October ::l, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



549 



BASKETS BASKETS BASKETS 



BUY YOUR FALL SUPPLIES NOW 



New Stock is in. Ready for You. A Rare Shipment of Im- 

 ported Goods Just Received. Hampers and Flower Bow^ls 



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 & CO. 



Manufacturers and 

 Importers 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Write for 

 Catalogue 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Pansy Flower Shop (Keene & 

 Carter) is now at 624 South Broad 

 street. Their old address was 1351 

 Lombard street. 



Charles Sim has returned all safe 

 from his visit to the old country. He 

 relates many thrills and exciting epi- 

 sodes in the course of his peaceful 

 journey. 



Jammed against a tree on the Cobb's 

 Creek golf links last Monday by a 

 motor lawnmower, William Larkins, 

 52 years old, an employee on the city's 

 golf course, suffered compound frac- 

 tures of the left leg above and below 

 the knee, a broken shoulder and pain- 

 ful lacerations of the body. He was 

 sent in an auto to the University Hos- 

 pital, where he is in a critical condi- 

 tion. Larkins was operating the motor 

 lawnmower on the golf links and while 

 in a deserted section closed the clutch 

 and went to the front of the machine 

 to make a slight repair. He left the 

 motor in gear, however, and when he 

 gave the mover a slight jar the clutch 

 slipped and the big machine started 

 forward crushing Larkins against a 

 tree. 



George and Alfred Burton engi- 

 neered a visitation party among the 

 growers in Montgomery & Bucks Co. 

 on the 5th inst. Among those riding 

 in the two Burton autos were: Sam- 

 uel S. Pennock, David Colflesh, .Arthur 

 Niessen, W. H. Engler, Robert Kift, 

 Alban Harvey, J. Wm. Colflesh and 

 Edmund Harvey. The itinerary in- 

 cluded the Burton & Myers places at 

 Wyndmoor, Mortensen's at Southamp- 

 ton, Franklin's at Yardley. Heacock's 

 at Roeloffs, Andre's at Doylestown, 

 Lilly's at Chalfont, the Florex Gar- 

 dens at North Wales, and John Welsh 

 Young's at Flourtown. Returning to 

 Wyndmoor the party was entertained 

 to a bounteous dinner at the residence 

 of George Burton, and left for home 

 about S P. M. after a very delightful 

 day's outing. 



BOSTON. 



On Thursday evening, October 19, 

 the Florists' Bowling League started 

 their series for the season at the 

 Arch street alleys. Scores will be re- 

 corded in our next. 



The position of nursery Inspector for 

 the State Board of Agriculture is open 

 and civil service examination of appli- 

 cants will be held at the State House, 

 Boston, and at Amherst, simultane- 

 ously, on Monday, October 23. 



A party of seven jolly salesmen 

 from the Flower Exchange, sailed In 

 Ed. Rojean's boat to Hough's Neck 

 last Tuesday, to fish for smelts, but 

 so rough was the sea that they were 

 glad to go ashore and return by the 

 land route, it being cheaper and more 

 comfortable to buy the smelts in Bos- 

 ton. 



Harry Quint was tendered a ban- 

 quet by his employees and friends on 

 Oct. 5th, at the Hotel Brunswick. The 

 occasion was the fifth anniversary of 

 Mr. Quint's venture into the busi- 

 ness world. The toastmaster of the 

 evening was Dr. Harry Belin. Among 

 the employees present were: Julius 

 Quint. Nathan Landerman, William 

 Goldberg and Samuel Freedman. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Preliminary lists are out for the 

 Spring Flower Show of 1917 to be held 

 at the Amory Building. 



Vincent and Frank Gorly, with F. 

 C. Weber, Jr., were in Chicago at the 

 meeting of the Florists' Telegraph As- 

 sociation. 



A luncheon was given Thursday 

 afternoon, Oct. 12, by C. T. Hatfield, 

 manager of the convention bureau of 

 the Business Men's League, to the Na- 

 tional Flower Show Committee. After 

 the luncheon the committee met the 

 fiorists of St. Louis and vicinity at the 

 Coliseum. Much enthusiasm was 

 aroused and the success of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show of April. 1918, was 

 foreshadowed. 



NEW YORK 



Walter R. Siebrecht of 114 W. 2Sth 

 street is doing jury duty at present. 



Importers of orchids state that cat- 

 tleyas will cost ten dollars a case 

 more next year. 



Sam. Redstone, with Hitchings & 

 Co., sailed on the S. S. St. Paul, Oct. 

 14, on a visit to England. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. Albert Small cele- 

 brated their twenty-fifth wedding an- 

 niversary on Friday, October 13. 



Sam Woodrow's landscape garden- 

 ing department grows. This week he 

 is completing a large job at Great 

 Barrington, Mass. 



George C. Siebrecht has added a 

 flower basket department to his cut 

 flower business and is now showing a 

 nice line of samples. 



There was a severe freeze in this 

 section on Saturday night, Oct. 14, 

 killing effectually all dahlias and 

 other susceptible garden material. 



Alex. Guttman is elated over the 

 fact that ever since the early lavender 

 pink chrysanthemum named for him 

 started to come in September, two 

 hundred dozen flowers have been sold 

 at $6.00 a dozen. 



We saw a case of asparagus plumo- 

 sus opened at P. J. Smith's which had 

 come all the way from California in 

 fine condition, seemingly as good as if 

 locally grown and superior to the 

 Florida stock, which in many instances 

 sheds its foliage badly. 



PERSONAL. 



A. C. Boje has accepted the position 

 of head gardener for M. J. Whittall, 

 Worcester, Mass. 



BUSINESS TROUBLES. 



Lawrence. Kan. — Theodore E. Orie- 

 sa, nurseryman, assets, $21,425.47. lia- 

 bilities, $24,564.87. 



