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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 28, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



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Last Call for Memorial Day \ 



Have ^oa leen our improyed METAL DESIGNS? They are growing Iremendonsly in popular favor wher- 

 ever Memorial Day is observed. People say that onr deeigna are the beet became we put the grace oi the natural 

 flower into metal, combining them with artistic •skill. We have received many duplicate orders for our 

 WREATHS, ANCHORS, CROSSES, Etc., Etc., because our patrons felt th^ such splendid stock must in- 

 crease their business. Send us a sample order. 



THE LATEST DESIGN IN CHIN AWARE 



We have just received from abroad a shipment of the popular IMPERIAL CHINA WARE that is ahead of 

 anything ever before offered in thie country. The design is unique. Delicate festoons of foliage and flowers chased 

 on the pure white of the Imperial Chinaware. 



The variety of Vases is better adapted than ever before to suit any style of luncheon or dinner table. 



A set of our latest Imperial Chinaware will enable you to make new designs for every smart affair without the 

 confusion of too many different pieces. Try them. 



Our factory is at your command for anything in floriita' supplies. 



Send for our handsome illustrated o%l»logue; it is yours for the asking. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



1129 Arch Street 

 Pliilaflelphia,Pa. 



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Meation The Bevtew wh»D you write 



and prove a welcome addition as the 

 old crops wane. 



George David and R. A. Stewart, Jr., 

 have been important factors in the lilac 

 market during the last week. 



S. J. Renter, of Westerly, R. I., has 

 been in town lately to get a little change 

 after a slight illness. Mr. Renter is an 

 enthusiast. He believes that Sangamo is 

 a coming commercial carnation, and, fur- 

 ther, that Pink Delight and May Day 

 will finally displace Enchantress. 



The Thornhedge Nurseries are send- 

 ing in some of the finest white lilac seen 

 in the market. It is outdoor-grovm. 



A few years ago H. H. Battles was 

 obliged to send south for apple blossoms 

 to grace a wedding during the last week 

 in April. The earliness of the present 

 season is strongly brought out by the 

 fact that blossoms were over here by the 

 end of the third week this month. 



The Robert Craig Co. is shifting over 

 60,000 Lorraine begonias this week. 



Henry F. Michell is pleased with the 

 public support given five-eighteen. The 

 first vegetable plants from his new 

 Torresdale place are excellent. 



Walter P. Stokes reports a brisk de- 

 mand for valley. Phil. 



WEST GROVE, PA. 



The D. & C G>mpany. 



Edward Parker pointed with pride to 

 a comparison between the express ship- 

 ments of the Dingee & Conard Co. dur- 

 ing April, 1909, and the present month, 

 whereby was shown a gratifying increase 

 in number. Mr. Parker then proceeded 

 to show what P. Joseph Lynch asserts is 

 the finest stock of roses ever gathered 

 together in America. Phil was so much 

 impressed by the sight that he felt aflBr- 

 mation or contradiction of this broad 

 statement would be equally foolish, un- 

 aided by the census bureau. The stock 

 was in remarkably fine shape. Many 

 varieties difficult of propagation were 

 seen in quantity, while the general stand- 

 ard of quality was high. A glance at 

 the propagating house showed the rear 

 guard 'to be ready to march into 2^4 's 

 with scarcely a vacancy in the ranks. 

 To one who had known Mr. Parker at the 

 Penrose Nurseries it was astonishing ♦o 



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Our Facilities are Unsurpassed. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



see the complete mastery of every detail 

 of the business at West Grove; it takes a 

 bright man to lead well in two wholly 

 different branches of our profession. 



Mr. Parker drifted easily into a dis- 

 cussion of what might be termed floral 

 metaphysics, responding to a few rather 

 difficult questions with a readiness most 

 surprising. One of the practical im- 

 provements imported by Mr. Parker from 

 the Penrose Nurseries to the Dingee & 

 Conard Co. is the arrangement of the 

 stock house, wherein every variety used 

 in filling orders is spaced and labeled. 

 Thus, though an expert keeps this house 

 supplied, a novice can readily fill any 

 order from it if he keeps his mind in the 

 building. This arrangement has been 

 noted before in this column; it is a 

 labor-saver worth thought. 



Ginnas. 



Eoses are, of course, the leading fea- 



ture of the large business of the Conard 

 & Jones Co. at West Grove. The pack- 

 ing shed was full of them and Kobert 

 Pyle, president of the company, said that 

 stock in some sizes and varieties was al- 

 ready running low. But it is of cannas 

 that I want especially to write today. 



Antoine Wintzer, vice-president of the 

 company and one of the leading canna 

 specialists of the day, whose work has 

 been described from time to time in this 

 column, has a seedling canna mentioned 

 under number last fall. This canna is 

 now in bloom in an end of one of the 

 rose houses, where a dozen or two plants, 

 all in flower at once, form a beautiful 

 picture. The canna is of the gladiolus 

 type, a cross between Wawa and a num- 

 bered seedling. The color is superb, re- 

 sembling the old La France rose more 

 nearly than anything in cannas. The 

 flowers are of immense size, the trusses 

 so large, well proportioned and exqui- 



