Octolier 28, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



581 



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. 



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 Catalogu* 



NEW YORK. 



Andrew Eckrich succeeds to the busi- 

 ness of the late C. E. Grunewald at 

 924 Madison aven;ie. 



An outdoor chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion is being held at the Prospect 

 Park flower garden this week. Some 

 of the plants reach a circumference 

 of fourteen to seventeen feet. 



The nominating committee of the N. 

 Y. Florists' Club meets on Friday. Oct. 

 27 at W. F. Sheridan's. The com- 

 mittee on Ladies' Night met at Tra- 

 endly & Schenck's office on: Tuesday. 



On or about November 1 the George 

 W. Crawbuck Co., Inc., will move from 

 57 W. 28th street to 47 W. 28th street, 

 where they will have more ample room 

 and facilities for their wholesale cut 

 flower business. 



Customers will note that Johnson 

 & Millang have made a change in 

 their regular sales days. This firm 

 reports an exceptionally successful 

 sale of locally grown and imported 

 stock last Monday. 



A. L. Miller, S. A. F. vice-president 

 elect is already "on the job' witli 

 characteristic zeal, hustling towards 

 making preliminary arrangements for 

 the S. A. F. Convention ne.xt August. 

 This includes a vigorous campaign for 

 new members. 



To better handle their increased 

 European business R. M. Ward & Co. 

 have established a branch at Rotter- 

 dam. Holland, with J. Henry Thomas 

 as director. This favorable location to 

 the fields — particularly Holland bulbs, 

 plants and nursery stock — assures 

 them an advantage to know crop and 

 market conditions, to secure novelties, 

 as also to personally inspect stock of 

 their growers. 



"I ordered some flowers sent to Miss 

 Redbud and I'll be hanged if tlie florist 

 didn't send them C. O. D." 



"Phew! Did she pay for them?" 



"She did, and now, deuce take it, 

 I've got to pay her." 



No evading that bill. 



— Boston Transriipt. 



WHERE ORCHIDS AND GARDENIAS 

 FLOURISH. 



We had the pleasure recently of in- 

 specting what is reputed to be the 

 largest cattleya growing establishment 

 in the world — that of Beechwood 

 Heights Nursery, owned and operated 

 by Thomas Young, Jr.. at Bound 

 Brook, N. J. That it holds the premier 

 position accorded to it not only in or- 

 chids but in gardenias will not be 

 questioned by any one who has had 

 the privilege of inspection. All the 

 way from 500 to 1.000 cattleyas have 

 been cut daily during the height of the 

 labiata season. Gigas. Mendelli, 

 Trianae, and all the other desirable 

 species are grown in alniost unbelieve- 

 able numbers. Then there are the 

 rarer sorts, the Laelio-Cattleyas, 

 Brasso-Cattleyas and unique forms be- 

 loved of orchid fanciers and these are 

 all assembled in one large house as 

 soon as identified. The raising of hy- 

 brids has also been under way for 

 some time and there are myriads of 

 pedigree seedlings in the various 

 stages from seed pans to individual 

 liots. A start has been made in the 

 culture of odontoglossums for cut 

 flowers on a commercial scale — some- 

 thing not easy of accomplishment in 

 this climate but Mr. Young is a man 

 who does not care to bother with 

 things that are easily done. 



Gardenias — there must be acres of 

 them. House after house with the beds 

 as uniform and vigorous as though 

 they were simply privet plantations, 

 big glossy foliage glistening in the 

 sunlight and tall stems bristling with 

 l)uds. There is a range of rose houses 

 also. Among the varieties grown is 

 Hadley, of which there are 12,000 

 plants. 



Altogether the Keechwoods Heights 

 greenhouses present a scene of e.xotic 

 splendor and one can hardly realize 

 that this whole estate was nothing but 

 a cornfield up to 1907. It is a tine 

 property, a perfectly level stretch to 

 the range of hills, known as the 

 Watching mountains, which dominate.^ 

 the landscape. The establishment is 

 a model one in the character of the 



glass ranges, the heating features, etc.. 

 which includes a big battery of mod- 

 ern heating outfit. The orchid house.s 

 are heated by hot water propelled by 

 steam and the rose and gardenia 

 ranges by steam direct. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The business formerly conducted by 

 the late L. A. King, in Charlottesville. 

 Va.. has been taken over by Walter 

 H. Page and William S. Holloway. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. is 

 showing some very excellent Teddy, 

 Jr., ferns. The plants are very well 

 grown, compact, and are attracting a 

 great deal of attention. 



Washington merchants are endeav- 

 oring to capture a share of the trade 

 from nearl)y .Maryland points and last 

 week half a himdred men in all lines 

 of trade participated in an automobile 

 booster trip. Among the merchants 

 were William F. Gude and W'alter 

 Havvley. The trip euded at Leonard- 

 town, where a banquet was held. 



An opportunity to sell American 

 flower seeds and living plants, especi- 

 ally roses, pinks, and dahlias of all 

 kinds, is announced by the Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce, of 

 the Department, under File No. 

 22750, reporting that a firm in Brazil 

 informs an American consular officer 

 of its desire to receive catalogues on 

 the above commodities. Catalogues 

 may be in English, but Spanish is pre- 

 ferred, and correspondence should be 

 in Portugese, if possible. 



Florists are to join in the effort 

 to entirely eliminate the bad check 

 evil which is causing so much trouble 

 in Washington. The Retail Mer- 

 chants' Association is issuing a re- 

 quest to business men to send in the 

 names and addresses of all those who 

 have given bad checks, together with 

 the amount and the name of the bank 

 on which they were given. All in- 

 formation thus gathered will be held 

 in strictest confidence, and, when de- 

 sired, collections or jirosecutions will, 

 be brought. 



