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The Florists^ Review 



May 25, 1922 



THE FLORISTS' Supply House of America 



Commencements and Weddings 



Assortment of Commencement Baskets, $25.00 



Chiffons, Ribbons, Wedding Gates, 

 Aisle Posts, Kneeling Stools, 



Old-Fashioned Bouquet Holders 



A New One, Gold Old-Fashioned Bouquet Holder, $2.50 each 



Don't forget, we are abo in New York at 146 W. 18th Street. Phone Chelsea 3739 



H, Bayersdorf er & Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF METALLIC DESIGNS OF ALL DESCRIPTIQIMS 



1129-1133 Arch Street, PHILADELFfllA, PA. 



BRANCH, 146 W. 18th St., NEW YORK CITY. One block west of «ie flower market. 



Telephone Chelsea 3739 



that the mark is of uncertain value in- 

 side Germany and of little value out- 

 side of Germany; that thrift is going; 

 there is no advantage in saving, so 

 everything is spent. Mr. Eschner fears 

 that "efficiency is going." 



Lillnm Multiflorum Nobile. 



A good deal of interest has Ijeen 

 aroused by this showy Easter lily. It 

 is exceedingly handsome anrl natnriilly 

 the growers want to know wlutlicr it 

 is a good thing. 



Joseph Goetter, of Lansdowne, grow 

 some of these lilies for Easter and grew 

 them skillfully. They were magnifi- 

 cent, but they are too soft. Mr. Goetter 

 says that if there was no other variety 

 of lilies to be had, he would not grow 

 Eilinm multiflorum nobile. 



Carnations in Tennessee. 



Eobert Q. Shoch has just returned to 

 the city from the south. He attended 

 the Florida state convention, at Lake- 

 land, and then spent Mothers' day at 

 Knoxville, Tenn. There, in honor of his 

 mother he wore a white carnation in 

 the lapel of his coat Sunday, May 14. 

 Three white carnations for two friends 

 and self cost R. Q. S. just 30 cents; 10 

 cents apiece. 



The point of this story lies in the his- 

 tory of those white carnations. Some- 

 where about the end of March the car- 

 nation ]dants from which those flow- 

 ers had been cut were let loose. They 

 were allowed to run wild. They were 

 not disbudded. The plants produced a 

 great crop of short-stemmed blooms. 

 These were picked early in May. jjacked 

 dry in small pasteboard boxes, 1.000 to 



The Philadelphia Growers' Cut Flower Market 



A LARGE STOCK OF FINE FLOWERS 



peonies 



CHOICE SWEET PEAS 

 All Colors 



A fine crop of high grade 

 PREMIER ROSES 



Extra Fin. VALLEY. 



A h.avy crop of ROSES in all tk. fin.st tort*. 



TO THE BUYER: We ask a trial order. We can and will please you. 



TO The GROWER: ■Join us now. Send .your own flowers to your own Comniij^ioD house. 



Botk Pkoacs 



&'ri[/d1.« No. 7 South Mole Street, PhUadelphia ^""rSSi^iiT"' 



a box, and put in cold storage in a tem- 

 perature of 37 degrees. They came out 

 of cold storage in fine condition and, 

 Mr. Shoch says, were most satisfactory. 

 Why can't we do it here? 



Mr. Shoch 's story was submitted to 

 a few of our leading wholesalers. .Tohn 

 Bcrger said, "There is nothhig like a 

 perfectly fresh carnation." (ieorge 

 Aeugle said, "We have tried it; it 

 won 't do. ' ' Loyd Keid said, ' ' That sort 

 of thing will do for the street; the 

 stores want good flowers. ' ' 



After the Battle. 



The facts regarding the popularity of 

 flowers on Mothers' day, the second 

 Sunday in May, appear to be, briefly 

 stated, as follows: The use of flowers 

 is increasing. It did not increase in 

 proportion to the effort made to inter- 

 est the people, but that will come with 

 continued effort. The white carnation 

 is still looked upon by many people as 

 the flower for the dav. The retailers 



are making intelligent effort to change 

 this idea. 



The market was better supplied than 

 usual with flowers in general. This was 

 partly due to the arrival of southern 

 peonies and southern irise,>. Prices, ex- 

 cejit on carnations, were lowt-r than last 

 year. The retailers, as a body, did bet- 

 ter than thev ever did before on this 

 d:iy. 



Various Notes. 



Kdvviii .1. Fancourt, chairiii;iii of the 

 essay committee, says that unless some- 

 thing unforeseen prevents, the mayor 

 will address the Florists' <;'lub Tues- 

 day evening, June 6, in the Adelphia. 



Robert Craig returned from Porto Rico 

 Sunday afternoon. May 14. Mr. Craig 

 says that the season has iiot been so 

 favorable to growth as it was last year. 



William Warner Harper received the 

 students and friends of th.- Women's 

 Horticultural College, of .\n.bl>'r, at his 



K'onrlmleil on piiei' I'A . 



