The Weekly Florists' Review, 



541 



IMPRESSIONS SA T CONVENTION 



BY WILLIAM SCOTT. 



duties, and as he makes a point of 

 attending all the business meetings of 

 t lie eon\ ent ion, as well as various ot ner 

 :- where two or three are gath- 

 ered together in holy communion of pui 

 pose, there was not much time li ft to 

 inspec 



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.•ill its branches. There were something 

 over • ■ i h i 1 1 \- exhibitors. A list of them 

 was given in the pages of the Review 

 last week, and all I can expect to do is 

 in mention here what was out of the 

 ordinary run and what I noticed on en- 

 tering the hall. 



The boilers, ventilating apparatus, 

 greenhouse construction and many ap- 

 pliances occupied a iarge space. There 

 were the I [erendeen Manufactui ing Co. 

 with a large and greatly improved boiler, 

 Kroeschell Bros., of Chicago, with their 

 long tubular boiler, Lord & Burnham 

 Co. with their very solid looking sec- 

 tional heater. The John C. Moninger 

 i'o. had .1 model greenhouse, showing 

 their construction combined with the 

 Garland east iron gutter; Foley Manu- 

 facturing Co., model of green! se 



with metal gutter and ventilating ap- 

 paratus. John A. Evans, of Richmond, 

 I ml., had a highly polished copper-bot- 

 tomed exhibit of his well known ventila- 

 tor; A. Dietsch & Co., model of their 

 well known greenhouse construction; the 

 Lord & Burnham Co.. a very finished 

 model ,.t' greenhouse ami gutter, and the 

 Dillon Manufacturing Co., of Bloom- 

 liitrg. Pa., mof construction ami con- 

 crete gutter. 



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man who grows, but is largely dm- t.. 

 these men who have studied our wants. 

 ami unwise is the man who does not get 

 his material from these specialists, ami 

 Imi. was an opportunity to see the best 

 up to date. C. K. Pinley, of Joliet, had 

 in operation a pot washer. In size ami 

 operation it was something like the 

 familiar s,-is S .us grinder of Hi' 1 st '. 



in say of it later. 



There were a great lot of fine plants 

 exhibited. Henry A. Dreer had a great 

 collection of palms ami ferns. The table 

 of small ferns was particularly good. 

 The collection of palms shown by C. D. 

 Ball, of Holmesburg. Pa., was of the 

 perfect, high order for which this gentle- 

 manly gentleman has I n for years fa 



xarien ,,, our nesirai.ie paini-. terns 

 and decorative plants. They di < 

 reward for sending so tine a lot. I'. R. 

 Pierson i •>. had ;\ table .if the now well 

 known Nephrolepis Piersoni. h loses 

 none of its charm by familiar acquaint- 

 ance ami is as beautiful as ei er. .1 alius 

 Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. .1.. had a 

 well grown lot nf palms, pandanus ami 



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we had the man himself with us. C. 

 i '. Pollworth i'ii. made a verj large ex 

 hil.it of decorative plants ami floral 

 supplies. This rising firm was a largi 

 purchaser nf eastern exhibits ami - 



the west ami southwest "ill h'uk t.i 

 them as the northern star. In orchids, 

 Lager & Hurrell made a pretty display, 

 ami so did \V. A. Manda. Tins lira, 's 

 exhibit of golden privet attracted much 

 attention. I had seen it at South 



expect to see from this g I grower. 



Anil there were several others. 

 The .nt flower display was, as usual, 



a .small feature, but tie' fin! 



of gladioli by the Cushmai 1 1! idiolus 

 i .1.. Si Ivania, t >hio, and \ 1 1 hui i 

 Berlin, N. X .. were bright -nuts in the 

 hall. 



1 almost fi i got to mei three 



I. .I.., ., I worthj of note. Peti i 

 brought with him from I'tn-a. N. V.. 



and cut fronds 

 Vlmiitiim i Iroweanum. The I roi ■ 

 about thirtj inches long from where 

 they were i nt at the crown. It is 

 indeed a wonderful fern and must soon 

 displai e old cuneatum. Anna i 'ostei . 

 as show n by L. 11. Poster, of Dorches- 

 ter, Mass., made a most favorable im- 

 pression. It- beauty and merits have 

 heen obscured largely by the wonderful 

 Piersoni, but they me so distini t there 

 is room for both. And mm there 3 

 another sport of V Bostoniensis. A 

 plant of it was shown by -Mrs. R. Mauff, 

 of Denver, Colo. As this handsome 

 fern won't be sent out for a year or 

 so. a description of it just now is 

 not essential and I am not sure I could 

 give it, but it is distinct and has some 

 valuable qualities and will be heard 

 from later. 



Tin- greatest .lass of exhibits by long 

 odds vi a- w hat n e call our florists ' sup- 



Wreath of Asters and Cycas to cost from Jb.CO upward. 



