June 6, 1914 



HOBTICULTURE 



843 



WEDDING ACCESSORIES 



These Cuts Show Three 

 of Our Latest Novelties 

 Which We Term 



BRIDESMAIDS' 

 RESTING 

 BASKETS 



See Nos. 3, 4 and 5 in our Cata- 

 logue. And there are others, 

 See Catalogue pages as follows : 



Page 29, Kneeling Stool ; Page 

 98, Shoulder Bridal Baskets No. 

 330 ; Page 97, Aisle Post No. 

 405 ; Page 95, Shepherd's Crook 

 No 307, Directoire Staff No. 308, 

 and Empire Staff No. 309. 



Get Busy With These 



Now is the Time 



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H. BAYERSDORFER Sl CO. 



^Ki^ F'l^ri^'ts' Scipfsly IH^«j^^ of JKm^rlcsst 



1129 Arch Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. 



TEXAS NEWS NOTES. 

 Austin. 

 This section has had up to date 21 

 inches of rain since January 1st, and 

 at this writing it loal<s as if more 

 were coming. The earth is saturated 

 and springs of long ago, that have 

 been dry many years, are now supply- 

 ing babbling brooks and rippling rill 

 that the children have not known. 

 Our prairies are aglow with the 

 maroon and yellow of the gaillardia, 

 bright with coreopsis and the many 

 varieties of the primrose, the callir- 

 hoe, sepachys and castilleja. with here 

 and there a fine blue cluster of Salvia 

 tarinacea and the fragrant bee blos- 

 soms of hymenopappus. Oh, a central 

 Texas prairie in May is a dream, an 

 ecstacy, a thing almost too beautiful 

 to be real, and while it induces a love 

 for them, it makes them so common 

 as to demoralize the public as a pur- 



chasing power, but the spring will 

 pass and this riot of flowers will dis- 

 appear and the florist come back as a 

 public necessity with his line of de- 

 pendable staples. H. B. Beck. 

 Pres. Austin Florist Club. 



25 Years' Experience 



Makine Flower SelUnJ^Tie- 

 frlgerators for Stores and 

 GreenhoQses. Perfect Re- 

 frigeration Ice Econom7' 

 Aik for Catalog X3. 



Uaiteil Refricerttor tnJ Ice 

 Machine Ce. , Kenosha, Wis. 



Houston. 



H. H. Kuhlman reports a very prof- 

 itable business on gladioli. He intends 

 to make extensive improvements on 

 his plantation, consisting of several 

 hundred acres, and expects to erect a 

 modern range of glass in the near fu- 

 ture. 



The Houston Florists' Club met 

 Monday night. May 18th, and several 

 matters were taken up regarding the 

 Flower Show. Also amendment to 

 the By-laws and Constitution, that 

 gave a broader field to the work, was 

 adopted. 



Mr. Hewitt, the new manager of 

 the Brazos Hotel Greenhouses, is 

 making several changes and with his 

 new grower expects to have every 

 thing in nice shape by fall. Mr. 

 Hewitt has had a great deal of ex- 

 perience in the florists' business and 

 will evidently make a splendid show- 

 ing. 



Already extensive preparations are 

 being made for the flower show to be 



held in Houston, in November. This 

 will be the first real state flower show 

 that has ever been had but from pres- 

 ent prospects it is going to be one of 

 the great attractions of Texas for the 

 year. There will be a big premium 

 list and every branch of the floral in- 

 dustry is expected to be represented 

 at this the first annual show. There 

 have been to date five local florists' 

 clubs organized in the state and each 

 of these clubs have taken particular 

 interest in the flower show and will 

 do all they can to make it a great suc- 

 cess. 



Fort Worth. 



It is gratifying to note the splendid 

 progress that is being made by the 

 florists throughout the entire state of 

 Texas. In many instances old houses 

 are being torn down and new ones are 

 taking their places. Usually the old 

 houses are left standing and new 

 ones erected nearby. The latest order 

 placed for a new house that has been 

 called to our attention is that of J. E. 

 McAdam, 815 Main street. Ft. Worth. 

 This new structure is to be 27 by 200 

 ft. When this building shall have 

 been completed it will afford much 

 added space which Mr. McAdam has 

 been In need of for some time. 



Li. J. Tackett. 



