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The Florists^ Review 



April 6. 1916. 



this great exhibition which was closed 

 to the people on Sunday. J. Otto ThUow 

 was toastmaster. His happy manner of 

 presenting the speakers added much to 

 the pleasure of the evening. There was 

 music and song and wit and good com- 

 radeship throughout. The gathering 

 broke up about midnight. 

 The program of toasts was: 



Chairman, George Burton, President Florists' 

 Club of Pbiiadelpliia. 



Toastmaster, J. Otto TliUow. 



Our City, Hon. Thos. B. Smith. 



The Indies, Kdw. James Cattell. 



Our Honored Guests, Daniel MacRorie, Presi- 

 dent S. A. F. 



Our Crtft, Philip H. Breltraeyer. 



The Rose, Wallace R. Plerson. 



The Carnation, Joseph H. Hill. 



Horticulture, Wm. F. Gude. 



Our ShowBLGeo. Asmus. 



Publicity, W. F. Tberkildson. 



The committee in charge of the af- 

 fair was: Fred Hahman, chairman; 

 S. S. Pennock, J. Otto Thilow, Joseph 

 Heacock, John Westcott, Leo Niessen, 

 John C. Gracey, Wm. K. Harris, F. J. 

 Mitchell, Jr., David Rust, D. T, Connor 

 and George Craig. 



Trade Visitors. 



In last week's issue of The Review 

 there appeared a list of about 500 trade 

 visitors whose presence was noted dur- 

 ing the first four days of the show. The 

 following names were added to the list 

 during the closing days: 



A. 



Austin, Frank R., Tuckerton, N. J. 



Baker, Frank J., Utica. N. Y. 

 Baldwin, C. W., Scranton, Pa. 

 Balaley, Harry, Detroit, Mich. 

 Baner, Otto, Washington, D. C. 

 Bopp, J. A., and wife. Cumberland, Md. 

 Bren, Frank, Jersey Shore, Pa. 



Brownwell, F. M., Columbus, O. 

 Burger, Fred G., Baltimore, Md. 

 Byer, Chis. A., and wife, Chambersburg, Pa. 



C. 



Carey, F., Kennett Square, Pa. 

 Cheeseman, H., New York, N. Y. 

 Clarke, W. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Cook, Chas. G., Baltimore, Md. 



D. 



Danker, Frank A., Albany, N. Y. 

 Day, W. B., Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Don, A. L«e, New York, N. Y. 



D. 



Elchholz, Henry, Waynesboro, Pa. 

 Ekas, Harry, Baltimore, Md. 

 Eldredge, F. L., Scranton, Pa. 

 Blverson, Wm. H., New Brighton, Pa. 

 Enders, Edward, Chicago, 111. 

 E^rdman, P. C, Baltimore, Md. 



F. 



Farr, B. H., Wyomlssing, Pa. 



G. 

 Glick, Ix>ji8 B., Baltimore, Md. 

 Gloeckner, Wm. C, Albany, N. Y. 

 Grandy, Jr., J. W., Norfolk, Va. 

 Gude, A. E., Washington, D. C. 

 Gust, Bertha U., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Gnttman, Mrs. A. J., New York, N. Y. 



H. 

 Hale, Chas. F., East Orange, N. J. 

 Hammond, Mrs. Ben]., Beacon, N. Y. 

 Hannell, Wm. W., and wife, Watervllet, N. Y. 

 Hanson, E., Troy, N. Y. 

 Held, Miss, Baltimore, Md. 

 Herlck, H., Johnstown, N. Y. 

 Herr, Chns. B., Lancaster, Pa. 

 Houck, Henry, East Orange, N. J. 



J. 

 Jenkins, R. !>., Anacoetia, D. C. 

 Johnson, Ftank, Chicago, III. 

 Johnston, Robert W., Baltimore, Md. 



K. 



Kennedy, W. J., Pikesville, Md. 

 Kessler, Wm., New York, N. Y. 

 Kinder, I. V., Charleroi, Pa. 

 Klein, L., New York, N. Y. 

 Krender, Lawrence, Baltimore, Md. 

 L. 



Langfold, J. G.. New York, N. Y. 

 Lehr, Wti., Baltimore, Md. 

 Livingston, Robert, Columbus, O. 



M. 



McDonald, A. H., Milwaukee, Wis. 



McKissick, Wm. E., Baltimore, Md. 

 Marshall, E. C, Kennett Square, Pa. 

 Martin, Harry P., Alliance, Ohio. 

 Menand, E., Albany, N. Y. 

 Merritt, Jos., and \\ife, Colgate, Md. 



N. 



Nenbrand, H. C, Cromwell, Conn. 

 Newcomb, Robert, Chicago, 111. 

 Nicholson, W. M., Framingbam, Mass. 

 Patterson, Chas., Baltimore, Md. 

 Payne, W. G., Pottsville, Pa. 

 Penn, Chas. H., Baltimore, Md. 

 Penn, Henry, Boston, Mass. 

 Pentecost, S. N., Cleveland, O. 

 Perry, Roger N., Worcester. Mass. 

 Phillips, S. J., Washington, D. 0. 

 Pierce, B. W., Baltimore, Md. 



B. 



Randall, Harry I., Worcester, Mass. 

 Rebnm, G. M., Chicago, 111. 

 Rieman, H. E., Indianapolis, Ind. 

 Rieman, H. W., Indianapolis, Ind. ' - 



Ritter, J. A., Baltimore, Md. 



S. 

 Saltford, W. G., Poughkeepsje, N. Y. 

 Schomaker, C, and wife. New York, N. Y. 

 Schultheis, F. O., Scranton, Pa. 

 Scott, Mrs. John, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Slegwart, Chas., Baltimore, Md. 

 Simon, 0. R., Wilmington, Del. 

 Simon, Chas., Jr., Wilmington, Del. 

 Slattery, Miss Elizabeth, Beacon, N. Y. 

 Smyth, W. J., and family, Chicago, III. 

 Stevenson, Thos., Towson, Md. 

 Stiles, Mrs. Robert B., Petersburg, Va. 

 Strange, Geo. W., Orange, N. J. 

 Summers, W. L., Baltimore, Md. 



T. 

 Taylor, H. W., and wife. Spring City, Pa. 

 Thorns. Walter R., Atlantic City, N. J. 

 Tracey, Bdw. P., Albany, N. Y. 



U. 

 Uffler, May, Glencoe, Md. 

 Urig, J. A., Alliance, Ohio. 



Van Name, W. C, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



W. 

 Wagner, Blanche, Cleveland, 0. 

 Wagner, C. M., Cleveland, O. 

 Warton, John, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Weber, F. H., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Weiss, N. M., Hatboro, Pa. 

 Welch, Patrick, Boston, Mass. 

 Welsh, Philip B,, and wife. Glen Morris, Md. 

 Weston, Mrs. Henry, Hempstead, L. I. 



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AT THE NATIONAL FLOWER 

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Overcrowding Deplorable. 



The day I arrived in the Quaker City, 

 March 28, to see the National Flower 

 Show rain was falling in torrents, but 

 even in the downpour it was apparent 

 the approach to the hall was attractive- 

 ly planted, something impossible at 

 either the New York or Boston na- 

 tional shows. Michell 's hyacinths stood 

 up bravely. 



First impressions of the show were 

 decidedly unfavorable. The terrible 

 overcrowding seen on every hand got 

 on one's nerves. Good plants there 

 were in abundance, but few could show 

 their individuality. Groups of noble 

 stove and greenhouse foliage plants had 

 quantities of low subjects, such as tu- 

 lips, hyacinths and even crocuses, 

 pushed below them, or forming decid- 

 edly incongruous borderings for them. 

 Miscellaneous groups of flowering 

 plants contained many beautiful plants, 

 but there were in some cases distressing 

 mixtures of hard woods, Boft woods, 

 annuals and bulbous subjects.. The 

 lack of space was responsible for much, 

 but not all of these incongruities, such 

 as did no(t> exist except in small meas- 

 ure at pre^^us national shows in New 

 York and Bdsl^ 



Show Grew on One. 



It was impossible, owing to the 

 crowded conditions and narrow aisles, 

 to form any true conception of the 

 sh'ow from the floor. From a feasual 

 walk around, the exhibition seemed 

 small compared to its two predecessors, 

 but a view- from the orchestra stand 

 and balcony gave one a much better 

 idea of the magnitude of the show and, 

 in spite of the crowded condition of 

 everything, the longer one walked 

 around the show the more it grew upon 

 one. 



It is safe to say that there was more 

 material shown than at either Boston 

 or New York and that to display it 

 properly a hall treble the size would 

 not have been too large. 



Mostly Local Exhibits. 



The local management cannot well 

 be blamed for the congested conditions. 

 They had no conception that there 

 would be such an outpouring of ex- 

 hibits and the problem at future na- 

 tional shows will be not so much to 

 procure sufficient exhibits as to proper- 

 ly stage them. 



The commercial and private growers 

 around Philadelphia certainly did no- 

 bly and deserve every praise for the 

 great sacrifices made on behalf of the 

 show, especially in view of the fact 

 that they did not get anything like 



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the exhibits from New York that might 

 have been expected, perhaps owing to 

 that city running what many seemed 

 to consider an opposition show a week 

 later. That New lork's show was not 

 popular with Philadelphians could 

 easily be seen. 



Boland's the Best Exhibit. 



Coming to the individual exhibits, a 

 common query propounded at such 

 shows is, What was the finest exhibit 

 there? On that point there could be 

 but one opinion. It was the matchless 

 group of acacias from Thomas Roland. 

 At Boston and New York Mr. Roland 

 had the finest groups, but at Philadel- 

 phia he eclipsed all former efforts. His 

 specimens of pubescens, heterophylla, 

 pulchella, cultriformis, grandis, Drum- 

 mondii, verticillata, Lowii, Ayerii, 

 armata, hispidissima and other varieties 

 were as nearly perfect as possible. Such 

 exhibits, taken a distance of 330 miles, 

 entail a heavy sacrifice on the exhibi- 

 tor's part and are worth a big retaining 

 fee for any show. 



Dreer's Boses. 



Dreer's garden of hybrid tea roses 

 came second in point of merit. The 

 flowers were of magnificent quality, spe- 

 cially fine being Laurent Carle, Mme. 

 Caroline Testout, Duchess of Welling- 

 ton, Lieutenant Chaure, Earl of War- 

 wick, Lady Mary Ward, Gustav Grun- 



