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JANUABT 3, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



49 J 



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To the Florists of America 



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The Florists' Supply House of America 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 1129 Arch Street 



Philadelphia, January 1, 1907. 



ffWE desire to thank our many friends and customers for their Hberal 

 mmm patronage extended to us during the past year. We also wish to 

 gratefully a'cknowledge the kind indulgence shown us in the trying 

 period of moving when it was not always possible to dispatch orders with 

 that promptness for which we have established a reputation. We ask 

 a continuance of your business for 1907, and promise that the best 

 goods, the best facilities and our best efforts shall be at your command. 

 Wishing you a Happy and a Prosperous New Year, we are 



Very truly yours, 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



Mention The Reylew when yoa write. 



The best flowers are now sufficiently good 

 to interest the most fastidious buyers. 

 Poinsettia is cut out with some growers, 

 but there is still sufficient in sight to meet 

 every requirement. In fact, the demand 

 is perceptibly falling oflf. A feature of 

 the orchid market is the addition of some 

 choice flowers of Lselia anceps alba, pure 

 white, with long stems, seen at the Leo 

 Niessen Co. 's. Trumpet major has made 

 its appearance. It is of fair quality and 

 sells well. 



The Florex Gardens. 

 D. Fuerstenberg, Henry C. Geiger and 

 Eugene Bernheimer have applied for a 

 charter under the Commonwealth of the 

 State of Pennsylvania, which will enable 

 them to grow and sell plants and flowers 

 under the name of the Florex Gardens. 

 They have purchased fifty acres of 

 ground at North Wales, on the Philadel- 

 phia & Beading railway, about three- 

 quarters of an hour from this city. The 

 ground is admirably adapted for green- 

 house purposes, being so situated that a 

 siding for coal is possible, while the soil 

 is considered by the experts as first-class 

 for growing roses and carnations. One 

 greenhouse 150x425 feet, single-span, will 

 be constructed this season for American 

 Beauty roses. George Samtman will be 

 manager or superintendent of this plant, 

 which will be added to from time to time. 

 The idea is to grow Beauties, which are 

 required by the sister enterprise, the 

 Floral Exchange, and which have never 

 quite come up to Mr. Fuerstenberg 's 

 standard at the Edgely greenhouses. It 

 is also planned to grow carnations later. 

 The name Florex may be best understood 

 by describing it as a sort of abbreviated 

 Floral Exchange, the idea being to keep 



the relationship between the two enter- 

 prises clearly in mind. 



A number of years ago Leo Niessen 

 strongly advised Phil to especially ob- 

 serve Mr. Fuerstenberg 's horticultural 

 plans, asserting that he would undoubt- 

 edly make his mark in the floral world. 

 The present enterprise is the direct re- 

 sult of Mr. Fuerstenberg 's visit to Can- 

 ada last fall, where he saw and heard 

 things that confirmed him in his belief 

 that large houses are most desirable, 

 from a grower's as well as from a busi- 

 ness standpoint. 



Bayersdorfer^s New Store. 

 Through the courtesy of Sydney Bay- 

 ersdorfer, Phil was enabled to verify the 

 description of Bayersdorfer 's new store 

 given by proxy in these columns a few 

 weeks ago. Everything was just as de- 

 scribed then, excepting that the wonder- 

 ful stock has been seriously depleted by 

 the Christmas and New Year's orders. 

 Great gaps had been made in the ware- 

 room, which will soon be filled by the 

 incoming shipments of Easter stock. Let 

 no one suppose from this that orders for 

 any staple or novel article on the cat- 

 alogue could not be filled, but simply 

 that thousands of orders evidently had 

 been filled. The drying-room and roof 

 garden were novel features that are being 

 turned to excellent advantage. The 

 workroom, filled with busy makers of 

 wheat sheaves, was full of interest. 

 Among the novelties were some exquisite 

 wood boxes for lilies of the valley and 

 violets, with those flowers hand painted 

 on the covers. Mr. Bayersdorfer said 

 that the new rattan Beauty vase for 

 long-stemmed, fancy flowers, is meeting 

 with brisk demand. Some reed hampers 



of original design were very attractive. 

 A number of baskets and plant stands 

 were pointed out that had been in vogue 

 for many years and steadily increase in 

 popular favor. 



The Stokes Idea. 



Walter P. Stokes always has ideas 

 that are worth listening to, whether it be 

 in greenhouse constructions, valley forc- 

 ing or seed selling. His first catalogue, 

 issued by the Stokes Seed Store, is well 

 worthy careful perusal. Typographically 

 it is extremely well gotten up, while the 

 salient feature is evidently the idea im- 

 pressed throughout upon the reader that 

 "Stokes' Standard," whether it be of 

 peas, beans, beets, or cabbage, is the 

 highest standard and the one that you 

 unquestionably ought to have. To secure 

 this end Mr. Stokes has tested many va- 

 rieties of vegetable and flower seeds at 

 his Moorestown Nurseries, selecting only 

 the best, paying the grower a fair price 

 to secure his best products, and charging 

 the buyer a fair price for a first-class 

 article. Such methods will undoubtedly 

 win the confidence of the seed-buying 

 florists and gardeners. 



Obituary. 



We have the sad duty this week of re- 

 cording three deaths since last report- 

 Mrs. Robert Scott, mother of Alex. B. 

 Scott, died Sunday morning after a long 

 illness. 



Frank McDonald, an employee of Ed- 

 ward Eeid, died Saturday night of ty- 

 phoid fever, after an illness of several 

 weeks. 



The death of the married daughter of 

 J. Otto Thilow, secretary of the Henry 

 A. Dreer Co., occurred last week. 



