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The Florists' Review 



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Gladiolus, freesia and rubrum lily bulbs 

 were also shown. The company was 

 represented by A. L. Koehler, Guy M. 

 Reburn, T. V. Neil and D. W. Dumser, 



American Oreenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



One-half of a bay of an 18-foot model 

 of a 36-foot greenhouse was put up by 

 the Atnerican Greenhouse Mfg. Co. A 

 McKee boiler was also on display. A 

 collection of pictures, some of them 

 water colors, of greenhouses was ex- 

 hibited. In addition to the fittings of 

 its own line, the firm exhibited ventilat- 

 ing equipment and fittings of .the Ad- 

 vance Co. P. L. McKee and H. O. S. 

 Nichols were present. 



Atlantic Machine & Mfg. Co. 



The Merry Garden auto-cultivator 

 was set up for exhibition and the re- 

 sults of its work were shown by an ex- 

 hibit of photographs by the Atlantic 

 Machine & Mfg. Co., Cleveland. 



I S. Bryson Ayres Co., Kansas City. 



The new celosiamum of the S. Bryson 

 Ayres Co. was exhibited just to show 

 the trade what this cross of Celosia plu- 

 mosa and Celosia Childsii looks like, for 

 no seed is available this year or next. 

 Mr. Ayres was with the exhibit. 



W. W. Barnard Co., Chicago. 



A rackful of its seed packets and a 

 basket of onion sets was in the W. W. 

 Barnard Co. space, which was chiefly 

 laid out for the comfort of visitors, pro- 

 viding easy chairs for them. 



H. Bayersdorfer St Co., Philadelphia. 



Among the novelties in the display of 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co. were trellis boxes 

 with Victory girls attached, suitable for 

 table and other decorations. Victory 

 bromus grass wreaths and knot showers 

 for brides' bouquets, in addition to an 

 extensive line of baskets, wreaths, foli- 

 age and other supplies. I. M. Bayers- 

 dorfer and Stephen Green were with the 

 exhibit. 



Beeman Garden Tractor Co., Minne- 

 apolis. 



The Beeman garden tractor was on 

 display to show visitors just how it 

 works. The exhibit was put up by the 

 local distributors, the Michigan Motors 

 Co. 



Bergman-Eoropp Co., Chicago. 



A wide variety of colors and stock 

 and some unusual sorts of prepared 

 natural foliages and flowers were shown 

 by the Bergman-Koropp Co. Victor 

 Borgman was present. 



Buchbinder Bros., Chicago. 



Photographs of the many Buchbinder 

 lofrigorators used by florists were dis- 

 played for Buchbinder Bros, by Sidney 

 Buchbinder. 



Burlington Willow Ware Shops. 



In the large display of baskets of the 

 Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Bur- 

 lington, la., were birthday baskets to 

 help retailers in their effort for promot- 

 ing birthday gift sales. Many sliapcs 

 and sizes in other baskets were shown. 

 F. G. Nolson, vice-president of the con- 

 cern, was in charge. 



Chicago Printed String Co., Chicago. 



Samples of printed string, a narrow, 

 unbreakable tape made of cotton, par- 

 ticularly adapted to florists' use, were 



shown by the Chicago Printed String 

 Co. The company has a new holder and 

 cutter which makes the use of the string 

 easy. M. H. Trau was with the exhibit. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park. 



T. S. Hendrickson was with this dis- 

 play as usual, staging gladiolus blooms. 

 White America was the variety fea- 

 tured, though there were many seed- 

 lings. 



Climax Mfg. Co., Castorland, N. Y. 



Boxes for designs and cut flowers, in- 

 cluding all the sizes, shapes and colors 

 a florist uses, were displayed by the 

 Climax Mfg. Co., under the supervision 

 of J. A. Cohn. 



Cohen & Hiller, New York. 



Imported Japanese porcelain and 

 china ware furnished the novelties in 

 the exhibit of Cohen & Hiller. Baskets 

 and hand-painted fern dishes of this 

 material were leaders. Ribbons and 

 chiffons were displayed abundantly. 

 Both members of the firm, Morris Cohen 

 and George Hiller, were on hand. 



Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia. 



An extensive plant display was made 

 by the Robert Craig Co. Crotons of 

 several types formed an important part 

 of the exhibit. Dracaenas, ferns, cycla- 

 mens and other foliage plants were in- 

 cluded. Robert A. Craig had his wor- 

 ries lifted before the opening of the con- 

 vention by the sale of the whole exhibit 

 to Charles Plumb, of Detroit. 



A. T. De La Mare Co., New York. 



Horticultural literature formed the 

 exhibit of the A. T. De La Mare Co., 

 with Mr. De La Mare himself presen^^ 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. 



Various kinds of staple stock in foli- 

 age plants, including ferns, palms, 

 dracsenas, etc., made up the display of 

 Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. J. 

 J. Karins was in charge. 



Duro Paper Products Co., Chicago. 



Among the lartje lino of folding ]ia- 

 per boxes oxhibitod by the Duro Paper 

 Products Co., tlic ])ink and white glazed 

 boxes were featured. Samuel Freund, 

 M. I. Hollendcr and T. A. Bud wig were 

 present. 



John A. Evans Co., Richmond, Ind. 



The display of the .John A. p]vans Co. 

 consisted of Challenge ventilating ap- 

 paratus set ui) on a greenhouse model to 

 show how the various styles worked. 



Excell Laboratories, Chicago. 



Fred Zenko staged the display of the 

 Excell Laboratories of his New Plant 

 Life, Comjiouiid Plant Insecticide, 

 Tiiquid Fmij^ici'lc and Ant Eradicator. 



Famsworth Co., Conshohocken, Pa. 



The Famsworth Co. displayed two of 

 its condensation piim])s, one of the sim- 

 plex typo and one of the duplex vacuum 

 type. 



Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



Photographs of the houses built by the 

 Foley Mfg. Co. constituted its display, 

 Phil Foley thinking the big house of 

 A. J. Stahelin at Bedford, Mich., near 

 onougli to preclude greater effort. 



C. S. Ford Co., Philadelphia. 



Letters of all sorts, emblems, favors, 

 wreaths, artificial flowers and similar 



supplies made up the display of C. S. 

 Ford Co. 



Fred K Qanton, Elsrria, O. 



Double acting ventilating apparatus 

 was shown by means of a small model 

 by the inventor, Fred L. Ganton. 



Garland Co., Cleveland. 



This exhibitor showed Permanite and 

 the new one-hand machine for applying 

 glazing cement. 



B. E. Oebhardt Co., Chicago. 



Artificial flowers that closely re- 

 sembled the natural were the chief part 

 of the exhibit of the B. E. Gebhardt 

 Co. A large variety of favors which 

 might be used by florists who have or- 

 ders for table decorations was shown. 

 H. W. Miller was with the display. 



Ove Gnatt Co., La Porte, Ind. 



In the large and varicolored display 

 of preserved foliage of the Ove Gnatt 

 Co., there was much diversity of ma- 

 terial from the factory at La Porte. 

 Metallic Diana grass in a number of 

 shades was a featured item. Miniature 

 perpetual pine trees were shown in sev- 

 eral sizes, and there was a good show- 

 ing of baskets. The company's white 

 felt hats with a red-white-and-blue 

 band on which was the gilt slogan, 

 "Say It with Flowers," adorned many 

 visitors' heads. 



Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich. 



On the walk in front of the audi- 

 torium were tubs of evergreen trees 

 from the Greening Nursery Co., which 

 formed its exhibit. 



Carl Hagenburger, West Mentor, O. 



Plants of Cleveland cherries, field- 

 grown hydrangeas in bloom and field- 

 grown roses were exhibited by Carl 

 Hagenburger, who was on hand himself. 



G«orge B. Hart, Rochester, N. Y. 



Baskets of many kinds, featuring 

 Hart 's Handy Handle, and other re- 

 tailers ' supplies composed George B. 

 Hart's exhibit. Christmas baskets were 

 shown. Horace J. Head was in charge. 



Joseph Heacock Co., Wjmcote, Pa. 



The range of sizes of the kentias of 

 the Joseph Heacock Co. attracted atten- 

 tion, since the bigger sizes are not gen- 

 erally found in largo stock. Other palms 

 in jiots and in tubs wore shown in a 

 inimbor of sizes. 



Earl Hempstead, Bloomington, 111. 



A table covered with cans of the non- 

 poisonous insecticide, Insectonos, was 

 the exhibit of the distributer. Earl 

 Hempstead, who was present in person. 



A. Henderson & Co., Chicago. 



On tho tables of A. Henderson & Co. 

 wore froosia and narcissus bulbs, a va- 

 riety of fertilizers and cut gladioli anil 



asters. 



Hitchings & Co., xilizabeth, N. J. 



A large space for the convenience of 

 visitors who wished to rest was jiro- 

 vided by Hitchings & Co., but no dis- 

 play of materials was made. 



Allan N. Humason, Chicago. 



Baskets in large variety and in many 

 'effects were shown by Allan N. Huma- 

 son, as were also boxes for designs and 

 cut flowers in a good range of sizes. 

 Mr. Humason handles the line of the 

 Raedlein Basket Co. 



