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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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House of Araucarias at Godfrey Aschmann's, Philadelphia. 



Kinl tlu'ii to the Lakeside cafe for hiiicli- 

 0011. Mr. Hall partii'Vilarly desires to 

 eall lli<* attention of the ladies to the 

 fact that liis arranffeinents with the 

 Kapitl Transit coinpaiiy make it neces- 

 sary that the ears l)e moved hetweeii 1 

 [>. 111. and 1 : 1") j>, m. 



11. Hayersdorfer & Co., who will yive 

 a luiKdieon on their roof garden from 

 ll' until 4 o '(dock on Thnrstlay after- 

 noon. ha\<' made elaborate jireparations 

 for the pleasure and comfort of their 

 guests. .\ii imported orchestra has heeu 

 engaged, and a capalde caterer will he 

 ill alteiidaiHT. with a large statV of as- 

 sistants. 



The llciiiy A. Dreer Co. especially 

 wishes to im|i|-ess on its guests, who will 

 hiixc Arcdi stii'ct wharf liy the steamer 

 Cdliimliia at 1 o'ldock on Thursday aft 

 ernoon. that the trip is imrcly uiir of 

 pleasure, their i.iily ijcsiic liriiig that all 

 should enJoN' ail afternoon on the ii\ci- 

 and ;it K'ivertiui. where so iiiiuli for llic 



advancement of horticulture has I n 



ai-complishecl. A liiiudieon wi.ll lie sriMcl 

 at Wi\eit(ui. and tln' party linuight liack 

 to the city liy 7 o '(dock, wliicii will lie 

 in good time for the exeiiiiig session of 

 the com cut ion. 



The liiial arraiieeiiieiits tor the <iutiiig 

 at K(dmoiit inansion coiilii imt lie leininl 

 from (liairman I'rc d Ilahman when this 

 report was written. SiiHice it to s.iy 

 that no effort will lie sparecl to iiuiki' 

 the d;iy pleasant. 



I lia\(' omitted to state that the pi exj 

 "lent 's reception, to lie held at Uroad 

 Street theater on Tuesday e\cning at n 

 o'clock, will lie n haiulsoiiie atVair. K'oli 

 eit Ciajo is idiairnian of the <-omniittee. 

 ;iiid that hi-; geniality will make e\ei\ 

 (iiie feel at liouie ^nvs without saving. 



Go West, Young Man. 



\nu have piolialily all heard thi^ old 

 adage, .and as so many of our hustling 

 western llorists will disregard it next 

 M(Uiday, and come east, there i-< no 

 danger of creating a stampede li\ an- 

 iiouiiciiig that \V. v.. M(d\issick. one df 

 our prominent wholes.-ilers, has comiileted 

 arraiigenients for removing his estaldish 

 ment to IClil and Itl-Jl K'anste.id street, 

 riiilad.dpliia. Xovnilier 1. Mr. McKis 



Nick uill iiccllpy the eldillld lloels of 



these two buildings, amounting to a space 

 of altout lUlx.")! tVet. The ceiling, being 

 over t\velve iind a half feet high, will en- 

 iible him to put in a gallery, to be used 

 for supplies and recpiisites. He will have 

 ;i fine cold storage room, to be supplied 

 xvitli air from a large machine in a near 

 by cold storage plant. Mr. .M(d\issick 

 is a hard worker, and has tliorougnly 

 earned the success which he has ai'hieved. 



Some More Bayersdorfer Novelties. 



II. Hayersd(jrfer &c Co. have had e\eii 

 their larg(> resources taxed by the in 

 coming tide of cases this week. The Me- 

 nomenie brought many large cases, the 

 I'ala/oic eiglity-se\en. the Saiidam L'ni'. 

 l)es|iite this tremendous (iiinisli of work 

 ill recei\iiig and storing im|iorts. both 

 |iaitliers contrived to find a leu mimites 

 to show Phil the latest iioxelties. just uii 

 packeil, now liiitd'y desciilinl for the 

 lieeelit of l\K\ll-.\v readers. Mr. I'.eikn 

 wit/ |:oiiited out :iii iimi'.eii^c rattan root 

 urn, fully eight feel 1 i'.;h. and ti\e feet 

 spread, a superb thing, wliich he sugL;i'sl 

 ed would look well at I I'e national llower 

 show filled with longsteuiined .\ iiieiicaii 

 Heaiiti!'-;; some exi|nisite siber fenier 

 ies and j.irdi nieres with eiian'..'lei| b.iwls 

 to mati-li. These were in \aiiiins c-jri-<tc 

 designs, some with open panel, beaiiti 

 fiill\' oriiainentecl, others solid siKer with 

 grapevine edging, others of oxicli/ed 

 silver. The feriieii<'s were of a medium 

 sv.e that Would grace the haieNuiie-^t la 

 ble. The jardinieres were suitable tor a 

 cocos or small fern. Mr. Herkowit/ aNo 

 showed a new stvle of two tuned | leal 

 ed w at elproof cre| e p.lper with one color, 

 or shade of color, on each side ot the 

 Jiajier, so that when folded back tli ■ shad 

 illg or (dl.Mllge of color lould be seen, thus 

 eiiabliiiir the user to show as iiiucli or a« 

 little of the second coli r as he liM'^liI de 

 sire. .Mr. jiayersdorfi'r then p( iiited out 

 a row of exdiii-ite boimuet holders, rain 

 bow (dfects in sitiii. silk and lace, some 

 I'remdi metallic wre.aths of w cmdertnlly 

 perfect wdrkinanship. the lliweis so well 

 done that they appeared to bi' growing, 

 one of Jiail'^ies ;illd violets being exce|i 

 tionally well done. Mr. I'.ayersclorfei 

 also spoke with pride of the liaiidiiiess 

 of his em|iloyees( who had lelitted llir 

 show roow diiiiiiij the summer. 



Holtnesburg. 



.\ pidiiiinent retailer once assured me 

 that when he wanted (piality in liia palms 

 Ih- went to Charles I). Hall. I'robably 

 other prominent retailers may go to 

 other favorite growers, when bent on like 

 (|uests. He that us it ma.v, the words of 

 my friend the retailer reciirr<>d after .a 

 trip through ('harles I ). Hall's place one 

 ii'oriiing recentl.v. The houses are clean. 

 That is saving a good deal, as an,v 

 grower, of no matter what kind of 

 plants, will admit at this season of rajiid 

 growth. Dirt is almost synonymous with 

 growth. To keep a jilace (dean re<]uires 

 great care and vigilance. I was espe- 

 cially impressed with the systematic, or- 

 derly way in wlji(li the plants w<'re ar- 

 laiiuid. I do not mean by that that f 

 am acciistoined to hiuises where things 

 are liiggleily-piggleily — (piite the contrary, 

 lliit aniong the growers who liav(> (dean 

 places, where or<ler and system are a|i 

 parent. I would place < harles D. Hall in 

 the tr.ii;t rank. 



lie has a tine lot of keiitias, the lb- 

 inch -i/,e ill I'orsteiian I being conspicu- 

 ous. Kverv si/e lit' both varieties is 

 s'l.iiigly in eviTjence, particularly tli(> 

 ^mallei ones. Latania I'.oibonica in S- 

 iii'h and d iindi pots were very prettilv 

 done. .Mso .\reca liitesceiis in (i-incli 

 [Hits. .\iiioi;g ferns, ('ibotium Schiedei 

 in s iiKdi were preferred. (^iiite a lot, 

 of snail ferns in jialf a dozen of the 

 best varieties, iiiiliidiiig ('yrtomium fal- 

 ■ alum. I'teiis .Mayii, .and I'. Wilsoni, are 

 ■:roun for offering in .■'.inch, when ferns 

 becona' Scarce in the winter. .\ varietv 

 of other (lioice foliaoe plants, siudi as 

 I'andanns \ Cit. hii, l»rai,-aiia Sanderi- 

 ana. • u.-ns Weildellia na. etc., complete a 

 general assortment. Mr. I'x.aH's resi- 

 dence is beautified by two perfect beds 

 of crotoiis. .and a spe(dmen liydr.'iiigea on 

 whiili one of the employees endeavored 

 to count the blooms. lie reached l.Kl. 

 then desiste.l. being uncertain wludher 

 his task was ,,i was not completed. 



Various Notes. 



.loseph lleacock left for Hritish Colum- 

 bia Saturday evening, .\iigust lit, to as- 

 certain the fate of his second s(Ul. Ed- 

 ward lleacock. whil was upset in the Co- 



