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The Florists^ Review 





JDLY 30, 1914. 



FOR ORIGINAL SUPPLIES 

 THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



WE MAKE THEM -WE TEST THEM -WE SELL THEM 

 Too hot to advertise— see our ad next week. 



1129 Areh Str««t, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The ReTlew when yog write. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



the Pennock-Meehan Co., has returned 

 from his vacation. 



The first greenhouse of the Chalfont 

 Cut Flower Co. has been completed at 

 Chalfont, Pa. Samuel F. Lilley and 

 Peter Hellberg are preparing to plant 

 it. 



Stuart H. Mellen showed some fine 

 flowers of the new Stenton rose at Ed- 

 ward Reid's. The first flowers arrived 

 July 25. 



Fred Berger is dividing his time 

 between his retail flower store in Ger- 

 mantown and his real estate interests at 

 Seaside Park, N, J. 



Wm. J. Baker is receiving good sum- 

 mer flowers, notably asters, gladioli 

 that sell on a dull market, and carna- 

 tions that endure the heat. 



Robert Shoch returned from his best 

 southern trip July 25. 



Miss Ehret, daughter of Mrs. Fred 

 Ehret, is learning the business in good 

 earnest. 



Herbert Bell looks after the inter- 

 ests of the J. J. Habermehl 's Sons ' up- 

 town store, while George S. Faulkner is 

 enjoying his holiday. 



W. Moorhead, of the Routledge 

 Nurseries, Morton, and Wm. Swayne, of 

 Kennett Square, were in town this 

 week. 



Robert O. Gaul is caring for the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. shipping depart- 

 ment during the absence of A. R. Jones. 



The Moore Seed Co., through Clar- 

 ence W. Moore, reports the arrival of 

 the first French bulbs: Freesia Purity, 

 Roman hvacinths and Narcissus Soleil 

 d'Or. 



The new rose, .Tonkheer J. L. Mock, 

 continues to find favor with the pa- . 

 trons of Edward Reid. 



Miss Mary Gesehick, sister of Emil 

 H. Gesehick, sailed for her native land 

 July 28. 



Christian Eisele wris able to fill an 

 order for two dozen small agaves. 



"We had an order this afternoon," 

 was the cheerful greeting in one of our 

 wholesale cut flower houses. The or- 

 ders sometimes cease at noon, you know. 



Charles W. Moorby has purchased the 

 interest of his partner, Eugene Weiss, 

 in the retail florists' business conducted 

 by Weiss & Moorby at Germantown and 

 Chelten avenues. Mr. Moorby will push 

 the business. 



W^alter Van Henkel, late with Z. D. 

 Blackistone, of Washington, D. C, has 

 returned to J. J. Habermehl 's Sons. 

 Mr. Van Henkel is in charge of the 

 Bellevue-Stratford flower shop while J. 

 Max Nitzschke and Harry W. Jones are 

 on their vacations. 



Stephen D. Green, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., took an out-of-town visitor to the 

 Norwood place of the Robert Craig Co. 

 When they entered the first croton 

 house Mr. Green tossed his hat in the 

 air, exclaiming: "See how Craig has 

 put the crow in cro(w)ton! ''^ 



Richard Stockton, the well known 

 rosarian of Princeton, N. J., was in the 

 city July 24. Stockton & Howe's Mary- 

 land are a feature with Berger Bros. 



Joseph G. Neidinger is rapidly get- 

 ting the new place into running shape. 

 His novelties are arriving. 



Porch and n 1 a. 



Window.... t5askets 



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Mention The B«Tlew when yon write. 



Herbert W. Johnson and Herbert W. 

 Johnson, Jr., are spending a few days 

 at Cape May. 



William F. Gude, accompanied by two 

 bright looking young men, his sons, I 

 think, and by the new superintendent 

 of the Botanical Garden at Washington, 

 D. C, stopped in this city on their re- 

 turn from a week-end stay with Commo- 

 dore J. W. Westcott, at Waretown, N. 

 J., July 27. 



Leo N lessen is spending a few days 

 with his family at Wildwood, N. J. 



Robert Bragg is in charge of the 

 Philadelphia Cut Flower Co. while 

 George Auegle is enjoying his vaca- 

 tion. 



Charles H. McKubbin is at Atlantic 

 City. 



Clarence Upton has taken his family 

 to Wndwood, TV. J. 



Harvey F. Michell, second son of F. J. 

 Michell, is taking active interest in the 

 Michell seed store, while another son of 

 F. J. M. is hard at work at the farm at 



Arrange your Fall advertising plans now, 

 write for full particulars. 



McNeff-Swenson Co. 



Higk-Grade Floral Publicity 

 224 South Michigan Avenue 



Chicasro, Illi nois 



Andalusia. Both young men receiviJ 

 their diplomas in horticulture and agii- 

 culture from State College, Pa., in June. 



Edward J. McCallum and Mrs. Mc- 

 Galium, of Pittsburgh, were here re- 

 cently. 



Among the visitors reported by tlie 

 M. Rice Co. last week were the Misses 

 Hellenthal, of Columbus, O., and Henry 

 Heepe and wife, of Akron, O. The or- 

 ders being received from Rice travelers 

 are said to exceed in volume the a'' 

 vanee bookings of any previous year. 

 Mr. Eschner is building a ijonservatory 

 16x22 at his home at Elkins Park. 



Phil. 



