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APRIL 22, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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HE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



--MEMORIAL DAY= 



Sunday, May 30 



We offer a splendid assortment of our 

 Memorial Day Specialties 



Metal Wreaths 



Wheat Sheaves 



Do you know that we manufacture We have a fine stock of choice 



them in our own factories in New York and in ^jj ^ f^j. making. ^heaves—yOUr 

 Philadelphia? Try an assortment at $25.00 or ^ •' 



$50.00— sure to please you. order can be promptly executed. 



Wax Flowers, Cycas Leaves, Wax Designs, 



Magnolia Leaves, in cartons and in bulk, all colors. 



Adiantum Fronds, Ruscus, Beech Sprays, Oak Sprays, 



Lycopodium, Cape Flowers, Felt Letters. 



DOVES— We stuff them ourselves. 



BASKETS— Our Selection 



A good assortment, several styles and sizes, $25.00 and $50.00 



State whether Cat Flower or Plant Baskets are wanted. 



JUST ARRIVED 



Chiffons — All widths, all colors. Netting — 6-inch, all colors. 



Imported Gold Letters and Scripts. Fresh Lot of Statice. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



1129-1133 Arch St. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Branch Factory, 709 Pint Ave., New York City, Telephone Vanderhilt 4976 



wita select Columbia, Premier, Russell 



and Ophelia making up to $20 and $25. 



^^■"■- excellent Kaiserin made its ap- 



Pe'unce this week. Carnations have 



eiaped somewhat, white ones being 



Parti.ularly overplentiful. Matchless 



^ |*.\ in heavy crop with everyone and 



liif; '""'^ exceed the demand. Easter 



CO! .'"^^ coming in far faster than they 



_'> '0 sold and prices are low, many 



^'^Z as low as $3 to $4 per hundred, 



for "i" ^^^^^ numbers failing to flower 



^ J'^aster. Snapdragons are of excep- 



'"" quality, but are the hardest flow- 



"^ f' move in the market. 



^voet peas are in good demand and 



their quality is fine. Yellow marguer- 

 ites are lower; so are bachelor's but- 

 tons. Narcissi hold up in price to $5 

 and $6 per hundred and supplies are 

 not large. Darwin tulips are fine and 

 entirely outclass the shorter-stemmed 

 early varieties. Callas, with other white 

 flowers, are lower. Cattleyas are short- 

 ening up and select flowers bring $9 to 

 $12 per dozen. There is a good supply 

 of valley and an equal demand for it. 

 Flowering plants are coming in better 

 than a week ago. 



Florists' Association Meets. 



The monthly meeting of the Boston 



Florists' Association was held at the 

 City Club April 13, with President 

 Henry Penn in the chair. About fifty 

 members were present and five new 

 applications were read and accepted. 

 This was to have been salesmen's night 

 in the round-table series of discussions, 

 but only William A. Hastings and Ar- 

 thiir W. Carr spoke for this branch of 

 the cut flower industry, others being 

 absent or considering silence the better 

 part of valor. 



Professor DeChant, who made a short 

 address at thd March meeting, spoke 

 at greater length on " CoSperatioH " 

 and his numerous pithy, pertinent points 



