November 7, 1907. 



The WccUy Florists^ Review* 25 



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WHITE AND YELLOW EATON, $4.00 per dozen 



Xzceptionally fine ■tack. We offer in other ▼arieties, your aeleetion of 

 color, good flowers, at $10.00 per 100. These are unusnal value. 



GARDENIAS, $6.00 per dozen 



Extra selected stock. Special inducements siven on regular orders. 



S. S. PENNOCK-MEEH3N CO. 



THE WHOLESALE FLORISTS OF PHILADELPHIA 



1608-18 LUDLOW ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The Berlew when yog write. 



IMMORTELLE WREATHS S."s^o'"F%''NSS^s^f7LE 



Beech Sprays for Decorations— Rich Colors— Green, Brown and Red 



Ruseus. Statiee. Magnolia (with and without flowers). Holly Wreaths 

 Prepared. 



Immortelles, all colors. 



Xmas Bells. Immortelles and Paper. A perfect collection of China novelties 



suitable for every occasion. 

 Mairnolia LeaTOS, Green and Brown. The most popular leaf introduced. 

 Our New Catalogue mailed on application. 'TIS FKBS 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 1129 Arch St., Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Hart's Handy Handle 



See Review Sept. Sa. Aak your Jobber for It. 



GEO. B. HART, '^.tl'.it" 24 Stone St., Rochester, N. Y. 



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Florists' Refrigerators 



Write UB for prices, Btatlng the size you 

 reqolre. the kind of cut flowers you wish to use 

 tbe refrigerator for, and whether (or display or 

 only for storage. 



McCRAY REFRIGERATOR CO. 



058 MUl Street. KENDAIXVUXX, IND. 



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for Chicago. He will be absent two or 

 three weeks. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. received 1,000 

 cases of goods from abroad last week. 



Edward Habermehl, of J. J. Haber- 

 mehl's Sons, believes that a brisk social 

 season is assured. 



George Craig was elected treasurer of 

 the Florists' Club at the meeting No- 

 vember 1, to succeed J. William Col- 

 flesh, resigned. 



Henry Weiss & Son, of Hatboro, have 

 decided to ship the carnations from 

 their new houses to the Leo Niessen Co. 



Walter P. Stokes gave an excellent 

 informal address on forcing lilies of the 

 valley before the Florists ' Club November 

 5, which was listened to with interest. 



M. Bice was greatly pleased with the 

 basket of Alice blue hydrangeas that 

 appeared in the Beview last week. Mr. 



Rice says that many florists do not real- 

 ize the beautiful effects obtainable by 

 using a plant of, say, Pandanus Veit- 

 chii in the center with ferns around it 

 and then filling in with cut flowers. The 

 plants must, of course, completely fill 

 the basket, so as to make it effective 

 after the flowers have withered. 



Edward J. Fancourt, secretary of the 

 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., has just re- 

 turned from a business trip. 



The Johnson Seed Co. reports excellent 

 demand for Dutch hyacinths, other bulbs 

 awaiting usual mid-November planting 

 orders. 



William J. Baker finds Alice Byron a 

 good seller among white chrysanthe- 

 mums. Mrs. Hurley is a bronze now ar- 

 riving. 



Next week is the big show week of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. En- 

 tries must be staged by noon on Tues- 

 day, November 12, cut roses, carnations 

 and violets by noon of the day following. 



Alfred M. Campbell is receiving some 

 choice long-stemmed Beauties. 



Phil. 



Boone, Ia. — Mrs. J. N. Gildea has 

 retired from the greenhouse business. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



WilUam Kiefaber. 



The death of William Kiefaber, Sr., 

 which occurred at his home in Dayton, 

 O., Wednesday, October 30, will T>b a 

 great shock to his many friends in the 

 trade. Mr. Eaefaber was in bis usual 

 health Monday morning, as he went to 

 his business with the Miami Floral Co., 

 of which he was vice-president and mana- 

 ger. At 10:30 a. m., just as he was 

 preparing to return to the city, he was 

 suddenly stricken with apoplexy. Mr. 

 Kiefaber realized that he had received a 

 stroke, and requested that a doctor be 

 called at once. A few seconds later he 

 lost consciousness, which he never re- 

 gained. 



Mr. Kiefaber was one of Dayton 's best 

 and most widely known business men. 

 He was born in Philadelphia, May 22, 

 1843, and after a few years removed to 

 Mt. Joy, Pa., in Lancaster county. From 

 that place he removed to Dayton, in 

 1857. When the civil war broke out he 

 joined Company A, of the First Ohio 

 Volunteer Infantry, and served for three 

 years. It was during this memorable 

 period that he was captured in Knox- 

 ville and kept a prisoner for eight months 

 in the Smoky Mountains of North Caro- 

 lina. Later he was captured by a guer- 

 rilla band and held till the close of the 

 war. 



Returning to Dayton, he entered into 

 the life of the place with vigor and 

 earnestness, adding much to the prog- 

 ress of the city. In July, 1902, he 

 opened the business of the Miami Floral 

 Co., which is now one of the largest and 

 most modem of its kind in that section 

 of the state. Mr. Kiefaber has a large 

 circle of friends who will greatly miss 

 him. This was proven by the abundance 

 of costly floral tributes, which were pos- 

 sibly more numerous than has ever been 

 seen at one funeral in Dayton. 



Hugh Chesney. 



Hugh Chesney died at his home in 

 Farmington, Conn., October 18, of ty- 

 phoid pneumonia, after a short illness. 

 Mr. Chesney was bom in Newton Stew- 

 art, Scotland, in 1858, and came to 

 America at the age of 16. He learned 



