August 24, 1912 



HORTICULTDEE 



270c 



FRANK 

 OECHSLtN'S 

 Establishment 



ONLY EXCLUSIVE PLANT RANGE IN CHICAGO 



All kinds of Plants. Everything that blooms for the Christmas trade and something for all the year round. 



AZALEAS RHODODENDRONS CYCLAMEN EASTER LILIES POINSETTIAS HYDRANGEAS 



Ferns -for ^isHes One of ^uir Speoialties 



Large stock of Bostons and Whitmani Ferns, Palms, Dracaenas, in variety, Pandanus, Araucarias. 



and other decorative stock. 



Visitors are inviltd lo see our houses, Madisorx Street Car. West to 48ih — Greer^h.ouses 3 Blocks South 



FRANK OECHSLIN, w.quiVcyst., CHICAGO, ILL. 



campaign inaugurated by tlie New 

 York Florists' Club. 



Mr. O'Mara took the floor and pro- 

 posed a resolution of thanks to the 

 Chicago Park Commission, Florist 

 Club. Allied Trades and ladies for 

 their magnificent hospitality. 



W. F. Gude brought up the proposed 

 Smith Memorial plan and a resolution 

 recommending a pledge of $1,000 by 

 the Society was unanimously voted, 

 after which individual subscriptions 

 were made by members from the floor 

 to the amount of $1,100. 



A communication from W. Atlee 

 Burpee in reference to the Parcels Post 

 legislation, was next presented and 

 after discussion, a vote favoring gen- 

 uine Parcels Post and in accord with 

 Mr. Burpee's views was passed. Ad- 

 journment followed and the sporting 

 events were then in order for the 

 afternoon. 



The Florists' Hail Association met 

 on Thursday and re-elected all old 

 officers, also Messrs. Ammann, Will 

 Burke and Rasmussen as directors. 

 Messrs. Valentine, Esler and Rasmus- 

 sen were appointed to prepare amend- 

 ments to the by-laws covering the re- 

 adjustment of rates. 



THE EXHIBITION. 



This feature was by far the most im- 

 portant in the Society's history — a gi- 

 gantic display which in the short time 

 at our disposal, we cannot attempt to 

 do justice to in this issue. 



The plant exhibits not only were a 

 conspicuous part of the whole, but 

 were exceptionally well done for a 

 trade exhibit and there were many 

 notable firms represented. The parks 

 — Garfield, Lincoln and Washington — • 

 all lent generously of their plants and 



their displays formed the centers of 

 the floor while around them were 

 grouped tables of commercial plants. 

 Robert Craig, W. A. Manda and H. A. 

 Dreer all had fine showings of palms 

 and decorative plants. F. R. Pierson 

 Co. had their usual excellent display 

 cf grand ferns. Jos. Heacock Co. con- 

 fined their exhibit chiefly to palms, 

 kentias, both made-up and single, ci- 

 botiums, phoenix and small cocos. J. 

 A. Peterson & Sons had splendid 

 specimen plants of dracaena, Victoria 

 and pandanus. Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 who are the latest Chicago firm to en- 

 ter the plant field, made a creditable 

 showing, considering their business is 

 in its infancy. C. C. Pollworth Co., 

 Chas. D. Ball. Jackson & Perkins Co., 

 and estate of Lemuel Ball all had well 

 selected groups of plants. S. A. An- 

 derson had a table of well-grown cyc- 

 lamen and Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 

 Michell's Seed Store was also repre- 

 sented by a good display. 



The ribbon houses were well rep- 

 resented and their novelties made a 

 feature in the decorative scheme of 

 the great hall, where lately great con- 

 ventions had made history. Most of 

 them occupied spaces bordering the 

 walls, under the galleries, and were 

 filled with all that human brain could 

 devise to allure the florist to part with 

 his dollars. Schloss Bros, had a Bon 

 Voyage ribbon tor the steamer bou- 

 quet among other novelties. There 

 was no end to the corsage novelties. 

 Lion & Co. showed the colonial cup of 

 rubber for the stems instead of tin- 

 foil. Various dress shields of velvet, 

 satin, etc., were seen in all the ex- 

 hibits. Pennock-Meehan Co. had a 

 very complete line of chiffons and the 

 lace edged chiffon ribbon at Werthei- 



mer's made one wonder what more was 

 left for the designer of beautiful 

 things. . 



Gladioli made a showy and inter- 

 esting display and anyone seeing the 

 excellent varieties there could hardly 

 be excused for growing poor sorts 

 next vear. Some of the exhibitors 

 could not do themselves justice owing 

 to the recent storms their stock had 

 suffered from. A. E. Kunderd, who 

 specializes in the ruffled varieties, said 

 a severe rain storm accompanied by 

 hail swept the field the night previous 

 to cutting and a rainfall of fourteen 

 inches was recorded. A White Glory 

 (not yet registered) and a ruffled red 

 maroon, possibly to be named Chicago, 

 were conspicuous among the Kunderd 

 varieties. Cushman Gladiolus Co. had 

 a large exhibit and included two large 

 baskets of Mrs. Francis King and 

 Klondyke. The John Lewis Childs ex- 

 hibit was large and included many 

 good things. B. Hammond Tracy, Ar- 

 thur Cowee, E. E. Stewart and others 

 all had exhibits of merit. 



Among the new offerings was a de- 

 vice for tying carnation and chrysan- 

 themum plants by Williams' Florist 

 Supply House, Utica, N. Y. It was a 

 simple arrangement and practically 

 demonstrated. The originator had a 

 gratifying pile of orders and many 

 were large second orders from those 

 who had tried and found them "just 

 the thing." 



M. Rice & Co., of Philadelphia, made 

 a superb display of florists' supplies, 

 rich in novelties and covering all 

 classes of choice decorative material 

 and sundries. No finer show of such 

 a nature has ever been placed before 

 the convention visitors. 



The Bayersdorter exhibit was a 



