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The Weddy Florists' Review. 



Decembeb 24, 1908. 



We wish to extend our hearty good wishes for a joyfu 

 Christmas and prosperous New Year to our friends and 

 patrons all over the United States and in the Dominion of 

 Canada, who have put their confidence in us, favoring us with 

 their orders during nineteen hundred eight, so generously, 

 Besides again offering all the compliments of the season, we 

 wish to say that we have done our very best for each and every 

 one of tnir friends and that' we hope for a t)ontinuance of tiieir 

 patronage during nineteen hundred nine, assuring them that 

 no effort will be spared to execute their o^ers conscientiously 

 and to please them in the smallest detail. :: :: :: 



h: BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



THE florists' Supply House of America 



1129 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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old Kris himself driving a sled palled 

 by reindeer and filled with boxes of cut 

 flowers, such as only Fred Ehret can 

 arrange. 



Walter B. Livingston, of Moore- 

 Livingston Co., is pleased with the popu- 

 larity of the latest style of his plant 

 stand, the oxidized copper. 



Etobert Kift has sold 10,000 of his 

 beriy bowls. 



Charles Henry Fox had a Christmas 

 table full of exquisitely designed pres- 

 ents, combination baskets, ferneries, jar- 

 dinieres and specimen plants, each dis- 

 playing artistic skUl of a high order. 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The near approach of Christmas has 

 galvanized a little life into cut flower 

 conditions, but they are not nearly so 

 satisfactory as could be wished. The 

 quantity of material coming in still is 

 too great for the market to consume, and 

 prices are not what they ought to be. 

 This is particularly true of carnations. 

 It is unusual to see good flowers, even of 

 whites, offered at $1 per hundred during 

 Christmas week. Bed and pink shades 

 are selling well, but prices will hardly 

 equal those of a year ago, unless a 

 quick change occurs. Boses are doing 

 a little better. Bichmonds, of course, 

 are especial favorites and best quality 

 blooms almost equal Beauties in value. 

 Killamey is of exceptional quality, quite 

 a few being seen with stems three feet 

 long. White roses, as usual, are rather 

 slow sale. 



Violets are selling well and are not 

 overabundant. Poinsettias are wre 

 abundant than for some years. ftlMi 

 vary from $2 to $6 per. dozen. A #Bw 

 straggling, late mums are seen, but the 

 present week will finish them. Bulbous 

 stock is something of a glut, partioolazly 

 in the case of Bomans and Paper Wlntes. 

 Trumpet Majors are plentiful and a few 

 Golden Spurs and La Eeine tulips are ar- 

 riving. Lilies are in good supply and 

 there is quite a little in the way of 

 stevia, antirrhinum, mignonette, single 

 white azalea and other flowers seen. 

 Sweet peas are good and valley is in 

 fair demand. 



Tke Moon'LlriBCitOB Adjastable PUat Stand (Patented) 

 Manufaotnred by 



The Best 

 Plant 

 Stand 



On the market today. 

 Comes in three sizes; is 

 adjustable, and is made of 

 Galvanized Iroq^ or Oxi- 

 dized Copper. With its aid 

 you can place a plant from 6 

 to 48 inches from the floor. 

 See illustration. Wire, 

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The Moore-Livingston Co., Lansdowne, Pa. 



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Growers of pot plants are pretty well 

 cleaned out of stock. Demand for these 

 has been much better than a year ago. 

 The taste runs stronger for these each 

 year, in preference to flowers. Azaleas 

 are remarkably good and are selling well. 

 So are poinsettias in pans, Lorraine be- 

 gonias, cyclamens, ardisias, Otaheite 

 •ranges and Erica melanthera, the bright 

 eolored plants, of course, selling best. 

 The retailers seem to be well satisfied 

 with their business up to date. 



A tremendous business is being done 



^y iiii de<)lers in holly, mistletoe, laurel 



i-mtther evergreens. The demand for 



^ling is immense. Some nicely ber- 



-fliai-iiolly is seen and imported mistletoe 



is excellent. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur E. Thatcher, for nine years 

 foreman over the shrubs and herbaceous 

 collection at the late Lord Aldenham's 



GOLDFISH 



COMMON at $3.00. $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100. 

 COMKTV, 18.00 per 100. 



Glen Mary fish fann,c^^|;^i;iv o™ 



The largest and best equipped Goldfisb 

 hatchery in the world. 



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estate in Elstree, England, has succeeded 

 the late Louis Sander at the Arnold 

 Arboretum. Mr. Thatcher has an exten- 

 sive knowledge of trees and shrubs and 

 will undoubtedly prove a valuable man in 

 his new position. 



The New England Dahlia Society's 

 annual meeting took place at Tremont 

 Temple, December 21. There is a prob- 

 ability of the next exhibition being held 

 at Horticultural hall. 



Edward MacMulkin has a magnificent 

 lot of azaleas for Christmas, grown at 



