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OCTOBBB 25, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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DO YOU KNOW 



That we haTe the finest 



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BEAUTIES and 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS ^•«l*.'*- 



coming into Philadelphia? 



We can oiler yon a lar^^er asaortment ol the linest llowere than ever before. 

 The beet aerrice ol any wholesale house in Philadelphia. 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



- WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



1217 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa< 



Open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Our Servlee la Unezoelled. 



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THE Florists' Supply House of America 



Have you enough Wreaths and Crosses to meet the demand for All Saints* 

 Day? We offer a splendid stock of Ruscus Wreaths resembling Smiiax. Very 

 popular. Birchwood Crosses, ail sizes, Beech, Laurel, Magnolia and Cycas 

 Wreaths. Cycas Leaves very fine. Immortelle Wreaths. 



Bemember we oan SUPPLT every want. Oar Cetalosue la tree. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 50-56 N. 4th St, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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stock is clean and healthy, end bears 

 evidence that the proprietor knows what 

 he is about. The bulk of the stock at 

 present ready for market consists of 

 araucarias, about three-fourths excelsior, 

 and the remaining fourth divided be- 

 tween glauca and compacta; ferns, of 

 the Boston type, the Barrowsii being 

 especially well grown; azaleas, Simon 

 Mardner, Deutsche Perle, and Vervsene- 

 ana, all nicely budded; with a sufficient 

 number of side lines to make a good 

 assortment. Great preparations are* 

 being made for the later crops, Easter 

 being a special feature. Mr. Aschraann 

 was at the custom house paying the duty 

 on some azaleas, but his son kindly made 

 time to show his visitors through the 

 houses. 



Gwynedd. 



When Thos. Minges was superintend- 

 ent of Horticultural hall in Fairmount 

 park, a small one among his many large 

 duties consisted in teaching Phil the 

 art of scrubbing a lemon tree, and kin- 

 dred rudimentary horticultural feats. 

 It may be that his success in this matter 

 was indiflFerent, but he succeeded in in- 

 stilling into his pupil a love for thingK 

 growing that has lasted ever since. 

 About once a year the former master 

 and pupil make an excursion together to 

 some place of interest. This season they 

 wanted to see John Savage, at one time 

 a Fairmount-Parker. Mr. Minges said 

 that it would hardly be possible to visit 

 both Mr. Savage and Phil in one after- 



noon, so a schedule was carefully 

 arranged, which began at Lansdowne at 

 12:07 p. m. and ended at the same place 

 at five minutes after six. So, on the 

 afternoon selected, Mr. Minges arrived 

 at Phil's modest establishment, praised 

 some things, looked sternly at others, 

 but on the whole expressed himself ap- 

 provingly and left exactly on schedule 

 time for Gwynedd. There the pair were 

 met by Mr. Savage, who propounded the 

 question, "Will you walk to my place 

 up the railroad track and over a narrow 

 trestle on a 90-foot bridge?" Phil 

 demurred. The possibility of disputing 

 the possession of the narrow trestle 

 ninety feet high with an oncoming loco- 

 motive was not pleasant, for the Eeview 

 copy had to be furnished, and editors 

 do not like excuses ; so a wagon was 

 chartered, with a wonderful pair of ell- 

 shaped seats, requiring considerable 

 activity on the parts of Messrs. Minges 

 and Savage to reach their places in 

 safety. Phil climbed into the front seat, 

 which was easy. The drive over excel- 

 lent country roads was much enjoyed. 

 Jehu put the question of whether he 

 should drive his passengers one or both 

 ways in such a thoroughly businesslike 

 way that the latter offer was promptly 

 accepted. 



John Savage has the Foulda house and 

 greenhouses, with a goodly acreage of 

 fertile soil around them. He grows .'5,000 

 or 6,000 Brides and Maids, a nice lot of 

 chrysanthemums, Mrs. Jerome Jones, 

 both white and yellow, the former being 



the stronger; snapdragon, white, yellow, 

 pale pink and a dull pink, with unmis- 

 takable magenta in it, which is, however, 

 said to light up well at night; Asparagus 

 plumosus^and Asparagus Sprengeri. He 

 is one of the recent additions to the 

 consigners' list of the new S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co. The time spent with 

 Mr. Savage seemed all too short, and 

 after looking over the houses, which are 

 just coming into crop, the visitors gal- 

 loped swiftly away on schedule time. 



Varioas Notes. 



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Walter P. Stokes, one of the largest 

 forcers of lily of the valley for this 

 market, says that despite his bringing 

 additional pips into heat, in anticipation 

 of the heavy demand for the October 

 weddings, he was entirely unable to fill 

 his orders. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Flower 

 Market has paid its stockholders $7.50 

 a share, or fifty per cent of the amount 

 paid in. The balance will be returned 

 to the stockholders when the affairs of 

 the Real Estate Trust Co. are settled. 



Edward Beid has been handling 

 Cattleya labiata regularly. His carna- 

 tions are fine. 



W. E. McKissick is making a specialty 

 of autumn foliage, in bunches of two 

 sizes. His cosmos is also graded in the 

 same way. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have a pleasing 

 novelty in the shape of a violet pin. 

 There are three styles, resembling real 

 single, double and cluster, made with 



