May 7, 1910 



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For Decoration Day 



We have this year the most complete, elegant and salable stock of florists' 

 goods ever offered for the MEMORIAL DAY trade. Our line of PRE- 

 SERVED FOLIAGE and other INDESTRUCTIBLE DECORATIVE 

 MATERIAL cannot be excelled and the name of BAYERSDORFER & CO., 

 on the package guarantees that goods and prices are 



What Every Florist Wants 



Don't wait until the last moment to make inquiry. SEND NOW for list of 

 Standard and New Goods for this important occasion. All you have to do is 

 to show the goods. THEY'LL SELL. Wreaths of Cycas, Magnolia, Fern and 

 other foliage in Green, Autumn Tints and Moss effects are among the novelties. 



METALLIC WREATHS are our specialty ; we make them up with Roses, 

 Pansies, Forget-me-nots or anything you please. STANDING ANCHORS, 

 PILLOWS. WREATHS, ETC., all graceful and true to nature. Cape Flowers ; 

 Immortelles, all colors ; Doves ; Sheaves. 



H. BAYERSDORFER ®, CO. 



The Florists' Supply House of America 



1129 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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prepared. The purpose of the eon- 

 ference is to find the needs of the 

 localities which are now attempting 

 outdoor improvement and to stimulate 

 others to begin it. All persons are in- 

 vited and all clubs, associations, park 

 boards, school boards, etc., are in- 

 vited to send delegates. Home 

 grounds, school grounds, highways, 

 railway stations, the birds and the 

 parks, all will receive attention. An 

 automobile ride and a lunch in 

 Washington Park and a band concert 

 in the evening will be the recreation 

 features. Among the speakers will be 

 Gov. Deneen, Eugene Davenport, dean 

 of College of Agriculture at Urbana, 

 C. A. Killer. Pres. Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Champaign; Geo. Hooker, City 

 Club of Chicago; Jens Jensen and 

 many others. Headquarters will be at 

 St. Nicholas Hotel. 



Trees One Cent Each. 

 Several thousand Catalpa trees 

 were planted in Chicago on Arbor 

 Day. The large department stores 

 sold them for one cent each and they 

 ranged from ten to thirty inches in 

 height. City Forester Prost expressed 

 his approval of the Catalpa for 

 Chicago. In many schools each child 

 went home with a tree to plant. 

 Chicago Week. 

 One week in August to be known 

 as Chicago Week, will find all the 

 stores showing goods produced in 

 Chicago. Not the best time in the 

 year for florists to show their prod- 

 ucts but they will rise to the occa- 

 sion and do their best which is always 

 something worth while. 



April Weather. 

 The April summary sent out by the 



weather bureau shows the month to 

 have had a range of 60 degrees of tem- 

 perature, S6 deg. on the 29th and 26 

 deg. on the 23rd, and notwithstanding 

 the cold spell the month averaged 5.3 

 deg. above normal and had more than 

 nine times the average snow fall. 



Around Town. 

 E. H. Hunt is installing a new bill- 

 ing machine made necessary by the 

 spring rush. The usual demand for 

 tobacine has been greatly increased 

 this year and it is with difficulty that 

 they can keep up with the orders. 



The first peonies from Sarcoxie, 

 Mo., were seen here and included 

 Ofiicinalis Rubra and Rosea Superba. 

 In the supply department some at- 

 tractive Japanese brass ware, mostly 

 in the shape of high handled baskets, 

 was being unpacked. They were for 

 hanging or table use and for both cut 

 flowers and ferns. 



The Fairbanks Building, the second 

 floor of which has for years been 

 known as The Flower Growers' Mar- 

 ket is now in the hands of a force of 

 workmen. Extensive repairs had been 

 all but under way when a fire made 

 havoc with the southwest corner and 

 the entire building will now be over- 

 hauled. 



The Masonic Temple Floral Co. 

 made petition for bankruptcy on April 

 25, with assets about 20 per cent of 

 the liabilities. As all of the last 

 month's bills are unpaid including his 

 Easter stock there are many whole- 

 sale firms who are heavy losers. 

 Should Mr. Visas again go into busi- 

 ness in Chicago, he will not find it 

 easy to get credit. 



The automobile floral parade on 

 May 7th will bring some work to the 



retail florists but most of them are 

 not looking forward to much on ac- 

 count of the killing of most of the 

 outside flowers. If the owners of the 

 machines could have had a part of 

 their flowers from out of doors they 

 would have been willing to give a 

 generous part of the business to the 

 florists but it is quite an undertaking 

 when stock is scarce to trim a large 



APHINE 



Is proving a most effective, 

 while at the same time 

 absolutely harmless, insecti- 

 cide for use on young stock. 



It destroys the insects, and 

 invigorates the plants. 



Have you tried it ? 



Aphine Manufacturing 

 Company 



MADISON, N. J. 



