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A BEBGER WEDDING. 



A Caxte Blanche Affair. 



An exceedingly handsome home wed- 

 ding decoration was arranged at Fox 

 Chase, Pa., June 7, by William Berger 

 Sons, of Germantown, Pa. 



The decorations were under the per- 

 sonal supervision of Louis Berger, who 

 occupied the position of the trusted 

 lawyer to his client^ Everything was 

 left in Mr, Berger 's hands. He origi- 

 nated, planned and submitted his esti- 

 mate, with sketch. The estimate ac- 

 cepted, he carried every detail into suc- 

 cessful reality. It required three days 

 of hard work for a force of men to 

 complete the job, besides the prelimi- 

 nary arrangements. 



The house is a large suburban resi- 

 dence, surrounded by a large porch and 

 spacious grounds. The front door opens 

 into a wide hall of considerable depth, 

 with a broad stairway, leading to the 

 second floor, in the rear. This hall was 

 transformed into a rose garden and rose 

 arbor. Long sprays of Tausendschon 

 roses were trained up the sides and 

 over the ceiling above. White peonies 

 of great size were added to add to the 

 effect. With the peonies were beds of 

 the pale blue larkspur. Delphinium 

 Belladonna, covering screens that were 

 used to partly conceal the orchestra. 



It was an early evening wedding and 

 the crowning glory of the hall deco- 

 ration was the varicolored electric 

 fountain, the water rising to a height 

 of five feet and falling back into a pool 

 surrounded by the lovely, pale blue 

 larkspurs. The newel post at the f«ot 

 of the stairway was surmounted by a 

 gorgeous bunch of over 100 American 

 Beauty roses. As the guests ascended 

 the tastefully decorated stairway, the 

 fountain afforded a different and no 

 less beautiful view from the landing 

 at the rear. From this point of van- 

 tage the falling water, with its colored 

 lights and around it graceful sprays 

 of yellow orchids, was charming. 



In the Dining Room. 



The dining room opened on the left 

 of the hall. Walls and ceiling alike 

 were embowered in pink peonies; sev- 

 eral shades of pink with mountain 

 laurel to soften the effect, the danger 

 of heaviness being avoided by skillful 

 use of material. The center of the din- 

 ing room was occupied by a heart- 

 shaped table, made expressly for the 

 occasion. On this heart-shaped table, 

 perhaps ten feet wide, was an espe- 

 cially made heart-shaped basket thirty 

 inches in diameter. This basket was 

 filled with Ward roses and graceful pink 

 snapdragons. To the sides of this cen- 

 tered heart-shaped basket were five 

 smaller baskets, also heart-shaped. They 

 were filled with Sweetheart roses and 

 yellow orchids. The dining room deco- 

 ration was finished with many tiny 

 electric lights that sparkled from among 

 the flowers and foliage on the walls and 



from the ceiling above. Bows of rib- 

 bon were used on the heart-shaped 

 table, which was laid in buffet style. 



Bayersdorfer Aida Berger. 



The room where the wedding cere- 

 mony was performed was the scene of 

 the most splendid floral arrangement. 

 The room consisted of two rooms thrown 

 into one, equaling in size the hall and 

 dining room combined, about 22x45 

 feet. Across the upper end was a broad 

 bank of Easter lilies. Then^ came a 

 space for the clergyman who was to 

 perform the ceremony. In front of this 

 space was a lightly made reed fence, 

 twenty-two feet in length and about 

 three feet high, with gates in the cen- 

 ter. This fence, made for the wedding 

 by H. Bayersdorfer & Co., was adorned 

 with a few choice white peonies, de- 

 signed to enhance, not to hide, its ap- 

 pearance. The gates were festooned 

 with Adiantum gloriosum. Glory of 

 Mordrecht. The walls and ceilings 

 were covered with white peonies, with 

 this difference: The half nearest the 



fence, or chancel rail, was of white 

 peonies only, while in the half farthest 

 away the white peonies were relieved 

 by a free use of mountain laurel. The 

 decorations were put in place by means 

 of wire frames nearly ten feet high, 

 reaching from floor to ceiling. These 

 frames, of perhaps a foot in width, 

 were nailed to the picture rail at inter- 

 vals of six feet. With the aid of pock- 

 ets, the open spaces as well as the 

 f ramea themselves were completely hid- 

 den from view by flowers and foliage. 

 The mantel in the room was banked 

 with white orchids and just a few pink 

 sweet peas. An aisle from the stairway 

 to the chancel was outlined with white 

 ribbons. Chiffons were used at points 

 of vantage here and there. 



The Bouquets. 



There were two extremely handsome 

 bouquets. The bride's was formed of 

 lily of the valley and white orchids in 

 shower; the bridesmaid's of pink sweet 

 peas. 



The wide porch, lighted with elec- 

 tric lights in many colors, was richly 

 decorated with snapdragons and peo- 

 nies; gay colors in pockets and in 

 boxes, relieved by the deep green of 

 palms, that formed a stately back- 

 ground. 



Despite the fact that rain prevailed, 

 the electrical and floral display planned 

 for the grounds was the most extensive 

 decoration ever arranged by William 

 Berger Sons. For its beauty and taste 

 Louis Berger received many congratu- 

 lations from the family and their 

 guests. . . . Phil. 



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London, England. — It was announced 

 June 6 that no more permits will be 

 issued by the British government for 

 the importation of German goods into 

 the United States. 



Eotterdam, Holland. — When the Hol- 

 land-America line steamer Noordam ar- 

 rived here May 28, it was stated the 

 heavy Dutch, Belgian and German 

 mail brought from New York had been 

 taken off the boat at Falmouth by the 

 British authorities. 



London, England. — The Chelsea 

 show, the largest annual affair in Eng- 

 land, which opened May 23, was a suc- 

 cess, although by no means up to ante- 

 bellum records, exhibits being less nu- 

 merous, less elaborate and attracting 

 smaller attendance. 



London, England, — Two well-known 

 British rose growers recently, in the 

 presence of a trade scribe, were chat- 

 ting together over the outlook in the 

 rose world and both expressed the opin- 

 ion that next season and the year fol- 

 lowing roses will be more expensive 

 than has been the case for some years 

 past. The fact is a good many general 

 nurserymen were so short-handed last 

 summer that they budded less than 

 their usual quantity and, for the same 

 and similar reasons, they have planted 

 fewer stocks for the coming season's 

 budding. 



Erfurt, Germany. — Since the seizure 

 of a large number of parcels of flower 

 seeds in the mails on board the Scandi- 

 navian steamer United States it has 

 been difficult for growers here to main- 

 tain business connections with Amer- 

 ican customers, as mails are censored 

 by the British, both via Rotterdam and 

 via Copenhagen. All steamers now call 

 at British ports en route. 



Newtownards, Ireland. — "In spite of 

 the serious difficulties incidental to the 

 war," says Alex. Dickson & Sons, 

 Ltd., * ' wq^ have (Jone our utmost to 

 preserve the continuity of our business 

 and to develop it upon our accustomed 

 lines. For more than a quarter of a 

 century we have concentrated our ef- 

 forts on the evolution of the rose on 

 scientific lines, and over this long period 

 we think we may claim to have added 

 something to the cult year by year." 



London, England. — Steps have been 

 taken to draw the attention of the gov- 

 ernment to the inconsistency of the or- 

 der in council of May 10, which pro- 

 hibits the importation of bulbs except 

 those grown in France, but does not 

 prohibit the importation of cut blooms. 

 The prohibition against bulbs includes 

 those grown in Japan, Guernsey and 

 Holland, thus depriving British grow- 

 ers of the profits of flowering the 

 bulbs, handing that profit over to the 

 shippers of cut blooms. 



