December 25, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



49 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



SPECIAL SALE 



Chiffon 



Offer good only to January 10, when prices will go back to 



regular, and subject to being unsold 



Prices the same for 1 piece to 1000 pieces 



3 STRIPE CHIFFON 



4-inch— Plain, 6Kc; Valley or Dotted, 8Kc 

 6-inch — Plain, 9c; Valley or Dotted, lie 

 10-inch— Plain, 12Kc; Valley or Dotted, 14Kc 



COLORS: White, Pink, Lavender 

 Violet, Purple, Red 

 Beauty, Ward, Nile 

 Moss, Blue, Gray 



H« Bayersdorfer & Co. 



1 1 29- 1131 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Branch Factory, 709 First Avenue, New York City, Telephone Vanderbilt 4976 



week. Prices were high, as follows: 

 American Beauty roses from $9 to $18 

 per dozen; roses such as Mock, Eich- 

 mond, Columbia, Premier, Russell, the 

 Killarneys, Hoosier Beauty, Hadley and 

 Ophelia, were $25 to $75 per hundred; 

 carnations were $8, $10 and $12 per 

 luindred; calendulas, $4 and $5 per hun- 

 dred; poinsettias, $35 to $75 per hun- 

 dred; calla lilies, $3 and $4 per dozen; 

 sweet peas, $5 and $6 per hundred, and 

 stevia, extra fine, $4 per hundred. 

 Roses and carnations have been in fair 

 crop, but failed to meet the demand this 

 week. 



There were quantities of blooming 

 plants, but not enough to go around. 

 Cyclamens were selling at from $2 to 

 $4 at wholesale; poinsettia pans, at from 

 $2 to $6 per pan wholesale; begonias, 

 $1.50 to $6 each; primroses, 50 cents to 



$1, and araucarias, extra fine, at $4 and 

 $5 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



The Gude Bros. Co. was exceptionally 

 busy last week with some fine dinners, 

 weddings and debutante parties, as 

 were many of the other florists around 

 the city. This firm is installing at the 

 northeast range under one of its large 

 boilers a water grate culm-burning 

 apparatus at a cost of nearly $3,000 for 

 one boiler. If this apparatus does what 

 it is said to do, it will save many thou- 

 sand dollars per annum. W. F. Gude is 

 still serving on the grand jury and was 

 agreeably surprised, at the adjournment 

 on the Friday before Christmas, when 

 the jurors presented him with a token 

 of esteem in the shape of a gold pen- 

 knife. 



The feature of the week was "Say 

 It with Flowers," sung by Vernon 

 Stiles at Keith's theater. This was sung 

 at both matinee and evening perform- 

 ances. Mr, Stiles threw flowers to the 

 audience while singing ' ' Say It with 

 Flowers" and the ushers distributed 

 flowers to the patrons of the theater. 

 Every day about 1,000 flowers were used 

 in this way, which was a heavy drain 

 on the florists, but it was surely worth 

 the price. Not only does Mr. Stiles sing 

 the song, but he asks the people to buy 

 flowers when language fails them. Fri- 

 day evening at an entertainment of 

 about 500 people at the local Rotary 

 Club, Mr, Stiles sang "Say It with 

 Flowers." For this occasion there 

 were prepared red roses with a "Say It 

 with Flowers" card attached to each 

 for every lady. These were distributed 



