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The Florists' Review 



Dbcembeb 24,. 1914. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERjCA 



and Prospus Jew feai 



to our friends and patrons, one and all, wherever they may 

 be. We feel that our success in these tinier of unrest has 

 been due to their confidence in us, shown in their liberal 

 patronage, and we extend our very best wishes with the 

 compliments of the season in token of appreciation. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



1129 ARCH STREET, 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA 



Mention Thf lt>Ti«w when yoo write. 



the south. He says Gladiolus Hollandia, 

 orange, featured by Henry F. Michell 

 Co., is a good thing. 



Pennock Bros, put a Ford car on the 

 street, smashed it in West Philadel- 

 phia and promptly replaced it with a 

 Vim — not a will. 



W. H. Fowler, manager of the High- 

 land Rose Co., Morton, Pa,, who has a 

 good crop in the holidays, has been 

 visiting some of the leading rose grow- 

 ers, including Munroe, August Doem- 

 ling and W. A. Leonard. 



The plant growers report fair Christ- 

 mas sales that were checked by last 

 week's extreme cold. 



Frank Michell reports the new green- 

 houses at Andalusia filled with hardy 

 roses. Potting of perennials to go into 

 the frames is in progress in the new 

 packing, shed. 



G. C. Personette, of Baltimore, Md., 

 has been here. 



Leo Niessen reports the arrival of 

 early cornflower, a. novelty in blue at 

 this season. 



Alfred Burton is sending some beau- 

 tiful Percivaliana to S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. 



William Swayne, of Kennett, has 

 been sending some choice assorted va- 

 rieties of flowers to W. J. Baker. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety has elected the following oflScers 

 for 1915: President, C. Hartman Kuhn; 

 vice-presidents, Rudolph Ellis, Henry 

 F. Michell, Robert Craig and William 

 Kleinheinz; treasurer, Sydney W. 

 Keith; secretary, David Rust. 



Hope you had a good Christmas and 

 will have a prosperous New Year. 



Phil. 



DavifJ E. Colflesh is on the mend, 

 after four weeks of serious eye trou- 

 ble. His firm, J. Wm. Colflesh 's Sons, 

 has had a nice sale recently for 

 Nephrolepis Giatrasii, which is not es- 

 pecially common here, and also for 

 Scottii, of which something of a spe- 

 cialty has. been made. 



December 15 A. Albert, at Sixtieth 

 and Gibson avenue, met with a serious 

 loss through the failure of his night 

 man to keep up steam. He alleges in- 

 toxication and estimates his loss at from 

 $700 to $1,000. There are ten honses, 

 leased from the estate of J. Gibson Mc- 

 Hvaine & Co. Mr. Albert has been in 

 possession only three months. 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



THE BAKER FERN 

 WM. J. BAKER. 



Try 500 of the Prettiest Qreen 

 Frond* for Cut Flower Work. 



WHOLCSALK FLORIST 

 12 Smith Mol* StrMt. 



Mention Th* R^tV'w when yon writ**. 



FANCY SNAPDRAGON 

 PHILADELPHIA 



KOMADA BROS. 



Manufacturers of all Kinds of 



WIRE DESIGNS tnd FLORISTS* SUrPUES 



1008 VIn* Str*«t. 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Mention Tb» Itorlew wben yon write. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Tbe Market. 



There has been a slight improvement 

 in market conditions during the last 

 week. The influx of new potted plants, 

 ferns and greens for the Christmas 

 holidays made itself felt. Prices stif- 

 fened slightly, but not abnormally, and 

 the week closed with prices about 

 where they should be at this season. 

 Neariy all the dealers have numerous 

 good orders for potted plants and cut 

 flowers for Christmas delivery. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Patri has severed his con- 

 nection with Johnston Bros., on Dor- 

 rance street. 



Alexander H. Johnson, of Geo. H. 

 Johnson & Son, of the Elmwood Nur- 

 series, was elected major at the reor- 

 ganization of the Rhode Island Na- 

 tional Guard, last week. 



The thermometer registered 2 degrees 

 below zero ' in several places within a 



VELVET POINSETTIAS 



These are made of a perfect shade of "Zmaa 

 red" Velvet of fine quality — Iook stems with 

 grreen foliage — a sure seller for the Holiday trade. 



Per doz $120 



Per gross i4,go 



ARTIFICIAL HOLLY. 



Six sprays to a bunch — a dandy seller — perfect 

 color, red berries, excellent foliage. Per dos. bo., 



JAPANESE RED ROPING. 



Nothing can beat this for Xmas decorative 



you'll miss It If yon don't try a sample (60 yards 

 to ball). Small, 50c each; medium, 75c each; 

 out of large. (6c less per ball, when ordered In 

 dozen lots.) 



Geo. H. Angermueller, 



Wbolesale Florist 

 1324 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO. 



few miles of this city on the morning 

 of December 18, the coldest day of the 

 season. 



A new icebox has been installed by 

 Littman at his new stand in the Black- 

 stone hotel, on Westminster street. 



The decorations for the wedding of 

 the daughter of ex-Senator Nelson W. 

 Aldrich at Warwick, last week, were 

 done by Carbone, of Boston, but most 

 of the flowers came from the green- 

 houses on the Aldrich estate. 



Mr. Adams, formerly with Timothy 

 O'Connor, has accepted a position- in 

 charge of the greenhouses of Joseph 

 Koppelman, on Pawtucket avenue, in 

 East Providence. 



The Wunsch Co., engaged in the mail- 



