November 18, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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Chrysanthemum Baskets in Japanese novelty tints. 

 RED— RED— RED— specialties for Thanksgiving. 



New Stock is in. Ready for You. A Rare Shipment of Imported Goods Just Received. Hampers and Flower Bowls. 



Stock up now and have the goods to show customers. Send for prices and 



see how much you can do with a little monev when you g^o straight to 



headquarters - THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



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 Importers 



1129 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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PITTSBURGH.. 



The E. C. Ludwig Floral Company 

 has just completed a storage house 

 68 by 25 feet, of concrete and tile, on 

 their plant at Mars. Pa. 



The A. W. Smith Co. has the con- 

 tract for the landscape engineering 

 on the recently purchased Sewickley 

 Heights estate of Harold N. Van 

 \'oorhis 



.1. M. Joh.istnn. the McKeesport 

 florist, has for some time been ex- 

 perimenting with girls for the light 

 work in his grreenhouses, and report- 

 ed their services highly satisfactorj'. 



Some of the finest William Turner 

 chrysanthemums grown m this sec- 

 tion are to be seen in the greenhouse 

 of the old Thaw estate now leased by 

 J. J. Fisher, where Neil Forsyth has 

 supervision. 



Mayor Joseph G. .Armstrong has 

 ordered Park Supt. Burke to con- 

 tribute the floral decorations for the 

 fi'rewell reception to be held next 

 Wednesday evening for Dr .John A. 

 Brashear. who will leave on Thursday 

 for a trip to the Orient. 



Miss Corry De Pries has returned 

 to Amsterdam. Holland, owing to the 

 illness of her father. .Aliss De Pries 

 has for several years been private 

 secretary to Berthold Frosch. prior to 

 which she was foreign correspondent 

 for one of the large Dutch bulb 

 houses 



At a recent dinner at the Alle- 

 gheny Country Club, the dining room 

 was transformed into a charming 

 Japanese garden. In the center of 



the room was a huge gazing liall in 

 ■c bed of crotons from which Icrl a 

 path overgrown with tropical plants. 

 A high handled gilt basket filled with 

 assorted chrysanthenuinin was i.sed 

 en each of the twelve tables. 



During the Western Penna Exposi- 

 tion just closed, about 2').(i'».' pieces 

 of literature were distributed hy Xor- 

 man S. Grubbs, assisted by Alexander 

 R. Chambers, who has just entered 

 the agricultural department of State 

 College. The booth exhibits, which 

 occupied about l.dOii square feel o'' 

 floor space, included models of uivto- 

 (late lawns and gardens, fruits ;ind 

 vegetables, etc. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Chrysanthemum Show at Shaw's 

 Garden has drawn large crowds 



The St. Louis Florist Club met on 

 Thursd.-iy. Nov. 9, at Odd Fellows- 

 Hall. Attendance small. Spring 

 flower show committees reported 

 .progress. 



P. C. Weber's store on Olive street 

 has always an attraction for passers 

 on the main Olive street car line. 

 His window displays are artistic :ind 

 very attractive. 



VISITORS' REGISTER 



St. Louis — Chas. F. Fairbanks, presi- 

 dent American Gladiolus Society, Bos- 

 ton. 



Boston — A. K. Kunderd, Goshen, 

 Ind.; Dr. W. Van Fleet. Washington. 

 D. C. 



Chicago — J. J. Karins. representing 

 11. A. Dreer, Philadelphia; A. J. Pan- 

 nevis, representing Koster & Co., Bos- 

 koop. Holland: lies Cole, Springfield, 

 111. 



Washington — William Weber. Oak- 

 land. Md.: S. H. Bayersdorfer. Phila.: 

 Thomas Knight, New York; Joseph J. 

 Goudy. Phila.; Joseph Kostrzewiki, 

 Orange, Texas. 



Pittsburgh - deorge W. Cohen. New 

 York; Robert Kift Phila.; .Martin 

 Reukauf. representing H. Bayersdor- 

 fer & Co.. Phila.; J. F. Dayton. .Mad- 

 ison. Ohio; S. Cyama, Japan. 



Philadelphia — William F. Gude. 

 Washington, I). C: Frank Friedley, C. 

 W. Brown and S. .N. Pentecoast, Cleve- 

 land, O.; W. .\. Simpson, Clifton, N. J.: 

 Harry O. May. Summit. N. J.; H. M. 

 Holmes and R. .M. Holmes, Harristmrg, 

 Pa.; -Alexander Forbes, repr. J. F. .\'olI 

 Co.. Newark. N. J. 



New York — Thomas Roland, .\ahant, 

 Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welch. 

 Boston; Joseph Kostrzewiki. Orange, 

 Tex.: John H. Dodds. Wyncote, Pa.: 

 Elmer D. Smith. Adrian, Mich.; Philip 

 J. Foley. Chicago; .Mr. and Mrs. J. .M. 

 Collins, .Mechanicsville. N. Y.; Thomas 

 Reynolds. Princeton. N. .1.; Wm. Sim. 

 Clil'tondale, Mass.; Ed Jenkins. Lenox. 

 .Mass.; Wni. Gray. Newport. R. I.; Geo. 

 W. Kerr. Phila.. Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. 

 Paul Huebner. Phila.: E. H. .Mann. 

 Ridimoud. Ind.; Paul Berkowitz. repr. 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Phila.; H. J. 

 .Mitchell, Houston. Tex.; John Heere- 

 maus. Princeton. .\'. .1.; .lames Goodler. 

 Princeton, N. J. 



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