January 25, 1913 



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Be Ready for St, Valentine I 



The lovers' festival is only a few weeks away. Bayersdorfer, "The Florists' Supply House of Amer- jjj^ 

 lea," is as usual leading the procession. 



BAYERSDORFER HAS MORE BASKETS suit- 

 able for this occasion than all the rest of them 

 put together. 



Dainty Two-Tone Colors: — Delicate pink, blue, 

 lavender, green, white, etc., and in all sizes from 

 the small ones at little prices up to elaborate de- 

 signs. 



Dainty Ribbons, in great variety of shades and 

 from one inch in width up to the largest sizes. 



We recommend especially: 



BOSTON STR.VW— This splenilid anil popular 

 riblxin at Ereatly reduced prices. Write u§ for 

 special qutitations. 



Prepared Ferns, immense assortment; all the 

 popular varieties in their various sizes. Very use- 

 ful for decorating. 



Sea Moss or Japanese Air Plant. Fine for small 

 baskets, airy and graceful. One of the best 

 sellers. 



(^- SEXD FOB OUR SILENT S.4I.ESMAN 



H. BAYERSDORFER (Q. CO. 



THE 



FLORISTS' SUPPLY 



HOUSE OF 



AMERICA 



^ 1129 ARCH STREET, - - 



- - HHILADEI^PHIA, PA. K 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



The officers of the newly organized 

 Retail Florists' Club are reported to 

 be: President, John C. Gracey: vice- 

 president. Charles H. Fox; treasurer. 

 E. H. Baisler; secretary. C. H. Grake- 

 low. 



Charles Pennock was reported on the 

 20th inst to be progressing towards re- 

 covery very satisfactorily. He is still 

 at the Presbyterian Hospital and will 

 remain there for probably a week or 

 ten days. 



R. M. Glass, identified with the 

 trade for the past twenty years, has 

 been appointed outside salesman for 

 local territory for the M. Rice Co. Mr. 

 Glass is well-known and popular and 

 we bespeak a kindly reception for him 

 in his new field. 



A charming little valentine novelty 

 is offered this week by Rice, consist- 

 ing of golden arrows 8 to 12 inches 

 long. These cost about five cents and 

 when tied with ribbon, three in a 

 bunch, make a fetching accessory to 

 box or basket for this holiday. 



Paul Berkowitz of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co. has returned from a brief New 

 England trip and reports healthy con- 

 ditions and good prospects for a brisk 

 spring business in the flower trade, 

 judging from advance orders and the 

 general optimistic spirit prevailing. 



Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell, Conn., 

 will be the attraction at the next 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 Tuesday. Feb. 4. Subject not yet an- 

 nounced but we trust it will have to 

 do with the National Flower Show in 

 which the trade interest here seems to 

 be at a low ebb. 



Quite a ripple of interest was caused 

 in local circles by the announcement 

 in last week's HORTICULTURE that 

 Skidelsky had purchased the entire " 

 stock of Mr. Browne's sensational new 

 pink carnation No. 23. Philadolphiaus 

 are naturally gratified that the spon- 

 sors should have done their fair city 

 the honor of naming this remarkable 

 flower "Philadelphia." and are looking 

 forward to next fall's shows when the 

 new baby is to be exhibited. 



Visitors: Timothy O'Connor. Prov- 

 idence, R. I.; Messrs. Saltl'ord, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y.; W. C. Langbridge, Al- 



bany, N. Y.: Geo. Smith, Cleveland 

 Floral Exchange. Cleveland, C: B. E. 

 Brotherton. Port Huron, Mich. 



ST. LOUIS PERSONAL NOTES. 



Mrs. C. C. Sanders is visiting her 

 son Walter, who now lives at Amerillo, 

 Tex. She will return this week. 



Oliver K. Sanders surprised his 

 friends by getting married on Wednes- 

 day. January 15th, to Miss Ethel Chad- 

 se>\ He was congratulated on all 

 sides. 



Mrs. F. J. Fillmore. Sr. had a bad 

 accident last week when she fell and 

 broke her arm on the slippery side- 

 walk. Her place will be hard to fill 

 in the floral store. 



J. .J. Bene'.-e. secretary of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club, says it looks good 

 for a flower show for next fall when 

 the committees of the club and retail 

 florists assistant get together to dis- 

 cuss the matter. "Publicity" is now 

 the topic at all the florists' club meet- 

 ings throughout the country and it 

 will be thoroughly thrashed out at the 

 February meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florist Club. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



August Jurgens. Jr.. is unable to be 

 at his work, laid up with a cold and 

 complications. 



Peter Protopapas of the Chicago 

 Flower Market is suffering from blood 

 poisoning in his arm. 



The new building being completed at 

 Wabash and Monroe streets bears the 

 sign, "A first-class flower store will be 

 opened here." No name is given, but 

 it is generally understood that Mrs. 

 Williams of the Atlas will be the pro- 

 prietor. 



The matter of erecting a greenhouse 

 plant for the growing of cut flowers 

 was taken up again at a recent meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Flower Growers' 

 Association. While nothing decisive 

 was accomplished the prospect is 

 blighter than heretofore. 



Visitors: J. J. La Bocious, Duluth, 

 Minn.; C. B. Knicknian. of McHutchi- 

 son & Co., New York; Martin Reu- 

 kauf, of Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 

 phia. Pa. 



PERSONAL. 



Emil Niednagel of Evansville, Ind., 

 and Miss Olga Schmidt were married 

 on January 9th. 



Fred E. Palmer and daughter of 

 Brookline, Mass., have gone on a vaca- 

 tion to Panama and the West Indies, 



Mr. McHugh of Detroit, Mich, who. 

 about ten weeks ago buried his only 

 son after a sickness of less than a 

 week, now mourns the loss of his 

 wife whose illness was primarily 

 caused through the shock of their 

 son's death. 



Bcston visitors: W. C. Langbridge. 

 representing Jerome B. Rice Co., Cam- 

 bridge. N. Y.; J. Halsey Reock. repre- 

 senting R. M. Ward & Co., New York. 



New York visitois: N. B. Keeney. 

 Le Roy, N. Y.; W. H. Grennell, Pier- 

 pout Manor, N. Y. 



DURING RECESS. 



Cook County Florists' Bowling League, 



January 15, 1913. 



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.\ttendance keeps up well and play- 

 ers are as enthusiastic as when the 

 season opened. A few ladies are in 

 attendance and bowl each meeting. 



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