September 7, 1912 



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"THE" FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



THE HIGHEST AWARDS 



Ever given to a Florists Supply House by the Society of American Florists were given to the 

 Exhibits of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., " The " Florists Supply House of America. 



1 Certificate of Merit 2 Honorable Mention 3 Highly Commended 



These being the highest awards the Society can give and covering our 



New French Baskets. Gun Metal Tone Ware. Chariot of Peace. New Decorative Ferns 



The Bayersdorfer exhibit was a stunner and demonstrated once again that Bayersdorfer leads 

 the country in Florists Supplies. 



LET'S GET ACQUAINTED 



Send for " Our Silent Salesman " a handsomely illustrated book of everything in Florists' Sup- 

 plies. Drop a postal today. Get acquainted. It will pay you. 



H. BAYERSDORFER ®, CO. 



THE 



FLORISTS' SUPPLY 



HOUSE OF 



AMERICA 



1129 ARCH STREET 



PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Two Views ok C. A. Kuehx's New' Store at St. Loris, Mo. 



resentative, the Standard Scale and 

 Fixture Co., one ot her largest retail 

 refrigerators in the city for the Mul- 

 lanphy Florist Co.'s new store. The 

 box is all in white, 20 feet wide, 8 

 feet high and 14% feet deep. 



The Brecht Company of this city 

 have put in a large refrigerator for 

 George Waldbart and also one for the 

 Metropolitan Floral Co.. the latter to 

 be used for a show window box. Both 

 are costly and attractive ornaments 

 of well-kept floral establishments. 

 These two places have undergone 

 great alterations this summer and are 

 now ready for the season to open. 



Visitors: Chas S. Ford, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; Martin Reukauf, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadel- 



phia, Pa.; E. H. Morichard, represent- 

 ing S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; S. Seligman, New York 

 City. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Berkeley, Cal.— W. H. Welters of 

 the Ashby Nursery, 2906 Ellsworth 

 street, has opened an office and sales 

 yard in the center of the city for the 

 purpose of selling general nursery 

 stock. 



Cincinnati. Ohio — The Hill-Heller 

 store at 531-532 Race street opened on 

 Tuesday. The store is a very pretty 

 one. The opening window displays of 

 assorted plants were good and drew 

 the attention of many shoppers. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



All of the handsome photographs 

 of floral pieces shown by F. C. W. 

 Brown at the Chicago Convention can 

 be had from M. Rice & Co.. Philadel- 

 phia^ Pa., who have the exclusive con- 

 trol of this valuable art collection of 

 150 subjects, each one a gem. 



W. S. Lawrence and his son, Charles 

 Lawrence, of Atlanta, Ga., were visi- 

 tors to the "House of Rice" last week 

 and were entertained at the summer 

 home of B. Eschner at Elkins Park. 



Visitors: Will Rehder, Wilmington, 

 N. C; Mrs. John Wolf, Savannah, Ga.; 

 John K. M. L. Parquhar, Boston, 

 Mass.; George Weinhoeber, Chicago,, 

 111.; David Quinn. Brookline. Mass. 



