August 24, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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LOWER HALL. 

 The offices of the secretary, 

 the registration bureau of the lo- 

 cal society and the superintendent's 

 office occupied the north wing. At the 

 extreme west of the rotunda the space 

 was occupied as a reception room by 

 M. Rice & Co. Daniel B. Long of 

 Buffalo has his usual display of artistic 

 photographs, tags and other printing 

 and publishing for florists. His motto 

 of "Natural Beauty adapted to busi- 

 ness" is well carried out in the new 

 design of the American Beauty spray. 

 Roseville Pottery Co., Zanesville, O., 

 occupied the center aisle north with 

 a fine display of artistic ware in 

 elegant and novel designs. The an- 

 cient Egyptian style is well brought 

 out in this exhibit as is also the fruit 

 skin finish jardinieres and pedestals. 



The elctric circulator from W. W. 

 Castle, Boston, was a center of inter- 

 est from start to finish. Mr. Congdon, 

 who had charge of this exhibit, had 

 an eager crowd around him all the 

 time. The "Castle special" boiler was 

 also shown and its fine points ex- 

 plained. When we build our model 

 place by and by we will certainly have 

 a "Castle special" in it. The Her- 

 endeen Mfg. Co., of Geneva, N. Y., 

 showed their Furman 8-section boiler 

 also the only aluminum boiler ever 

 cast. This latter was a great attrac- 

 tion. A. Rasmussen, New Albany, 

 Ind., had a model greenhouse on show 

 to demonstrate his new method of 

 working the ventilators. As near as 

 we could make out the principle of this 

 Invention is to so balance the sash as 

 to require far less effort to open or 

 close. Oscar Smith & Sons Co., of Phila- 

 delphia, had a small exhibit of raffia and 

 sphagnum and the Keller Pottery Co., 

 of Norristown, has a nice display of 

 common flower pots. The W. H. 

 Moon Co., sent evergreen in tubs, 

 American arbor vitae, Mugho pine 

 Scotch fir, etc. Dayton Paper Novelty 

 Co., made an interesting display of 

 florists' boxes and similar items. The 

 Quaker City Machine Co., had a model 

 greenhouse showing their new sash- 

 lifting lever, a device which lifts as 

 much with 11 lbs. pressure as the old 

 style did with 20 lbs. The Bombay- 

 reed Co., Columbia, S. C, had a nice 

 display of reed jardinieres and basket 

 work. This showed great artistic 

 skill in the workmanship and much 

 progressive thought in the materials 

 and designs. C. J. Rainear & Co., 

 made a good showing of wrought iron 

 pipe, valves and fittings. Lord & 

 Burnham's display was quite extensive 

 and one of the most interesting in the 

 exhibition. They set up their largest 

 sectional steam boiler complete; also 

 their hub boiler specially designed for 

 low cellars. The benefits of the special 

 petrol grates for burning refuse coal 

 were eloquently enlarged on by 

 Mr. Craw, ably backed up by the Phil- 

 adelphia manager, Dennis T. Connor, 

 and a small army of lesser lights. Hum- 

 mel & Downing came all the way from 

 Milwaukee with a fine display of fold- 

 ing boxes. The King Construction Co.. 

 had a model of their special style of 

 truss work on show. This attracted 

 much attention, it being the same 



THE EXHIBITION 



method as is used in the large struc- 

 tures, such as were recently put up 

 in this vicinity for the Florex Co., etc. 

 Ellwanger & Barry contented them- 

 selves with a demonstration of Amer- 

 ican-grown dormant rose plants. The 

 Whilldiu Pottery Co. had a very large 

 and interesting display of staple goods, 

 from thumbs up to the largest, also 

 seed pans, hyacinth pots, etc. Ham- 

 mond's Slug Shot Works had an at- 

 tractive stand in which their new Mt. 

 Beacon green shading was given a 

 prominent place next to the old Eng- 

 lish glazing putty. A. H. Hews & 

 Co. of Cambridge, Mass., made an ex- 

 cellent showing of their well-finished 

 and artistic pottery, a feature being 

 their display of orchid pots. The 

 Kroeschell boiler and the Moninger 

 greenhouse occupied two-thirds of the 

 center aisle. William P. Craig made a 

 display of Italian pottery and gave his 

 attention also to the Robert Craig Co. 

 stand close by, where samples of the 

 new fern Amerpohlii and fancy crotons 

 were conspicuous. The new broad- 

 leaved ficus was also a feature. Wil- 

 liam C. Smith made a fine showing 

 of well-grown Boston ferns and rub- 

 bers, holding good to his motto: "Some 

 give you quantity, some give you qual- 

 ity, I give you both." 



UPPER HALL. 



At each side of the grand staircase 

 leading to the upper hall stood a 15 

 foot specimen of Caryota Rumphii, 

 shown by C. B. Newbold, gardener 

 Samuel Batchelor. Facing the central 

 landing was the display of the H. F. 

 Michell Co., an exhibit of seeds, bulbs 

 and florists' and seedsmen's sundries, 

 excelled by nothing ever shown before 

 the S. A. F., and illumined by an elec- 

 tric sign. On each side hung the an- 

 nouncement of the Leo Niessen Co. 

 Taking the various exhibits we find 

 in the florists' s-upply line H. Bayers- 

 dorfer &. Co. with an unrivalled dis- 

 play of florists' goods. Everything in 

 rich ware, baskets and fancy floral 

 goods was included in this attractive 

 show. Near by was Schloss Bros, with 

 lovelv new ribbons, violet cords and 

 dainty chiffons. J. Stern & Co. had 

 artificial flowers of remarkable perfec- 

 tion in new material and preserved 

 flowers, smilax, asparagus, ferns, holly, 

 etc., in marvellous state of preserva- 

 tion. Wertheimer Bros, showed rib- 

 bon novelties in rich array. Reed & 

 Keller made one of the largest and 

 most comprehensive displays of flor- 

 ists' requisites ever staged here, in- 

 cluding vases and vase stands of great 

 beauty, artificial flowers, wire work, 

 fancy pots and novelties in great pro- 

 fusion. Robert Kift's useful flower 

 holders were artistically shown by Mr. 

 Kift and the Philadelphia Flag Co. 

 showed letters, emblems, etc. A fine 

 exhibit of florists' supplies, artificial 

 and dried flowers, etc., was made by 

 J. G. Neidinger. The Pennock-Meehan 

 Co. staged a vast display of ribbons 

 and cords in rich variety, under a 

 brilliant electric sign, which was a 

 centre of attraction. Pretty pearl pins 

 were shown by M. Adler. The Ed- 

 wards Folding Box Co. and W. J. Boas 

 each had nne exhibits of florists' 

 boxes. 



In cut flowers the exhibits were more 

 extensive than usual. Conard & Jones 

 Co. made a remarkable showing of 

 new .\merican pedigree cannas. 

 Vaughan's Seed Store had fine gladioli 

 including Princess and Mrs. Frances 

 King. Arthur Cowee, as usual, 

 brought a myriad of Groff's hybrid 

 gladioli, which with the attractive at- 

 tendants, made a striking display 

 From John Lewis Childs there came 

 also a dazzling array of fine gladioli 

 James Vick's Sons made a beautiful 

 display of their improved asters, su- 

 perb blooms. 



As might be expected the crack 

 plant growers were out in force. F. 

 R. Pierson's Nephrolepis superbissima 

 made a sensation with its rich dark 

 green massive foliage and their com- 

 pact growing form of elegantissima 

 closely following Scottii in habit, but 

 lace-like in its foliage. The Pierson 

 Company also showed bulbs in fine 

 quality. E. Amerpohl made an exhibit 

 of the beautiful Amerpohlii fern and 

 Charles Eble showed a finely divided 

 form of Anna Foster — a great im- 

 provement on that variety. The H. A. 

 Dreer display was very extensive and 

 comprised an infinite variety of ferns, 

 palms and decorative material. Ju- 

 lius Roehrs Company also made su- 

 perb displays of decorative plants, in- 

 cluding many novelties, palms and 

 orchids. Orchids were also shown 

 blooming in unusual variety for this 

 time of the year by Lager & Hurrell 

 and C. D. Ball. Lemuel Ball and 

 others were represented by fine 

 groups of palms. There were orchids 

 also from Carrillo & Baldwin, who 

 showed some handsome things. W. 

 K. Harris' group was especially in- 

 teresting and attractive because of his 

 new variegated form of Bougainvillea 

 glabra. 



Bobbink & Atkins presented a su- 

 perb group of fine conifers in tubs. 

 Such a display of shapely evergreens 

 of all sizes is rarely seen. W. A. 

 Manda staged a collection of new and 

 rare plants, of which Dracaena Man- 

 daiana, a robust sport from Neo-Cale- 

 donia, attracted much attention, 

 "Boddington's Bulbs Bloom" was the 

 inscription displayed in large letters 

 over the Boddington bulb table. The 

 goods look it, all right. 



Wilson & Hoyt's new concrete steel 

 bench was a center of interest. The 

 Corts' stakes and fasteners and the 

 goods of the Quaker City Rubber Co. 

 were also in this hall. 



When the St. Louis Special pulled 

 out of the station on Sunday noon for 

 the S. A. F. Convention it had 22 on 

 board, including Henry Browning, J. J. 

 Beneke, John Steidle, F. H. Meinhardt, 

 P. H. Weber with their wives, W. C. 

 Youug, F. C. Weber, John Koening, 

 C. A. Keuhn, Fred Ammann, Adolph 

 Fehr, W. H. Kruse and Bmil Schray. 



Architects desiring to compete for 

 plans of the horticultural hall and 

 greenhouses to be erected by the Con- 

 necticut Agricultural College, are noti- 

 fied that drawings must be signed and 

 sent to the Comptroller, State of Con- 

 necticut, Hartford, not later than 

 August 31, 1907, at 12 m. 



