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The Florists^ Review 



39 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



MOTHERS' DAY 



May 11 is the next day we must get ready for. 



Crepe Paper Carnations, 



White, $2.50 per 100; 



$20.00 per 1000. 



Cycas Sprays with White 

 Carnations, $7.20 per dozen. 



Cemetery Vases, galvanized or 



green enameled, per 100, 



$15.00. 



FOR NENORIAL DAY 



We are manufacturers of metal 

 wreaths. We manufacture them 

 from the first leaf stamped to the 

 finished article. 



Wax Wreaths, 



Wax Flowers, 



Magnolia Wreaths. 



Price $1.00 to $5.00 each and up. 



Try our $10.00, $25.00 or $50.00 

 assortment. 





Help to make Mothers' Day a holiday 

 for florists by using our mothers. 



CARNATIONS WILL BE SCARCE. BY USING OUR 



NOVELTIES YOU CAN HAVE ANY 



KIND OF FLOWER. 



Send for catalogue. 



Have you seen our Victory GirU ? 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129-1131 Arch Street 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Branch Factory, 709 First Avenue, Telephone Vanderbllt 4976, New York 



At Lexington market, which is one 

 of the show places for flowers on Eas- 

 ter, the streets for blocks were one mass 

 of blooms, though not so fine, to be sure, 

 as in former years. But the public 

 wanted flowers and they took the best 

 to be had. 



Easter lilies were one of the surprises 

 of the day. At the last minute some 

 large shipments came in and these went 

 a long way toward saving the day. 

 While the price asked by the commis- 

 sion houses was $35 per hundred, this 

 was as cheap as they could be sold. 

 One commission man told me that the 

 last shipment he received was one of 



700; on Saturday night he had only 

 three dozen left and these were his first 

 sale on Monday morning. I speak of 

 this to show that the public is deter- 

 mined to have lilies on Easter and that 

 it is not a question of price. 



Various Notes. 



At Samuel Feast & Sons', with the 

 store cleaned out on the day after the 

 Easter rush, Mrs. Hill, who was still 

 on the job, said: "In spite of every- 

 thing, this was the greatest Easter we 

 have ever had." To my question, 

 "How did you manage?" her reply 

 was: "Well, we had plenty of cut 



stock; we had a few azaleas and some 

 lilies — in fact, a little of everything 

 constituting the usual Easter stock, but 

 far short of the normal supply. To 

 make up for this, we had made-up bas- 

 kets at all prices and our experience 

 was that the public wanted flowers for 

 Easter and, if they could not get what 

 they wanted, they were willing to take 

 something else." 



At John Cook's they told me that 

 they were obliged to make hydrangeas 

 fill the gap for most blooming plants. 

 This store was well supplied with these 

 and some as fine genistas as I have 

 ever seen. There also was plenty of 



