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The Florists^ Review 



May 17, 1917. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



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Memorial Day Wreaths 



Now is the time to prepare for this day. Neidinger's Magnolia Wreaths are the 

 greatest time savers and money makers. Our wreaths are made on regular 

 mossed frames ready for use, with the same care and fullness as if you your- 

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PLAIN MAGNOLIA WREATHS at the 



following low prices: Per doz. 



No. 311- 12-ln. frame, flnleliod 20 In $ 6.00 



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eastern end of Horticultural hall is one 

 of those pretty, simple shows that de- 

 light the flower lover, though they hard- 

 ly satisfy the highly cultivated taste, 

 or the critical botanist. There were 

 palms and ferns, brightened by tulips, 

 daffodils and hydrangeas, and all were 

 nicely grown. 



After enjoying the display, I must 

 confess that the pleasure in it was some- 

 what marred by a sight at the other 

 end of the building. There, among the 

 euphorbias and cacti, was a huge cen- 

 tury plant, tlie broad leaves of which 

 were completely ruined by vandals. The 

 handy penknife, worked by dexterous 

 fingers, had cut initials and dates all 

 over the plant. The leaves suggested 

 the tattooed arms of a sailor. One date 

 was only a day or two earlier. It was 

 a shame. 



Cocos Weddelliana. 



The range devoted to those shapely 

 little palms at the Henry A. Dreer place, 

 Riverton, is always interesting. You 

 feel, when walking through it, that 

 here is something unusual, something 

 that cannot bo found elsewhere. Grad- 

 ually the stock was worked up to a won- 

 derful degree of perfection, and by 

 great care it was kept there. Then 

 there were waves of demand that made 

 it difficult to keep all the gi^^s com- 

 plete. Today the specimen sizes are 



scarce, but the benches are filled with 

 a magnificent lot of small and medium- 

 sized plants, perfect in form and in 

 shape, and they have a rich, deep green 

 coloring that is a pleasure to see. 



Various Notes. 



"Alpine Plants for Eock Gardens," 

 was the subject of Miss May Wright's 

 talk before the Germantown Horticul- 

 tural Society May 14, in the library 

 at Vernon Park. Wild flowers were a 

 feature of the exhibition. 



H. Bayersdorfer has arranged a "pa- 

 triotic" of magnolia foliage, ornament- 

 ed with red roses, white hyacinths and 

 blue cape flowers, for Memorial day. 



Richard Stockton, the well known rose 

 grower of Princeton, N. J., has gone to 

 Fort Niagara, to join the candidates in 

 training for otficers in the TJ. S. army. 



Robert Scott & Son this season will 

 plant 14,000 Mrs. Charles Russell roses 

 on their place at Sharon Hill. 



Frank R. Hastings has announced his 

 engagement to a charming young lady 

 of Germantown. 



Eugene Bernheimer has happily re- 

 covered from his recent illness. He was 

 able to attend to business last week. 



Joseph G. Ncidinger, who has been 

 quite ill, now is well again and back 

 at the liehn of his large supply house. 



The Forrest Flower Shop says that 

 the demand for Mothers' day was large- 



ly for white, carnations mainly, some 

 sweet peas and roses. The window is 

 effectively arranged with spring flowers. 



George D. Clark says that the top 

 of the hill has been passed in seed 

 orders. 



Robert A. Craig suggests that, now 

 that every spare inch of back yard is 

 sown with vegetable seed, a few pretty 

 plants would be nice in front. 



Edward A. Flood has commenced 

 work with the Buist Seed Co. 



Charles I. Kent, Jr., formerly of West 

 Philadelphia, is now running a retail 

 store at Camden, which he recently pur- 

 chased. 



Los Angeles makes a fine showing in 

 the window of Henry A. Dreer, Inc. 



Franklin Ely says that, while retail 

 flower seeds have not sold so well as 

 usual, more flower seeds have been sown 

 by florists than in the past. This is sup- 

 plementary to the note given out by the 

 Henry F. Michell Co. last week. 



J. M. Deutscher, John Cunningham 

 and George Cook agree that the P. W. 

 F. E. should be proud of its Mothers' 

 day stock. 



It is with sadness that the death of 

 William McCrae Thompson, which oc- 

 curred last week, is announced. Mr. 

 Thompson bore s'o splendidly the trials 

 of ill health that a note of admiration 

 is justly due him. Without complaint, 

 even cheerfully, he went about his daily 



