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Max 26, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



49 



THIE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



WEDDING GOODS 



WEDDING SHOWERS, ready-made Per dozen, $ 9.00 



WEDDING SHOWERS, ready-made Per dozen, 12.00 



No. 2 GAUZE, 50-yard reels Per reel, 2.00 



No. 2 GAUZE, 50-yard reels Per reel, 1.25 



Similar to Gauze, very pretty 



BOUQUET HOLDERS, lace edge Each, $1.50 and 2.00 



PAPER BOUQUET HOLDERS, all sizes. 



WEDDING ROPE, 12-yard pieces Per piece, 3.00 



WEDDING TASSELS Each, .75 



KNEELING STOOLS Each, $15.00, $20.00 and 28.00 



WEDDING GATES Each, 35.00 



SHEPHERD CROOKS Each, 2.00 



EMPIRE STAFFS Each, 1.50 



DIRECTOIRE STAFFS Each, 2.00 



STAFF BASKETS Each. 2.00 



AISLE POSTS Each, $2.00 and 3.00 



BRIDAL HAT BASKETS Each, 1.00 



FLOWER GIRL BASKETS Each, 25c to 1.00 



H. Bayersdorf er & Co. 



1 129-1 133 Arch Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Branch Factory, 709 Firat Avt., Nmo York City, Telmphone Vandmrbilt 4976 



Give Them Away 



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WITH FLOWERS 



Two-tone colored 

 holder and liner. 



$3.00 per doz. 



F. 0. B. Chicago 



Special prices in 



quantity with 



your ad 



Our terms: One-third 

 cash, balance C.O.D. 



Chicago Papier-Nache Co. 



2834 Lincoln Ave. Chicag o 



supply. Some nice long-stemmed for- 

 get-me-nots come in and there is an 

 abundance of Gypsophila elegans of 

 variable quality. 



Ten weeks' stocks and double fever- 

 few are now coming in freely and, later 

 in the week, all will be eagerly bought 

 at high prices. A good number of callas 

 still come and Easter lilies have been 

 more abundant. The small-flowered 

 gladioli of the Peach Blossom type do 

 not sell particularly well, but the large 

 varieties, like America and Halley, 

 average a good price. Cut lilac is less 

 abundant than usual; the late cold 

 weather seriously damaged it in New 

 England. Some German iris, aquilegias 

 and other outdoor flowers are seen. 



/ HAVE BEEN ASKED 



"WHY DYE SWEET PEAS?" 



First; there is no real yellow, apricot or 

 burnt orange pea supplied by nature. 



Second; people like these colors and 

 shades, and buy them repeatedly, just as 

 they do lavender, pink, etc. 



Third; the greater the variety of de- 

 sirable colors olTered the public, the more 

 peas the retailer sells. Try it and see. 



Fourth; the cost is almost nil. One 

 quart will dye about 2,500, or one cent 

 per bunch of 25. 



Fifth; usually florists need white or 

 very light pink peaa in quantity only 

 occasionally, and at other times they 

 may be 4yed. 



Sixth; in design work, such as the 

 "Eastern Star," one needs yellow flow- 

 ers that stand up well. At such times 

 yellow carnations are of special service 

 and may be made from white ones over 

 night. 



Seventh; try yellow, apricot or burnt 

 orange peas with deep blue or purple in 

 corsage work, etc. 



Some, in making trial order, write as 

 if they expect to be "skinned." All such 

 are going to be agreeably surprised. If 

 I wgre npt sure the dye would do just 

 as I claim, so it will bring repeat orders, 

 I should not offer ;t for sale at all. I 

 think life entirely too short for one to be 

 anything else than "on the square." It 

 it n<U practicable to offer free samples, 

 and the dollar trial orders wllj not likely 

 pay expenses while I am convincing you. 



Some seem to think the flowers are 

 dipped and the dye on the outside. Wo 

 flli jelly glasses thxee-quarters full of the 

 dye solution and stand stems of fresh cut 

 peas in this in the evening, leaving them 

 thus over night. In the morning lift 

 them out, rinse dye off stems and stand 

 them in fre.sh water as though just cut, 

 and in a few minutes they may be 

 bunched without staining the hands. But 

 should any of this dye get on the hands, 

 a little borax and water, or even soap 

 lather, quickly takes it off. 



PRICE, sufficient ti make tne quart, $1.00, prepaid. Six for $5.00 



H. S. McCLENAHAN 



40th and Phillips Streets OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. 



These include Darwin tulips and Nar- 

 cissus poeticus, both of which will finish 

 this week. 



The hot wave has sent Cattleya 



Mossise along in quantity. The demand 



for these is not heavy. The demand 



for asparagus and hardy ferns is strong. 



Olnb Meeting. 



In spite of the busy season, there was 

 an attendance of nearly 100 at the 



meeting of the Gardeners ' and Florists ' 

 Club, May 17. Eesolutions on the late 

 F. C. Green, presented by W. N. Craig, 

 were adopted by a rising vote. The 

 club voted unanimously to hold a 

 ladies' night June 21 and a picnic on 

 or about July 21 in Cunningham park, 

 East Milton. Miss M. B. Case sent a 

 cordial invitation to club members to 

 visit her estate any Wednesday after- 



