Septbmrbb 7, 1916. 



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The Florists' Review 



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Display Representing the Florists of Clevdand at the Industrial Exposition. Now in Progress There. 



The windows of the peristyle are great- 

 ly improved this year by the addition 

 of window boxes filled with arbor-vitse, 

 and at the entrance of Music hall are 

 large boxes filled with asters and 

 vincas. A good-sized bed of asters and 

 greeftery is laid out near the pond. 

 Above the two entrances to Flower hall 

 are large cedar boxes filled with gera- 

 niums and vines. The hall itself is 

 beautifully decorated with greenery 

 and wild smilax, with small trees of 

 arbor-vit«B arranged around the entire 

 room. The pillars also are covered, and 

 resemble trees. Hedges of the greenery 

 run around the room. 



During the day the natural light in 

 Flower hall is quite good and at night 

 the hall is well lighted. The cool- 

 ness of the room is favorable for the 

 ■flowers and in many ways the hall is 

 superior to the building used last year. 

 The flower show division of the expo- 

 sition, according to the reports of the 

 committee, easily surpasses last year's 

 as regards the quality of stock! The 

 bad season has favored us with some 

 wonderful flowers, and on the whole the 

 display is far better than was expected. 

 The committee in charge consists of 

 Charles H. Vick, chairman; George T. 

 Boucher, George B. Hart, A. H. Salter 

 and E. P. Wilson. They have done 

 everything in their power to make the 

 show a success and great credit is due 

 them for the admirable way in which it 

 is being handled. 



The Leading Exhibits. 



The Rochester parks department is 

 always ready to help out with exhibits 

 of fine collections of flowers, shrubs, 

 ferns and palms. The whole width of 

 the hall is given to the park depart- 

 ment, which displays Japanese lilies, 

 flowering allamandas, begonias, dra- 

 ffpnas, crotons and cacti. Some fine 

 new varieties of hydrangeas, with mon- 



strous blooms, are included in the 

 exhibit. Boston, maidenhair and Whit- 

 man! ferns furnish a beautiful edging. 

 One of the largest attractions in the 

 flower department is the waterfall 

 gotten up by George Cramer. The water 

 comes through an open window, cleverly 

 arranged so as to resemble a stream 

 coming through a wood, and falls into 

 the pool beneath. The window is 

 completely hidden on either side, above 

 and below by arbor-vitse bushes. The 

 stream bed, made with cement and 

 broken rocks, is most realistic. Logs 

 covered with moss, as well as rocks, 



water flowers, rushes and fungous 

 growths, are arranged in the pond. On 

 either side of the pond are large beds 

 of asters supplied by James Vick's 

 Sons. 



George B. Hart has a novel and 

 unique display of many kinds of or- 

 chids. A stand on which a wire frame 

 is built, which resembles a large um- 

 brella, is covered with moss, and from 

 each tip hangs a tube containing or- 

 chids. The base of this stand is sur- 

 rounded by gladioli, with an edging of 

 Boston ferns. Mr. Hart also displays a 

 large quantity of gladioli, American 



How the Table Decorations Vere Staged at the Cleveland Show. 



