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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



November 23, 1906. 



through a list of the other exhibitors 

 and their exliibits. I can say they were 

 all there. Cliestnut Hill should be proud 

 of them. There was music, a good at- 

 tendance and many congratulations for 

 President Morris, Secretary Day and 

 Manager Knapp. 



The Germantown Show. 



Not a great big affair but none the 

 less enjoyable and inspirative to a large 

 audience that completely filled the lec- 

 ture room of the Y. M. C. A. building. 

 George Eedles gave one of his able talks, 

 which was followed with close attention. 

 The exhibits were effectively arranged 

 and a most creditable showing. 



John F, Sibson, Fernhill, was the suc- 

 cessful exhibitor in the cut flower classes 

 of chrysanthemums. His blue ribbon 

 winners were Dr. Enguehard, his best pink 

 very fine; Indiana, a superb flower with 

 rather long neck; Col. Appleton, Garden 

 Queen, Chadwick, Bentley, Eaton, Rus- 

 tique and Pembroke. Albert Woltemate 

 won the red ribbon in the same classes 

 with some nice flowers. Thomas Meehan 

 & Sons showed some good vases of hardy 

 pompons. 



John S. Hay brought an exhibit from 

 Henry A. Dreer, of ornamental foliage 

 plants that was much admired. It in- 

 cluded Adiantum Childsii, Nephrolepis 

 Barrowsii, Ficus pandurata, Maranta 

 Sanderiana, Dracaena goldeana, Kentia 

 Belmoreana, auriculas, etc. 



All this year's officers were re-nomi- 

 nated. 



Price of ScottiL 



Last w'inter the Scott firm sold at $15 

 a hundred, $125 a thousand, in 2i4-inch 

 pots. This price was steadily maintained 

 until late in the spring, when it gradu- 

 ally fell until in midsummer it reached 

 $6 a hundred. The why and wherefore 

 is rather interesting. One of our grow- 

 ers noticed an advertisement in the Re- 

 view offering rooted runners at $4 per 

 hundred. He only allowed this to appear 

 once, procuring the grower's entire out- 

 put from February until August, thus 

 strengthening the market. The same 

 grower, however, found he had most too 

 many this fall, and the price of 6-inch 

 pot plants, which started at $1 each, has 

 fallen to 50 cents, which is virtually the 

 price of the old Boston. There are, how- 

 ever, indications of an advance for the 

 best stock. It is probable that all good 

 plants will bring 75 cents at Christmas. 



Various Notes. 



H. Bayersflorfer & Co. have received 

 some very largo consignments of the new 

 heads for sowing with grass seed. As 

 stated in the Review, these heads are 

 making quite a hit here. This firm is 

 also receiving new styles of Pompeian 

 ware. The smaller vases suitable for 

 cyps, violets and orchids are very pretty 

 for table decoration, 



C, Eisele has just completed moving 

 his stock from his old greenhouses at 

 Eleventh and Jefferson streets to Elev- 

 enth and Roy streets, where he will carry 

 on a wholesale business exclusively, Mr. 

 Eisele has a number of interesting plants 

 not often seen on commercial places, 

 among them Asparagus duplexus, and 

 scandens, a very graceful plant. 



A local daily in reporting the Ger- 

 mantown show states that "Albert Wol- 

 temate won first prize for raising twelve 

 chrysanthemums of not less than six va- 

 rieties in a pot six inches in diameter," 

 He certainly deserved it. 



The judges at a recent show awarded 



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Carnations. Violets and all other stock in season at market rates. 

 Send for our Special Price List on Cut Flowers. 



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By making out your Christmas order and sending it to us soon. Then 

 you will have the stock ready the moment you need it. 



Christmas Bells— W^e are the pioneers with this popular staple. 

 Our stock is larger and finer than ever in all sizes. 



Valour Bells— Folding paper bells. 



Christmas Wreaths— we have an endless variety of beauti- 

 fully prepared natural green wreaths in Cycas^ Holly, Beech^ Laurel 

 and Magnolia; all very choice. 



Immortelles and Immortelle Wreaths. 



Ruscus (like Smilax), etc. 



You can make a popular hit by ordering some of otir natural heads 

 on which grass will grow. Everybody wants them. Order every- 

 thing you want from 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



60, 68, 64 and 56 

 North Fourth Street, 



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first prize for three ferns, three varieties, 

 to a group including selaginella. 



Marmaduke Tilden has sold his place 

 at Madison, N. J. The place contained 

 about 25,000 square feet of glass, which 

 •was famous five or six years ago for pro- 

 ducing some of the best American Beau- 

 ties and other roses that went into the 

 New York market. Martin McNulty was 

 then foreman. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. will add 7,500 

 feet of glass this fall. 



Johnson & Stokes increased their bulb 

 importations from 25 to 35 per cent on 

 most of the items on the list. They have 

 completely sold out nearly everything 



and, like all the other seedsmen, are 

 hunting more to fill belated orders. No 

 one in the east appears to have any sur- 

 plus. 



Jasper Lorimer and P. M, DeWitt, 

 both of Croyden, Pa., are our leading 

 growers of giant daisies. 



Stephen Mortensen, of Southampton^ 

 Pa., invited Phil out to see his Rich- 

 monds, Phil has not been able to go yet, 

 but the mere fact of the invitation is 

 sufficient proof that there is something 

 particularly nice to be seen on Mr. Mor- 

 tensen 's place, 



Edward Eeid has been throwing his 

 whole energy into the task of getting his 



