January 18, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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Be Ready for St. Valentine 



The lovers' festival is only a few weeks away. 

 ica," 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. 



Bayersdorfer, "The Florists' Supply House of Amer- 



We recommend especially: — 



This splendid and popular BOSTON STRAW 

 ribbon at Kreatly reduced prices. Write us for 

 spci'ial quntation-*. 



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. 



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PERSONAL. 



P. Welch of Boston is in Montreal all 

 this week. 



George Wiegand of Indianapolis, Ind., 

 is recuperating in Florida. 



Philip Einsmann of Long Island 

 City, N. Y., is in the hospital seriously 

 ill. 



Morris Stein, late of Pittsburgh, has 

 left for St. Paul, Minn., where he will 

 locate. 



Fred Vetter has resigned his posi- 

 tion as manager of the Flower Mart at 

 Springfield, Mass. 



Vivian Marie, daughter of F. E. 

 Conine, and Frank Melville Goodwin 

 were married at Stratford, Conn., on 

 Dec. 31st. 



Ed. MacMulkin of Boston, who has 

 been seriously ill for some time, has 

 now recovered sufficiently to be about 

 business again. 



William DeGraff of Leyden, Holland, 

 has accepted the invitation to serve as 

 one of the judges at the National 

 Flower Show in New York next April. 



Miss M. Smedley, the popular book- 

 keeper for J. K. Allen, the New York 

 wholesaler, has resigned her position 

 and will be married on Feb. 10 to D. 

 P. Krider of West Orange, N. J. 



Detroit visitors — S. S. Skidelsky, 

 Phila., Pa.; Mr. McGee, Toledo, O.; S. 

 Seligman, New York City. 



Boston visitors. — Paul Berkowitz of 

 H. Bayersdorfer &. Co., Phila., Pa.; 

 A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor. Me.; Rob- 

 ert Miller, Parmington, Utah; Harry 

 O. May, Summit, N. J. 



St. Louis visitors — G. Gabel, repre- 

 senting the Chicago Carnation Co., of 

 Chicago, J. F. Ammann. Edwardsville. 

 111.; Ed. Denker, St. Charles, Mo.; W. 

 E. Ogle, Belleville, 111.; Frank Veinne- 

 mann, W. J. Pilcher and W. E. Rowe, 

 Kirkwood, and Mr. McPheron, Litch- 

 field, 111. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



R. Witterstaetter left on the 2nd for 

 a trip to Panama. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Conger have re- 

 turned from a recent trip to Chicago. 



The Hill-Heller Company on Race 

 street have had many very attractive 

 show windows of late. 



Al. C. Heckman, Jr., has been con- 

 fined to his home tor several days past 

 with a severe attack of neuralgia. 



Al. Forder of Hyde Park Is reported 

 to have bought Miss Shanahan's store 

 in Avondale. The transaction was 

 closed on Saturday. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Ernest Farley, Jr., several years em- 

 ployed in the various wholesale houses 

 has left for the west. He is now In 

 Seattle. 



At A. Lange's the employees are tak- 

 ing turns having the grippe, at least 

 two at a time being away ever since 

 the holidays. 



Peter Reinberg is now president of 

 the Board of Education of the Chicago 

 schools. Mr. Reinberg is a self-made 

 man who has climbed very near the top 

 of the ladder in the cut flower industry. 



Already the apple blossome have ap- 

 peared In quantity — in the store win- 

 dows. Each year has seen the artifi- 

 cial flowers more life-like and this year 

 is no exception with the masses of 

 blooms arranged with much grace and 

 beauty. 



P. J. Foley, president of the Foley 

 Manufacturing Co., is very optimistic 

 in his outlook for the coming season. 

 Florists are sending in many inquiries 

 for prices, etc., on building materials, 

 indicating that many new ranges will 

 be erected in the spring. 



Fine views of the floral displays of 

 the park conservatories are given con- 

 spicuous places in the street cars, no 

 doubt to catch the carfares, but good 

 advertisements for the florists' busi- 

 ness nevertheless. A practical publicity 

 campaign without cost to the one who 

 offers flowers for sale and catching the 

 eye of millions. 



Chicago florists generally express 

 themselves as believing the early com- 

 ing of Easter will be an advantage to 

 the trade as prices are apt to be 

 steadier on account of less danger of 

 surplus stock. Those having a large 

 shipping trade think the early date of 

 decided advantage in making long dis- 

 tance shipments. It is not likely to be 

 welcomed by the growers of plants, be- 

 ing rather early to have blooming 

 spring stock at its best. 



Visitors.— F. S. Miller and son, 

 Thomas R., of the Columbus Floral 

 Co., Columbus, O.; Peter Farnof, Co- 

 lumbus, O. 



A SENSATIONAL CARNATION 

 DEAL. 



The sensation of the past week In 

 Detroit was the sale of Thos. 

 Browne's beautiful pink novelty car- 

 nation to S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Breit- 

 meyer Fl. Co., and Robt. M. Rahaley, 

 That these three well informed men 

 should settle down to this variety is 

 not to be wondered at when we re- 

 call the great furore this variety 

 caused when a few blooms were 

 shown a year ago during the Rose 

 and Carnation Convention. Some 

 very prominent carnation growers 

 visited Mr. Browne's greenhouses and 

 becoming convinced that this variety 

 is a sturdy grower and free bloomer 

 but not a cropper, some very flatter- 

 ing offers were made at that time. 



While the investment is said to run 

 close to five figures it is nevertheless 

 a good one and when the blooms ap- 

 pear at shows and clubs next winter 

 under the name of "Philadelphia" we 

 expect to see the fine judgment of 

 these three gentlemen fully justified. 

 F. DANZER. 



IN BANKRUPTCY. 



East Nutley, N. J.— Jacob Kol, lia- 

 bilities $8000, assets invisible. 



Dayton, Ohio— H. H. Ritter, volun- 

 tary. Liabilities $24,041.02, assets $39,- 

 164.75. — 



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