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The Florists* Review 



i<KI>l'KMBKK 7. 1»10. 



"By the foregoing I believe I have 

 made clear the difficulty that confronts 

 almost every florist in the state, and 

 will now trj' to make clear a few pre- 

 scriptions for this sleep-disturbing, tem- 

 I)er-unbalancing trouble. 



Difficult Remedies. 



' ' I believe the easiest way to over- 

 come this difficulty is more commercial 

 glass or a good commission house in the 

 state. This commission house, to my 

 way of thinking, should be a stock 

 i'ompany and the stock held by the flo- 

 rists of the state. I am sure practically 

 every florist in Texas and in parts of 

 Oklahoma and Louisiana, as well as 

 some of our northern growers, would 

 take stock in such a concern. 



' ' I believe the foregoing to be the 

 most practical way of disposing of our 

 difficulties along this line, but there are 

 other ways of overcoming them. An- 



other method, would be for all buyers 

 to insist on a cash credit on all stock 

 which failed to open up in good con- 

 dition. If, on the first of the month, 

 when payment is made, this credit is 

 not forthcoming, buy elsewhere. Have 

 it understood that such a settlement is 

 absolutely the only kind acceptable — 

 and stand by it. The Texas flower busi- 

 ness is large enough to demand such set- 

 tlements and it is growing larger every ' 

 year. 



' * While most of the concerns, I am 

 sure, feel justified in their stand, it is 

 up to us to show them the error of their 

 ways and in the end I do not believe 

 the wholesale houses would lose any- 

 thing, but it would simply' make them 

 more careful in selecting good, abso- 

 lutely fresh stock for this long haul, 

 consequently reducing bad shipments to 

 a minimum." 



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TWO EXPOSITION 



FLOWER SHOWS 



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AT CLEVELAND, O. 



Flowers Staged in Tent. 

 Under the management of M. A. Vin- 

 son, who came to the favorable atten- 

 tion of the trade through his work for 

 the big Cleveland flower show last au- 

 tumn, the Sixth City this week is pull- 

 ing off another unique success in the 

 form of a so-called Industrial Exposi- 

 tion an<l Fair, held in Edgewater park, 

 the exhibits staged in a number of large 

 tents, one of which is occupied by a 

 flower show under the direction of the 

 Cleveland Florists' Club. The com- 

 mittee consists of Timothy Smith, re- 

 tail florist, chairman; Frank A. Fried- 

 ley, commercial grower; H. P. Knoble, 

 retail florist; Chris. B. Wilhelmy, retail 

 florist; E. A. Bause, superintendent .1. 

 W. Corrigan estate, Wickliffe, O.; O. P. 

 Blackman, superintendent W. S. Tyler 

 estate. Rocky River, O.; Geo. .Tacques, 

 superintendent Wni. G. Mather estate, 

 Bratenahl, O., and Robert Weeks, su- 

 perintendent A. F. Holden estate, Bra- 

 tenahl, O. 



The Industry's Display. 



The Florists ' Industry of Cleveland— 

 in other wonls, the publicity commit- 

 tee of the Cleveland Florists' Club— is 

 represented by a handsome display oc- 

 cupying one side of the tent for flowers. 

 The scene was staged at a cost of $800, 

 provided from the subscription adver- 

 tising fund, and attracts more attention 

 than anvthing else in the tent. The 

 committee provided 2.5,000 circulars for 

 distribution, one side carrying the 

 names of sixtv-five subscribers to the 

 fun<l, the other the following state- 

 ment: 



■\Ve hnvc SHthorcd a few Btatistics to show 

 vou the woiulcrfiil amount of tlowern and plants 

 required to supply I'leveland and vuinity for 

 one year: for instance, there are: 



Twelve million carnations, 



Over five million rcses. 



Five hundr.d thousand chrysanthemums, 



Twentv-six million sweet t)ea8. 



One million lily of the valley, 



KiKht hiin(lre<l thousand Easter lilies, 



Three himdred thousand peonies, 



Two hundred thousand dahlias. 



One himdred thousand lloston ferns, 



Threo million Rladioli. 



Two million asters, etc., etc., etc 



The averitge would easily be 100 flowers i)er 

 year for ever.v man, woman or child In Cleveland. 



Other Exhibits. 



The schedule of premiums did not 

 provide any competitive classes for 

 commercial growers, but there are 

 classes for retaiiers. The table decora- 

 tions are the principal feature, to be 

 rearranged every other day for eight 

 days, each time with a different flower. 

 On the days not specified the exhibitor 

 can do what he chooses. The contestants 

 are Knoble Bros., Timothy Smith and 

 Charles B. Wilhelmy. The same ex- 

 hibitors are maintaining a display of 

 basket arrangements, changing the 

 flowers to conform to the schedule. 



There is a large list of premiums for 

 private gardens. The principal class 

 was for group of foliage plants to oc- 

 cupy 150 square feet, first prize being 

 awarded to Nagiroc Gardens and sec- 

 ond to Woodside Gardens. 



The judges announced for the trade 

 exhibits are Ed. George, of the Storrs & 

 Harrison Co., Painesville, and Herman 



Hart and Adam Graham, Cleveland. For 

 the private garden exhibits they are 

 M. L. Ruetenik, South Brooklyn, O.; C. 

 E. Kendel and Adam Graham, Cleve- 

 land. 



Miscedlaneous Exhibits. 



Hitchings & Co., • Elizabeth, N. J., 

 showed a model greenhouse. 



A. H. Austin, Wayland, O., and Joe 

 Coleman, Lexington, O., each made an 

 attractive showing of cut gladioli. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., New York, 

 shows a fall line of seasonable bulbs, 

 grass seeds, etc. 



John Scheepers & Co., New York, 

 show spir«a plants and a general line 

 of bulbs. 



Although the affair is not of largi 

 trade interest, it will be the means ot 

 attracting public attention in no small 

 measure, for the several exhibitors an<i 

 for t^e cooperative display, as the at 

 tendance is large. 



AT ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



An Auspicious Start. 



With ideal weather prevailing, the 

 annual exposition at Rochester was 

 openetl September 4, Labor day, by 

 Mayor H. H. Edgerton. Everything 

 pointed to a record crowd, thousands ot 

 people entering the park before noon. 

 While there is much that is old, there 

 is vastly more that is new. 



Nearly 400 thoroughbreds, the pick 

 of America's equine aristocracy, are at 

 the show, and it is safe to say that 

 never before have so many pedigreed 

 horses been brought to the Rochester 

 show. Flower stores, department stores 

 and other places of business have gayly 

 decorated windows in honor of the 

 event. In the horse ring flowers are 

 greatly in evidence, as the high jump is 

 lined on either side with Vick's asters. 

 The hedges are sixteen feet long ami 

 these, too, are partially covered with 

 flowers. More than 600 hydrangea 

 blooms are arranged in tubs and arbor- 

 vita? trees, twenty to twenty-five feet 

 in height, staitd near the grand stand. 



On entering Exposition park at its 

 main entrance the first thing one ii<» 

 tices is the peristyle, with a mammotli 

 lily pond that contains numerous 

 aquatic plants, ferns and grasses. A 

 fountain throwing a spray nearly twelve 

 feet high forms the center of the pon<i. 



General View in the Flower Show Tent at Qeveland. 



