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HOKTICULTUEE 



January 4, 1913 





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STARTING THE NEW YEAR 



The first thing you must do is to replenish your stocks. The florists' business is different today 

 from what it was five or ten years ago when once or twice a year was the rule for stocking up. Now- 

 adays there is business ail the time, and the wide-awake florist must keep constantly abreast and 

 keep his stocks up to the minute. 



nnil'T UfillT BEGIN NOW. FOR INCTANCF, BE SURE 

 UUN I IfAII YOU HAV£ PLEN1Y OF 



OUR STANDARD PREPARED CYCAS; known all 

 over for their superior quality and finish; wide 

 and perfect leaves; unsurpassed by anything on 

 the market. 



OUR MAGNOLIA LtAVES are the very best, and 

 you ought to have a full supply for working up 

 in spare moments. Brown, green and other shades. 



4^ Our Silent Salesman is ready to tell you all about ti»e above, and other florists' requisites. Send a postal. 



H. B A YERSD O RFER «1 CO. 



OUR WHEAT SHEAVES; known everywhere as 

 the standard in quality and value. 



THE BAYERSDORFER LINE OF BASKETS; a 



magnificent assortment; all shapes and for all 

 kinds of flowers; for plants; fern dishes; table 

 decorations, etc., etc. 



THE 



FLORISTS' SUPPLY 



HOUSE OF 



AMERICA 



1129 ARCH STREET. - - - - 



HMILADELPHIA, PA. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



I. Rosnosky, of Philadelphia, spent 

 New Year's Eve celebrating in this 

 city. 



O. A. C. Oehmler. secretary of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, has been 

 admitted to membership in the Wash- 

 ington Chamber of Commerce. 



G. C. Shaffer expects to take posses- 

 sion of his new store, which is located 

 diagonally across the street from his 

 present location at 14th and Eye 

 streets, N. W., early next week. 



E. C. Mayberry, ex-president of the 

 Florists' Club and a member of the 

 firm of Mayberry & Hoover, has so 

 far recovered from his recent accident 

 as to be able to go about his honir 

 with the aid of crutches. Mr. May 

 berry shot himself in the foot whili 

 hunting recently when the ground on 

 which he was walking gave way be- 

 neath him causing the gun to dis- 

 charge. 



Gude Bros Co. did the decorative 

 work on the occasion of the fancy 

 dress ball given by Mrs. W. F. Draper, 

 which was considered to have ex- 

 celled any social event given during 

 the year. American Beauty roses. 

 holly and mistletoe were used in pro- 

 fu^on. Over each of the thirty tables 

 set in the banqtiet hall was a sun- 

 shade three feet in diameter in white 

 and green, from which hung ten old- 

 fashioned bouquets, later used as 

 floral favors. 



Washington is peculiarly situated 

 due to the fact that merchants have 

 to depend largely on the employees of 

 the Government for patronage. The 

 change in administration has caused 

 considerable talk to the effect that 

 many discharges would be made and 

 that for this reason money would be 

 very tight for some months. An inter- 

 view with several of the large dealers 

 would show that they have little fear 

 of any large number of discharges be- 

 ing made among the flower buying 

 employees and that politics would have 

 little effect on the business. They fur- 

 ther claim that regardless of the fact 

 that 1912 was a presidential year, they 

 slightly exceeded 1011 in the amount 

 of business done and fully expected 

 to achieve even better results in 1913. 



A TEXAS FLOWER STORE. 



The illustration shows a view in the 

 flower store of the Lone Star Floral 

 Company, Dallas, Texas. Charles 

 Chollar, manager, tells us that tha 

 plant, flower and holiday greens trade 



boomed tor Christmas and considering 

 the exuberant display and attractive 

 setting so well set forth in the pic- 

 ture, we can't see how the Dallas peo- 

 ple could well help it. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Big iircparations arc being made by 

 the Michell Co. for their annual poul- 

 try show, which opens on the IGh 

 inst. 



rayersdorfer is out this week with 

 the latest in auto delivery wagons- 

 big, handsome, efficient. The first of 

 its kind among the supply houses. 



B. Eschner, head of the firm of M. 

 Rice & Co., gave a dinner to the em- 

 ployees of the house at the New Bin^ 

 ham Hotel on the evening of Dec. ;ii th. 

 This was followed by a thca're party 

 at Keith's. 



season. His oldest boy and the two 

 girls are down with pneumonia. Sam- 

 v!el. junior, was stricken on the ;;4th. 

 Dr. Stauffer says the crisis will cccur 

 on the eleventh day — .lanuary 4th. 

 The other two cases are not considered 

 as so serious. 



Stephen Mortensen is sending some 

 of the finest Richmonds we have ever 

 seen to this market. This grower is 

 especially commendable not only for 

 his fine culture but for careful grad- 

 ing, counting and packing. Many of 

 o\ir big growers are very lax in the 

 latter respects. 



Samuel S. Pennock has the symp.i- 

 thy of the trade during t'is 'estive 



Visitors: T. Malhrane, Johnstown, 

 Pa.; T. A. Higgason, Richmond, Va. 



