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AUGt'ST 15, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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-House of Araucarias at Godfrey Aschmann's, Pfiiladelpfiia. 



and tbed to the Lakeside cafe for lunch- 

 eon. Mr. Ball particularly desires to 

 call the attention of the ladies to the 

 fact that his arrangements with the 

 Bapid Transit company make it neces- 

 sary that the cars be moved between 1 

 p. m. and 1:15 p. m. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., who will give 

 a luncheon on their roof garden from 

 12 until 4 o'clock on Thursday after- 

 noon, have made elaborate preparations 

 for the pleasure and comfort of their 

 guests. An imported orchestra has been 

 engaged, and a capable caterer will be 

 in attendance, with a large staff of as- 

 sistants. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. especially 

 wishes to impress on its guests, who will 

 leave Arch street wharf by the steamer 

 Columbia at 1 o'clock on Thursday aft- 

 ernoon, that the trip is purely one of 

 pleasure, their only desire being that all 

 should enjoy an afternoon on the river 

 and at Riverton, where so much for the 

 advancement of horticulture has been 

 accomplished. A luncheon will be served 

 at Riverton, and the party brought back 

 to the city by 7 o 'clock, which will be 

 in good time for the evening session of 

 the convention. 



The final arrangements for the outing 

 at Belmont mansion could not be learned 

 from Chairman Fred Hahman wlien this 

 report was written. SuflSce it to say 

 that no effort will be spared to make 

 the day pleasant. 



I have omitted to state that the presi- 

 dent's reception, to be held at Broad 

 Street theater on Tuesday evening at 8 

 o'clock, will be a handsome affair. Rob- 

 ert Craig is chairman of the committee, 

 and that his geniality will make every- 

 one feel at home goes without saying. 



Go West, Young Man. . 



You "have probably all heard this old 

 adage, and as so many of our hustling 

 western florists will disregard it next 

 Monday, and come east, there is no 

 danger of creating a stampede by an- 

 nouncing that W. E. McKissick, one of 

 our prominent wholesalers, has completed 

 arrangements for removing his establish- 

 ment to 1619 and 1621 Ranstead street, 

 Philadelphia, November 1. Mr. McKis- 

 sick will occupy the ground floors of 



these two buildings, amounting to a space 

 of about 30x51 feet. -The ceiling, being 

 over twelve and a half feet high, will en- 

 able him to put in a gallery, to be used 

 for supplies and requisites. He will have 

 a fine cold storage room, to be supplied 

 with air from a large machine in a near- 

 by cold storage plant. Mr. McKissick 

 is a hard worker, and has thoroughly 

 earned the success which he has achieved. 



Soaie More Bayersdotfer Novelties. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. have had even 

 their large resources taxed by the in- 

 coming tide of cases this week. The Me- 

 noinenie brought many large cases, the 

 Palazoic eighty-seven, the Sandani 202. 

 Despite this tremendous onrush of work 

 in receiving and .storing imports, both 

 partners contrived -to find a few minutes 

 to show Phil the latest novelties, just un- 

 packed, now briefly described for the 

 benefit of Review readers. Mr. Berko- 

 witz pointed out an immense rattan root 

 urn, fully eight feet high, and five feet 

 spread, a superb thing, which he suggest- 

 ed would look well at the national flower 

 show filled with long-stemmed American 

 Beauties; some exquisite silver ferner- 

 ies and jardinieres with enameled bowls 

 to match. These were in various chaste 

 designs, some with open panel, beauti- 

 fully ornamented, others solid silver with 

 grape-vine edging, others of oxidized 

 silver. The ferneries were of a medium 

 size that would grace the handsomest ta- 

 ble. The jardinieres were suitable for a 

 cocos or small fern. Mr. Berkowitz also 

 showed a new style of two-toned pleat- 

 ed waterproof crepe paper with one color, 

 or shadie of color, on each side of the 

 paper, so that when folded back the shad- 

 ing or change of color could be seen, thus 

 enabling the user to show as much or as 

 little of the second color as he might de- 

 sire. Mr. Bayersdorfer then pointed out 

 a row of exaui5ite bouoiiet holders, rain- 

 bow effects in satin, silk and lace, some 

 French metallic XVreaths of wonderfully 

 perfect workmanship, the flowers so well 

 done that they appeared to be growing, 

 one of pansies and violets being excep- 

 tionally well done. Mr. Bayersdorfer 

 also spoke with pride of the handiness 

 of his employees who had refitted the 

 show-roow during the summer. 



Holxncsburs. * 



A prominent retailer once assured me 

 that when he wanted quality in his palms 

 he went to Charles D. Ball. Probably 

 other prominent retailers may go to 

 other favorite growers, when bent on like 

 quests. Be that as it may, the words of 

 my friend the retailer recurred after a 

 trip through Charles D. Ball's place one 

 morning recently. The houses are clean. 

 That is saying a good deal, as any 

 grower, of no matter what kind of 

 plants, will admit at this season of rapid 

 growth. Dirt is almost synonymous with 

 growth. To keep a place clean requires 

 great care and vigilance. I was espe- 

 cially impressed with the systematic, or- 

 derly way in which the plants were ar- 

 ranged. I do not mean by that that I 

 am accustomed to houses where things 

 are higgledy-piggledy^-quite the contrary, 

 But among the growers who have clean 

 places, where order and system are ap- 

 parent, I would place Charles D. Ball in 

 the front rank. 



He has a fine lot oi' kentias, the 10- 

 inch size in Forsteriana being conspicu- 

 ous. Every size of both varieties is 

 strongly in eviTlence, particularly the 

 smaller ones. Latania Borbonica in 8- 

 inch and 6-inch pots were very prettily 

 done. Also Areca lutescens in 6-inch 

 pots. Among ferns, Cibotiun* ^hie^ei 

 in 8-inoh were preferred. Quite a lot 

 of small ferns in half a dozen of the 

 best varieties, including Cyrtomium fal- 

 catum, Pteris Mayii, and P. Wilsoni, are 

 e^rown for offering in 3-inch, when ferns 

 become scarce in the winter. A variety 

 of other choice foliage plants, such as 

 Pandanus Veitchii, Dracaena Sanderi- 

 ana, Cocos Weddelliana, etc., complete a 

 general assortment. Mr. Ball's resi- 

 dence is beautified by two perfect beds 

 of crotons, and a specimen hydrangea on 

 which one of the employees endeavored 

 to count the blooms. He reached 150, 

 then desisted, being uncertain whether 

 his task was or was not completed. 



Various Notes. 



. Joseph Heacock left for British Colum- 

 bia Saturday evening, August 10, to as- 

 certain the fate of his second son, Ed- 

 ward Heacock, who was upset in the Co- 



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