November 6. lfH5 



HOETICULTURE 



611 



ALWAYS LEADERS! 



We 



When you buy Bayersdorfer & Co. goods )Ou get the best in the country, 

 won the ONLY MEDAL AWARDED for Florist Supplies at San Francisco. 



We offer for the Fall Trade a splendid line of new Flower Baskets. Chrysanthe- 

 mum Baskets in Japanese novelty tints. RED— RED — RED — specialties for Thanks^ 

 giving and Holiday trade. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, Pre- 

 served Adiantum Sprays, etc., in full assortment and bed-rock prices. 



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., philadelphia,'^pa.' 



PITTSBURGH. 



George Hallam. the North Side flor- 

 ist, is seriously ill with pneumonia at 

 his home in old Allegheny. 



Julius W. Ludwig has just been 

 elected a member of the Board of Di- 

 rectors of the Frosinn Singing Society. 



Henry Meuschke, treasurer of the 

 Ludwig Floral Company, has been ap- 

 pointed to take charge of the floral 

 booth in connection with the bazaar to 

 be held in December by the affiliated 

 German societies. 



Beginning with November 9th and 

 ending on December 3rd, Norman 

 Grubbs will conduct a number of ex- 

 hibits and contests, principally corn 

 and onions. Experts will be i)resent 

 from the Pennsylvania State College 

 and award prizes for the quickest ma- 

 turing and highest yielding products, 

 and determine upon the varieties best 

 adapted to this locality. 



Among the commercial florists and 

 private gardeners who will attend the 

 Cleveland Flower Show ne.\t week are 

 the following: W. .larvis Smith, .loseph 

 Koenig. Julius W. Ludwig, Gilbert Lud- 

 wig, E. C. Reinenian. James Moore, E. 

 C. Ludwig, DeForrest W. Ludwig, D.i- 

 vid Fraser. Aloysius Anthony l^each. 

 Ernest R. Bolton, Ernest Guter, James 

 Wiseman, .Joseph Devlin, Henry B. 

 Keiller, P>ed Burki and William 

 Usinger. 



On last Tuesday evening a prelim- 

 inary meeting was held in the office 

 of the H. C. Frick greenhouse, to con- 

 sider the advisability of organizing a 

 club for all private gardeners and hor- 

 ticultural amateurs in Western I'enn- 

 sylvania. About fifteen men were 

 present and decided to call a meeting a 

 little later in the East Liberty branch 

 of Carnegie Library. Several finan- 

 ciers, owners of large estates and in- 

 terested in the horticultural features 

 thereof, have promised their co-opera- 

 tion and support. 



ST. LOUIS 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ammann. of Ed- 

 wardsville, celebrated their silver 

 wedding on October 28. Many beauti- 

 ful presents were sent by friends. 



Miss Matilda Meinhardt. well known 

 in the ladies' circle in the Society of 



A VALENTINE HEART. 



Used In a Window 



.■i( Iiie .Jones Kii««i-ll i 



Sl.jro. Cleveland, Ohio. 



American Florists, surprised her many 

 friends by her announcement of her 

 engagement to Mr. William H. Boaz. 

 a wealthy real estate man. Mr. Boaz 

 is a widower with several children 

 and has a beautiful home in Kirk- 

 wood. 



The otlicers of the Florist Club, with 

 the Spring Show Committee, and com- 

 mittees on the carnation meeting pre- 

 parations, held a very interesting 

 meeting October 28 at the home of 

 Frank Windier. It was decided to call 

 a special meeting of the cbib in order 



to olacf lilt r 'gular meeting day one 

 week later, as many of the members 

 will be away attending flower shows 

 at Cle\eland and Chicago, so the next 

 meeting will be held at the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, November 18. This 

 will come right at the height of the 

 Chrysanthemum Show' at the garden, 

 which opened this week to continue 

 throughout the month. After the 

 meeting the members sat down to a 

 fine lunch, at which a great deal of 

 talk on making interesting meetings 

 was indulged in. 



