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The Florists^ Review 



August 12, 1915. 





Now for the Opening Season! 



Are you ready? We are prepared to give INSTANT 

 attention to your orders. No matter what it may 

 be in the Florist Supply or Basket line, WE HAVE IT ! 



The House of Merit 



FLORISTS' 

 SUPPLIES 



m 



JOS. G. NEIDINGER CO., 



1309-11 N. Second St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The KptI^ w when you write. 



keep long after being removed from 

 the icebox. Dahlias are a little more 

 plentiful. Cosmos is still scarce, espe- 

 cially in the better varieties. 



The weather has not been propitious 

 for either growers or retailers. Exces- 

 sively hot weather is followed by ex- 

 ceedingly cool weather for summer, and 

 hardly two days pass without a hard 

 rain, some of the rains having been the 

 worst known in this section for years. 

 This abundant rainfall, of course, has 

 been an aid in growing some flowers, 

 but has made it hard to keep the ground 

 cultivated as much as usual. 



Club Outing. 



On the morning of August 4, the 

 date set for the annual outing of the 

 Essex County Florists' Club, the rain 

 was pouring down in sheets. Not for 

 years has there been such a downpour. 

 It was manifestly impossible to go on 

 the outing. But arrangements had all 

 been made and a stock of provisions 

 for a big, hungry crowd had been laid 

 in by the genial chef at Gillette, about 

 fifteen or twenty miles out from New- 

 ark. So the next day, the weather be- 

 ing propitious, the undaunted host of 

 Essex county florists, with their wives 

 and children, sisters and sweethearts, 

 reinforced by about twenty-five of the 

 wholesalers from Xew York city, left 

 Lincoln park, Newark, in three busses, 

 nine touring cars and twelve automo- 

 biles. Tiicre were more than 125 in the 

 party. 



Notwithstanding the heavy rain of 

 the day V)efore, the paved roads were 

 in fair condition and all the members 

 of the party enjoyed the auto ride to 

 Gillette. At noon an appetizing clam- 

 bake dinner was served. 



In the afternoon a program of ath- 

 letic events was run off. The proposed 

 shoe race, sack race and running hroail 

 jump were omitted, on account of tlie 

 softness of the ground. One of the 

 features of the afternoon 's sport was 

 a baseball game between the mairied 

 and single men, which the married men 

 won by a score of 10 to 0. The chil- 

 dren's race was won by Miss Elizabeth 

 Pfeifcr. Tlie women's race was won 

 by Mrs. R. J. Irwin, of New York city. 

 In the tug of war, one of the teams 

 was captained by Richard Yuill, chair- 

 man of the outing committee; the chair- 

 man of the other team was .lames .1. 

 McLaughlin, secretary of the commit- 

 tee. Mr. McLaughlin's team won. 

 Ernest Hausmann won first place in 

 the 100-yard dash participated in by 

 the younger men, and Harry Stein won 



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FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO., 508 So. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL 



CUT FRONDS OF POLYSTICHUM CAPCNSE. 



WM. J. BAKER, 7J^SStffj:^SSSl PHILADELPHIA 



WHOLKSALS FLORIST 

 12 Seirth Mele StrMt. 



Mention Tha R«Tlew when yon write. 



H. F. MICHELL CO.'S 



BULBS 

 PLANTS 



Send for Wbolesale Catalogrue 



518 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA 



Mentiun The Rerlew wben yoa write. 



STUART H. MILLER 



WHOLESALK FLORIST 



ASTERS - GLADIOLI 

 EASTER LILIES 



1617 RanstMd St., Phlladalphia 



Open Sunday morning, 9 to 12 

 Mention The Rerlew wbfn yon write. 



the 100-yard dash among the older 

 men. The three-legged race was won 

 by Harry McDonough and Haydn 

 Plebarny. The standing broad jump 

 was won by Harry McDonough, Haydn 

 Plebarny being a close second. 



All of the judges were selected from 

 among the New York visitors. They 

 were P. J. Smith, W. G. Badgley, of 

 Padgley, Riedel & Meyer; Joseph 

 Manda, Walter Sheridan, Charles 

 Schenck, .1. K. Allen, Harry Riedel and 

 Alfred Langjahr. 



Various Notes. 



McLaughlin & Murphy have had a 

 lot of funeral work lately. This firm 



CANES 



Fresh arrival from Japan, of good tiuality 

 and always useful to the florist. BaJe 

 lots only. F. 0. B. Bpund Brook, N. J. 

 Buy them now while they are cheap — you 

 will need them later. 



NATURAL COLOR 



5 to 6 ft. long, $ 6.00 per bale of 1000 

 5 to 6 ft. long. 10.00 per bale of 2000 

 10 ft. long, - 11.00 per bale of 500 



COLORED GREEN 



2 ft. long, $ 6.00 per bale of 2000 



3 ft. long, 8.00 per bale of 2000 

 3iu ft. long, 9.00 per bale of 2000 

 5 ft. long, 7.00 per bale of 1000 

 5 ft. long. 12.00 per bale of 2000 



Stake up your plants— make them look 

 neat and attractive. 



RALPH M. WARD & CO. 



71 Murrar Str««t NEW YORK 



recently purchased a new (lal^very auto- 

 mobile, y^ 



Business has been somewhat quiet 

 at George Muller's, though during the 

 last ffw weeks he has had to supply 

 flowers for a considerable number "of 

 funerals. 



R. P. Plebarny has been granted a 

 permit to build a new greenhouse, to 

 cost $2,250. Work will be begun soon 



