July 29, inn 



tl ORTICU LTU RE. 



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IN IVIID-SUIVIIVIER 



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Yes, it is now mid-summer. For a few weeks to come you will have to be wide-awake to catch the 

 ltttle chunks of business that occasionally materialize in this low-tide period. 



LET US HELP YOU 



Whether mid-summer or any other season we are always "on our job" and can give you more and 



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Bayersdorfer's novelty pur- 

 Write us a line and we'll 



better goods than you can get for your money anywhere else. Our H. 



chases in Europe this summer are beginning to arrive. "Are you on '. " 



send you a list. At same time try a few of our Preserved Natural Ferns, Magnolia and Cycas 



Leaves, etc. They never wilt. Once tried always wanted. 



1129 ARCH STREET, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



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A DETROIT BANQUET DECORA- 

 TION. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a most unusual treatment of a large 

 banquet table which will no doubt in- 

 terest those ot our readers who are 

 called upon from time to time for 

 work of this character. In reply to 

 our inquiry as to details of the de- 

 sign and its execution, Albert Poche- 

 lon, of the L. Bemb Floral Co., who 

 carried out the work, responded as 

 follows: 



Tlie table Cor this banquet was set for 

 112 plates in mm oval shape thr'ough the 

 convention nail of our largest botel. The 



qiiesli Mini' up how i" decorate the in 



sill.- spare of sum', which was 24x63, or 

 1632 square feet. I suggested i i lay uni a 

 miniature park sloping fr m tie us de ta- 



i'l Ige 2 ft. S in. down to the level of the 



floor, using an electric fountain with 109 

 sprays of water. This fountain was set in 

 mii oval pond 6x10 ft. and S in. high filled 

 with all kinds of white and colored water 

 lilies and plants. Around this pond was n 

 saucei shaped out mobile race track with 

 sin small automobiles runn'ug around at 

 two differenl speeds, it being so figured 

 "in that every eight minutes these six cars 

 would pair off and run around in three 

 pairs then would pull away from ^ach 

 other again. The fountain was illuminated 

 with six hnllseye electric lamps tin roughly 

 Insulated to prevent short circuit it blowing 

 "in fuses. The rest was laid out in a park 

 with .ill mails leading either to an entrance 



Estah. is;: 

 LEADING FLORIST 



Amsterdam. N. Y. Schenectady, N. Y. 



NEW ENGLAND 



FLOWER DELIVERIES 



Send flower orders for delivery in Boston 

 and all New England points 10 



THOS. F. GALVIN 



124 Tremont St., Boston 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



Dana Hall, Walnat Hill and Rockridge Hall 

 TAILBY, Wellesley, Mase. 



Tel. Wellmley u ' ud 1. Night 44-] 



(archway) from the table or to the race 

 track. Throughout the park were regular 

 street lamps with electric lights in same. 



The lawn was made of prepared green 

 sheet moss, the flower beds were round, 

 oval, diamond and square wire frames till' d 

 with moss and flowers. The shrubbery 

 beds were in irregular shapes. The walks 

 were sand, gravel anil shells, the rocks 

 corkbark. The whole park was enclosed 

 with miniature boxwocd hedge with arches 

 and pyramid boxtrees for entrances. The 

 rest itf the hall was appropriately decor- 

 ateil. 



While the photograph is very good, still 

 it dues net give enough credit t" the de nil 



work i»f Ibis jeli All 1 hanieal work as 



well as electrical work was operated from 

 one switchboard near the speaker's place 

 and at his will was turned off anil on. 



NEW FLOWER STORES. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Robert C. Avery, 

 West Seneca. 



Westerly, R. I. — Victor Schoboe. 

 Watch Hill Hotel. 



Chicago, III.— O. J. Friedman, 63 

 West Congress street, to be known as 

 the Western Floral Co. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Ey raising the 

 skylight to the level of the roof, H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co. have been able to 

 add considerably to their floor space. 

 This will give them added facilities 

 for the display of stock. 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH." 



Leading Retail Florists Listed by 

 Towns for Ready Reference. 



Albany, N. Y.— H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl St. 



Amsterdam, N. Y. — Hatcher. 



Boston— Thos. F. Galvin, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston — Edw. MacMulkln, 194 Boylstoo 

 St. 



Boston— Julius A. Zlnn, 1 Park St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— Palmer's 304 Main St. 



Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Dayton, O. — Matthews, The Florist. 



Denver, Col.— Park Floral Co., 1643 B'way 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Suns, 

 Miami and (trattot Aves. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 912 

 tJrand Ave. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Wm. L. Rock Flower 

 Co., 1116 Walnut St. 



Louisville. Ky. — Jacob Sebulz, 550 Sooth 

 Fourth Ave. 



New York— David Clarke's Sons, 2139- 

 J141 Broadway. 



New York — Alex. McConnell. 611 5th Ave. 



New York— W. H. Long, 412 Columbus Av. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th. 



New York— Dards, N. E. cor. 44th St. 

 and Madison Ave. 



St. Paul. Minn.— Holm & Olson. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge St. 



Washington. D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 F 

 St. 



Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



