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J|;I,Y 28, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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umpire, officiated at the exciting ball 

 game between the store men and the 

 delivery men. The delivery men man- 

 aged to bring home the Itaeon. Score: 

 .J to 3. 



The weather was ideal and everyone 

 was well repaid for the journey to the 

 grounds. 



The table decorations were attractive 

 baskets filled with assorted flowers of 

 varied colors. This made a fine show- 

 ing and caused considerable comment 

 from the Automobile Club officials, who 

 were present. The committee and their 

 helpers are to be congratulated on the 

 able manner in which the program was 

 carried out. All who attended voted it 

 to be a most joyful occasion. 



BRITISH SWEET PEA SHOW. 



At the exhibition of the National 

 Sweet Pea Society, held in London July 

 12, the wealth of flowers on view was 

 said to be equal to that of pre-war days 

 and the brilliancy and variety of colors 

 never excelled. 



Dobbie & Co., Alex. Dickson & Sons 

 and Ireland & Hitchcock were awarded 

 gold medals. The first named attracted 

 especial notice with Dobbie 's Orange, 

 Majestic Cream, Eenown and Kenneth. 

 In Dickson's display Tangerine, Hawl- 

 mark Cream, Elegance and Conquest 

 were notable, and the Ireland & Hitch- 

 cock 's, Bunty, Tangerine and Mrs. T. 

 Jones. 



W. J. Unwin 's arrangement, in 

 which The Queen and Unwin 's Pink 

 were noteworthy, won a silver gilt 

 medal, as did the groups from Webb & 

 Sons and Bide & Sons. 



Burpee's Giant White attracted at- 

 tention in G. Stark & Son 's silver medal 

 exhibit. 



In the competing classes the Burpee 

 challenge cup was carried off by E. W. 

 King & Co., whose baskets of Royal 

 Scot, Sensation, Mrs. Arnold Hitch- 

 cock and Picotee and vases of Gladys, 

 Melba, Elegance, Orchid and Mrs. T. 

 Jones drew particular notice. 



The Monro challenge cup was award- 

 ed to Ireland & Hitchcock. In this 

 class they exhibited Le Mahdi, Bunty, 

 Flame, Navy, Annie Ireland, Imp, 

 Mascott's Orange, Mascott's Cream, 

 Mascott's White, Mascott's Scarlet and 

 Market Pink. E. W. King & Co. placed 

 second. 



Considerable interest centered around 

 the Daily Mail challenge cup, which was 

 won by Hugh Mann, Rotherfield, Sussex, 

 with Orchid Debbie's Sunproof Crim- 

 son, Hawlmark Pink, Jenn Ireland, Mrs. 

 T. Jones, Hercules, Warrior, Constance 

 Hinton, Royal Scot, Barbara, Lavender 

 (feo. Herbert and Mrs. Arnold Hitch- 

 cock; the vase of the last name was 

 also adjudged the best vase in the show. 



The floral committee visited the 

 trials at Reading and made the follow- 

 ing awards of merit: Geo. Shawyer and 

 Renown, from Dobliie & Co.; Gloriosa 

 and Sunset, from R. Bolton; Towers- 

 court, from Alex. Dickson & Sons; Sul- 

 tan, from E. W. King & Co.; Mascott's 

 Ingman, from Trelan<l & Hitohock. The 

 last and Renown were judged synony- 

 mous and the award was given provi- 

 sionally upon one name being adopted. 



BOOL BUSINESS INCOEPORATED. 



The Bool Floral Co., which has now 

 been incorporated, was established 

 about twenty-five years ago by Henry 

 Bool at Ithaca, N. Y. Greenhouses 



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ALFRED M. CAMPBELL. 



WJ HENEVER a Philadelphian is compelled to listen to a sad story of how a 

 VV fellow has no chance, there is no future in the business and so forth, he 

 sympathizes, but agrees only partially. Perhaps if he has a good deal of courage 

 he will say, "Oh, well! Tliat 's all so, but Al Campbell has accomplished some- 

 thing." Alfred M. Campbell is one of the most remarkable |)ersoiialities in the 

 floral world today. Absolutely self-made, he has achieved a position in the very 

 front rank of the profession through sheer ability. Though still a young man, 

 he has advanced from the lowest rung of the ladder by hard work and enthusiasm. 

 Today he operates two greenhouse establishments and his own salesroom. Mr. 

 Campbell is so popular that he has been elected president of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia. ^ Phil. 



were erected upon the Bool farm, about 

 three miles from Ithaca, and the retail 

 business was conducted from a fur- 

 niture store which was also owned by 

 the Bool Co. The business grew stead- 

 ily, and after opifrating in tliis way for 

 :il)Out three years, Arthur IT. Bool, 

 realizing the possibilities for develop- 

 ment, pnrciiased the business and 

 opened a flower store at 215 East State 

 street, the present home of the com- 

 jiany. He conducted the business suc- 

 cessfully for about fourteen years and 

 then sold the stor(> to J. A. Thomas, of 

 Owego. At this time he also sold the 

 farm and the greenhouses to the de- 

 partment of floriculture of Cornell Uni- 

 versity and it is on this site that the 

 rose, peony and iris test gardens were 

 established. Mr. Thomas purchased 

 a piece of ground consisting of four 



and one-linlf acres west of Ithaca and 

 buMtt new greenhouses, comlucting the 

 l)Usiiiess under the olil firm name, with 

 Ralph J. Roskelly, who lias been asso- 

 ciated with the Bool Co. for about 

 eighteen years, as manager. In 1916 

 Mr. Roskelly purchased the business 

 and has conducted it with a great deal 

 of success since. Mrs. Roskelly, who is 

 quite active in the business, has also 

 been with the Bool Co. for a good many 

 years. At this time Arthur II. Bool 

 ])urchased the greenhouse range erected 

 by ]VIr. Thomas and, in addition to 

 growing the material for the local store, 

 he has catered to the wholesale trade. 

 The last few years he has made a spe- 

 cialty of the culture of begonias, with 

 which he has been exceedingly success- 

 ful. On account of the increasing vol- 

 ume of business, Mr. Roskelly deemed it 



