February 6, 1SJ16 



HORTICULTURE 



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For the Florists of Ainerica 



A NEW LINE OF 



Baskets, Plant Receptacles and Other Up-to-Date Goods 

 Beautiful Valentine Novelties 



Superior in quality and design to anythiEg ever imported. Also more for your money. These 

 goods are new, original and profitable. Many of them we handle exclusively; of the rest 

 we handle more than any other supply house in this country. 



Send for Our Silent Salesman 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., i.lS^^^^„.TA 



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NEW YORK. 



Herman Weiss, who has been asso- 

 ciated with the wholesale cut flower 

 trade in west 28th street for some 

 years, has started in the commission 

 business for himself at 106 \V. 28th 

 street, a conveniently located and at- 

 tractive store. Mr. Weiss has the requi- 

 site experience and industry to make it 

 go and that is the only way it can be 

 done nowadays in the ever increasing 

 hive of flower trade hustlers with 

 which that street is lined from Broad- 

 way almost to 7th avenue. 



The second of a series of Flower 

 Shows conducted by the Country Life 

 Permanent Exposition, Grand Central 

 Terminal, to arouse greater interest 

 on the part of city folks and suburb- 

 anites in country life, will open on 

 Thursday, February 10, at 2 P. M.. and 

 will continue throughout the week, in- 

 cluding Lincoln's Birthday. Roses and 

 carnations will be the feature. Table 

 decorations, of which there were four- 

 teen entries in competition in the Chry- 

 santhemum Show held in November. 

 will be one of the chief attractions. The 

 tables, china, glass and silverware will 

 be furnished and set by the Grand Cen- 

 tral Terminal Restaurant and the Bilt- 

 more Hotel, so that with the accesso- 

 ries all alike, the floral decoration of 

 the tables should be of more than 

 parsing interest. On Thursday, the 

 opening day, a lecture will be deliv- 

 ered at 3 P. M. by Arthur Smith, of 

 Reading, Pa., on "Outdoor Roses. 

 Their Habits and Culture." Admission 

 to the show and to the lecture is free, 

 and the public is cordially invited. 



AN OLD CAMPAIGNER. 



We take pleasure in presenting this 

 latest and best portrait of E. G. Hill, 

 the man who put Richmond. Ind., on 

 the map and has done a big share In 

 placing Indiana and suburbs in the 

 position occupied by that stale horti- 

 culturally at home and abroad. The 

 old campaigner has participated in 

 many a drive and many a scrimmage 

 since he first strode into the lime- 

 light as a founder and the first secre- 

 tary of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists and later its president. Every- 

 body who is anybody in hcnticulture 

 knows "Gurney" Hill in his captivating 

 personality and business sagacity, and 



his achievements in the raising and 

 introducing of roses, carnations and 

 chrysanthemums of high merit are 

 common knowledge in the trade. Al- 

 though retired from a portion of his 

 active i)articipatiou in the business of 

 his company, he is "still in the ring" 

 and we hope will continue so to be 

 for many years to come. No exhibi- 

 tion or society meeting of national 

 scope is complete without E. G. Hill. 



E. GuHNKV Hi 1. 1.. 



At the banquet table and in the ante- 

 rooms and corridors his wit and sage 

 comment on pertinent topics, his op- 

 timism and his inexhaustible fund of 

 anecdotes are never without a full 

 retinue of eager listeners. "Long may 

 he wave." 



St. Louis.— E. W. Guy and the St. 

 Clair Floral Co., both of Belleville, suf- 

 fered a heavy loss at their greenhouse 

 plant by a big wind storm early on 

 Thursday morning, January 27th. The 

 Halstead residence also had great dam- 

 age. The other florists escaped with but 

 little glass broken. The estimated loss 

 runs into several thousand dollars. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Richmond, Ind.— C. E. Critchell, Cin- 

 (innati, O. 



Kansas City: Paul Klingsporn of 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association. 



St. Louis, Mo. — Paul Berkowitz of 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila.;.T. Ander- 

 son of Randall Co., Chicago; Tanil 

 Selegeman, T. Le Vine and .Tulius Dil- 

 hoff, New York. 



Washington — .!. E. Killen. Phila., 

 Pa.; Alfred Zeller and Mrs. Zeller, 

 Brooklyn, X. Y.; S. H. Bayersdorfer, 

 Phila.. Pa.; H. J. Anderson, repr. A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn. 



Cincinnati: Mrs. J. J. Lampert, 

 Xenia: -Miss Lodder, Hamilton; Fred 

 Kupp, Laurenceburg, Ind.; Walter 

 Gray, Hamilton; .M. Anderson, Day- 

 ton; Floyd Anderson, Xenia; Frank J. 

 Farney, Phila.; S. Lipman and Julius 

 Dilhofl". New York City. 



Boston: W. C. Langbridge, Cam- 

 bridge. N. Y.; Ed. Jenkins. Lenox, 

 .Mass.; R. M. Ward. New York, N. Y.; 

 L. Van Leuwen and Mr. Van Zantin, 

 Sassenheim. Holland; Dr. George T. 

 Moore, .Missouri Botanical Garden, St. 

 Louis; Gustave Thommen, Billerica, 

 .Mass. 



Philadelphia: Prof P. L. Howland, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton. D. C; Robert T. Brown, Cottage 

 Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y.; Harry O. 

 .May. Summit, N. J.; Robert Simpson, 

 Clifton, N. J.; Benj. Hammond, Bea- 

 con, N. Y.; Joseph .Manda, West Or- 

 ange, N. J. 



Chicago — Harry HeinI, West Toledo, 

 Ohio; Prank Schramm. Toledo, Ohio; 

 Geo. W. Jacobs, Carlton, III.; Robt. C. 

 Kerr, Houston, Texas; Vincent Gorley, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; A. Herrington. Madi- 

 son, N. J.; A. Ver Way. rep. Reynolds 

 & Sons, Hillegom, Holland; Milton 

 .Alexander, New York. 



Pittsburgh — James P. Smith, repre- 

 senting the William J. Boas Company, 

 of Phila.; George W. Cohen, of Cohen 

 & Hille. New York: Joseph J. Goudy, 

 repr. Henry .\. Dreer, Phila.; R. E. 

 Blackshaw, of the .\. L. Randall Co., 

 Chicago; H. Den Ouden, Boskoop, Hol- 

 land; S. Verdegaal, SasseiiiuMtvi Hol- 

 land. 



