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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



DlBCllMBEB 19, 1907. 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



IMMORTELLES, all colors 



STATICE WRESTHS^ 



with hollj spraya and red ribbon are effeetire and liandaome 



IMMORTELLE WREATHS, all sizes 



Our MAGNOLIA LEAVES, In green and brown, make a splendid outdoor 



grave decoration wlien properly arranged. 



Our RED IMMORTELLE BELLS are graceful and are more 



desirable than any other bell. 



II29 ARCH ST. 

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H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



Mention Hie Review when yon write. 



of plants are what the buyer requires, 

 and what pay best, and he produces 

 those medium sizes with the least pos- 

 sible expense consistent with satisfactory 

 quality. His place today fully demon- 

 strates these facts. His benches of 

 araucarias, in three varieties, are in fine 

 condition. His ferns show judgment in 

 picking the winners. He has pinned his 

 faith on Boston, Scottii and Whitmani 

 ferns, and has all three in quantity in 

 good, salable sizes. His Primula Sinen- 

 sis are well grown, of a large flowering 

 strain, while his Primula obconica make 

 a pleasing eflfeet in mass, the variety of 

 colors contrasting prettily. The showiest 

 bench on the place is filled with good 

 sized plants of Gloire de Lorraine be- 

 gonias, a sheet of pink. Mr. Aschmann 

 has a fine lot of azaleas, a few being 

 flowered for Christmas. The varieties 

 are Apollo, scarlet; Deutsche Perle, 

 white; Vervaneana, pink; Simon Mard- 

 ner, pink, and Mme. Petrick, rose-pink. 

 There were a nice lot of small ferns for 

 ferneries and many other things of in- 

 terest. 



The Grab-Bag. 



One of the most interesting features of 

 our horticultural gatherings today, and a 

 feature that is said to exist nowhere else 

 than in Philadelphia, is what may be 

 termed the grab-bag game, which is 

 played at the close of each meeting of 

 one of our local horticultural societies. 

 The theory of the grab-bag game is that 

 the society, having awarded money prizes 

 for every exhibit staged, is entitled to 

 that exhibit, provided it be cut flowers, 

 and these flowers are then and there dis- 

 tributed among the fair sex who have 

 stayed throughout the meeting. The prac- 

 tical side of the grab-bag game is start- 

 ling. "When the motion to adjourn has 

 been carried several members of the ex- 

 ecutive committee ^re seen whispering 

 with the exhibitors. This is merely a mat- 

 ter of form; they are saying, "You have 

 won umpteen dollars; may we give your 

 flowers to the ladies?" Of course, the 

 exhibitor, whose wife's eye is probably 

 upon him, says he will be charmed, and 

 the committeemen then gather around 

 the exhibition table. Here is where the 

 fun begins. The ladies, who have been 

 scattered about the hall talking to their 



escorts, suddenly lose that gentle expres- 

 sion ; you hear the words, ' ' I want that, ' ' 

 spoken in low tones, but with great earn- 

 estness, and the speaker springs forward. 

 Soon there is a crowd five or six deep 

 around the committeemen, who are dis- 

 tributing the spoils with exemplary fair- 

 ness. 'There was a regular attendant, in 

 particular, who invariably came with an 

 umbrella even on perfectly clear nights. 

 This umbrella had its purpose, for in it 



raVERY now and then a well 

 iU9l pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringins a new 

 advertiser to 



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Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists* use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton BIdg. Chicago 



corn, celery and even pumpkins, as well 

 as chrysanthemums and carnations, dis- 

 appeared, and she was not a member! 



Various Notes* 



The holly coming into the market is 

 fine, but is reported scarce. 



W. T. Gude, of Washington, D. C, 

 was in town recently looking things over. 



The first Baltimore german, which 

 took place December 9, used up quite a 

 nice lot • of choice flowers. 



Callas and Easter lilies are reported 

 in fine condition for the holidays. 



Philip Breitmeyer and son, of Detroit, 

 were in Philadelphia recently. Phil, 



NEWPORT, R. L 



The annual meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society was held in Mer- 

 cury hall December 10, with President 

 Butterton in the chair. This meeting 

 would have been largely attended, were 

 it not that a fierce storm of wind and 

 rain raged all the afternoon and early 

 evening. However, there was a fair at- 

 tendance. 



At this meeting there was a large and 

 varied exhibit of carnations from H. A. 

 Jahn, New Bedford. The president ap- 

 pointed John T. AJlan, Andrew S. Meikle 

 and James J. Sullivan as a committee to 

 look the exhibit over. From this com- 

 mittee, later in the evening, came the re- 

 port that it recommended that the so- 

 ciety's silver medal be awarded to Mr. 

 Jahn for his seedling white carnation, 

 Lloyd. This recommendation was adopted. 

 The same grower was also awarded a cer- 

 tificate of merit for another white seed- 

 ling carnation. 



The secretaries and the treasurer sub- 

 mitted their yearly reports. Those of 

 the financial secretary and treasurer 

 showed that the receipts during the year 

 were about $2,200, with expenditures al- 

 most the same amount. Two large shows 

 had been given, which, along with various 

 other large items of expenditure in con- 

 nection with these shows, made the cash 

 balance on hand at the end of the year 

 smaller than usual. There is a substan- 

 tial balance in the building fund and 

 dues unpaid to the amount of $600. 



The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, John T. Allan; first 

 vice-president, Samuel Speers; second 

 vice-president, James Robertson; record- 

 ing secretary, David "Mcintosh ; financial 

 secretary, Daniel J. Coughlin; treasurer, 

 A. K. McMahon; sergeant-at-arms, W. I^ 

 Smith; auditors, W. S. Sisson, Bruce 

 Butterton and B. M. Anthony; executive 

 committee, Andrew S. Meikle, James J. 

 Sullivan, Bruce Butterton, Alex Fraser, 

 Wm. G. Matson, E. Patterson, C. Oscar 

 Sehultz, B. M. Anthony and W. F. Smith, 

 along with the officers as members ex- 

 officio. 



It was voted to give a ball sometime 

 early in January. 



The society is at present in good con- 

 dition. The past year was one of the 



