December 25, 1915 



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ALWAYS LEADERS! 



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



We offer for This Season's Trade a splendid Hne of new Flower Baskets. Chry- 

 santhemum Baskets in Japanese novelty tints. RED — RED^RED — specialties for 

 Holiday trade. All staples such as Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, Preserved 

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



Our Silent Salesman's Supplement is Out. Send for a copy 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 & CO., PHiLAOELPHiArpA.' 



table was decorated with mounds of 

 poinsettia separated by tall silver 

 shafts of white lilies. 



CHICAGO. 

 A. F. Longren, is home for the holi- 

 days and says the supply business is 

 all right. He will start oiit again in 

 two weeks. 



Schiller's Gift Shop was filled with 

 every kind of offering that a florist 

 could supply. The window was 

 trimmed overhead with drooping 

 branches of red foliage and masses of 

 gray southern moss and mistletoe. 



Many of the down-town retailers 

 have taken extra pains to beautify 

 their stores. Special attention has 

 been given to the overhead effects and 

 the results are good. All employed red 

 as the predominating color. 



J. Mangel, found his new conserva- 

 tory indispensable for holding his 

 blooming plants and showing them to 

 good advantage. A line of pottery for 

 holding small plants, etc., is having a 

 good run. 



Eastern growers are trying to sell 

 their American Beauties this year be- 

 fore shipping them into this market. 

 The experiences of last year, when 

 thirty thousand were dropped down 

 here proved a lesson not to be risked 

 again. 



The Alpha had its entire windows, 

 which are the largest of the down- 

 town flower stores, all done in red and 

 green. Gus Pappas, proprietor of the 

 store since his partner's death, went 

 to the other store at Des Moines, la., 

 Monday and will return Christmas day. 

 At the Chicago Flower Growers' 

 Association all are busy filling the 

 early orders and the books show a 

 long list to be filled later in the week. 

 Some especially fine cut poinsettlas 

 were seen here. They were four feet 

 long and the bracts very large and of 

 extremely brilliant color. Another lot 

 will follow these, both sent by one of 

 their growers who enjoys the reputa- 

 tion of being an expert. 



At Poehlman Bros.' southern ship- 

 ments are under way and the orders 

 are fully up to a normal year. The 

 quartette of red roses which are play- 

 ing such an Important part In the 



. holiday sales are Hadley, Hoosier 

 Beauty, Richmond and Milady. Speak- 

 ing of their respective merits, Mr. 

 Freese regards Milady as having the 

 best 'Shipping qualities and the first 

 two as excelling in richness of color. 

 Mrs. Russell at this house is excep- 

 tionally good ; not a trace of blue in its 

 color and the size and shape of the 

 flower being all that could be desired 

 in a rose. 



The lily of the valley situation is 

 reviewed by Phil Schupp, manager for 

 J. A. Budlong, about as follows: The 

 number of pips now in this locality 

 nowhere near approaches the quantity 

 used in a normal season, though a few 

 who had forethought to lay in a good 

 supply have their stock assured. 

 Should the war in Europe terminate 

 before warm weather comes again, 

 shipments could be safely made which 

 would take care of next year, but the 

 acreage is small in Germany com- 

 pared to that of other years, and even 

 with best of shipping facilities stock 

 will be scarce. The Budlong lily of 

 the valley this week measures 15 

 inches and the bells are of large size. 



BOSTON. 



Edward Stout, formerly salesman for 

 the Boston Rose Co., is now first assist- 

 ant to Wm. Penn, buyer for Penn the 

 Florist. 



Friends of Mrs. Fisher of Worcester 

 are glad to see her once more around 

 the market early in the morning as 

 before after her late illness. 



George Libbey of Lynn, who has re- 

 cently sold out his florist business In 

 Lynn and retired, has gone to spend the 

 winter and spring with his son In New 

 Haven, Conn. 



One of the most attractively dressed 

 and illuminated florist's windows ever 

 seen in Boston is that of Thomas F. 

 Galvln this week. A splendid electrical 

 display in many colors adds to the ex- 

 ternaf attractiveness of the building at 

 night. 



The Boston Herald of Sunday, Dec. 

 19th, devotes considerable space to a 

 picture and accompanying story about- 

 Harry Brinkgrleve, who, although 

 blind tor the past three years, Is able 



to conduct his greenhouse at Hyde 

 Park successfully, and who has made 

 a good record with his chrysanthe- 

 mums this season. Lettuce and early 

 tomatoes will follow the chrysanthe- 

 mums in his greenhouse. 



Penn, the Florist, opened his new 

 store at 124 Tremont street on Satur- 

 day, Dec. 18th, with a superb display 

 of plants, flowers and floral work. A 

 large advertisement in the Boston 

 morning papers invited the public to 

 come and attend the opening. The 

 advertisement stated that there were 

 no cards for this opening, no selective 

 lists or special invitations, but that 

 friends, customers and the public alike 

 were bidden welcome, and the people 

 responded in large numbers. 



VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Boston. — G. X. Amrhyn, New Haven, 

 Ct. 



New York.— L. W. Wheeler, Gilroy, 

 Cal.; A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa. 



Cincinnati: Ed. Fancourt, of S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila.; Miss 

 Fannie White, Lexington, Ky. 



Chicago: B. H. Klus, Anderson, 

 Ind.; Geo. Pandell, Fort Wayne, Ind.; 

 H. Kusik, Kansas City, Mo.; W. J. 

 Fosgate, Santa Clara, Cal. 



Philadelphia: James Brown Coates- 

 ville. Pa.; Enos B. Engle, Harrisburg, 

 Pa.; P. Joseph Lynch, New Castle, In- 

 diana; Frank B. Rine, Lewlsburg, Pa. 



Washington, D. C: Ralph M. Ward, 

 New York, N. Y.; Wallace R. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn.; S. S. Skidelsky, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa.; B. L. Darnell of Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



South Orange, N. J. — W. A. Manda 

 has just received what he believes to 

 be the biggest shipment of herbaceous 

 plants ever received from Japan. 

 These are the result of a two-years' 

 collecting tour, and It Is possible some 

 new and specially valuable things may 

 be Included In the shipment. Laelias 

 and cypripedlums are now blooming 

 handsomely In the greenhouses, and 

 Polypodium Mandalanum still holds 

 Its place as a leading favorite, both for 

 use as a plant and as cut fronds. 



