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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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NOVBMBSB 12, 1008. 



THE Florists* Supply House of America 



Thanksgiving Specialties 



Our Basket Novelties for Thanksg^ivingf include : 



Life-size PEACOCKS, of peacock-screen, standing 

 triumphant on a globe, and TURKEYS, perched on 

 pumpkins; these baskets are especially adapted for chrysan- 

 themums. 



DELFT WARE VASES, just the thing for table 

 favors or children's parties; in tiny shoes, slippers and all 

 sorts of quaint fancies; suitable for violets. 



DWARFS. Wonderful little figures of the Rip Van 

 W^inkle type; just the thing to put in your window and 

 attract attention before Thanksgiving. 



FERN FRONDS. All the leading varieties, electrically 

 prepared so they will stand heat or draughts of cold air; 

 these may be used in ferneries or in vases with flowers, as 

 desired. 



Real VIENNA WARE. A choice china of unusual 

 merit, suitable for ferneries or for cut flowers. 



WOOD FIBER RIBBON. In rainbow shades. Very 

 effective. 



POT COVERS. In aU foliage 

 Mention size of pot when ordering. . 



and flower shades. 



Send for our catalogs containing all florists* supplies 



H. BAYERSDORFER iSt CO. PmLADl^PHrAPA 



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HOLLY and HOLLY WREATHS 



Well-berried Holly, $4.00 per case. Holly Wreaths, lOo and 12c. 



Ready for delivery on and after November 15th. Those desiring especially choice stock will do well to write us. 



BERGER BROS., 



Wholesale Florists, 

 1306 



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FILBERT STREET, PIlilQCldphifily PQ( 



which was awarded a cultural certificate, 

 and Herman Scholzel exhibited his new 

 crested Scottii fern, Nephrolepis Schol- 

 zeli, for which he received a first-class 

 certificate. 



Various Notes. 



The New York representation at the 

 national flower show was not as large 

 as anticipated, but, no doubt, the select 

 few will give a good account of them- 

 selves and return with many helpful 

 suggestions for our own big exhibition 

 next week at the Museum of Natural 

 History, where great crowds are expect- 

 ed. Several of the leading retailers have 

 announced their intention of exhibiting 

 table decorations, bouquets, etc. Prop- 

 erly advertised, there is no doubt of an 

 enormous attendance. This week the 

 preliminary exhibition will take place at 

 the American Institute building, much 

 too small for either exhibits or attend- 

 ance. 



The Violet Growers' Protective Asso- 

 ciation has been formed at Rhinebeck, to 

 further the general interests of the in- 

 dustry. The violet train was delayed on 

 Tuesday and some inconvenience result- 

 ed. The horse show has helped demand. 

 Special hundreds sold for $1. 



The New York Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will be formed at a meeting this 

 week. A meeting was called at the Savoy 

 for November 11. 



J. J. Cotsonas is enlarging his store. 



The Weigel stock was auctioned No- 

 vember 11. 



William Swayne, of Kennett Square, 

 Pa., is in town. 



The Florists' Club's smoker, Novem- 

 ber 18, will be attended by a host of 

 visiting gardeners and florists, who will 

 be in the city attending the flower show. 

 There is room and welcome for all. Out- 

 of-town florists are advised to make their 



New York visit convenient for the en- 

 joyment of this splendid reunion. Chair- 

 man Rickards has a great musical pro- 

 gram. Among the singers will be George 

 Clarke, of Portland, Ore., one of the 

 firm of Clarke Bros. Mr. Clarke is a 

 tenor robusto of rare ability and will 

 have two numbers on the program. He 

 is here with his sister, completing his 

 musical education. 



The auction sales at Elliott's continue 

 to draw good crowds, and the big im- 

 portation of hardy stock is going rap- 

 idly. The end of the month wiU see the 

 auction marts closed for the season. 



Nurserymen in this vicinity have been 

 especially favored in closing up their 

 fall shipments. Perfect planting weather 

 has made this a record season with all 

 of them. Bobbink & Atkins are still 

 digging and shipping every day. The 

 development in the nursery department 

 of their business has been phenomenal. 



Ambrose Cleary has an enormous im- 

 portation of evergreens, boxwoods, roses, 

 shrubs and rhododendrons in the big 

 store of the Cleary Horticultural Co., on 

 Vesey street, and at the annex around 

 the corner. Sales by auction every Tues- 

 day and Friday continue. A catalogue 

 has been issued by the firm, and heavy 

 shipments are made out of town daily. 

 There will be little left by Thanks- 

 giving. 



Mr. Kessler, of Schumacher & Kessler, 

 is not a brother of Phil Kessler, the well- 

 known cut flower wholesaler. 



The Cut Flower Exchange directors 

 met Saturday, November 7, at their 

 headquarters in the Coogan building. 

 The present lease of the building expires 

 in May. Dame Rumor still is insistent 

 that the big new building on West Twen- 

 ty-eighth street, between Sixth and Sev- 

 enth avenues, is to be utilized, when 

 completed in the spring, by all the in- 



KIFT'S 



NEW FERN and 

 BERRY 6L0BE 



The newest and latest novelty of its kind 

 Three sizes: 5-in.. $3.00 per doz.; 6-in., $4.00 per 

 doz.; 7-in., $5.00 per doz. Packing free. f. O. B. 

 Philadelphia. Send for Catalogue. Partridge 

 Berry Sprays, $3.00 per 1000. 



Robert Kift, 172s cbest>ut st.. Philadelphia, Pa 



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terests of the trade now located at 

 Twenty-sixth street. The new building 

 will be seven stories, with ample space 

 for concentration of many branches of 

 the business. 



Bonnet & Blake's new store, at 130 

 Livingston street, Brooklyn, is up-to-date 

 in size, ice-bbx, lights and all conveni- 

 ences, including a fine office. Mr. Blake 

 says it is an ideal headquarters. The 

 old store is to be turned into a first- 

 class retail place, handsomely mirrored 

 and improved. The lieutenant for James 

 Mallon's Sons for many years will open 

 there in a few days. 



A movement is on foot by the New 

 York retailers, with a view to forming 

 a society on the lines on which the 

 Brooklyn organization was created some 

 months ago. Joseph Leikens is one of 

 the leading spirits in the project. 



Russin & Hanfiing are now receiving 

 their large importation of immortelles 

 and baskets. "Prices lower," Mr. Han- 

 fling says, "than last season — good de- 

 mand for Thanksgiving trade." 



H. Kenney, of Brooklyn, reports a 

 great fall demand for his supply spe- 

 cialties, wire designs and moss. The 

 firm will soon build a large storage ware- 

 house and factory on its Flatbush prop- 

 erty. 



Harry Hoffmeir, who has a branch at 

 Atlantic City, has fitted up his store at 

 Eighty-third street and Broadway quite 

 out of the ordinary, with birch . bark. 



