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The Florists' Review 



Max 28, 1914. 



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FOR BRIDAL SUPPLIES 



WE MAKE THEM-WE TEST THEM-WE SELL THEM 



Wedding Accessories 



May and June are important months for weddings. Peoplj 

 are becoming better educated in flowers every day; they ha^ 

 more taste and want nice arrangements carefully carried oi 

 on these red letter days in their lives. We offer our lace boi 

 quet holders with satin finish, white, pink and lavender; oi 

 white satin kneeling stools; our long handled flower girl's baj 



kets, always with tins; our novel shoulder baskets, very stylish; our shepherd 

 crooks; our directoire staffs; our aisle posts; our gates; our white cord; our chi| 

 fon; our screens; in fact we have everything necessary for a wedding. Try us. 



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Direetoire Staff. 



Fanor Lace Bridal Bonquet Holder. 



Kneellnc Stool. 



H. Bayersdorfer & 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



pleted his new 300-foot greenhouse, 

 which, it is understood, will be planted 

 with Lansdowne and Killarney Bril- 

 liant. 



John Walsh is receiving congratula- 

 tions on the arrival of a little daughter 

 May 24. 



Henry Christie, father of George F. 

 Christie, of Clifton Heights, Pa., died 

 last week. He was 82 years of age. 



Charles Henry Fox believes that the 

 publicity campaign of the Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association has done much to- 

 ward making the good results of the 

 season just closing, in which florists 

 went ahead while other callings lagged. 



Paul Berkowitz says that the red 

 roses, pansies and violets in the me- 



tallic wreaths of H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 

 have made a favorable impression gen- 

 erally. 



The mammoth house of the Florex 

 Gardens, at North Wales, Pa., with its 

 70,000 rose plants, is again in running 

 order. Little replanting is necessary. 



At J. G. Neidinger's there is report 

 of an extra heavy demand for their 

 original magnolia wreaths for Memorial 

 day. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Southwestern Market. 



• To say the market was crowded last 

 week would be putting it mildly. The 



demand was quite large somt- days, but 

 taking in the whole week, it hardly 

 made an impression on the large con- 

 signments that came in dailv at the 

 five wholesale houses. The stocK that 

 came in was anything but extra fine 

 quality and prices on all grades suf- 

 lered greatly. The low prices that pre- 

 vailed did not encourage retailers to 

 buy heavily. This week, no doubt, busi- 

 ness will be large oh account of Me- 

 morial day trade. The great pageant 

 and masque will also be a great help 

 in disposing of the surplus. Prices will 

 stiffen somewhat, but if the supply con- 

 tinues large, the advance will be only 

 slight. There were plenty of fine cut 

 peonies in pink and white from local 



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