May 29, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



72T 



"HERE GOMES THE BRIDE" 



and she can't get along without the florist. For a really- 

 successful wedding the Florist is almost as essential as 

 the Groom. So June should be your Busy Month. 



FOR THE JUNE WEDDING 



we have Lace Bridal Holders, Wedding Cords, Wedding Posts, Wedding 

 Gates, Kneeling Stools, Gauze Chiffons for Shower Bouquets ; Bridal Scarfs, 

 Resting Baskets, Shepherd's Crooks, Directoire Staffs. 



FOR GRADUATIONS 



Hi-Art Decorative Commencement Baskets and all other accessories. 



Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. Send for prices and you 

 will be astonished to see how much you can do with a little money when you 

 go straight to headquarters 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



H. BAYERSDORFER ta CO. 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



April hurried along the trade and bed- 

 ding out is ahead of the usual season. 

 So far, Memorial Day gives evidence 

 of being up to other years in the de- 

 mand for all kinds of blooming and 

 decorative plants for trade in the re- 

 tail flower stores. 



Geo. Wienhoeber says that since he 

 has learned how to handle cybotiums 

 in his store that he can keep them 

 any length of time without losing one. 

 He places them in a window where 

 they will get plenty of strong light for 

 a week, as soon as they are received, 

 and after this they are acclimated to 

 store life and can be used in any part 

 of the store without injury. As his 

 store is one of the most artistic in the 

 down-town district, this experience 

 may be a help to retailers whose expe- 

 rience with this fern may have been 

 unsatisfactory. 



The new type of greenhouse con- 

 struction used by the J. C. Moninger 

 Co., is meeting with much favor. 

 Among their newest orders is one 

 from Thos. T. Brown, of Greenville, 

 Mich., for a vegetable house for grow- 

 ing cucumbers. It is 84 by 600 feet, 

 and not a casting is used in its entire 

 construction except in the ventilation 

 apparatus, all is steel. The Ann Arbor 

 Greenhouse Co., is also having two 

 vegetable houses each 32 l)y 300 feet, 

 built by the Moninger Co., and Mrs. 

 Francis Spickerman has placed an or- 

 der for a conservation in addition to 

 her store In Sandwich, 111. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



J. W. Walters, florist, of Los Angeles. 

 Cal., was here recently prior to sailing 

 for Honolulu with his sister. 



H. F. Reeves, son of John Reeves of 

 the Beverly Hills Nursery, is visiting 

 the exposition here this week. 



The Art Floral Co. has been making 

 a fine display at their shop on Powell 

 street of peonies specially grown for 

 them in Santa Rosa. 



Geo. A. H. Farmer has resigned as 

 secretary of the Porterville Chamber 

 of Commerce in order to devote his 

 full attention to his nursery interests 

 near Terra Bella, Cal. 



Alfred Hammersmith, well known 

 florist, now designer for Joseph's on 

 Grant avenue, has the sympathy of the 

 trade in his bereavement caused by 

 the death of his wife. 



The building in which D. Gruettuer 

 & Son, florists of Vallcjo, Cal., have 

 been located, is to be replaced imme- 

 diately by a new structure in which 

 the firm will re-locate. 



Chas. H. Totty of Madison, N. J., 

 left for home on May 19th after serv- 

 ing on the group jury of awards at the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition. He ex- 

 pected to stop in Southern California 

 and at Grand Canyon en route. 



Announcements have been sent out 

 to the effect that the American Sweet 

 Pea Society has postponed the show 

 scheduled for June 4th in the Palace 

 of Horticulture. Panama-Pacific Inter- 

 national Exposition, until June 23d 

 and 24th, owing to the recent spell of 



wet. weather. Entries will now be re- 

 ceived up to June 10th. 



The local Ways and Means Commit- 

 tee and sub-committees, which are pre- 

 paring for the coming convention of 

 the Society of American Florists, are 

 holding weekly meetings, and very 

 good progress is being made in all 

 directions. Space in the convention 

 garden in Golden Gate Park has been 

 so largely signed up that the taking of 

 additional ground is under considera- 

 tion. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The flower market in Rittenhouse 

 Sq., was a good success this year as 

 last, and drew great crowds. This is 

 a society event fashioned after Pari- 

 sian notions. The trade has been lib- 

 eral in contributions and support as 

 they realize that such functions have a 

 tendency to foster an interest in horti- 

 culture. We cannot have too many of 

 them, and it makes no difference what 

 the motives of the promoters. If the 

 ladies want to be seen and admired a 

 flower market is a far more wholesome 

 excuse than a turkey trot. 



Real 

 Butterflies 



Mothn, BertiM, «««., 



mounted od plna for 

 floral decoratloni of »Tery description. 

 Largest »tock In America. 



Write for price*. 



The New Endlud Entomological CMipaajr 

 SM Arborway. Jtunmiem PlAln, Mmm*, 



