AUGUST 23, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



339 



Charles B. Weathered, Treasurer New York Florists' Club. 



White Enamel Refrigerator Co.. St. 

 Paul, Minn., one of their refrigera- 

 tors. W. C. Heller & Co., Montclair, 

 N. J., mice proof seed cases. Excel- 

 sior Plant Co., New York, prepared 

 cycas leaves, etc. Dayton Fruit Tree 

 Label Co., Dayton, O., labels. A. 

 Klokner, Milwaukee, Wis., the high 

 vase table flat. Finley Lawn Rake 

 Co., Joliet, 111., lawn rake. Wm. H. 

 Kay, New York, boilers, windmill, 

 valves, tools and hose. Stevens & 

 Co., New York, sprayers and sprink- 

 lers. 



Wm. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa., 

 small evergreen. P. Ouwerkerk, Jer- 

 sey City, N. J., evergreens in tubs. 

 John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., a large display of gladioli and 

 hardy flowers. Hiram T. Jones, Eli- 

 zabeth, N. J., evergreens. Jno. P. 

 Cowell, Buffalo, hybrid dracaenas. 

 Daly Bros.. Granton, N. J., flowering 

 plants of their new geranium Paun- 

 peck. John Peed & Son, London, 

 Eng., a fine display of fancy leaved 

 caladiums. Thos. Roland. Nahant, 

 Mass., Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 

 N. Studer, Washington, palms and 

 ferns. Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., 

 fine display gladioli. Elizabeth Nur- 

 sery Co., Elizabeth, N. J., evergreens, 

 dormant shrubs, hardy flowers. Leh- 

 nig & Winnefeld, Hackensack, N. J., 

 cyclamen plants. Conard & Jones 

 Co., West Grove, Pa., canna flowers. 

 Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, 

 N. Y., tree moving machinery. Schloss 

 Bros., New York, ribbons. Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, Chicago and New York, 

 bulbs, ferns, etc. 



A. B. Howard. Belchertown, Mass., 

 showed blooms of his fine new star 



type of petunias in which the color 

 and texture rival those of the finest 

 pansies. It is really marvellous what 

 Mr. Howard is doing in the improve- 

 ment of the petunia. Also dwarf zin- 

 nias. 



J. A. Peterson. Cincinnati. 0., show- 

 ed a fine line of Pandanus Veitchii and 

 Ac'iantum Farleyense of trade sizes. 



Florists' Publishing Co., Chicago, 

 the Florists' Manual, by Wm. Scott. 

 The Florists' Exchange, a full line of 

 horticultural books. D. B. Long. Buf- 

 falo, photographs and specialties in 

 florists' printing. Geo. T. King, Hyde 

 Park, Mass.. supplement to the Dic- 

 tionary of Gardening. Herendeen 

 Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., the Furman 

 boiler. Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, 

 Mich., flower pots. E. Hippard, 

 Youngstown, 0., ventilating appara- 

 tus. 



The Awards. 



Certificate of merit to Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., New York, for sectional boil- 

 er. Its merits being in the opinion 

 of the committee the large combustion 

 chamber; vertical circulation and en- 

 tire absence of all flat surfaces; water 

 leg extending well down into ash pit, 

 thus utilizing much of the heat usu- 

 ally lost; simplicity of construction 

 and general adaptability for green 

 house work. 



Certificate of merit to Herendeen 

 Manufacturing Co., Geneva, N. Y., for 

 the Furman boiler (New Model). Its 

 improvements over the old Furman 

 consisting in the drop tubes over the 

 fire being connected at the bottom in- 

 stead of being detached as in the old, 

 making it possible to completely drain 



off the water; the change in construc- 

 tion which makes any brick work un- 

 necessary; and the abolishing of all 

 lock nuts and wrought nipples. 



Certiflcate of merit to Finley Lawn 

 Rake Co., Joliet, 111., for Finley Ro- 

 tary lawn rake. The committee believe 

 it to be far superior to anything else 

 in the market, and recommend a cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



Certificates of merit to Cottage 

 Gardens, Queens, N. Y., for new gera- 

 nium Little Pink; to Bobbink and At- 

 kins. Rutherford, N. J., for a large 

 collection of hardy evergreens, also 

 for Eurya latifola, a plant of special 

 merit and rare in the country; to 

 John F. Cowell, Buffalo, for collection 

 of hybrid dracaenas; to H. Dreyer, 

 Woodside, N. Y., for collection of es- 

 pecially well grown cyclamen; to R. 

 Craig & Son, Phila., for a splendid lot 

 of crotons, also for specimen Boston 

 ferns; to Arthur Cowee, Berlin, N. Y., 

 for collection of hybrid gladioli with 

 special mention of gladiolus White 

 Lady; to the Floral Exchange, Phila., 

 for new rose Queen of Edgely; to 

 Henry A. Dreer, Phila., for fine col- 

 lection of aquatic flowers; to Rustic 

 Construction Co., New_York, for rus- 

 tic work. 



Honorable mention to Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co. for automatic air valve and 

 patent pipe heater for water system 

 of heating, also for improved No. 5 

 boiler; to Stevens & Co. New York, 

 for insecticide sprayer; to W. H. Kay, 

 New York, for steel windmill, also for 

 hot water boilers; to Gorton & Lid- 

 gerwood. New York, for magazine 

 steam boiler. 



Special mention to Geo. M, Garland, 

 Des Plaines, 111., for Garland's iron 

 gutter. The committee especially 

 commending the strong construction 

 and the manner of supporting the 

 gutter by means of 2-inch pipe; to A. 

 H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge, 

 Mass., for handsome new design in 

 earthen ware urns; to White Enamel 

 Refrigerator Co., St. Paul, for refrig- 

 erator; to Jennipgs Bros., Olney, 

 Phila., for iron gutter for greenhouses, 

 very strongly constructed, drip bar on 

 gutter substantially packed, expan- 

 sion joints, highly commended; to 

 Detroit Flower Pot Mfg. Co., for bot- 

 tomless flower pot, highly commended 

 for violet and fern culture; to W. C. 

 Krick, Brooklyn, N. Y., for immor- 

 telle emblems; to H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co.. Phila., for complete collection of 

 florists' supplies; to Bobbink & At- 

 kins, Rutherford, N. J., for exhibit of 

 Hasselt pottery; to A. Hermann, New 

 York, for metal designs; to Reed & 

 Keller, New York, wire designs, bask- 

 ets, etc.; to Sigmund Geller, New 

 York, for wheat, baskets made of 

 wheat and shavings, etc.; to Henry 

 W. Gibbons, New York, for Standard 

 boiler; to John A. Scollay, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., for the Invincible hot water 

 boiler and Scollay's patent pipe joint; 

 to Thos. W. Weathered's Sons. New 

 York, for sectional hot water boiler, 

 with interchangeable rocking grate, 

 large direct fire surface and easy ac- 



