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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



ArniL 25, 1907. 



For Commencements! 



BEAUTIES, VALLEY, 



FANCY BRIDES, MAIDS and RICHMOND 



The Leo Niessen Co. 



Wholesale Florists. 1 209 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Opan from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. Our Servloe Is Unozoellad. 



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15; fall exhibition, October 23 and 24. 

 The schedules are out for the same and 

 can be had upon application to the sec- 

 retary. G. H. I. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The cool weather has shortened the 

 supply of flowers, Avith the result of bet- 

 ter average prices. There is a fair 

 amount of business and at times it shows 

 unusual activity for the end of April. 

 The feature of the market has been the 

 scarcity of carnations. Prices have ad- 

 vanced, especially on the lower grades, 

 so that it is diflScult to get salable stock 

 for less than $2 per hundred, while choice 

 Enchantress readily brings $4. Colored 

 carnations are selling a trifle better than 

 white, with Joost and Enchantress as 

 favorites in their respective classes. Cat- 

 tleya Mossiaj has made its appearance in 

 (juantity, and i)rices are lower. Sweet 

 peas vary greatly as to quality. Really 

 choice flowers are soiling well at the 

 highest listed quotation, while poorer 

 flowers are entirely too plentiful and dif- 

 ficult to sell at any ])rice. Violets can 

 still be had, but indications point to 

 their disappearance with the close of the 

 month. Lilium Harrisii will average a 

 shade better in price than a week ago, 

 the superabundance being past. A few 

 cornflowers have made their appearance. 

 For other flowers, see last week's re- 

 port. Conditions remain unchanged. 



Up in the Factory. 



Announcement liaving been made that 

 the factory of H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 

 was busily engaged in turning out metal- 

 lic designs, Phil, being somewhat curious 

 on the subject, was, through the cour- 

 tesy of Paul Berkowitz, of the firm, 

 shown the workings of this factory, lo- 

 cated on the fourth floor of the new 

 building. The workshop is bright and 

 airy, with plenty of room to move about. 

 Workmen were busily engaged in turn- 

 ing the raw material, consisting of cir- 

 cles of wire, foliage, and flowers, into 

 the finished wreath, the various stages 

 of preparation being most interesting. 

 The results displayed workmanship of a 

 high order. Here a perfect violet cross, 



THE Florists' Supply House ot America 



Memorial Day Specialties 



METALLIC DESIGNS 



Our factory is turning out quantities of choice Wreaths, G-osses, Anchors, 

 etCt in white and green foliage, tastefully decorated with clusters of 

 flowers. 



RUSCUS WREATHS 



The resemblance of this beautiful green to smilax makes it one of our 

 most popular Memorial Day specialties. 



MAGNOLIA, BEECH and LAUREL WREATHS 



Foliage either green or bronze as desired. 



CYCSS LEAVES, WHEAT SHEAVES, ETC. 



Everything^ in Florists* Supplies. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



ourcataiogue i|29 Srcli St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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there a wreath of laurel leaves, true to 

 nature, while box after box was filled 

 with every imaginable combination of 



foliage and flowers. Downstairs in the 

 show room were some quaint little china 

 shoes and slippers, resembling oxfords, 



dancing pumps, house slippers, and so 

 on, intended for dinner favors, filled 

 with pansies, daisies, or the like. They 

 were pretty and effective. 



The Andorra Nurseries. 



The cool weather we have experienced 

 during the greater jiart of April has 

 been of immense benefit to the nursery- 

 men. The Andorra Nurseries, with their 

 large shipping business, have been en- 

 abled thereby to deliver quantities of fine 

 stock to the purchasers under the most 

 advantageous conditions, conditions -so 

 favorable as to make transplanting an 

 absolute certainty. Eeview readers may 



not be aware of the extent of the busi 

 ness done by the Andorra Nurseries. 

 Four hundred odd acres of the choices^ 

 nursery stock are under cultivation. Or- 

 ders aggregating many thousands of dol 

 lars are filled from their own grounds 

 and shipped to all parts of the country. 

 The bulk of the orders come from park- 

 and large private estates, who esteeii' 

 quality and must have a number of eacl 

 size of tree, or shrub, or evergreen. 



The credit of developing the busine> 

 of the Andorra Nurseries is due largcl\ 

 to the ability of William Warn<': 

 Harper, formerly manager, now pro 

 prietor. He is an able nursery 

 man, hard working, far seeing, gen- 

 ial and a capable leader, who hohl 

 the loyal support of his assistants. Hi- 

 home is situated on the hillside over 

 looking the picturesque valley of th' 

 Wissahickon; opposite is a little house 



