November. 1U15, Henry known as Penn the Florist, opened a fine newstore at 121 Tremont St., Boston. Every modern appli-ance in the florist business may be seen there. Nearbyhe also has a store devoted to garden ornaments, likesundials, garden benches, gazing globes, etc. Mr. Pennloses no op])ortunity for showing how a florist windowcan lie tastefully and effectively and profitably deco-rated. week he won second prize for the best deco-rated window in Boston during the Convention of theElks. His store occupies one of the finest sites in thecity, and embraces 2800 sq. ft. -Mr. Penn goes back well over a quarter of a centuryin Boston. Henry Penn was born on Stillman st. At an earlyage he was on the street as a newsy, as was hislirother, William Penn, who has a part interest in thePenn the Florist flower Henry Penn of Boston In sending this photograph, Henry Penn inscribed it as follows: To my friends. De La Mare and Dick, two Ds which stand for Darn Good and Duty First and Always -Vt that time, Mrs. Guild was interested in social serv-ice work and she met the younger brother, William, inthe newsboys reading room. Later she invited a grou]»of the city youngsters down to her home in Nahant fora short stay, and from that sprung the acquaintancewhich made the late Governor an admiring friend of theflower merchant. One of Mr. Penns most treasured possessions is theframed letter which he received from ex-President Theo-dore Itoosevelt at Oyster Bay in 1907, a message ofthanks for a handsome bouquet of Roses which Mr. PennIiad prepared for him on the occasion of the Province-town celebration. At the close of this letter, Mr. Roose-velt wrote: I have heard all about you fr
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