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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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|0R the convenience of our customers we have made arrangements 

 to handle all orders on short notice, and will be open day and 

 night until December 24th. We have three telephones; two Bell, Walnut 

 2277 and Walnut 2278, and one Keystone, Race 1682. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



1189 Arch Street, 



PHUJLDELPHIA, PA. 



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fifty cases of immortelles could be 

 sent to New York. "As quick as you 

 can say it," came the reply. By 10:30 

 all the cases were ready and loaded on 

 the express wagons. Further inspec- 

 "tion of the large warehouse proved bo 

 interesting and apparently profitable 

 that it was 4 p. m. before the New 

 Yorker had finished his business, leav- 

 ing in a rush to snatch a few moments 

 at the cut flower house before catch- 

 ing the 5 o'clock train. He left with 

 the remark that he would be over 

 every week now. 



That is the way Philadelphia does 

 business today. 



Christmas Plants. 



"We are twenty years ahead." 

 Modest, hard-working Duncan Macaw 

 would be quite shocked did he know 

 that this sentence, uttered in an en- 

 thusiastic moment of triumph, would 

 find its way into print. Yet this sen- 

 tence of Mr. Macaw's so exactly ex- 

 presses the impression made by the 

 Christmas plants this season that it is 

 given as the best pen picture. 



Christmas red and Christmas green, 

 promise of Christmas cheer, are every- 

 where. The points that stand out most 

 clearly are the high grade of the stock. 

 Not only is it well grown, but it is 

 exceedingly well timed; that means that 

 the finishing or hardening process is 

 being thoroughly done. Then, too, the 

 quantity of the most desirable kinds of 

 stock indicates a clear knowledge of 

 the popularity of each variety, unham- 

 I>ered by lack of skill in producing that 

 variety. For example, poinsettias pre- 

 dominate, as they should; so, too, do 

 cheerful colors in the other flowering 

 plants, with a notable absence of those 

 varieties of plants whose sole claim to 

 popularity at Christmas is derived from 

 the fact that they are something differ- 

 ent. 



The appointment to look over the 

 Christmas stock for the Bobert Craig 

 Co. was for two o'clock. Precisely at 

 that hour Duncan Macaw stepped smil- 

 ingly forward to show the results of 

 the season's work. For convenience's 

 sake, the stock may be divided into two 

 sections, flowering and foliage. The 

 flowering section comprises poinsettias, 

 cyclamens, begonias and azaleas, all 

 grown in quantity, the first three espe- 

 cially so. The poinsettias were the 

 largest and finest lot of this scarlet 

 flower ever seen in Philadelphia. The 

 bracts are large and full; the foliage 

 almost invariably goes down to the pot. 

 From the large house planted out for 

 cut flowers, through the various sizes of 

 pans made up with ferns, and of pots, 



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Stick Your Labels 



Shipping Tags, Etc., 



on your packages with. . . • 



Cold Water Paste. • It is a powder, which, on the addition of cold water, becomes ft 



THICK, STICKY PASTE. 



1 lb. Tnwtanter + lbs. cold water does tbe 'work. 



From 1 to 26 lbs., 8c per lb. ; 25-Ib. drum. 5^c per lb. ; 60-lb. drum, 5^c per lb.: lOO-Ib. b«S. 

 5c per lb. : 300.1b. bbl.. 4*90 per lb. Larger quantities, price on application. 



F. O. B. Easton, Pa. Samples free— try it. 

 Ask for Catalogue of " Shippers' and Business Specialties." 



BINNEY & SMITH CO., 83 rulton SL, NEW YORK, N.*Y. 



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Write Today for Special Off er in Baskets 



and for our Catalogue showing many exclusive, now designs, specially adapted for 

 florists' use. Large shipment just received from our factories in Europe. You 

 can't get baskets like ours any place else, so write today— NOW— in time for the 

 holidays. 



THE RAEDLEIN BASKET COHTANY, 



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717 Milwaukee Avenue, 



Near Huron Street, 



CHICAGO 



Gold Letters 



Gummed gold, silver and purple letters; gold 

 and purple script names, for Inscriptions on flo- 

 ral designs. Best and cheapest on the market. 

 Send for samples and prices. 



J. LICHTENBERGER, '^^^o'!^ 



Telephone Lenox 5644 

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Buy Your Florists' Supplies From 



L. BAUMANN C CO. 



359 W. Chicato Ave, CHICAGO. ILL 



We have the largest and most complete stock. 

 Sea Hoes or Japanese Air Plant, Natural prepared 

 Ferni, Cycas Leaves, Magnolia Leayes, Oycas 

 Wreaths, Magnolia Wreaths, Mow Wreaths. Metal- 

 lic Designs and a big line of Kovelties. 



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Every Florist should know about 



Illinois Self-Watering flower Boxes 



Write today for descriptive catalogue. 



ILLINOIS HEATER & MFO. CO. 



31 Dearborn St., 200 Jeffries Bldg., 



CHICACK) Z.OS ANOEI.E8. CAI.. 



CONARD & JONES CO.. West Grove, Pa., Agents 

 for N. Y.. N. J. and Pa. 



Wired Toothpicks 



Mannlaotared by 

 W. J. COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y. 



10,000.. ..$1.75; 60,000.... $7.50; Sample free. 

 For Bale by Dealer*. 



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Important 

 Announcement 



Growers! Listen! 



I can use evety potted plant 

 you have in my holiday trade. 



Bring along at once everything 

 you can spare that is good, and 



««l will do the rest/' 



C. C. TREPEL 



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