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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



January 6, 1910. 



Can You Sell Japanese Air Plants? 



Of course you can — everybody wants them. 

 They sell quickly at a good profit, order now. 



Fancy Baskets. Very useful for diapoBiug of short 



stemmed flowers; we have beautiful styles in all sises. 

 Fern Fronds. Adiantum, Pteris, etc., electrically 



prepared; graceful and, best of all, durable; our ferns 



are perfect. 

 Cycas Leaves. Our stock of Cycas is the largest in 



the country, our quality is the standard of excellence. 



Magnolia Leaves. Green and bronze; just received; 

 very desirable. 



Wheat Sheaves. Made in our own factory of the 

 best Italian wheat. 



Special Orders. When you want something original 

 our factory is at your disposaJ; we do the best work 

 and we do it promptly. 



Everything in Florists' Supplies. Send for our Illustrated Catalogue. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 



1129 Arch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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bought for from 50 cents down, and 

 many a hundred cypripediums sell at $10. 

 The market is filling daily with tulips, 

 mignonette, pansies, narcissi and hya- 

 cinths. Valley is down and lilies to the 

 low rates prevailing in November. There 

 is an overstock of asparagus. 



Varioas Notei. 



Monday, January 10, the meeting of 

 the Florists' Club will be held in the 

 Grand Opera House building, at West 

 Twenty-third street. 



Much regret is expressed because of 

 the severe accident last week to Charles 

 Loechner, of the Yokohama Nursery Co. 

 He is in the Norwegian hospital with a 

 broken leg, and his recovery promises to 

 be tedious, as considerable time elapsed 

 after the fracture before he was relieved. 



A big fire in the American Express 

 building on Madison avenue came close 

 to the handsome store of the A. T. Bun- 

 yard Co., which fortunately escaped the 

 flames. The big store of C. A. Dards, on 

 the same avenue, was also threatened. 



The Cut Flower Exchange directors 

 will hold their regular meeting January 

 8. The concern has had a prosperous 

 year. 



All the Brooklyn wholesale houses have 

 cheerful reports to make of the Christ- 

 mas and New Year's business. The City 

 of Churches absorbed everything that 

 came in and at satisfactory prices. Quite 

 a little of the Philadelphia shipments 

 come to Brooklyn daUy. 



In the downtown seed houses great 

 preparations are under way for the an- 

 ticipated boom in the early spring. March 

 27 Easter will be out of the way, and 

 the record year of the seedsmen and 

 nurserymen in full swing. 



The ribbon specialists had a remark- 

 able trade last year. Never were rib- 

 bons used so generally and profusely. 

 The newer chiffons and novelties, espe- 

 cially, seemed -to be popular. Hardly a 

 plant or basket was sent out at Christ- 

 mas that did not have artistic decoration 

 of this kind. 



In the retail stores the only complaint 

 at the Christmas business was the diffi- 

 culty experienced in having to double up 

 the regular prices for roses and carna- 

 tions. It is as hard as ever to make this 

 necessity popular with the Christmas 

 shopper. The tendency is to go back to 



Chiffons, Taffeta and 



Satin Taffeta Ribbons 



That contain the utmost value for your money. Narrow, medium 



and wide widths. 

 WRITK FOB SAMPLES 



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cut flowers again, but the prices keep 

 the plants in their handsome and reason- 

 able combinations the popular gifts. 



Robert G. Wilson says his stores and 

 greenhouses in Brooklyn did by far their 

 largest holiday trade. Mr. Wilson is a 

 strong believer in the drawing power of 

 a novel window display, and is always 

 original. 



The veteran, Alex. McConnell, enjoyed 

 his greatest holiday trade. M. A. Bo we 

 says the holiday trade beat all records. 

 John F. Sharkey was delighted with his 

 first Christmas in the retail line. Myer's 

 Japanese branch was quite a drawing 

 card on Madison avenue, and the main 

 store did its usual increase. The volume 

 of business done by Charles A. Dards in 

 his stores on Madison avenue and uptown 

 on Seventy-second street was in excess of 

 any other year. The Flower Shop, on 

 Forty-second street, an enterprise of re- 

 cent date, also had a good holiday trade. 

 The Smart Set Floral Co., at Broadway 

 and Eighty-third street, found the first 

 Christmas better than expected. Waren- 

 dorff's three fine stores all told the same 

 gtory of increased business. John King 

 Duer had his beSt Christmas since the 

 store was opened. Frank Good, the man- 

 ager, produced many good window dec- 

 orations, changing them daily. S. Masur, 

 in lower Brooklyn, near the aristocratic 

 heights where John Eaynor lives, has had 

 his busiest season to date. He occupied 

 an extra store for the holidays, and hopes 

 to be in his new store, double the size of 

 his present one, in time for 'Easter. 



Brown's new store in the Belnord is one 

 of the sights of Upper Broadway, with 

 its immense window — the observation 

 buses stop to look at it. 



BowUne. 



December 30 the Flatbush Bowling 

 Club held its annual prize contest, each 

 member bringing a mysterious package 

 and selection being made in the order of 

 high scores. Edwards won first honors 

 and found two roa^t chickens in his pack? J, 

 age. Eiley, Al Sehmutz and Henry Daili 

 ledouze each selected a box of cigars. 

 Alfred Zeller drew silk suspenders, Louis 

 Sehmutz a cigar stand, Paul Dailledoiize 

 a pipe hanger, Wocker a handsome clock, 

 Louis Sehmutz, Jr., a knife. 



At Astoria last week two New Year's 



turkeys were bowled for. In the high 



score contest Siebrecht and Miesem tied 



at 189 and in the roll off Miesem won. 



In the 100 pins contest Donaldson, Shaw 



and McMullen tied, and Donaldson won 



out, as usual. The scores were: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 



Siebrecht, Sr 189 180 136 



Donaldson, Sr 183 17B IBO 



Miesem 189 174 187 



Elnsman 187 155 119 



LoreWz 123 -482 IM- 



Berry 149 144 136 



Jacobson 166 154 IBl 



Shaw 167 118 101 



McMullen 151 150 142 



Donaldson. Jr 152 149 187 



Doerhoefer 188 140 186 



Bleckwen 148 128 117 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Chas. L. Greenhall, as trustee in bank- 

 ruptcy of Joseph Fleischman, formerly 



