June 5, 1915 



HORTICULTUEE 



759 



"HERE GOMES THE BRIDE" | 



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



successful wedding the Florist is almost as essential as p 



the Groom. So June should be your Busy Month. p 



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 ^p 



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



g-Q straight to headquarters ^ 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA ^ 



H. BAYERSDORFER ®. CO. | 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. M 



sufficient for anything, but they were 

 as nothing to the deluge of orders from 

 all over the country. From New Or- 

 leans on the south to Winnepeg on the 

 north the orders kept coming. On the 

 31st there were still thirty-five on the 

 books just before noon. 



W. J. Keimel, of Wendland & Keiniel. 

 Elmhurst, 111., has great faith in Milady 

 rose for commerical purposes. One of 

 its best characteristics is its uniformity 

 of size. At a recent occasion where 

 there were many large designs, there 

 was one in which .500 Milady were 

 used, and so alike in size and form 

 that they were thought by many to be 

 artificial. Wendland & Keimel are 

 said to be the largest growers of Mi- 

 lady in this country. They cut every 

 day in the year and their present aver- 

 age is 2,000 per day. 



The large cemeteries were visited on 

 Sunday. May 30, by thousands of peo- 

 ple. The lack of cut flowers was very 

 marked, only an occasional bunch of 

 peonies or a few roses and carnations 

 being seen. Neither were plants much 

 in evidence. Notices posted in the of- 

 fices stated that work had been de- 

 layed by the rain, which is the key 

 note to the entire situation. Pansy 

 plants never looked better and im- 

 mense quantities of them were used; 

 In fact, pansy plants and potted hy- 

 drangeas furnished nearly all the color 

 there was, but they were exquisite. 

 Less geraniums and bedding stock in 

 general were used than in many years. 

 The plants that were set out a month 

 ago during the prematurely warm 

 weather had succumbed and been re- 

 moved. The next two weeks will be 

 busy ones for the cemetery employees. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Florists' Exchange as a corpora- 

 tion has been dissolved and Arthur A. 

 Niessen appointed receiver without 

 bond. 



Gude Bros. Company furnished the 

 98 wreaths for the fire department for 

 the decoration of the graves of de- 

 ceased members of the department. 

 The order was awarded the firm on 

 competitive bidding. 



Edward 3. Schmid is planning to 

 attend the annual convention, at Buf- 

 falo, of the Mystic Order of the Veiled 

 Prophets, of which he is an officer. He 

 hopes to take with him a number of 

 the local florists, for a large number 

 hold membersliip in the order. Tlie 

 party will be gone a week. 



Considerable space in the news- 

 papers is being given to the flowers 

 wliich each morning find a place in 

 Criminal Court No. 2 and which form 

 the one bright spot there. Harry 

 Payne, with Freeman's, is said to be 

 responsible for this little attention, as 

 he is serving as a juror in tliat court. 



Fred H. Kramer and Mrs. Kramer 

 were in New York during the recent 

 maneuvers of the American war ves- 

 sels. F. S. Good, manager of the P 

 street store, was also in New York dur- 

 ing the week, having accompanied 

 Mrs. Good to that place preparatory 

 to her leaving for a summer in Maine. 



The complaints of the Flatten Pro- 

 duce Company placed with the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission against 

 several railroads have been dismissed. 



This company attacked the rates ap- 

 plying on Christmas trees between cer- 

 tain points and asked that more rea- 

 sonable rates be put in force and the 

 company granted reparation of over- 

 charge on previous shipments. The 

 Interstate Commerce Commission held 

 that it was shown that the present 

 rates were justified. 



The announcement of the marriage 

 of Charles E. Scarborough, a popular 

 young salesman at the store of the 

 Gude Bros. Company, on Thursday, to 

 Miss Nellie Bly Clark, the daughter of 

 a prominent druggist of Philadelphia, 

 came as a great surprise to his many 

 friends. They have not since had an 

 opportunity to congratulate the young 

 couple, for immediately following the 

 ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Scarborough 

 hurried to a train boinid for Philadel- 

 phia, near whicli place they will spend 

 a short honeymoon. 



Fred H. Kramer has incorporated 

 his business at 916 F street, 722 Ninth 

 street. Center Market and the green- 

 houses at Anacostia, the capital stock 

 being $500,000 divided into shares of a 

 par value of $1 each. Stock to the 

 amount of $400,000 has been placed in 

 reserve for future development of the 

 business. The officers of the newly 

 formed corporation are Fred H. 

 Kramer, president; Irene Kramer, sec- 

 retary-treasurer, and Miss Mertine At- 

 will, vice-president. The other mem- 

 bers of the board of directors are G. M. 

 Lawrence, Philip Lawrence. G. G. 

 Holmes, L, R. Gilbert. Beatrice Moss, 

 S. A. Stratton, May Stratton and 

 Charles A. Stevens. Miss Atwill is 

 tlie manager of the Ninth street 

 branch. 



