November 20, 1915 



HORTICULTUKE 



665 



Chrysanthemum Vases. 

 By E. G. Hill Co. and R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co. 



tive, photos and plans of greenhouses; 

 H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, repre- 

 sented by I. Rosnosky, specialties; S. 

 S. Pennock-Meehan Co.. Philadelphia, 

 represented by R. Greenlaw, ribbons; 

 A. X. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Ct., 

 plants and novelties; F. R. Pierson 

 Co.. Tarry town, N. Y., ferns and roses; 

 Reed & Keller. Xew York; .Julius 

 Roehrs Co.. Rutherford. X. .1., choice 

 plants, J. MuUer in charge; Skinner 

 Irrigation Co., Troy. O.; Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., Xew York, Mr. McCook in 

 charge, a large and comprehensive dis- 

 play; Chas, H. Totty, Madison, X. J., 

 chrysanthemums and roses; B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, Wenham. Mass.; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago. III., 

 bulbs and plants; Wertheimer Bros., 

 X'ew York; McCallum Co., Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., boxwood; A. A. Arnold Paper Box 

 Co., Chicago; John Rader Company, 

 Pittsburgh, palms and ferns; Morris 

 Cohen & Co.. Xew York; F'lorists' Ex- 

 change. Xew York; Florists' Tele- 

 graph Delivery, suggestive booth with 

 telegraph operator, etc.; Hammond's 

 Paint & Slug Shot Works, Beacon. 

 N. Y., in charge of C. H. Hudson; 

 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co., Louis- 

 ville, Ky.; Lion & Co., Xew York; 

 C. Merkle & Son, Mentor. O., fine 

 nursery stock; .John C. Moninger 

 Co., Chicago, model steel green- 

 house, Vs size; Jos. G. Neidinger, 

 Philadelphia; H. V. Pearco, Detroit. 

 Mich., steam traps; Peters & Reed 

 Pottery Co.. S. Zanesville. O.; A. L. 

 Randall Co., Chicago, big vases of 

 roses, etc.; Chas. W. Reep, N. Olm- 

 sted, O., garden art vases; M. Rice 

 Company. Philadelphia, represented 

 by Mr. Farney. florists' supplies; Rich 

 mond Cedar Works, Richmond. \'a.. 

 represented by Mr. Parrish. plant 

 tubs; Russin & Hanfling, Xew York; 

 John Scheepers & Co., Xew York, 

 bulbs; J. L. Schiller, Toledo. O.; 

 Schloss Bros., Xew York; Sherwood 

 Pottery Co.. Xew Brighton, Pa.; Storr^ 

 & Harrison Co., Painesville. O., a beau- 

 tiful arrangement of plant groups; 

 The Tajimi Co., Xew York, Japanese 

 baskets; Mentor Xurseries. rhododen- 



drons, conifers, etc.; Bird Lovers' 

 Asso., Geo. H. Bowman Co., Eagle 

 Wire Works, Geo. M. Edmondson, 

 Fowler Mfg. Co., Frank Gompf, Gras- 

 selli Chemical Co.. Leopold Furniture 

 Co.. National Pure Water Co., The 

 Xaumann Co., and Sixth (Mty Wire 

 Works, all of Cleveland, O. 



THE BANQUET. 



The banquet given to the visiting 

 florists and gardeners on Friday even- 

 ing, Xovember 12. was a very enjoy- 

 able occasion. The spacious banquet 

 hall of the Hollenden Hotel was well 

 filled with ladies and gentlemen rep- 

 resenting all sections of the country 

 and all departments of the business. 

 The tables were prettily decorated 

 with dainty handle baskets of pom- 

 pon chrysanthemums and roses in the 

 centre and large blooms, with green- 

 ery, on the cloth. A "cabaret " enter- 

 tainment with music and singing 

 provided abundant annimation and 

 fun until the hour had arrived for 

 some brief speaking. 



George W. Smith, chairman ol the 

 entertainment committee, introduced 

 Frank Williams, of the Cleveland Cut 

 I'lower Co., as toastmaster, who stated 

 : liat up to the previous evening the 

 KMcipts had fully covered all the ex- 

 lenses of the show and attributed the 

 success of the enterprise to the har- 

 mony and hard work which had pre- 

 vailed among all concerned from the 

 highest to the humblest. He read con- 

 gratulatory telegrams from Patrick 

 Welch, president of the S. A. F., and 

 from Alex. Henderson, on behalf of 

 the Chicago Floral Festival. He then 

 called upon the following; named 

 gentlemen, each of whom respond- 

 ed entertainingly : Herbert Bate, 

 president of the Cleveland Florists' 

 Club; William Kleinheinz. president 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 .\merica; Jos. Hill, president of the 

 American Carnation Society; S. P. 

 Baldwin, chairman of the flower show 

 executive committee; R. Vincent, Jr., 

 president of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety; W. F. Gude, Washington repre- 

 sentative of the S, A. F. ; Irwin Ber- 

 termaun, president of the Florists' 

 Telegraph Delivery; A. Pochelon, sec- 

 retary of the P. T. D.; J. P. Ammann, 

 a judge; Wm. Nicholson, a judge; P. 

 R. Pierson; E. G. Hill; H. P. Knoble, 

 chairman of the Florists' Club execu- 

 tive committee. This pleasant occa- 

 sion closed with the singing of "Amer- 

 ica." 



COMMENTS BY A DOWN-EASTER. 



The management of the Cleveland 

 Flower Show was given unstinted 

 praise at the banquet and elsewhere 

 generally by the visitors for the splen- 

 did enterprise shown and results at- 

 tained in the publicity campaign. 

 Most striking and unique in this 

 line was the series of arrows pointing 

 out the way to the exhibition hall. 

 These were of wood, painted green 

 and lettered in white. In connection 

 with a heavy mass of mountain leurel 

 that could be seen from afar, these ar- 

 rows were attached to the electric 

 light poles on the streets leading 

 from the railroad station and other 

 principal points and converging at 

 the Coliseum. No one, however 

 strange to the city, had occasion at 

 any time to inquire the way. 



The special table decorations and 



The Canni,m! Plant. 

 Eleven Months Old, 1200 Blooms. Dimensions: LI ft. Diameter, C ft. High at Center. 



