. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. Dec. 2J, morning to catch the right impression. Mr. Meehan was invincibly cheerful and assured me that everything was lovely. Even some of the commission men go there in the morning to buy stock. In the other wholesale center, around Fifteenth and Ludlow, a very bustling air prevailed. S. S. Pennoek's men were slashing things right and left, 'phone bells ringing, expressmen bawling, buyers vociferating, hammers a-hammering and everything in a concatenation accord- ingly. Edward Keid and W
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 798 The American Florist. Dec. 2J, morning to catch the right impression. Mr. Meehan was invincibly cheerful and assured me that everything was lovely. Even some of the commission men go there in the morning to buy stock. In the other wholesale center, around Fifteenth and Ludlow, a very bustling air prevailed. S. S. Pennoek's men were slashing things right and left, 'phone bells ringing, expressmen bawling, buyers vociferating, hammers a-hammering and everything in a concatenation accord- ingly. Edward Keid and W. J. Baker and Geo. M. Moss were all working like Trojans on country orders—anything outside of Philadelphia is country—and were thankful that they had stuff enough to go around. I don't know much about prices, of course—that's out of my line—and besides, they are either too high or too low, according to whether you are a grower, a commissionman, or a retailer, that they cause nothing but trouble all around, so what's the use of making things worse? Michell, Landreth and Johnson & Stokes were the three principal seed houses which made a specialty ot plants and greens during the holiday. They all did an excellent business and during this dull time in the seed trade the revenue comes in very handy. Speaking of the seed trade reminds me that "E. ; is still stubborn and unrepentant on the subject of nature study for children. He commends Secretary Wilson's plan of furnishing flower seeds to the schools. The farmers are already getting their seeds for nothing, so of course it's only but a step further to give the balance of the population theirs for nothing tool The next step will be spades and forks and hoes and rakes for cultivating the aforesaid seeds, and then as a supple- mentary measure food and clothing for the workers. By and by the government will give us everything we require aud nobody need worry about earning a living but just sit around and "
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