June 12, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



791 



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HERE GOMES THE BRIDE" 



and she can't get along without the florist. 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. 



Stunning Novelties — Our New Decorative Bird Cages on Stands and Single 

 Bird Cages are the sensation of the season. 



FOR COMMENCEMENTS AND GRADUATION GIFTS 



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 



112 9 Arch Street, 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., luf^^^^MiA. 



PA. 



far west visiting the leading retail 

 florists and both Expositions. One of 

 the delightful side stops en route was 

 with John Bader, formerly president 

 of the John Bader Company, and Mrs. 

 Bader, now retired from business and 

 living at Cottage Grove, Oregon. 



At the Wagner-Shields wedding, at 

 Leetsdale, Mrs. Williams used KlUar- 

 ney roses and snapdragon for the 

 house decorations and the latter flow- 

 ers with sweet peas caught with silver 

 ribbon formed the bouquet of the at- 

 tendant maids, while the bride carried 

 lilies of the valley and white roses. 

 Wicker baskets of sweetheart roses 

 were carried by the little flower girl. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams has an excep- 

 tionally striking show window this 

 week — tall white wicker pedestals sur- 

 mounted with baskets filled with 

 pandanus and white dalias, each plant 

 and cluster being tied with large bows 

 of broad black and white striped rib- 

 bon, which also is festooned from place 

 to place. Below is a mass of maiden- 

 hair ferns, a dash of color appearing 

 at one side in some gorgeous gloxinias. 



At a wedding by Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements the bride carried lilies of 

 the valley showered with tulle, and 

 her maids Dorothy Perkins roses with 

 ribbon and maline. Spring flowers 

 formed the decorations throughout 

 the house, the bridal table in the bill- 

 iard room having a centerpiece of pink 

 hydrangeas caught with white maline. 

 The porch was enclosed with a trellis 

 covered with southern smilax and 

 rambler roses. 



McCreery & Co., the leading de- 

 partment store in town, has added a 

 section for cut flowers. A large repre- 

 sentative grocery in the East p;nd is 

 also disposing of cut blooms. While 

 the retail trade is rather low this 

 week, conditions in general continue 

 about the same. The glorious sun and 

 a very little rain during the past week 

 has made flowers in plenty. The plant- 



ing season, which was interrupted by 

 several weeks of cold and rainy 

 weather, resumed again with renewed 

 vigor, to continue through this month 

 of June. The frost of a fortnight since 

 bas proved another blessing for tli-i 

 plautsman, most of the work done 

 prior to that time having to be redone 

 now . Window box work has ne\ tr 

 beer, so profitable. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



J. A. Wood has moved his florist 

 shop to new quarters in Woodland, Cal. 



The Art Floral Co., on Powell street, 

 is featuring a fine showing of lilies 

 this week. 



The United Flower & Supply Co. is 

 installing a cold storage plant in the 

 rear of its shipping station on Bush 

 street. 



Picetti & Lavazollo have succeeded 

 the firm of Valmeni & Lavazollo as 

 proprietors of the florist shop at 1457 

 Haight street. 



The Jordan Park Floral Co., at 323 

 Clement street, has changed hands, F. 

 E. Stratton taking over the business 

 from G. H. Evans. 



The flowers at the Exposition con- 

 tinue to attract much attention. The 

 dahlias are coming out in fine shape, 

 and larkspur, phlox, foxgloves and 

 Canterbury bells appear in great quan- 

 tity. The roses and sweet peas make 

 a splendid showing. 



An idea of the significance of con- 

 vention life in the Exposition City is 

 afforded by the fact that 65 conven- 

 tions were scheduled for May, 31 for 

 June, 133 for July and 249 for August. 

 Each one means considerable extra 

 business for the florists. 



D. MacRorie, chairman of the execu- 

 tive committee of the S. A. F. Conven- 

 tion, met the chairman of the sub-com- 

 mittees, H. Plath, John McLaren, W. 

 A. Hofinghoff, J. R. Fotheringham, A. 

 J. Rossi, J W. Gregg, V. Podesta and 



F. J. Bertrand at a special meeting a 

 few days ago, at which time various 

 matters of mutual interest were dis- 

 cussed. 



WASHINGTON. 



Alfred E. and Sheldon A. Robinson, 

 Luther A. Breck and C. H. Brackett 

 used a large touring car in coming to 

 Washington from their homes in Bos- 

 ton to attend the meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society. 



Prof. F. L. Mulford, landscape gar- 

 dener of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, has gone to central west and 

 coast points for the purpose of making 

 a study of ornamental plants, trees 

 and shrubs suitable for shade purposes. 



J. E. W. Tracy, assistant superin- 

 tendent of testing gardens, has left for 

 the west to inspect the contract fields 

 in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, and 

 California from which are obtained the 

 vegetable and flower seeds used for 

 Congressional distribution. 



George H. Cooke created a very at- 

 tractive decoration incident to the re- 

 ception tendered by Governor Stuart, 

 of Virginia, to visiting governors at 

 Richmond, Va. The table decorations 

 were made of Shawyer roses, white 

 clematis and larkspur, the pink, white 

 and blue combination being exception- 

 ally pleasing. The mantlepicce was 

 banked with American Beauty roses 

 and in the other rooms, in addition to 

 some of the flowers named, quantities 

 of white peonies, cornflower and Amer- 

 ica gladioli were used. 



Cincinnati— Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Ollng- 

 er at their new home In Bellevue, Ky., 

 are entertaining Mr. Olinger's father, 

 .Tohn Olinger, and his brother-in-law, 

 Lou Engelbracht, of Aurora, III. 



Victor Morgan, representing Lord & 

 Burnham Co., obtained for his firm the 

 contract for the new O. B. Murphy 

 house. 



