September G, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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TRADE HONORS AT THE DETROIT 

 CONVENTION. 



The following is the report of the 

 judges of Sections C and D of the 

 Trade Exhibition at the Detroit con- 

 vention, covering boilers, heating ap- 

 paratus and greenhouse structures: 



American Greenhouse Manufactur- 

 ing Co.. Chicago, 111. 



McKee Boilers — Improvements on 

 sectional boilers. Honorable Mention. 



Agemco Circulator. Highly Com- 

 mended. 



Kroeschell Bros. & Co., Chicago. 111. 

 — New and improved water tube and 

 steam boiler. Certificate of Merit. 

 Refrigerating System. Highly Com- 

 mended. 



Jacob K. Nielson, Box 312. Elyria. 

 O. — Tile bench for greenhouses. Hon- 

 orable Mention. 



Spokane Concrete Flower Pot Ma 

 chine Co.. Spokane, Wash. — Cement 

 pot manufacturing machine. Certifi- 

 cate of Merit. 



Fred L. Gunton, Elyria, O.— New 

 patent ventilator arm. Honorable 

 Mention. 



Earl L. Hempstead, Bloomington, 

 111. — Insectonos. Honorable Mention. 



Lord & Burnham Co., Chicago, 111. — 

 Improvements on sectional boiler and 

 smoke pipe. Highly Commended. 

 Judges 



E. Allen Peirce, 



F. H. Traendly, 

 F. R. Pierson. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



.T. J. Habermehl's Sons have been 

 awarded the contract for the banquet 

 decorations for the Knights Templar 

 dinner Sept. 9th. The total is five 

 thousand dollars, including plants, 

 Bowers, electric fixings, etc. The con- 

 clave of the Knights will last the week 

 here, commencing Sept. 8th, and will 

 be one of the events of the season. 



Elmer J. Gehring of Frankford was 

 the host in the return baseball game 

 between the Pennock and Xiessen 

 teams on Saturday afternoon, August 

 30th. The game took place on the 



- inds of the Richboro Fire Company, 

 Richboro, Bucks County, Pa., and re- 

 sulted in a score of 9 to 6 in favor of 

 the Xiessen team. A feature of the 

 game was the fine work of F. Higgins, 

 a sixty-year-old player on the Xiessen 

 side who made three hits, three runs 

 and stole a base on Swan. When the 



battle was over Mr. Gehring invited 

 everybody to be his guests and a very 

 nice supper was served in the fire 

 house of the Richboro Company at 

 which everybody enjoyed themselves 

 very much. The eloquent and humor- 

 ous Charles H. Grakelow was among 

 the speakers of the evening and there 

 were moving pictures and all kinds of 

 fun. A hearty vote of thanks was ex- 

 tended to Mr. Gehring for his hospital- 

 ity, he having borne personally the en- 

 tire expense of the entertainment. 



The Michell seed store is gay these 

 days with a flower show from their 

 nurseries at Andalusia. Gladioli, as- 

 ' ters and a great variety of other out- 

 door flowers are on exhibition, each 

 variety legibly and correctly named 

 and nicely arranged. This display is 

 not only educative to the vast throngs 

 who pass on Market street, but is also 

 a source of profit, as many orders are 

 booked for delivery at proper season. 



Mr. J. D. Hooper and Frank Skin- 

 back. Richmond, were recent visitors. 



This 1s a juniper from Africa, and has 

 such unusually good habits of growth 

 thai ii seems likely to rival the Arau- 

 caria as a pot plant. Mr. Manda says 

 thai this plant is going to be distrib- 

 uted this year and judging from the 

 high praise which it received at the 

 two conventions where Mr. Manda's 

 exhibits attracted much attention, the 

 plant will soon become popular with 

 florists. It should sell very well ln- 

 deed, for it seems to have most of the 

 merits which a good house plant 

 should possess. 



A NEW JUNIPER 



A plant which attracted much atten- 

 tion at the Detroit Convention and 

 also at the Convention in Toronto the 



CHICAGO. 



There is a good demand for Boston 

 ferns, the supply of which is not large. 

 The popular desire for the green 

 windows with its suggestion of cool- 

 ness has called for all available stock 

 during August. Some fine crotons are 

 offered, supplying the touch of color 

 to offset the ferns. A few cyclamen 

 are ready for the market but the de- 

 mand is not strong. 



A. Lange in his new location at 77 

 E. Madison St., has one of the hand- 

 somest retail stores in the loop. The 

 large sales room is artistic in appear- 

 ance and splendidly lighted by two 

 large windows, affording opportunity 

 to display plants and flowers to good 

 advantage. Herbert Stone, well known 

 to the trade, is manager and tbis week 

 the windows contain unusual table dec- 

 orations of his own designing. They 

 have a plateau for foundation from 14 

 to 18 inches across, and usually one 

 medium sized basket and two tiny 

 ones are glued fast to them. A large 

 high handle completes the design 

 which is colored and decorated with 

 ribbon which harmonizes with the 

 summer flowers and fruits used in it. 

 A particularly pleasing one was of a 

 soli blue and gold. Mrs. E. Thurman. 

 and Martin Neilson, lately returned 

 from France have charge of the de- 

 sign work \ 



Juniperus Mamliana 



previous week was that of Juniperus 

 Mandiana, which was exhibited by Mr. 

 W A. .Manda, of South Orange, N. J. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 

 .Mr. William Gray, secretary of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society, makes 

 the announcement that the twelfth 

 annual exhibition and convention of 

 the society will be held under the au- 

 spices of and in conjunction with the 

 Sweet Pea Exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society in 1920. It 

 is believed that conditions will have 

 ne normal by that time and that 

 a large and successful exhibition will 

 be held, one comparing well with those 

 conducted before the war, when Horti- 

 cultural Hall in Boston was filled with 

 the flowers of this favorite annual. 



