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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April -7, 1010. 



THE FLORISTS* SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



Are You Prepared for Memorial Day? 



DON*T WAIT TOO LONG 



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Metallic Designs in etery style smtaMie for Memorial Day celebration. Oar aim is to copy 

 nature; every design we send out ia true to nature in foliage apd flower, full of delicacy and grace. 



We offer a full line of Wreaths^ including a wreath correctly representing galax; this is very 

 fine. All our Wreaths are ornamented with roses, forget-me-nots, etc., as desired. 



We also have a full line of Pillows, Anchors, Gates Afar, etc., Imported Mag- 

 nolia Wreaths, Cycas Wreaths, Immortelles, all colors. 



Oar factory is at your command for everything in florists' supplies. Send for illustrated catalogue. 



1129 Arch Street 

 Philadelphia,Pa. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



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other novelties can get them. The trial 

 bed, described in this column last fall, 

 has proved so satisfactory that another 

 bed of probably equal size has just been 

 prepared and will be planted with the 

 high-priced novelties from over the 

 water. These H. P.'s are only consid- 

 ered a justifiable expense as an object 

 lesson — ^money spent on a post-graduate 

 horticultural education, so to speak, at 

 the best school of learning, Nature's 

 University. 



An hour intelligently spent in such a 

 rose garden on a summer's evening will 

 enable the student to answer instantly 

 such questions as, "Will this or that 

 variety bloom continuously throughout 

 the summer?" "Is its color pleasing?" 

 "Is it of vigorous growth?" and so on. 

 To have a reputation in roses, one must 

 know what varieties will do well under 

 given conditions. 



Novelty Baskets. 



Paul Berkowitz sent for some open 

 work brass baskets to show a visitor one 

 day this week. The visitor, mistaking 

 Mr. Berkowitz 's nonchalant manner, 

 failed to grasp the real beauty of these 

 baskets at a glance and, noting this 

 quick as a flash, the member of H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co. quietly said: "That is 

 the finest novelty in baskets I have ever 

 seen. ' ' They were in two styles, both of 

 dainty French workmanship formed of 

 strands of brass woven together like wil- 

 low or rattan. One style, called Maud 

 MuUer, reminds one of the heroine of 

 that poem, in strong yet graceful lines 

 of contour. The other, described as 

 Princess, is of more delicate outline, 

 gracefully sloping. Both are handle 

 baskets, intended for the choicest blos- 

 soms. 



Sign of the Rose. 



The shop windows arranged by Charles 

 Henry Fox for the seven days ending 

 April 5 presented a marked contrast, well 

 worthy description. The left window was 

 a bridal canopy, with bride's bouquet, 

 bridesmaid's arm bunch, flower girl's 

 basket; everything, in short, appropriate 

 for a pretty wedding, made of nature's 

 choicest enhanced by floral art. The 

 other window was filled by a large Eng- 

 lish bowl of forsythia sprays, the golden 



BERGER BROTHERS 



WHOIESSLC FLORISTS 



1305 Filbert Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



We can supply fine stock of fresh flowers in 

 any quantity: 



Easter Lilies 



Choice Sweet Peas 



Fancy Bride and Richmond 



Valley 



Carnations in all colors 



Ours is the most centrally located florist business house in 

 Philadelphia — come and see us 



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yellow casting a rich glow over the entire 

 window. 



Variotjs Notes. 



Henry I. Faust, of Merion, read an 

 able paper on lilies before the Philadel- 

 phia Florists' Club in Hoticultural hall 

 April 5. Mr. Faust is a pastmaster in 

 the art of lily growing, who received the 

 distinction of a number of large con- 

 tracts for plants this Easter. 



M. Bice & Co. report progress' on the 

 addition that is being made to their 

 handsome warehouse. The new story, 

 which is expected to be finished nex^ 

 week, wUl give them in all 14,000 square 

 feet of room. 



Charles Pollis has succeeded N. D. 

 Gachar as florist in Broad Street Station. 



Miss Gloster, humorously described by 

 Alexander B. Scott as "the most valu- 

 able man on the place, ' ' was summoned 

 to Cleveland, 0., last week by the sad 



news of the death of her sister, Mrs. 

 Isaac Kennedy, wife of the grower once 

 so well known here at Wyndmoor. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons executed suc- 

 cessfully some exceptionaUy heavy plant 

 orders at Easter. 



The first meeting of the new city coun- 

 cils, April 4, brought many floral offer- 

 ings, chiefly of blooming plants and 

 American Beauties, to City hall for the 

 city fathers, from their admirers. 



Among the visitors this week: G. C. 

 Personette and Mrs. Personette, Balti- 

 more, Md. ; William J. Stewart, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Louis Politis, of Thirteenth and Chest- 

 nut streets, returns to Greece this week 

 to visit his father, who, he says, is now a 

 centenarian. 



Clement S. Levis, of Aldan, Pa., is cut- 

 ting sweet peas that evidence culture of 

 nx) ordinary degree. Phil. 



